View Poll Results: state your VISUAL PREFERENCE
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I prefer the Gibson LeGrand
38 63.33% -
I prefer the Heritage Golden Eagle
12 20.00% -
I cannot decide
10 16.67%
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Not sure which looks nicer, the Le Grand or the Golden Eagle, both customized with a maple pick guard. The LeGrand with a P90 by Pete Biltoft, the Golden Eagle with a Dommenguet Jazzbucker.
Of course this is depending on individual taste, wifey prefers the Golden Eagle, i myself cannot decide.
What about you?
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02-13-2021 07:34 AM
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Both look posh! I like the wilder grain on the back of the eagle but the even flames on the grand are also special.
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Finger tailpiece classes up any guitar, in my unimportant opinion.
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Both lovely instruments but I prefer the Legrand. The headstock and tailpiece designs are key differentiators for me.
The maple pickguard replacement on the Legrand is distinctive but I prefer Gibson’s original tortoise shell design.
AKA
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Originally Posted by AKA
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No contest for me. Anytime I see the heritage headstock I have to look away! I wish I could remove that prejudice from my mind but I just can't shake it.
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Originally Posted by skiboyny
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I like them both and I have no problem with the Heritage headstock. I prefer the woods used on the Gibson, but not enough to choose it over the Heritage.
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Originally Posted by JazzNote
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Originally Posted by JazzNote
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I would be bursting with pride to own either, let alone both! And that Twin Reverb is the icing on the cake! May you live long and enjoy both of these (and many others) pinnacles of the luthier's art.
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Yeah, if I was stranded in a canoe I would prefer the Heritage.
Just kidding. Both are gorgeouso!
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They both are fantastic blonds but realistically the Heritage is much less money so possibly a better deal depending on what the Legrands are fetching. Given you wife likes the Golden Eagle might be quite telling. I say this because my late wife never played the guitar but always said my 49 D'angelico has the best sound. I ask her what about it made is seem better and she said............well all the notes are just..........even and I can hear the melodies easier.
Good day in Illinois would be to have those 2 blonds to sit and play, given the high temperature for today is 5 degrees and going to -8 tonight.
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Beautiful pair. I happen to know how good that Golden Eagle really is - and it makes sense why your wife likes it. It’s a real good one.
Glad to see your still enjoying the guitar.
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I like the Gibson, except for the metal saddle. What's up with that on an acoustic archtop?
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For the record, I'm extremely uncomfortable with evaluating a musical instrument solely on appearance. Surely, jazz is a very stylish music, so appearance cannot be entirely ignored, however ignoring tone and playability is a dangerous path. We may as well be talking about endtables.
I voted for the Heritage because they've preserved the Epiphone cloud inlays. It is my hope that this is a clue to the tone of the instrument. Maybe they're trying to tell us they've tried to incorporate the even more classic Epiphone midrange bark. I'd love to play both.
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Originally Posted by JazzNote
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Originally Posted by skiboyny
lol, the infamous Heritage headstock strikes again!
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Originally Posted by Bebop Tom
One can soften the "ping" sound of the metal bridge with the tun-o-matic with rubbery bridge pieces (I forget what they're actually made of). Then you can have your cake and eat it too. I really wish wood bridges would intonate better.
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That Heritage headstock is going on me. Remember no more Gibson archtop tops.......so some wealthy dud step in and make Heritage the successor.....I would but the deacon is not managing Hedge Fund’s
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Originally Posted by Bebop Tom
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Originally Posted by Kirk1701
Evaluating most other qualities is something which can only be done effectively when playing the guitar and actually feeling how it responds to one's own touch.
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Originally Posted by 2bornot2bop
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Originally Posted by Donplaysguitar
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Wow, stunning. Is that a single coil pickup on your Gibson? That must sound really nice. What do you have wrapped around the strings between bridge and tailpiece and what is it's benefit?
René Magritte
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