bolero Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 wow, shipped monday, arrived today (wednesday) ...amazing!! what a surprise I'll post pics later, but it's a real nice cherry red 535; some minor bumps & bruises but certainly in better shape than some of my other gtrs can't wait to plug it in when I get home trying to figure out the serial, smudged first letter...looks like it starts with an "M", which would make it a 1996 props to the talented builders in Kalamazoo...thx guys/gals!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredZepp Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 Cherry... excellent vintage inspired finish for a Semi- Hollow... Give us a report when you have the chance... ..... and.... pics, of course...!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koula901 Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 Hoooooraaaaaay Booooolerrrrooo!! Woo Hoo! Can relate to your excitement! Cool that you got it so soon, and of course, look forward to the pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steiner Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 Congrats Bolero! Prepare to be blown away!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldog Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 I know your excitement! I received a new 535 faded cherry 25th anniversary edition from Jay Wolfe last week. Posting photo's would be great but I've not had time to use Photo Bucket. What a fantastic guitar and Jay Wolfe was wonderful to deal with. I could not be happier..... Now I have 2 Heritage guitars, the new 535 and a 575 both are incredible. Good for you! Bulldog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolero Posted November 4, 2010 Author Share Posted November 4, 2010 thx guys! man....I forgot how "fun" it is to swap pickups in a hollowbody....takes a lot of patience & finger dexterity I guess I knew what I was in for this time so it wasn't too bad: an hour or so, two Kronenburg 1664's and a Creemore Lager later, I had the Throbak's wired in also swapped a lightweight aluminum tailpiece on pickups are gold & the rest of the HW is nickel, so I might get some brasso & buff the pups down to nickel I will say it is a killer sounding gtr though...I daresay even better than my old one. the neck feels better, slightly wider....did they vary the width, E-to-e, of the 535 necks at all? there was a Randall Wall pickup in the neck, what exactly does he do to these different than the stock Schaller's? had a few mins to jam out on my 1962 Gibson GA8, that hollowbody is SWEET!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolero Posted November 4, 2010 Author Share Posted November 4, 2010 just for kicks I had a mic setup in the room while I tried it out...warning, though: little tube amp cranked to snot http://www.myspace.com/galactagog/ "535 thru GA8" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schundog Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 Nice sound clip! Sounds great, enjoy the Beast, and welcome to the 535 club; it's my favorite Heritage...so far... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulk1 Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 No doubt, Jon Gundry knows how to wind a pickup. As for what Ren does to the Schallers to make them HRW's --- trade secret. Otherwise, we could all do it. That very ... uh, fun and excitement you mention has been the very thing that has kept me from swapping out pups in my semi's. I don't think I'd have the patience to do that. Good on ya for being able to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koula901 Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 just for kicks I had a mic setup in the room while I tried it out...warning, though: little tube amp cranked to snot http://www.myspace.com/galactagog/ "535 thru GA8" Hey Bolero! Heard your clip this morning and it sounded great!! I especially liked the section where you were finger picking the blues. I just got my 535 recently as well - and these are really blues machines!! but of course, can rock out as well as do jazz. I know a lot of guys here hunger for pics of guitars, but I'd almost rather a sound clip. Thanks for posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegleg32 Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 "535 thru GA8" That thing rocks!! There was a couple of seconds where you didn't push it quite as hard that I like also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredZepp Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 just for kicks I had a mic setup in the room while I tried it out...warning, though: little tube amp cranked to snot http://www.myspace.com/galactagog/ "535 thru GA8" Whew... that is rockin' . It sure sounds like a blast. And the tone is right there... Really Nice clip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolero Posted November 4, 2010 Author Share Posted November 4, 2010 ha, gracias amigos!! ...next time I'll actually figure out something to play, literally plugged it in & started flipping thru the tone/pup selections plus it was about 2:30am & didn't want to piss off the neighbours tonight I think I'll really blow the roof off the house, hehe cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffB Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 plus it was about 2:30am & didn't want to piss off the neighbours Nah man they love it. They be digging it as much as you. Crank it. Cool clips there. Thanks for posting the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolero Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 had a bit more fun tonight: put a standalone reverb in front of another nasty little amp & messed around, there's a clip up there if anyone's interested I think I might put a bigsby on this, which is the model that floats, B6? I don't want to drill any holes cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koula901 Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 link, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolero Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 oh, sorry, it's the same as before http://www.myspace.com/galactagog/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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