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Played this Millie with new Seth Lovers and new pots all weekend. Seth’s are a great match for this guitar. hauled out my Mesa California Tweed 40 to see if they paired well…fantastic! The muti-watt selection gain and master volume works great on this amp so I can be at the edge of breakup at any volume. Cleaning up beautifully with volume control and pick attack. Great combination. Next gig will be with this amp and axe. Super versatile and sounds great. This amp also sounds great with arch tops so I’m in tone bliss at the moment.

I have a set of these….

I put Seths and new pots in my new (to me ) Millie chambered. I play flat 12s on all my other guitars so I had my tech put on flatwound 11s on this one. They sound pretty great. He was telling me that to get the most out of Seths- go round wound. I can imagine that rounds give it a little more presence and harmonic complexity, but haven’t tried it yet. Easy enough for me to do a string swap….I’ll try rounds when i change strings, but now I’m super curious and thinking about doing it sooner rather than wait till the current strings get tired. Your thoughts and experience? thanks. Tad

Just dropped it off with my tech to install Seth Lover pickups, fresh set of 11’s, and some minor adjustments. Will report back. Getting it ready for a jazz groove/funk/soul/rock band project that has been percolating in my head. Tunes like Lucky Southern, Cantaloupe Island, Valdez in the Country, Killer Joe, Back at the Chicken Shack, Song for my Father, Comin’ Home Baby, some classic rock jam tunes, some “acid jazz” as the kids call it today. Think Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express, or El Chicano for the ballpark. Electric, rhythmic, danceable, but still with a jazz vibe. Getting older sure motivates you to get some shit done before you can’t anymore. Been wanting to do a project like this one for a long time.

thanks! similar to mine with my Millie, but slightly different. I'm not 100% satisfied with mine, so I'll try yours!

Please Do share your settings for that Ford’ish tone. I’m Still tweaking…

Having now spent a day with it I will vouch for this assessment. A little steeper learning curve than suits my 65 year old brain filled with too much stuff already….BUT…it seems to be manageable and not too hard to get to ‘set it and forget it’ with three ‘presets’ available. 1. Pedal off - just clean amp. 2. The ‘live’ footswitch that you can adjust on the fly, but I like to set it and forget it. 3. The ‘preset’ footswitch that has downloaded settings . So I can dial in three distinct tones with this box….i think. Still figuring it out, but that’s really all I need. So far my only complaint is that the Bluetooth connect that connects to the phone app is not reliable. You have to re-pair frequently if you are trying to figure it all out.

This guitar is a monster player. Playing it with three different amps, with and without a drive pedal. Sounds huge and beautiful no matter what it is paired with. I had to stop because my ears were ringing.

the Millie i bought from Brent showed up last night. Haven’t had a lot of time with it yet, but man oh man this is a great guitar! Brent comes through again! Minty fresh, like it has been played very little. Tuners still feel new. Sounds more like a semi-hollow because of the chambered body, which is exactly what i was looking for. No feedback issues but still a big and round enough sound for jazz, soulful blues, R/B, and fusion. My band has been getting loud and my archtops often feedback. I guess I’ll be one of those players that switches guitars depending on the song. Yes, overkill for the kinds of gigs we get, but it will give me more flexibility to get funky or louder jamming and use some drive/breakup when the moment calls for it. Just plain FUN. I’ve been playing straight ahead for so long I’m ready to get down and dirty before i get too old. I’ll post some pictures over the weekend, but they probably wont be as good as Brent’s. It really is as gorgeous in person as it is in the photos in his for sale post. Thank you @brentrocks for the great transaction and fast shipping, well packed as always. I also got it a friend: a UA Enigmatic ‘82 pedal. They make a great pair.

Just bought a used one on Reverb . I need to stop looking at these posts. Costs me a lot of money. will report back. I got it to go with my new Millie courtesy of world renowned Brent’s Emporium. Arrives tomorrow.

Gorgeous. That neck is really special. I like the plain ebony board too.

Looks really interesting for Carlton, Mayer, Santana tones. Now you’ve got me hunting for a used one on reverb. Dammit!

Super cool to see. Thanks Mark for posting.

thanks my friend.

Henriksen amp arrived this afternoon. Super easy to dial in with this Eagle Classic. Amp sounds great right out of the box with all the dials at 12:00. Looking forward to a little more tone tweaking tomorrow. It will go to the gig Friday. I was a little concerned that it wouldn’t be loud enough to keep up with our drummer, but with the volume only at 10:00 my wife shared: “Honey, that’s really loud!” Another good feature is the headphone out that defeats the speaker. Wife and family will appreciate that. Super easy to tote at 20lbs. Comes with a nice gig bag with a big front pocket for cables and other accessories. Two separate eq’d channels so i can put a mic or another instrument in for solo gigs or to accompany a singer or whatever. I ended up being the front man at gigs by default (someone had to do it), so being able to put a mic into this amp simplifies things and opens another input on the PA. Love the Benedetto B-6 pickup with this guitar. Really a perfect match. Really good with this specific amp. Always a little nervous buying things without ever playing them, but this combination really works well. The Eagle Classic was a good call in the end; so was the pickup switch and amp purchase. I have a feeling this amp may become the go to for gigs since it is so light and compact. Maybe that will be the end of my new gear craving (for a while at least). More to come….