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Well, I decided not to reverse the tail piece,I own about 50 guitars and every no we and then I like to experiment a bit..

That's going to buff out real fine! Dave is the best.

All the time??? I see like maybe 1 a year come up for sale

Yeah, I’m still waiting for you to ship yours to me since I paid you for ot 10 years ago

Nothing elusive about them I see them all the time. But congratulations on getting the one you want.

Neither have you!

Hopefully will be picking it up Saturday !!!!

Very sorry to hear it.

Excellent!!!! Well done Brent. 525’s are terrific.

Thanks. Yes, certainly I will play it first. Like I said in the original post - I’ve been surprised before by pickups that I “knew” from prior experience weren’t right for me- but in a different guitar I found them to be terrific. I didn’t think I liked Duncan ‘59s - then I got a 575 with them in it, and it was a great combination in that specific instrument. Lesson learned there.

It would only be harmonically in tune with a single note. Each string will have a pitch depending on the length between the bridge and the tailpiece. If you were to tune it to match the open pitch, all the fretted notes will have the same open pitch as well (although probably 2 or 3 octaves higher). But I find the same thing.... you have some sympathetic vibration from the string behind the bridge. I hear it on my DeArmond Starfire, my 525 and 530. I have seen people use cloth and rubber to dampen the string vibrations. I never felt the need.

Nice guitar. I still love those old style wooden pickguards!!! I wouldn't swap out anything until you played it. Schaller pickups are like any others... they have a sound that may or may not be what you prefer. If you go back and read comments you'll hear that they are hard, soft, bright, full, like an SD59, Alnico Pro II, a Dimarzio PAF or a Gibson PAF. That pretty much covers the range from left to right. They are a potted, Alnico 5 based pickup, with 4 wire connections for coil splitting if you want to go that route. Schaller quit selling pickups which is what prompted Heritage to switch to Duncan (59s and Seth Lovers). They have 3 mounting holes on the baseplate, so you can adjust the tilt if you need it. I've got Schallers in my H-157, Sheptone Tributes in my H-535, Seth Lovers in my Millennium, and Alnico Pro IIs in my H-140. I can make more of a change in the sound by changing my amp than I can between any of the guitars. Playing clean through the Princeton sounds nothing like the Patriot or the DSL401. In the end, what's most important to me how the guitar feels in my hands. Then I can tweak the tone to what I want.

Looks great!!

@tsp17...Congratulations on your latest archtop score. GE's are wonderful, world class instruments. Play it in good health.

That’s great to hear. Thanks. Always a little bit of a crap shoot when buying on line. But Jay and team at Wolfe are super professional, reliable and they have the really good stuff (like HOC member owned Green Oak). They have never steered me wrong. I always have confidence buying from them.

Nice!

That's a beauty. I saw that guitar at Jay's place when I bought my H530. Pictures do not do your guitar justice. Congratulations and enjoy.

What an improvement! You were right about Dave Teski, Awesome work!

The more the string weighs,the more tension to bring to pitch. The longer a string is,the more it weighs, the flexibility of a longer string has to do with its increased elastic modulous,wich also increases with overall lenght,so even with higher tension,it can feel more flexible...but my main point from this original question is, What are your experiences in having reversed the assembly of the finger bridge ?

Always wanted one of these. I have a 550, 575 and SKB- so this one slots nicely in a missing spot as a 17 inch solid wood spruce top masterwork that I can gig with since I don't play my SKB at clubs/restaurants/bars. Nice bonus- comes with fitted Doug's Plugs to make it all the more gig-worthy without feedback issues. Should arrive late next week. Pickups are Schaller Golden 50's, which I've never played but the guys at Jay Wolfe's shop tell me they are on the bright and articulate side, kind of like HRWs. Will probably swap them out, but we'll see. I've been surprised before by pickups that I thought I wouldn't like, but turned out to be great in a specific guitar. More to come.... Anyone here have experience with Golden 50's? If so, please let me know your thoughts. Picture from the guys at Wolfe:

Wow, that's awesome!

I think the varying lengths on the finger bridge and similar designs outside of appearance, is perhaps the overtones that occur with the length of string from the saddle to the ball termination. On the trapeze tail guitars I've owned, the dead length between the bridge and tail is clearly audible when plucked, acoustically and via the pickups. The plucked notes are not at all musical, with no relationship to the tuned note of the vibrating length of the string. Now, if one were to design the bridge/tail to arrive at something more harmonically in tune or at least not objectionable, I think that might be appealing musically. FWIW I put silk-wrapped ball-end strings on my trapeze tail guitars for that reason, to just deaden the ringing. It's minor and maybe, nobody but me noticed it.

Dave Teski (lead paint artist for Heritage) is doing a refinish on just the top of my H525!!! He sent me this pics yesterday. He’s going to be buffing it out Saturday!!

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