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The dealer ordered a custom finish he called caramel. That seems about right.

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There is no finish written on the label, just a number.

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BEAUTIFUL... ... That is a great teaser pic...

 

How about some more pics... and a tone report?

 

It seems like Millies have chunky necks a lot of the time... this one?

 

These are really hard to beat ... Nice one in a unique finish...!!!!

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gorgeous!

I've been listening to Wolfgang Muthspiel lately.

He plays one of these, sounds amazing.

 

I really dig Muthspiel's playing. He gets wonderful tones out of his Heritage!

 

(Glad you've joined the conversation jazzrat. Very nice to have another jazz fan around these parts!)

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looks like burnt amber to me

 

Nope. I have a burnt amber and that has some orange in it.

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These are all cell phone shots. They show the carved back, laminate maple neck, and color. It's a 2000.

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Like everybody has said.... love the color and LOVE THE INLAYS!!!

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The dealer ordered a custom finish he called caramel. That seems about right.

Nice. What year is that. Is the H tailpiece back?

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Nice. What year is that. Is the H tailpiece back?

 

2000

 

I don't know when they stopped making the Eagle. I haven't seen this tailpiece on any other Millenium. There are many Heritage historians here who could better answer.

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2000

 

I don't know when they stopped making the Eagle. I haven't seen this tailpiece on any other Millenium. There are many Heritage historians here who could better answer.

They still make it.. there is a newer one with a ass crazy quilt at Delorto

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http://www.delortoguitar.com/millennium_eagle.asp#

 

But hey Heritage will build you any guitar model you want, that's why there so great they are just one big custom shop... The only millies that are no longer made are the original run LTD editions. The eagle LTD I believe came with the finger style tail piece.

 

Oh congrats, that is one spectacular guitar... love the inlays...

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2000

 

I don't know when they stopped making the Eagle. I haven't seen this tailpiece on any other Millenium. There are many Heritage historians here who could better answer.

 

Millie Eagles were on the H website as currently in production until they updated was it last year? That does not mean they built any in 2008 -2009. When I got my 155 (January 2008) I asked about how the Eagle differed compaired to the Millie Ultra and 155. Eagles had the tailpiece and carved back.

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Millie Eagles were on the H website as currently in production until they updated was it last year? That does not mean they built any in 2008 -2009. When I got my 155 (January 2008) I asked about how the Eagle differed compaired to the Millie Ultra and 155. Eagles had the tailpiece and carved back.

 

There are a couple of differences in addition. The top binding is multilaminate, the neck is three piece maple, the tuning keys are audacious, the inlays are on acid.

 

It looks like the guitar is a browner version of burnt amber. The dealer who ordered it asked for it to be more caramel compared to what the catalog photo showed, so I'm guessing the 2000 catalog showed burnt amber. The dealer tag says burnt amber but the label in the guitar doesn't state a finish, just a number.

 

I looked at it a bit closer. The model is Eagle 2000 per the label. The serial number begins with W, so it's a 2006. The store price tag is $4180. I assume that's the catalog price for the year.

Guest mgoetting
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BEAUTIFUL... ... That is a great teaser pic...

 

How about some more pics... and a tone report?

 

It seems like Millies have chunky necks a lot of the time... this one?

 

These are really hard to beat ... Nice one in a unique finish...!!!!

 

This is a medium neck in my experience. The action is low, just like all the others I've played, which are only the ones I have.

 

It has Seths on it. The strings are from the factory and need to be changed before assessing tone. I can see some corrosion on them.

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This is a medium neck in my experience. The action is low, just like all the others I've played, which are only the ones I have.

 

It has Seths on it. The strings are from the factory and need to be changed before assessing tone. I can see some corrosion on them.

You've got it all wrong, :D as jeff tweedy would say "corrosion is added TONE, B) never change your strings man ;) " of course thats why I never let jeff play my guitars...

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Very, very nice B) OSB is my favourite finish but the lighter 'yellow-browns' like this and ASB are chasing hard in second :)

 

What kind of tuners are those?

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Very, very nice B) OSB is my favourite finish but the lighter 'yellow-browns' like this and ASB are chasing hard in second :)

 

What kind of tuners are those?

 

 

They look like Imperials.

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