Heading off to Aaron Cowles- guitar porn included

[MartyGrass]

For those who don't know Aaron, he was one of the luthiers on upscale guitars for Gibson in the 60s through 80s. He continues to do some work for Heritage, like tap tuning, but is an independent luthier. He is one of the best in the world IMO.

 

A friend of mine asked that I drop off his guitar for Aaron to work on. Aaron's shop is about 25 minutes away and out in the boondocks. So every time I go there I make sure I get everything done at once.

 

My friend wants his new Super Eagle set up with some new fangled bridge de jour. I think he's also putting on a traditional H tailpiece. I'm just the chaffeur in this case.

 

 

I'm getting gold Alumitones put into this H576 with no other changes.

 

 

 

 

The Seth Lovers that come out of the H576 will go into this H157. I also will have the neck buffed on one side. Heritage did not buff the area around the binding after the binding was scraped. It happens.

 

 

Lastly, Aaron will make a pickguard for my Millie Eagle 2000 so that it matches my other Millie Eagle 2000.

 

 

 

 

When I get the black Golden Eagle, I want him to make another bridge for me, put a tone pot on the pickguard, and build me a pickguard without a pickup on it.

 

 

If I can editorialize, the time to get stuff like this done is now. That includes any custom Heritage builds you want, especially H357s.

 

I realize lately that we are in the end of a very special era- the origin of the electric guitar. The pioneers who brought the notion from simply putting a microphone on an acoustic guitar to designing instruments that are wholely electric are now aged and will not be with us much longer. I want their spirits in my instruments.

 

There will always be great luthiers on this planet (unless they are right about Iran's nukes). So you will be able to get wonderful instruments and have them modified to your wishes indefinitely. But every inspired musician believes in magic and feels it in his playing. The Kalamazoo luthiers, as unlikely as they seem at times, are important conduits of this cosmic goodness.

 

With the quieting of just a few remaining heartbeats, the entire era will be over. And won't that be sad?

[MartyGrass]

I meant to double post this!

 

 

 

 

 

I should know better by now. After two minutes of uploading I hit the post button again.

[Keith7940236]

Very well said Mark.