Better pictures of my Golden Eagle

[kath]

Here are some better pictures of my Heritage Byrdland. She took 3 years to build. The last guitar is my regular Golden Eagle.

 

Allan

[FredZepp]

Woah,,, those are awesome. Quite Beautiful with the contrast of woods.

[peteraltongreen]

Hi Kath,

That guitar looks beautiful.Have you had a full scale built in,or is it short scale ? I spent the entire 1960's wanting a top of the range Byrdland or 350T,like Chuck Berry's.I started with a Gretsch Tennessean,like George Harrison's,except I bought mine first,then an Epiphone 'Sorrento' ( I still have one today ),then on to a Gibson L 5,which I still have.Later,I bought A 335 in San Francisco (1982 ),I kept that one too.But The Byrdland was always top of my list & it never happened.One of the problems of living in the U.K. They were horrendeously expensive,and rare ! Enjoy your new friend.

Peter Alton Green ( U.K.)

[Kuz]

GORGEOUS guitars thanks for posting!

[kath]

Here are some more. They are all right side up!!!

 

Allan

[big bob]

WOW.. spectacular

[Ray]

My, my, my - fantastic looking guitars. Thank you for the photos.

[High Flying Bird]

My, my, my - fantastic looking guitars. Thank you for the photos.

 

No joke! Wow....

[eor]

i really like your "tortoise shell" pickguard. what finish did they use on it? that's the coolest thing ever. i like it much more than the ones that match the finish on the body.

[zookroo1]

Dang, that's a beauty! I can only image how good it sounds!

[kath]

i really like your "tortoise shell" pickguard. what finish did they use on it? that's the coolest thing ever. i like it much more than the ones that match the finish on the body.

The pickguard is burnt amber. and the sides and back are also burnt amber. Both of my golden eagle are of the same finishes.

Notice the toggle switch. It is different with the covering around the switch. It was found by the Heritage boys left by Gibby in the factory.

 

Allan

[kath]

Hi Kath,

That guitar looks beautiful.Have you had a full scale built in,or is it short scale ? I spent the entire 1960's wanting a top of the range Byrdland or 350T,like Chuck Berry's.I started with a Gretsch Tennessean,like George Harrison's,except I bought mine first,then an Epiphone 'Sorrento' ( I still have one today ),then on to a Gibson L 5,which I still have.Later,I bought A 335 in San Francisco (1982 ),I kept that one too.But The Byrdland was always top of my list & it never happened.One of the problems of living in the U.K. They were horrendeously expensive,and rare ! Enjoy your new friend.

Peter Alton Green ( U.K.)

It is a full scale. I think I recall that the Byrdlands had a shorter scale. But mine is full scale.

Have one built!!!

 

Allan

[kath]

Dang, that's a beauty! I can only image how good it sounds!

Thank you,

I figured that once I was able to get some good pictures up on the board everyone would really enjoy them. I think the finish combination that is on the Byrdland really is great! Everytime I pick it up I look at it with amazement.

 

Allan

[kath]

Dang, that's a beauty! I can only image how good it sounds!

Thank you. It took me 3 years after it was ordered directly from Heritage to get it completed!!

 

Allan

[kath]

No joke! Wow....

Thank you. The Heritage crew did an excellent creation on this one!!

 

Allan

[smurph1]

Here are some more. They are all right side up!!!

 

Allan

WoW!! I can smell the smoky jazz tone..

[mark555]

Thanks for sharing those pictures, they are wonderful guitars.

 

But why did it take Heritage 3 years to build one guitar?