I am such a a fickel beast....thought I was going to be strictly a Fender/bolt neck guy...
then I picked up an amazing MIJ Ibanez semihollow that got me hearing humbucker sounds again...
and wanting more... I sold some stuff and bought FNG's X-170. I could have easily
stopped there as it is terrific but nothing succeeds like excess so.....
I put out some feelers here and elsewhere to trade my Eric Johnson strat for another archtop.
Long story, short, a Heritage 575 Custom arrived last week. More of a Gibson vibe than the X-170
which is to be expected since they are made in the old Gibson factory by some of the same guys.
The two archtops compliment each other pretty well.
The X-170 is bone stock, while the Heritage has Fralin Unbucker pickups. It is also a solid carved wood guitar
with an ebony board and maple neck which further separates it from the X-170 tone-wise.
They really compliment each other very well.
What I love about Heritage is what I love about Guild....totally undervalued just because it
doesn't have a paricular name on the headstock.
Anyway...for your viewihg pleasure.
then I picked up an amazing MIJ Ibanez semihollow that got me hearing humbucker sounds again...
and wanting more... I sold some stuff and bought FNG's X-170. I could have easily
stopped there as it is terrific but nothing succeeds like excess so.....
I put out some feelers here and elsewhere to trade my Eric Johnson strat for another archtop.
Long story, short, a Heritage 575 Custom arrived last week. More of a Gibson vibe than the X-170
which is to be expected since they are made in the old Gibson factory by some of the same guys.
The two archtops compliment each other pretty well.
The X-170 is bone stock, while the Heritage has Fralin Unbucker pickups. It is also a solid carved wood guitar
with an ebony board and maple neck which further separates it from the X-170 tone-wise.
They really compliment each other very well.
What I love about Heritage is what I love about Guild....totally undervalued just because it
doesn't have a paricular name on the headstock.
Anyway...for your viewihg pleasure.