MartyGrass Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Not the guitarist. I recently got a 1994 Johnny Smith Custom. The Custom has the premium wood package and tap tuning by the recently deceased Aaron Cowles. The guitar had some minor cosmetic issues. Heritage and Pete Moreno remedied them. The first was tailpiece. For some reason that no one at Heritage could explain, the guy who put the tailpiece on in 1994 had the wrong size of three of the fingers. Fortunately, Heritage had a parts box with the right fingers. So that is now corrected. All of the hardware was removed. There were a few superficial scratches and dings, all restricted to the nitro. These were wet sanded, drip filled with nitro, sanded some more and buffed. The headstock face was buffed out as well. The guitar looks showroom good now. Pete cleaned 20 years off of the ebony. The frets never had wear on them but the wood had grime. For the record, it weighs exactly 5.9 lbs. It very much sounds like an acoustic guitar with a pickup as opposed to an acoustic electric such as an L5 or Super 400. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beagle216 Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Wow. Just.... WOW!!! Very beautiful, congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big bob Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 That is beautiful ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitfiddler Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Magnificent JS!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbetts41 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Thanks for sharing, that is a great looking guitar... bet she rings like a bell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavesNotHere Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Spectacular! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steiner Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Nice snatch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterbright Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 What's the selling price? Just kidding. It is amazing. How is the sound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith7940236 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Thst is another winner! How does it compre to the other JS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyGrass Posted February 7, 2014 Author Share Posted February 7, 2014 It is amazing. How is the sound? It sounds great. I don't know what else to say. I haven't played a better sounding archtop acoustically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterbright Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 A perfect combination...looks and function! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyGrass Posted February 7, 2014 Author Share Posted February 7, 2014 This JS is similar to one I had before that was tap tuned. The neck carve on all three was virtually identical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsck1 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 What a fabulous addition to your incredible collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsp17 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 as usual, exceptionally well done Mark. S'wonderful, s'marvelous... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 A beauty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver0356 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 WOW!....it looks like showroom material!.....makes us want to get one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHoffman Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Great guitar, I love mine. Congrats, looks new! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank67 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Congrats Marty! This guitar is of the charts nice - Enjoy her and play her in good health! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pressure Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Fab Johnny Smith Mr. Grass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Ron Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Wow again. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schundog Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Great pics of a great guitar, Doc. I'm so glad that you appreciate these wonderful instruments for the works of art they are, and are in close enough proximity to have the master builders/luthiers like Pete and the Heritage gang bring them back to their full glory. Well done, Sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bornot2bop Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Love the restoration. Love that U found a replacement for your previous JS, and that this one found a good home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stringman Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Sir: That guitar looks superb and you and Heritage are to be commended for bringing it back to life. Any chance you might record/video the guitar so that we could hear it played? I'd really like that. Thanks. String Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stringman Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Sir: That guitar looks superb and you and Heritage are to be commended for bringing it back to life. Any chance you might record/video the guitar so that we could hear it played? I'd really like that. Thanks. String Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smaj Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Sure is beautiful Mark, a sweet addition indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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