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I talk to Marv regularly. He is doing well. Enjoying his daughters and grand and great grandchildren. Always fun to talk to him. He has so much knowledge.

You never know... Someone did pay $6.2 million for a banana duct taped to a wall. I have 3 bananas on the kitchen counter, a roll to tape in the garage, and several walls available. For $6M, I'll tape each to a wall, and throw in the house that has the walls attached for free!

well- the JAN 6L6wgb were disappointing. kind of dull and lifeless even after rebias. then when removing them the center plug with the notch on it snapped off of one. Fortunately it did not get stuck in the socket. So, I put in some telefunken 6L6gcs. really good. very hi-def. TAD6L6WGC-STRs also very very good. I'll leave the TADs in for a while. They came as a matched pair but are a good 5 mv apart. Sounding good so far. I might go back to the JJs. They sounded great, so if its not broke, don't fix it.

New New Old Stock Tube Day Looking forward to trying out these JAN 6L6WGBs. Got them second hand. Look to be in good shape.

To all who took the time to get back to me-THANK YOU! I really appreciate your comments & photos!

Nuke, thank you for reply! I am new to the Heritage forum, as I have said to others, I have add to describebeen mostly a Gibson girl. I have 2 L5’s, ES125, ES 125TDC, ES335, ES 330. Also a Custom Shop Fender, Rick Turner Renaissance Nylon String, etc. This Heritage is different than anything I have ever played! It’s hard to describe, it’s just so different. I had the action lowered, had intonation checked, put Thomastic Flatwound 11’s on. It plays great! Tuners work really smooth, they stay in tune! Husband & I are a duo…we play different styles. What 🎶 are you into?

I've heard he is doing well, health wise now, and just enjoying his Grandkids and retirement. Someone told me (don't know this for fact- just something I was told) Marv made the final runs of Marvbirds around 2015ish, shortly before the company was sold and said he was done making them because his arthritis had gotten so bad it was just too much on his hands. Again, not sure if that's true or not, but if so, I seriously doubt he would be up for making anything these days. Would be great if he did though!

Being in his upper 80s, I don't see him coming in to build a few guitars. Has anyone heard how Marv is doing. I remember someone saying something about health issues the last time we were in K'zoo.

These listings are hilarious! A couple of them have sat there, at that price, for quite some time now. And I believe they'll continue to sit there. Those prices are so far off base it's not even funny. I think just because they've seen one listed for that much, they're going ahead and listing their's for sale at that price too. But, as the saying goes: "Just because you saw one LISTED for that much, doesn't mean they're actually SELLING for that much." I can list a Snickers bar for $30,000 right now, and we can all watch it sit there, at that price, for eternity.......

Pete Farmer is a great luthier. I'm sure he could handle it with no problem. I'm sure they have a few that could build these, especially with the CNC they have in place now. They just wouldn't have the mojo of Marv's hands, IMO. Marv didn't keep a real good count of how many he made. I've asked him a few times and he guessed 70-75 made.

I have seen those. Good luck to the seller if they get anything near that. That is not the normal pricing. You never know.

Mine are lightly doped and they break up gloriously. yes you should!