KCH Posted February 14 Posted February 14 Back in the club. I had to sell my H-150 Vintage Wine Burst about 6 months ago and immediately regretted it. I recently found another Vintage Wine Burst, this time a 2009 H150 and I am happy again. It needed some TLC as a number of things were not working, switch, pots and the pickups had been swapped out. I completely stripped the guitar and used Virtuoso cleaner and polish to buff out a fair amount of scratches. I had a pair of Seymour Duncan double creams and thought it would be a nice contrast to the darker burst and they seem to match the binding well. I added aged Faber hardware to allow the pickups and reflector knobs to pop. I also removed the pickguard to show off the top, because why should that top be hiding behind a boring piece of plastic. The guitar weighs an impressive 8.4 pounds and has a nice authentic and woody tone. Out of curiosity, does anyone know why the burst is so wide on these? My previous VWB from 2017 was more of a typical burst around the edges only. This one seems to graduate almost to the center of the guitar. 5
TalismanRich Posted February 14 Posted February 14 They are all hand sprayed, so every one is different, depending on the way the painter feels on that day. There's no "template". It's free hand. 2
DetroitBlues Posted February 14 Posted February 14 One heck of an upgrade, pickups, hardware, etc. Double Creams are definitely Brentrocks approved! Hopefully this one stays in the family. Congrats!
29er Posted February 14 Posted February 14 That's a stunner! I agree on the pickguard removal, a nice burst should never be hidden behind a pickguard unless it's one of the wood guards that Heritage used to spec. Enjoy. 2
Spectrum13 Posted February 14 Posted February 14 17 hours ago, KCH said: Out of curiosity, does anyone know why the burst is so wide on these? I would prefer more of that curl and less of the dark edges on that burst as well. Don't know what we can't see under the finish though. Fantastic top!!! 1
Kuz Posted Tuesday at 11:05 PM Posted Tuesday at 11:05 PM When I ordered my 535 P-90, I told Marv Lamb I wanted the first 535 P-90 and the first Marv Lamb wine-burst finish. Rockabilly wanted it bad so he now has it. I was also told that Marv was the only one that sprayed the Marv wine-burst finish himself. 1
rockabilly69 Posted Wednesday at 08:02 AM Posted Wednesday at 08:02 AM The Marv Wineburst that Kuz was kind enough to send on to me... And for you blasphemers, here it is with a proper pickguard... 4
Doug Posted Wednesday at 10:21 PM Posted Wednesday at 10:21 PM I was in the showroom at the PSP gathering this last summer and really liked the vintage wine burst finish on this H-150. I kind of impulsively bought it and I am glad I did. It is hard to find this finish on new models anymore. 3
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