skydog52
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I talked to Marv last night. He sounds good and said he is feeling well. He told me he will be turning 86 this year.
He is enjoying life and his offspring that is getting extensive.
We were talking about H-357s and the one he is holding. That is one of the Korina models he did. Came from California.
He brought up Ron Warren and he hadn't heard he passed. He loved the picture Ron did for him.
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Marv's granddaughter posted this on Facebook.
Rare Bird Sighting!
A few weeks ago, I posted looking for leads on a MarvBird—a special guitar made by luthier Marvin Lamb, who also happens to be my grandfather.My husband became obsessed with the hunt and started digging everywhere. And thanks to one of YOU, we were blessed with the opportunity to bring one home to the family!Thank you for all the love you continue to show for Marvin’s craft and legacy—it means the world to us.
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Not a big fan of pick guards. Back in the day of the Custom Shop I would have them leave it off and put it in case. Options
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Rich Severson with Pete Farmer.
Interview starts around 1:53. It's a good one.
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If it has a belly cut it is probably a H-150 Deluxe. They were numbered.
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This one does not have a huge neck. Very comfortable medium C.
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17 minutes ago, MartyGrass said:
I know he was involved in the H-157 staple single coil model. I think they made a few dozen.
They made 40 of these.
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Ultimately the tone and playability are the true test to a model like this.
At the price point of this one, I would have liked to have seen at the very least some nice fret markers.
The build I think is elegant.
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You sure do make that Sweet 16 sing!
Nice rendition of that classic song.
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A new model. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
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2 hours ago, TalismanRich said:
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.
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.
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2 hours ago, hopkinwfg said:
I have did extensive research on these Marvbird and found Marvin actually did a run of 25 pieces of these birds during 2011? Before he retire.... those have multi laminated necks and natural color... just stunning !! Beautiful !!
I just wonder did anybody at Heritage inherited the Marvin lamb skill and touch on these masterpieces? Pete Farmer ?
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.
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5 hours ago, hopkinwfg said:
Forgive my ignorance, for this thread it trails me down to check out on any for sale and holycow these Marvbird sells for 11k usd !!!
Other than its Marvin build any special appointment on these ?
I wonder if Heritage would do a release on these ? Taking the same attention and reciepe to details whom they took on the customcore?
I have seen those. Good luck to the seller if they get anything near that. That is not the normal pricing.
You never know.
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Pulled the trigger on this one.
Nice fit and finish. Played it a little bit and pickups are a hotter than the 535 type.
Here is an honest review on them. I agree with everything he said.
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30 minutes ago, LK155 said:
Isn't it against all known laws of nature and the universe to play a right-handed guitar lefty?
Not for CJ. He is known to own at least 1/3 of the Marvbird's made.
I talk to him every once in a while. He is an interesting guy with a lot of stories. Met a lot and played in front of legends.
That's his son on the right playing the red one.
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3 hours ago, DetroitBlues said:
Is the label the only way to tell it’s an Ascent?
All you have to do is look at the headstock. Front and back.
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Jumbo frets rounded and polished.
3-layer construction. Top layer is Maple, other layers are not maple. Middle layer is some kind of dark wood.
Label speaks for itself.
Graph Tech TUSQ XL nut.
Mahogany neck. Nice close grained.
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Curious about the Ascent+ product being introduced, I brought one in.
Nice fit and finish. Dark rosewood fingerboard.
Pickups are a little anemic. Pots have push/pull option for single coil.
I just turned it to 11. : )
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32 minutes ago, Gitfiddler said:
If Heritage is currently unable or unwilling to take 'bespoke' custom orders, then they should take down that section of their website.
They did offer a few custom builds for NAMM a while back, but I've not seen any customer ordered one-offs in years.
I have requested builds but have been rebuffed. So much for loyalty. If they only knew!
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59 minutes ago, DavesNotHere said:
I'm kind of pissed this isn't available on a Kzoo made 150.
I've been flirting with ordering one, but $1k is a bit much for a Chinese made heritage
More like descend.
$699.00
I have one of these on the way.
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MarvBird sightings.
in Heritage Guitars
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Staying on the history of Marv at Gibson and Heritage.
Marv sent me this picture last night. He made this one off when Gibson was still at Parsons St.
He called it his Bo Diddley guitar. There is a lot more story behind it.
He told me it has the original strings on it from around 1980. I told him it's time for a string change. We had a chuckle about that.