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So I have four real vintage (two of them were severely reliced by me) guitars from 1958 to 71. I have one vintage amp left. So is it just me or do these old guitars just sound better through a really old amp than they do through a copy of a really old amp? Don't get me wrong....I love my Heritage guitars and other guitars from the late 70s and into the 80s. They all sound damn good through an old amp. However, when old amps meet old guitars, there is something magical that happens. My friend has a 50s deluxe and a super. I get the same experience. Perhaps it is confimation bias or something like that. But damn! This is how the guitar and amp combo is meant to sound I believe. It could be that as a kid that is what I heard. And when the amp heats up, there is a certain smell it has that also goes with the sound. I once had a 1996 Prosonic that heated up and had a certain tube-y/tolex smell and sounded really old when it was in the non-gain mode.Somehow my newer amps just miss that certain something. I will not take an old amp on the road for obvious reasons but at least I can get the experience in my studio. This makes me wish I had an old Marshall or Vox....

Very nice!

Access to the truss rod nut was a challenge. Typical sockets and wrenches didn't fit. I didn't want to use pliers, but I found a nut driver that had thin enough walls to turn the nut. Worked perfectly and turned very easily. I was happy it did. I also put an API Nashville bridge and tailpiece on it that was provided to me. Polished the frets, lubricated the nut, and cleaned the fretboard. She is ready to go. Played her again last night learning some new tunes for another band that plays more hard rock stuff.

DB you got the neck all sorted out now?

HB Amber. Such a nice, young age. They’re so cute when they’re 40.

I guess that deserves a cake too!

Here’s a little video of her last night. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1BNqEa7LHL/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Sweet! Mine is a somewhat later 140, with a lighter shade of natural maple top. Absolutely wonderful guitar!

Amber left the factory on this date in 1985. I was able to access the truss rod and set her right. She made her first stage appearance since 2010. She sounded amazing.

I got a free blues driver when I bought my Gretsch 5420 Electromatic

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Welcome!

Heritage guitars are a great "bang for the $"

Here's another cool fuzz, this is a germanium pedal Ryan built for me, a Rangemaster style treble boost combined with a Big Muff with an adjustable bias. At 22 seconds in the first fuzz lick kicks in, and at 2:06 I crack it wide open for the slide solo!

When I'm recording demos/songs, I have a few fuzz pedals that I love the sound of, and almost all of them are germanium based. But I've always been against using fuzz pedals on my pedal board because of the instability of the germanium transistors used in most of the pedals that I like. When they work, they sound killer, but if the temperature changes in the room, so can the sound of the pedal. But recently, my buddy Ryan, my guitar partner in crime, and who's a fuzz afficianado of the highest order, gave me a silcone based fuzz made by Analogman, the BC183 Sunface which has earned a permanent position on my pedalboard. It just makes the solos cut so much better. And it's ridiculously consistent sounding. I love combining it with my Origin Effects M-EQ Driver for serious vowel like singing sounds! Not the prettiest board, but it gets thew job done... the solo i play at the end of this song is the BC183...

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I love fuzz.

Another 2.45 inches and it will be just like Willie's Trigger!

I have very good aim, that was from 105 yards or was it decibels, I can’t remember. Here is the latest, I’ve been working on it diligently day in and out. This morning I got the hammer and chisel out and made a lot of noise!

Right now it’s a matter of finding a place and having the funds to fix it.

I do like the bullet holes in the amp grill though. nice grouping.

that looks totally fake to me. you shoulda done a better job. 🤣

Well congrats!! I always liked that gtr. If I remember correct some guy at a PSP shredded the hell outta that thing, back in the barn days? did it justice for sure. A good repair shop should be able to repair the neck & truss rod.

don't be flicking any boogers on that fuzzy dufflebag

Love that rendition, Master Rob! Yeh, the outro - Beautiful cacophony.