schundog Posted October 7, 2012 Author Posted October 7, 2012 I got a few outside pics yesterday. One odd thing I noticed was that the Prospect's "The Heritage" on the headstock is in GOLD lettering... I just double checked, and NONE of my other Heritages have that. I threw a few of my 1988 ASB 170 in with the 2000 ASB Prospect. http://i840.photobucket.com/albums/zz327/schundog/summer2012838.jpg[/img]"]https://
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SouthpawGuy Posted October 7, 2012 Posted October 7, 2012 https:// Congrats on the new Prospect ! The 170 is no slouch either !
koula901 Posted October 7, 2012 Posted October 7, 2012 This morning a black cat ran right in front of my car as I left the subdivision. "OOH, bad luck," I thought. I had just emailed Punkitty about her Heritage guitars for sale, suggesting that, if, on a long shot, I got enough money from the guitar/amp combo I was getting ready to take to the pawn shop, I MIGHT be interested in meeting her in Joliet, IL, 90 miles for me, probably the same TIME distance for her, later today to check out the Prospect and the 140 she had for sale. She agreed in a later email, and I got what I needed out of my gear to make a deal on ONE guitar or the other. Monica met me at the Joliet (John Belushi's Joliet Jake, eh?!) Guitar Center, and showed me both guitars. MAN, I wish I could have picked them both up, but I had to choose. I asked her if we could take the Prospect in to GC to plug it in, and she agreed. ">https:// The 140 was stunning, especially with the Trap inlays. I plugged the Prospect into both a Fender Excelsior amp and a Mustang II that were nearby, and dug how it sounded through both. Monica said it DID feed back, but, once I got it home, I found that it needed to be COAXED to feed back, and only then at higher volumes, pointed at the amp, and NEVER distastefully, haha. While the Prospect had Schaller hardware and a few bumps and bruises, I was very impressed. I gave Monica her asking price, shook hands, and parted ways. I bolted home, plugged her into both my Fender Deluxe Reverb Reissue and my KBP810 Tweed Deluxe, and got very different, yet pleasant results from both. This Prospect has Duncan 59s and new Grover tuners. I can't say I found a LOT of difference in the tone between it and my 535/555, despite the smaller body. Very comfortable to play, and did so for 1-2 hours at high volume, as I was alone in the house for a rare occasion! Here are a couple more pics I took tonight; I'll try to get some better one's soon in natural light. A few pics here showing the difference in shape and size between a 535/555 and a Prospect Oh, Yeah, remember that bad luck cat?! Well, when I went in to GC to try out the Prospect, I realized I had left my pick in the car. Punkitty offered me one of hers, which I used, and absentmindedly, put in my pocket as we left.... I had to laugh as I was emptying my pockets this evening to find my "black cat" had proved to be a GOOD luck omen.... Here's PK's Pick... A very nice trifecta! Congrats!
bolero Posted October 8, 2012 Posted October 8, 2012 nice prospect, congrats!! I hope punkitty doesn't have to sell off too much stuff, sucks to be in that predicament ( I have been there too )
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