brentrocks Posted December 19, 2008 Posted December 19, 2008 One incredible 1988 Heritage lefty arrived at my doorstep today!!! Paul.... :this_thread_is_useless_withou
SouthpawGuy Posted December 19, 2008 Posted December 19, 2008 Brent :this_thread_is_useless_withou ... if you say so !!!
SouthpawGuy Posted December 19, 2008 Posted December 19, 2008 Ok , here's the deal .... I just landed a vintage lefty 170 ! It is a smokin' guitar, only it's thousands of miles away and will be until after Christmas :'( Pics are as usual courtesy of Brent ... I will post them as soon as I get them up on Photobucket. .... thanks again to Brent for aiding and abetting my humongous GAS
brentrocks Posted December 19, 2008 Author Posted December 19, 2008 I was gonna let you do the honors ;D
SouthpawGuy Posted December 19, 2008 Posted December 19, 2008 Pics .... http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh98/SouthpawGuy/Heritage%20170/P1010082.jpg[/img] http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh98/SouthpawGuy/Heritage%20170/P1010083.jpg[/img] http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh98/SouthpawGuy/Heritage%20170/P1010088.jpg[/img] http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh98/SouthpawGuy/Heritage%20170/P1010084.jpg[/img]
SouthpawGuy Posted December 19, 2008 Posted December 19, 2008 More ... http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh98/SouthpawGuy/Heritage%20170/P1010091.jpg[/img] http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh98/SouthpawGuy/Heritage%20170/P1010092.jpg[/img] http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh98/SouthpawGuy/Heritage%20170/P1010087.jpg[/img] http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh98/SouthpawGuy/Heritage%20170/P1010086.jpg[/img] http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh98/SouthpawGuy/Heritage%20170/P1010089.jpg[/img]
brentrocks Posted December 19, 2008 Author Posted December 19, 2008 .... thanks again to Brent for aiding and abetting my humongous GAS no problem man!
SouthpawGuy Posted December 19, 2008 Posted December 19, 2008 even more ... http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh98/SouthpawGuy/Heritage%20170/P1010097.jpg[/img] http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh98/SouthpawGuy/Heritage%20170/P1010098.jpg[/img] Great shots Brent. That guitar looks really well put together, solid.
brentrocks Posted December 19, 2008 Author Posted December 19, 2008 that baby is a time capsule....no fret wear, near mint condition. you are a very lucky Irishman ;D
shook494 Posted December 19, 2008 Posted December 19, 2008 Lucky dog ;D Congrats! The wait is gonna kill ya!
SouthpawGuy Posted December 19, 2008 Posted December 19, 2008 that baby is a time capsule....no fret wear, near mint condition. you are a very lucky Irishman ;D Thanks Brent , looks like I even got a free pooch with it ! 'tis the Luck of the Irish ! ;D
SouthpawGuy Posted December 19, 2008 Posted December 19, 2008 Lucky dog ;D Congrats! The wait is gonna kill ya! Too true, I'm itching to have a go on it already !
cod65 Posted December 19, 2008 Posted December 19, 2008 nice work, Captain! that is a really sweet top. How much, if you don't mind me asking? hope that dog dint lift a leg on it!
SouthpawGuy Posted December 19, 2008 Posted December 19, 2008 nice work, Captain! that is a really sweet top. How much, if you don't mind me asking? hope that dog dint lift a leg on it! $1100 ... maybe a wee bit on the high side but it is a lefty and a factory special order and not very easy to come by. It is also in very good nick for a "C" serial, 1986. Hell of a flame to the top also ! I was thinking of going for P-Rails, but now I'm not so sure ...
cod65 Posted December 19, 2008 Posted December 19, 2008 cool . well its not often that something like that comes down the pike. the double screw adjusts suggest Schaller or HRW ? I am enjoying my prails on my 140, but it definitely makes the guitar favor a 'country' sound. the blade is decent, the p90 is better. the humbucker is decent. All in all a wide variety of sounds that sound decent. I am experimenting with e thie idea of custom wiring- maybe a coupe rotary prs style switches and a master volume, and a 'Buckethead' kill switch
tulk1 Posted December 19, 2008 Posted December 19, 2008 Extremely FaBoo! With that switching system wouldn't they have to be HRW's, what with the double screws and all?
SouthpawGuy Posted December 19, 2008 Posted December 19, 2008 cool . well its not often that something like that comes down the pike. the double screw adjusts suggest Schaller or HRW ? I am enjoying my prails on my 140, but it definitely makes the guitar favor a 'country' sound. the blade is decent, the p90 is better. the humbucker is decent. All in all a wide variety of sounds that sound decent. I am experimenting with e thie idea of custom wiring- maybe a coupe rotary prs style switches and a master volume, and a 'Buckethead' kill switch Extremely FaBoo! With that switching system wouldn't they have to be HRW's, what with the double screws and all? I emailed Heritage yesterday with pics and the serial #, Ren got back to me about an hour ago ! It has the older single VIP system and the pickups are Schallers. Thanks for the info on the P-Rails cod65, I'm not sure if i want to get country sounds from this one. I have the ASATs for that ... twang a go-go with those babies ! I like twin humbucker guitars to sound fat and juicy ! I'd still like to have those P-Rails in a guitar though .... Mind me asking what amp you are going through with those P-Rails ?
brentrocks Posted December 19, 2008 Author Posted December 19, 2008 the cool thing about the Vari-phaze system is you get that TELE TWANG. but you also get the full robust hummbucker bite....all from the same guitar, depending on how you set up the switches
golferwave Posted December 19, 2008 Posted December 19, 2008 WOW! That's a nice 170. Give us all of the tone details once you receive it.
SouthpawGuy Posted December 19, 2008 Posted December 19, 2008 WOW! That's a nice 170. Give us all of the tone details once you receive it. Will do !
cosmikdebriis Posted December 19, 2008 Posted December 19, 2008 Nice score... Well done both of you... I'd just like to add my vote for the P-Rail option. I don't think you'd be disappointed. I've got them in my 357, repalcing the original Schallers and it made a world of difference.... IMHO of course... :wink:
pushover Posted December 20, 2008 Posted December 20, 2008 You two are just too cool (Brent and Southy) it's great to see the HoC support for each other like this, and I know it's gonna be worth the wait to get this beauty over to the Emerald Isle. Great guitar, and somehow in the near term I have visions of Brent messing around with it, playing it lefty with that... yeh this works 4 me attitude..
Thundersteel Posted December 20, 2008 Posted December 20, 2008 Nice score! I've never seen a Heritage with 3 screws on the TRC--interesting.
brentrocks Posted December 20, 2008 Author Posted December 20, 2008 They make a good pair, eh? http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y52/ebmmquilt/zzOther%20guitar%20stuff/P1010109.jpg[/img] http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y52/ebmmquilt/zzOther%20guitar%20stuff/P1010107.jpg[/img]
golferwave Posted December 20, 2008 Posted December 20, 2008 They make a good pair, eh? http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y52/ebmmquilt/zzOther%20guitar%20stuff/P1010109.jpg[/img] http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y52/ebmmquilt/zzOther%20guitar%20stuff/P1010107.jpg[/img] The perfect bookends!
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