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That's a pre Tariff Heritage.

The fatter body gives it a fatter tone compared to my H 535. It's that classic jazzbox tone. I would never play the Roy Clark style of music on the 576, It just doesn't seem to be built for that.

I think Fender is behind this.

I've never played a Roy Clark but if it is a single cut 535, I see my 576 as a bit fatter. I havn't measured them but just looking at them it appears that way.

Mine must have been ordered with upgrades or someone upgraded it. It has gold bridge, tuners, switches, etc. When I got it the owner had put alunitone pick ups in it. They really did not sound good and looked even stranger on a traditional looking guitar. I put a pair of Dimarzio Anniversay humbuckers in it and it sounds really warm. I don't use it much and am thinking about selling it. But I am not sure I want to part with it as it is so cool.

I have a jazz gig on Friday and jazz is not my forte. I can get around but there are no keys ....percussion, bass, violin and me. I pulled out my H-576 and as I had not played it in like 4 years, I forgot what a cool guitar it is. I guess it is like a 575 with a Venetian cutaway and gold tuners, bridge, etc. lots of blingy stuff. it also seems to have a center block. I'm not sure if the 575 is fully hollow or blocked. It really sounds beautiful....warm and full and jazzy. And it is really nice to look at. Anyway, does anyone have any info on these guys? how many were made? mine is an H seriel number which means 1992. I don't know how long they were made. Does anyone else have one or am I alone in the universe with mine?

Thanks so much to whomever pulled off the rescue!

And just in time. I amost bought a Gibson......

Just checking to see if we are back and what might have happened?

Brian Auger is cool and most people. even keyboardists never heard of him. I am a fan of his first album with Jules Driscoll as well as all of the Oblivion Express stuff. especially Replacements. That's a cool song list you have going for sure.

It depends on what you mean by country music. Classic Merle or Buck would almost require a fender. Or that 80s to 90s George Strait, Clint Black, Alan Jackson, etc.. is still tele/fender sounds. However, the stuff I hear now that is called country often has almost metal tones. I got hired to do a couple of gigs backing a country guy. He said he wanted that Waylon style sound. I had the tele/deluxe thing and he, being young, said that wasn’t the sound he had in mind. I pulled out my Kramer that I got from Brent a few years back and a slightly gainy Friedman and got the gig. Kids these days……

I used to know people that would take a certain drug and stay up late writing things that didn't make sense.

That gets into the territory of almost too nice to play!

True. However, My main rig for bigger shows is a Synergy/Egnater MTS set up and I use 5 different tube preamps. It is a heavy mother for sure. The Quad Cortex can get reasonable models of all of those plus others as needed. I may not use 20 different amps at one gig but I might use a lot of those models over the course of a month. 20 years ago I was hired to do all of the guitar stuff on an album by a young sort of pop rock band....not really my cup of tea but I got paid. I used a Line 6 POD Pro XT for the whole album.....no external amp cabs or anything. I just carried a 4 space rack to the session. I ran across it the other day and was blown away by the sounds I got. And that was when this modeling stuff was fairly new. The volume swells were a modeled volume pedal. All FX, Delays, Verbs. etc even the wah solo at the end of the second tune was a modeled wah. And this stuff has only gotten a lot better in the 20 years since. I still love my tubes for sure but have no problem using models either. Like I have said in the past, I can no longer tell the difference between tubes and models on playback. I still feel a slight difference while playing them.

Maybe.....But the ability to have 20 different amp models in one package is pretty cool.