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Is this a Golden Eagle Guitar?


Ray

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Looks like the one listed here : http://www.heritageownersclub.com/forums/i...?showtopic=7158 ?

 

Now that you mention it it does look more like a Super Eagle with the two non floating pickups, but the inlays are not split. The tail piece is also different. It could have been a custom order.

 

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"Super Eagle Specs:

 

Neck - 17 degree peghead pitch; five-piece curly maple neck; multiple bound head veneer inlaid with mother of pearl eagle and branch . MOP truss rod cover , engraved with owner's name.

 

Fingerboard - Multiple-bound 25 1/2” scale ebony fingerboard with mother of pearl split block inlays; 20 frets. Radius is 12".

Nut width is 1-11'16"

 

Body - Single cutaway solid carved spruce top solid carved curly maple back and solid curly maple rims; multiple-bound top and back; single white bound f-holes.

 

body size:

rim thickness - 3”

body width - 18”

body length - 20 7/8”

 

Electronics - Two gold humbucking pickups. Gold plated, two tone two volume and toggle switch.

 

Hardware - Gold plated machine heads; gold plated tailpiece, ebony bridge mother of pearl inlay; curly maple pickguard multiple bound white.

 

Color shown -Antique Natural"

 

 

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http://web.archive.org/web/20071010051236/.../SuperEagle.htm

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Could anyone please tell me what model the attached guitar is? Thank you.

 

Have the owner measure th elower bout. If 17", it's a Golden Eagle. If it's 18", It's a Super Eagle. I'd imagine the owner knows enough to read the label inside the body and has listed it as a Golden Eagle.

 

She's mighty pretty! Are you moving in on the kill?

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It looks that might be a larger 18" Super Eagle bout to me as well.

 

The "custom" tailpiece is from a Gibson L5. Whic has a 17" boutike the Eagle Classic.

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It looks that might be a larger 18" Super Eagle bout to me as well.

 

The "custom" tailpiece is from a Gibson L5. Whic has a 17" boutike the Eagle Classic.

 

 

I'm with Matt on those hips! A Big Girl.... Just noticed the selector switch is in a different locale, though...earlier Supers have that on the bottom?

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I'm with Matt on those hips! A Big Girl.... Just noticed the selector switch is in a different locale, though...earlier Supers have that on the bottom?

 

Looks like a Super to me.

 

These two models do get confused and custom features don't make it easier. Interesting story...my Super was advertised as a Golden Eagle on eBay. The tailpiece clearly said "Super Eagle" but the seller said the label said "Golden Eagle" and confirmed (twice) that it was a 17" wide body. It had a floating pickup and x-bracing so was not to catalogue specs in at least that respect. After I won the auction the seller said he was wrong, it was a Super...would I like to cancel the sale? :thumbsup:

 

Appears to be a nice guitar at a very nice price. Good luck!

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