SouthpawGuy Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Some pics of Wolfi's 555 .... Very fine indeed Wolfi ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulk1 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 For a red guitar that is pretty nice. I like how the flames jump thru the color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitfiddler Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 That is a REALLY nice looking 555! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Flying Bird Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Nice looking "ripple triple nickle." Those are the perfect knobs for it's color scheme too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shook494 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfi Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Thank you very much Southpaw for the upload. You made my day !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cod65 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Nice looking "ripple triple nickle." Those are the perfect knobs for it's color scheme too. almost reminds one of a guild Starfire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuz Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Very, Very nice trans-red 555!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brentrocks Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Very nice indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zydecosoultrain Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Wolfi, your H535 is beautiful, does it play as nicely as it looks? Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasper1ik Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Wow!! Nice collection by the way, man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfi Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Wolfi, your H535 is beautiful, does it play as nicely as it looks? Z Oh yes. It plays and sounds very well. There is only one thing I'm about to change: I wanna swap the bridge and the tailpiece. As a tailpiece I use a Duesenberg aluminium stop tailpiece. As a bridge I use a Faber bridge, made from Titan (the saddles). It gives me more sustain and more tone in the higher freqencies. The former roller bridge is a bit of a sustain killer. But even with that roller bridge, the guitar sounds really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfi Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 @ all: thanks a lot for your nice posts. I will tell it to my guitars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersteel Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Another nice one--fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthpawGuy Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 Thank you very much Southpaw for the upload. You made my day !! No problem at all Wolfi ! Did you get them from a dealer in Germany or on Ebay ? Heritage guitars are hard to come by in Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffB Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Looks sensational. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfi Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 No problem at all Wolfi ! Did you get them from a dealer in Germany or on Ebay ? Heritage guitars are hard to come by in Europe. The 150 and the 555 were baywatch, the 535 was a private trade. I have the german Heritage importer not more than 30 min. away from my place. But when the Heritage addiction came over me, his stock Heritages were not the ones I dreamed of. I guess he had a lot of backorders at that time. Now it looks much better (www.realguitars.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfi Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 The 150 and the 555 were baywatch, the 535 was a private trade. I have the german Heritage importer not more than 30 min. away from my place. But when the Heritage addiction came over me, his stock Heritages were not the ones I dreamed of. I guess he had a lot of backorders at that time. Now it looks much better (www.realguitars.de) My local dealer is www.realguitars.de. It's not .com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfi Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I wanna swap the bridge and the tailpiece. As a tailpiece I use a Duesenberg aluminium stop tailpiece. As a bridge I use a Faber bridge, made from Titan (the saddles). It gives me more sustain and more tone in the higher freqencies. The former roller bridge is a bit of a sustain killer. But even with that roller bridge, the guitar sounds really good. Finally the job is done. We had some trouble with the bridge, because it was only available in nickel. My good friend and repair man did a great job. He pulled the titan saddles out of the Faber bridge and stuck them into the golden Duesenberg bridge. After he did a perfect set up, I had the chance to play my red beast. I found out the change of the (rollers) bridge and the tailpiece really payed off. Thanks to the titan saddles and the aluminium bridge, my 555 gained more sustain plus the tone seems to be thicker than it was before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfi Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Finally the job is done. We had some trouble with the bridge, because it was only available in nickel. My good friend and repair man did a great job. He pulled the titanium saddles out of the Faber bridge and stuck them into the golden Duesenberg bridge. After he did a perfect set up, I had the chance to play my red beast. I found out the change of the (rollers) bridge and the tailpiece really payed off. Thanks to the titanium saddles and the aluminium bridge, my 555 gained more sustain plus the tone seems to be thicker than it was before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfi Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 d.p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 That is one stunning guitar; absolutely beautiful. Enjoy it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfi Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 That is one stunning guitar; absolutely beautiful. Enjoy it! I will...!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfi Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Mission completed (finally) My translucend cherry H 555 is now ready to rock. We again changed the bridge and I now use a Duesenberg bridge and that Duesenberg aluminium tailpiece, which gave more sustain and a bit wider tonal range to the guitar. Now we replaced the Schaller pickups with SD Seth Lovers and I have a new guitar now Now it's a real red tone monster. The sound is much warmer than it was before. The 555 now sounds more open and much "bigger" (even our deaf bass player noticed this Anyway, it's like I finally found my home. Cheers Wolfi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthpawGuy Posted May 21, 2009 Author Share Posted May 21, 2009 Congrats on the new pickups. I have those in my Prospect, and they sound excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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