hinesarchtop Posted August 23, 2014 Posted August 23, 2014 Recently I purchased an early Golden Eagle with x bracing and what looks to be the stock floating pickup. As most of you know Heritage didn't used to specify on the labels if the top or back had been tuned by Aaron C. or not. This guitar is very resonant, seemingly light, and lively! Just speaking at a normal level near this instrument sets the strings in motion if you hit the resonant frequency. Anyway, I would like to have other members that own X braced 17" Eagles with floating pickups to put your guitars on a digital scale for comparison sake. It would be helpful to mention if you know if it has been tuned or not. Also, specify Golden Eagle, eagle classic, Eagle, J Smith etc...and if the body is standard depth. Mine weighed in at 6lbs. 1oz.
Genericmusic Posted August 23, 2014 Posted August 23, 2014 Eagle 7.25 lbs. standard specs. Ebony finger board, mahogany PG, & MOP Eagle inlay on head stock. Tone pot & nob added.
hinesarchtop Posted August 24, 2014 Author Posted August 24, 2014 Eagle 7.25 lbs. standard specs. Ebony finger board, mahogany PG, & MOP Eagle inlay on head stock. Tone pot & nob added. Thanks Generic. I was hoping for a few more participants to weigh their guitars.
barrymclark Posted August 26, 2014 Posted August 26, 2014 My Eagle is x-braced but is made from mahogany so it is quite light. I weighed myself with it then without. It is about 5.5lbs. Not sure if it has been tap tuned. ...and, yes, it is very acoustically alive.
Kuz Posted August 26, 2014 Posted August 26, 2014 I don't have the means to correctly weigh mine, but it is light. I have never played a heavy Heritage archtop. My Custom 575 is a little heavier than my Florentine GE, but the 575 has an extra pickup.
MartyGrass Posted August 26, 2014 Posted August 26, 2014 I don't have a convenient way to weigh. But I do have a comment. Frequently it is noted that something is weighed on a digital scale. Many believe this means it is more precise because it is carried out into decimal points. This is not necessarily true. The digital read out could be based on spring compression, the same as many analog scales. Balance scales can be extremely accurate and involve no display. Back to your regularly scheduled program....
HANGAR18 Posted August 26, 2014 Posted August 26, 2014 Frequently it is noted that something is weighed on a digital scale. Many believe this means it is more precise because it is carried out into decimal points. This is not necessarily true. The digital read out could be based on spring compression, the same as many analog scales. Balance scales can be extremely accurate and involve no display. I did NOT know that.
peterbright Posted August 27, 2014 Posted August 27, 2014 You test it on part of your stash of gold bars to assess its accuracy
hinesarchtop Posted August 27, 2014 Author Posted August 27, 2014 Thank you all for your input. I'm pretty sure this guitar has been tap tuned. I've owner 3 tuned guitars in the past and didn't think that all of them sounded automatically better that non tuned guitars. The answer you'll get when asking Heritage if your guitar was tuned is "if it's pretty light and loud, chances are good that it was tuned" Too bad they didn't note this feature on earlier guitars.
NoSnowBlower Posted August 28, 2014 Posted August 28, 2014 My American Eagle is NOT that light. Top and back tuned for sure. Depending on the year,your guitar may have been tuned by me. I tuned all the stuff in the early 2000s. I signed a lot of them. Inside top,next to brace. Grab a mirror
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