unikh550 Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Am a jazzer, so: 1. Super 400 size with 1.5" thickness 2. Double cutaway, but with each horn the shape of the 576 3. Laminate mahogany b/s; solid spruce top 4. Slender unbound f-holes with a violin's look 5. Varnish finish instead of lacquer, for better sound transference and fewer finish cracks over time 6. Center block to knock out most feedback 7. Lollar Charlie Christian neck pickup 8. Rosewood archtop bridge 9. Elegant tailpiece, like L-5 or Yamaha AEX2000 10. Any color combo. Mine would be dark almond burst b/s, with antique natural top. 11. Blank fretboard, with option, at no charge to put on inlay from any model. 12. Curly maple or koa headplate 13. Short or long scale 14. Art Deco headstock design- double points, like in Jon Kinkead's book on acoustic guitar building 15. Street price of under $3,000 For Bluegrass: Bring back the acoustics! This time, all solid woods, with walnut sides and back being one. Most makers concentrate on rosewood and hog, and plain, unfigured walnut is cheap, so there might be a niche in the under $1,200 street price mkt.- Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthpawGuy Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Am a jazzer, so: 1. Super 400 size with 1.5" thickness 2. Double cutaway, but with each horn the shape of the 576 3. Laminate mahogany b/s; solid spruce top 4. Slender unbound f-holes with a violin's look 5. Varnish finish instead of lacquer, for better sound transference and fewer finish cracks over time 6. Center block to knock out most feedback 7. Lollar Charlie Christian neck pickup 8. Rosewood archtop bridge 9. Elegant tailpiece, like L-5 or Yamaha AEX2000 10. Any color combo. Mine would be dark almond burst b/s, with antique natural top. 11. Blank fretboard, with option, at no charge to put on inlay from any model. 12. Curly maple or koa headplate 13. Short or long scale 14. Art Deco headstock design- double points, like in Jon Kinkead's book on acoustic guitar building 15. Street price of under $3,000 For Bluegrass: Bring back the acoustics! This time, all solid woods, with walnut sides and back being one. Most makers concentrate on rosewood and hog, and plain, unfigured walnut is cheap, so there might be a niche in the under $1,200 street price mkt.- Charles Hi Charles, I like your specs, would you really go for something as thin as 1.5" ? Just curious as to your reasoning for that. A lot of your specs seem to indicate that you play jazz at fairly high volume levels, would that be correct ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluzman54 Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 If they could design a guitar that looked like this, none of us would want to do anything else but practice....... ;D Jim C AngelinaJolie.jpg AngelinaJolie.jpg_thumb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freshmattyp Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Make mine a 550 with the depth and center block of a 535. 2 Lollar P90's and a master volume pot. That's all I need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unikh550 Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Southpaw Guy, already have a H-550, so don't need another guitar with 3" sides. Think that a guitar with a really wide spruce top like the Super Eagle would look even wider if the sides were thinner. My guitar sometimes feeds back if I cut loose due to the Charlie Christian p.u. Like a larger guitar than the double cutaway semi-acoustics, and don't like too dark of a tone as Super 400's and Super Eagles can have. Would be easier to play standing up, as well. I play in the styles of Farlow, Kessel, Ellis, and Raney, with a little of Burrell in there. .011-.050 flatwounds would keep it clean, yet not murky. The closest Heritage makes to this is the thin body Eagle Classic, I believe. Have even thought of buying a Super Eagle and having a great luthier remove the back to put on thinner flamed maple sides- just kidding! - Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthpawGuy Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Southpaw Guy, already have a H-550, so don't need another guitar with 3" sides. Think that a guitar with a really wide spruce top like the Super Eagle would look even wider if the sides were thinner. My guitar sometimes feeds back if I cut loose due to the Charlie Christian p.u. Like a larger guitar than the double cutaway semi-acoustics, and don't like too dark of a tone as Super 400's and Super Eagles can have. Would be easier to play standing up, as well. I play in the styles of Farlow, Kessel, Ellis, and Raney, with a little of Burrell in there. .011-.050 flatwounds would keep it clean, yet not murky. The closest Heritage makes to this is the thin body Eagle Classic, I believe. Have even thought of buying a Super Eagle and having a great luthier remove the back to put on thinner flamed maple sides- just kidding! - Charles Charles .... Have you checked out the 525 yet ? http://www.gbase.com/Stores/DealerStore.as...p=5&Track=Y That Heritage model is giving me bad GAS at the moment, thanks mostly to mister P-90 himself ( aka Kuz) ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluzman54 Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Charles .... Have you checked out the 525 yet ? http://www.gbase.com/Stores/DealerStore.as...p=5&Track=Y That Heritage model is giving me bad GAS at the moment, thanks mostly to mister P-90 himself ( aka Kuz) ;D I have an original 1961 ES-125TDC that looks just like this. It is in 90+% condition and is an incredible playing guitar. That being said, I would like to get a 525 and a 575. A co-worker has a 525 and it is great in every aspect....jazz, blues, rock- no matter what- it just flat out does the job. Jim C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mars_hall Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 I would really really like to see something comparable to an L-5S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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