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Those are both very nice guitars!

There are reasons why Lester William Polsfuss got into building a solid body guitar, instead of just playing the existing hollowbodies of the time.

I originally thought this thread was going to be about earplugs

He's a gene pool boy, for sure

I was being serious. If you are offended that isn't my fault, it wasn't my intention either. You are reading far too much into that statement. I would have said exactly the same thing to any friend I was having that discussion with. Not only that, but I went to the effort of additional details that likely affect your perception of sound & volume. You are welcome.

I bet Marv built tons of Heritage guitars along with the other owners. And other builders. good luck documenting any of them I recognize his handwriting on a lot of labels

there was a 225 parsons st model too Did the eagle have a model #?

hahaha!

Did they explain why they chose 717 as the model #? So far, numerical prefixes have been 1,3,5 No 7's until now? any others? why no 2,4,6's? I can maybe understand why no 2's or 4's. Avoids all the 2x4 jokes

well what is sound & volume? air pressure more speakers = more air pressure I'm not sure who downvoted my post, lol, but I thought it was informative. I apologise if I offended somebodies sensitivities.

wow that's a beauty! B serial & a stinger drool

speaker sensitivity is important too. A 102 dB speaker is going to be louder than a 90 dB speaker, with a given amp

why do 4x12 cabs sound louder than what? a 1x12? seriously? more speaker surface area also improves bass response. That's why bass cabs can use a bunch of 10" or 8" ( or even smaller ) speakers. smaller speaker cones are also faster, so a big 15" speaker may have more bass than a 10", but is slower & less responsive. usually. Throw a bunch of 10" speakers in & they're faster, and have the same low end as a 15" speaker cabinet design is a whole other can of worms: ported, not ported, direct radiator, passive radiator, horn loaded, diimensions & size, shape etc all factor in

Oh, I thought yours was the first! I was referring to them rather than you...which is why I replied in your thread. I guess I could have worded it better apologies

agree it's good to see Heritage making big archtops again. And especially a new model! The Cadillacs of the guitar world

Looks nice! There's 3 different threads here about the same gtr. Don't you guys read before you post? Big news though: the 1st new model in a long time. Undertstandable.

yeah that takes admiration of old tubes to a whole new level

GC was the final designation of the 6L6 right? I wonder if design changes between them has anything to do with the sound. Did you measure the actual plate voltage of the Wooly amp?

Nice to see "The Heritage" back on the headstock Although I think it should be the other way around: US handmade models should be "The Heritage" & the offshore less expensive ones "Heritage" doesn't affect the instrument in any way so I guess it's superfluous

Now you're in trouble. You drank the Kool Aid. You'll probably have to get another one at some point Heritage guitars have always been admired by the cognoscenti, and the headstock agnostic. They are truly great instruments. I've gone through & stil have some others but Heritage are my faves

Beautiful 535!

wow, look at that! Beautiful guitar. Congrats!

Gorgeous!

shipping damage, unfortunately. I never even got to hear it!

too late....