I agree with both Roger and Joe. Black/black/black and gold/maple/cream are both nice combinations. Hmmmmn... Golden maple Cream sounds like a nice ice cream flavor. Mmmm... ice cream! Where was I again?
As always, I appreciate the advice and KUDOs on the new guitar day. I like the idea of possibly switching back and forth between the maple and ebony (I often change out pickguards/pickups on my strats) but also like the idea of refinishing the maple to transparent black. I have that setup on another Heritage I own. I guess I have good problems.
It may seem trivial but when I have a great guitar, I want it to look its best. Working on a Christmas tune to post for the holiday's. Can't compare to the White Christmas rendition recently posted but I am going to aim high and do this guitar justice.
In my hands for 10 days now, it has passed the gig-test and will stay. The guitar was sought out as a gig-replacement for my vintage Super400 and so far I think
it does a pretty good job of filling in that role. It is VERY comfortable, the overall build quality is spot-on, has a very nice neck-carve, dynamic response
is how I like it, it looks cool and price-wise it's the best deal out there when you're looking for a top-quality big-box electric archtop.
The only 2 things that will be changed/modded are a metal tuneomatic bridge (personal preference) and - if I can get my hands on one of these -
a Kent Armstrong PAF humbucker in a gold-plated traditional housing for the neck position. Right now it sports a set of
Seth Lover pups and these are not so much what I want in that particular guitar. They sound rather middy and a bit too smooth whereas the Armstrong PAF
that I have in my Victor Baker has a more balanced, airy tone which makes that guitar very versatile. I have reached out to Kent's son Aaron
in Great Britain and hopefully will hear from him soon.
Unfortunately I am unable to correct the sideways photo - my apalogies.
Congrats! The Kent Armstrong handmade PAF is indeed a great sounding pickup for jazz. I would suggest getting a pair of them so that when you use both pickups, the sound will be better balanced. I also prefer a wooden bridge saddle on my archtops.
I think the Heritage models look great (I even like the headstock!). May she inspire your playing for many years to come.
Great acquisition! I really enjoy my Super Eagle, although--like you--I prefer it with a wooden saddle. It's a super comfortable, great sounding and playing 18" archtop guitar.
I have not tried the Kent Armstongs but I have Seths in 2 of my guitars ( es 333 and Gibson Super V). Love the Seth Lovers in the Super 5 but initially disliked it in the ES 333 (lack of mids for me compared to the Gibson 57's they were replacing). Did not have time to swap the Seths and now I am starting to adjust to them in the Es 333 and really like them. They were really responsive to height adjustments in both of the guitars I have them in.
I have a super eagle that I bought about 8 years ago to replace my Gibson Super V that I was putting into semi retirement. Similar to your story. I ended up putting Seth Lovers into mine which worked out great for me.
Over the years the guitar has opened up nicely and is a superb instrument. I couldn’t be happier.
The tonal character is similar : a deep and warm, solid tone, with high headroom but also capable of delivering
sweet and soft sounds when picked lightly with thumb or fingers. The large body supports a nice sustain, noticeably
more than on most ES-175 types I've played or similar smaller and lighter guitars. All in all these guitars do sound like they look :
quite authoritative ! Simply gotta love them big boxes
The Gibson has a pair of original PAF pickups which do have their own specific tone, she is strung with halfrounds and
has been played a lot in her 56 years - built in 1963. - so she is more open than the Super Eagle (2002 model).... a little more air in the sound, better definition in the low notes,
less sustain ... best described as having a definitive CHARACTER , something unique to this special instrument. The Super Eagle sounds more
rotund, velvety ...
It will be interesting to check out the tonal changes with new pickups and a different bridge.
I read this entire thread through and it made me very quiet inside for a while because there are two people that were contributing many posts on this thread that are no longer with us Patrick2 and rhoadscholar
This ones been on my list. And in this case he’s talking about more like small melodic patterns that are strung together into lines in more modern playing. Probably more like what Oz Noy is doing, if...
Vintage: JTM45, AC15, and the Deluxe Reverb.
Fat Jimmy and DV Mark among the modern amps.
I let some nice ones get away! Especially miss the tweed Bassmen.
But I've only kept the ones I was...
Oz Noy is a fine player and I imagine that his book is a quality product but it would be hard to top Randy Vincent's A Cellular Approach. One of the best IMO. No tab but fingerings and string...
definitely closer to the almanacs. Meant to be a sort of comprehensive catalog of various motions. Not the same as the almanacs but the mission feels like an offshoot of that more than of the Van Eps...
Since 1968 and onward over 500 guitars for sure! Including manyi vintage Fenders, Gibsons.
Highlights include …two 1958 Gold Tops with PAF’s,
1960 Les Paul Custom with Bigsby, 1958 ES-355 Mono...
I cited the wrong time in the video. He's playing two notes at a time start at the 14:08 mark.
Ultimately, I'd like to figure this out for any piece I want to play, like this example, though he's...
Major scale in all positions across the neck.
Then go by thirds. Then go by triads. Then go by 7th chords.
Six months later you’ll be harmonizing no problem by ear.
Yes, you're right, of course. :)
After all this time, Bach keeps getting credit for other people's compositions. I have a piano book that has "Bach's" Minuet in G Major.
All tech products have planned obsolescence. That said, my MacBook Air is from 2013 and is still a daily user, even though the operating system hasn't been updateable in a few years. Eventually I'll...
I’m now at nine:
On the wall L - R: Martin OM16 SGNTE, Martin 12 fret 000028/45. On the floor L - R: Graciliano Perez flamenca negra, Jose Gonzalez Lopez flamenca negra, Mijail Kharash...
1949 L5 and other vintage Gibson archtops at...
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