2nd H150 Vintage Wine Burst

[KCH]

Back in the club.  I had to sell my H-150 Vintage Wine Burst about 6 months ago and immediately regretted it.   I recently found another Vintage Wine Burst, this time a 2009 H150 and I am happy again.
 

It needed some TLC as a number of things were not working, switch, pots and the pickups had been swapped out.  I completely stripped the guitar and used Virtuoso cleaner and polish to buff out a fair amount of scratches.  
 

I had a pair of Seymour Duncan double creams and thought it would be a nice contrast to the darker burst and they seem to match the binding well.   I added aged Faber hardware to allow the pickups and reflector knobs to pop.  I also removed the pickguard to show off the top, because why should that top be hiding behind a boring piece of plastic.  
 

The guitar weighs an impressive 8.4 pounds and has a nice authentic and woody tone.  

Out of curiosity, does anyone know why the burst is so wide on these?  My previous VWB from 2017 was more of a typical burst around the edges only.  This one seems to graduate almost to the center of the guitar. 
 

[TalismanRich]

They are all hand sprayed, so every one is different, depending on the way the painter feels on that day.   There's no "template".   It's free hand. 

 

[bolero]

That's a beauty!

I like that burst

[DetroitBlues]

One heck of an upgrade, pickups, hardware, etc.

Double Creams are definitely Brentrocks approved!

Hopefully this one stays in the family.

Congrats!

 

 

[brentrocks]

Wow!! 

[29er]

That's a stunner! I agree on the pickguard removal, a nice burst should never be hidden behind a pickguard unless it's one of the wood guards that Heritage used to spec. Enjoy.

[Gianluca]

beautiful
a very nice guitar

[golferwave]

Beautiful flamed top and finish!  Enjoy!

[Spectrum13]

17 hours ago, KCH said:

 

 

 

Out of curiosity, does anyone know why the burst is so wide on these?  
 

I would prefer more of that curl and less of the dark edges on that burst as well.  Don't know what we can't see under the finish though.

Fantastic top!!!

[Jaguarguy]

That is a beautiful top on that H150 - congrats!

[Kuz]

When I ordered my 535 P-90, I told Marv Lamb I wanted the first 535 P-90 and the first Marv Lamb wine-burst finish.   Rockabilly wanted it bad so he now has it.   I was also told that Marv was the only one that sprayed the Marv wine-burst finish himself.

[rockabilly69]

The Marv Wineburst that Kuz was kind enough to send on to me...

And for you blasphemers, here it is with a proper pickguard...

 

 

 

[Gianluca]

beautiful
great guitar

[Doug]

I was in the showroom at the PSP gathering this last summer and really liked the vintage wine burst finish on this H-150.

I kind of impulsively bought it and I am glad I did. It is hard to find this finish on new models anymore.

[bolero]

Looks great!!

[KCH]

The lighting in my office was just right this morning.  

[KCH]

And another for good measure.  😂 

[DetroitBlues]

Nice pics!

[Blacker80]

That is a stunner, love it!

[ElNumero]

Your guitar is beautiful. I love the aged looking hardware!