TalismanRich

Welcome to the HOC, Sancho and Baimo. You should enjoy that Sweet 16, Baimo. They're very nice instruments. The archtop is one guitar that is missing from my "stable". I make do with my semihollow 535. I'm sure I'll find one eventually, though.

Welcome aboard Endre. Very nice looking 150! Be sure and point us to any video or audio posts of the band. We enjoy hearing what people are doing out there with their music.

Welcome Mike. Sorry to hear the basement flood story. I had similar experience. My 157 was sitting on a stand with water up to the bridge. After drying out for about 2 months, you could see the water marks under the finish and the cracks in the lacquer. A little trip to Kalamazoo took care of everything however.

Ahhh.... another wayward soul finds his way home! There are a bunch of us in that boat. I played from the time I was 12 until about 25. Marriage, job, kids, house payments etc put the guitar in the basement for years. I got it out and started plunking around almost 25years later. My H157 was the first guitar I bought for myself since about 1975, it was my 50th birthday present to myself! I've never looked back. Now I try to play SOMETHING every day, even if its just a quick zip up the fretboard. Welcome Clump!

Welcome aboard Monk. With your background, I have little doubt you'll appreciate the Heritage. Make sure to post pics when you get it an any sound clips are always appreciated.

Mark, I can understand the logic of wanting a singer to come with a PA, but I would jump at the chance to grab a good singer regardless of the PA system. You can always buy PA equipment, but finding a great voice is so much tougher. Good luck on your search.

Welcome aboard Mick, I'm glad Vince coaxed you to join us. I can testify that Mick and the folks at Steilberg are GOOD PEOPLE! My H157 and Taylor both came from there.

Welcome, Guitararmy. Looks like you've got a nice collection there. Be sure to post some pics. We'd love to see 'em!

Welcome to all the new folks on the block! Nothing wrong with Cherry Red, as long as you get the first number right!

Welcome Mark and Doug. Don't you just love those semi hollows? They just sound soooo sweet!

From GuitarElectronics.com What is the difference between Audio and Linear taper pots? Audio and Linear taper pots have the same total resistance but differ in which position of rotation the pot will reach the 50% value. Linear pots are usually marked with a B or Lin (examples 250KB, B250K, 250K Lin) and will reach 50% of its total resistance in the 50% rotation point. Audio taper pots are usually marked with an A or Aud (examples 500KA, A500K 500K Aud) and will decrease most of the resistance in the last 50% of the rotation. This can give a more gradual audio reduction is some cases. Most manufactures and builders either use Audio taper pots for volume and tone or linear for volume and audio for tone. However, if a problem of exists where a volume or tone pot has no effect on the sound, try a changing the taper. How to check the taper with an ohm meter: Set the pot to the center position (50% rotation) and measure the resistance between the center pin and each of the outer pins. If the the resistance is equal (50% of the pots value) the pot is linear. If the values are not equal, the pot is an Audio taper. Audio taper pots are usually in volume settings since our hearing is a log type response. This tends to even out the increase in volume. That's one of the things I hated about my old Fender Jaguar, it seemed to just jump in the last 1/8 turn in volume. Of course at that time, I was a kid and didn't know about changing pots and stuff. The tone was smoother. In retrospect, they were probably linear tapers.

Unfortunately, I can't remember who it was. Two things impressed my son, first he walked all through the crowd... had one of those newfangled WIRELESS deals. Second, he was just ripping off these impressive, soaring leads... I think it was the first time my son had seen a real live concert. To this day, he remembers Kansas. Not very many 18yr olds know them these days. It's a shame he's too busy to go with dad anymore. He's missed out on a few more killer concerts!

OK, a lurker who finally joins in. I've been playing since 5th grade, which is about 45 years ago! During that time, I took an extended hiatus doing silly stuff like working and raising kids. A few years back, my son and I were watching Kansas at a free concert and he mentioned that he thought the opening blues guitarist was cool. That was enough for me to pull out my early 70s Guild (... Jim Deurloo's tenure was back then). The bug bit and about 10 years later, my collection has grown. For my 50th birthday, I treated myself to an H157. It was my first LP style guitar. Great sound. Almond Sunburst. Now I have added another Heritage, a red H535. I have always wanted a red 335 style guitar since my first music teacher pulled out his red 355. Everybody played the 335 styles back then... Johnny Rivers, BB King, Chuck Berry. Gotta love that sound! So here are my "kids" Rich's H157 and Guild S100.jpg Rich\'s H157 and Guild S100.jpg_thumb My H535.jpg My H535.jpg_thumb