• Home
    • Recent
    • Calendar
    • Register
    • Login
    Iron Heart Forum
    Iron Heart Forum

    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Collection Preview - Now Live

    Guitars anyone???

    Accessories
    90
    680
    171.3k
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • GraemeEG
      GraemeE
      @popvulture
      Joined:

      @popvulture not to mention it can get knocked over by a kid and not lose it's headstock (looking you at you les paul)

      last edited by popvultureP 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 2
      • popvultureP
        popvulture
        見習いボス
        @GraemeE
        Joined:

        @GraemeE haha I remember seeing a Marc Maron post of a Les Paul with a snapped headstock — typical situation of being propped up on the amp or something and just took a spill. Sadler Vaden chimed in with “NOW it’s a Gibson!” Truth.

        WTB
        IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
        Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

        last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 2
        • SKTS
          SKT
          見習いボス
          @popvulture
          Joined:

          @popvulture technically mine is a “Fender American Vintage Thin Skin ‘59 Tele”. It has custom shop “NoCaster” pickups. I’ve had it since 2011. The only thing I might change is that it has those high 6105 frets which take some getting used to. My other tele is an American Vintage ‘52 Reissue which has the lower vintage frets. Anyway love the tele faction here! @GraemeE

          Edit: and looking at the spec sheet, it weighs 8.23 lbs 😳 someday I may just get a saw and cut off a couple pounds

          last edited by SKT popvultureP 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • SKTS
            SKT
            見習いボス
            Joined:

            One more thing (cause I know we’re all into the details) I really like the 8 hole, double ply pickguard on yours, prefer it actually over the vintage 5 hole mine has (which is way warped)

            last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • popvultureP
              popvulture
              見習いボス
              @SKT
              Joined:

              @SKT right on! Mines the thin skin too. I feel like those AVRIs, especially the thin nitro Wildwood spec ones, are some of the best deals going. I had a Custom Shop strat that I eventually ended up selling, and I feel like the Wildwood is just as good or even better than plenty of Custom Shops, especially in terms of consistency. My only gripe about mine is that I wish it had a light relic. Also wish it didn’t have neck binding, but it’s no biggie.

              I actually prefer the 2105s. Vintage frets don’t bother me, but if I had the choice I’d go for the narrow/tall.

              No real preference on pickguards, other than the fact that I’m a dork about wanting it to be period correct (unless it’s a guitar that just threw all that out the window and just is what it is). I have a 71 blonde tele that’s sort of a mongrel, has had tons of stuff replaced. It came with a blackguard style on it and it sorta drove me crazy not having the right 70s one. I put a black 8-hole / 3 ply on there and even that still sorta drove me nuts, felt like I was trying to pull off an older guitar or something haha. So now I have a white one on it, and I guess all is well. Like I said, dork.

              WTB
              IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
              Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

              last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
              • GraemeEG
                GraemeE
                Joined:

                Now I feel like a pedestrian .
                Mine is just stock out of the box fender.

                I do have some custom relicd pickgaurd screws though due to hours of nasty sweaty hands

                last edited by popvultureP SKTS 3 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 2
                • popvultureP
                  popvulture
                  見習いボス
                  @GraemeE
                  Joined:

                  @GraemeE haha I feel like I brought up my two most modified guitars. I usually have a tendency to just buy a guitar that I’m as close to 100% happy with and just leave it alone. Sometimes I’ll tweak though if there’s a need, or if the guitar’s already been messed with plenty, like my old tele.

                  WTB
                  IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
                  Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

                  last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 2
                  • SKTS
                    SKT
                    見習いボス
                    @GraemeE
                    Joined:
                    This post is deleted!
                    last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • SKTS
                      SKT
                      見習いボス
                      @GraemeE
                      Joined:

                      @GraemeE said in Guitars anyone???:

                      I do have some custom relicd pickgaurd screws though due to hours of nasty sweaty hands

                      True relic production here

                      last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                      • SKTS
                        SKT
                        見習いボス
                        Joined:

                        I do love properly “reliced” guitars and have pined for a long time for a Whitfill custom T. He makes great looking and sounding (from what I’ve seen and read) guitars

                        http://www.whitfillcustomguitars.com/guitars.html

                        I haven’t purchased a new guitar in almost 10 years now. Seems impossible

                        Also, the 10 year gap almost coincides with having kids…hmm. Correlation or causation?

                        last edited by SKT 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                        • popvultureP
                          popvulture
                          見習いボス
                          Joined:

                          If anybody has any leads on luthiers that do a good job on relic stuff, I'm all ears. My Senn is the best I've owned, and I've asked Jeff if he'd do a relic job on another guitar, but didn't hear back (which I took as a no). Some of them are too extreme — I like the sort of Closet Classic / Journeyman level of distress. It's just nice to have a guitar that's sorta had the new knocked off of it. Definitely not the sort of thing I'm willing to do myself (and by that I mean relic it myself, not play the shit out of it until it looks old and vintage. Anybody who's had a new finish guitar knows that will take eons).

                          WTB
                          IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
                          Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

                          last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                          • popvultureP
                            popvulture
                            見習いボス
                            Joined:

                            @skt I know a guy who's got a Whitfill — he likes it, cool tele. K-Line is also pretty fantastic. I have one of his strats and it's probably my best sounding and playing single coil electric.

                            WTB
                            IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
                            Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

                            last edited by SKTS 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                            • SKTS
                              SKT
                              見習いボス
                              @popvulture
                              Joined:

                              @popvulture K-line is new to me and just looked them up…St Louis! They look really nice and I’ll have to dig into them. I agree the “closet classic” look is the sweet spot for me too. I have a 50th Anniversary Masterbuilt strat (Todd Krause) that has that look. I’ll get some pics of it and throw them in the mix here when I can.

                              last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                              • FreemanF
                                Freeman
                                IHUK Crew
                                Joined:

                                FullSizeRender_VSCO.JPG

                                Heading back to the states next month and bringing these guys with me.

                                last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 6
                                • IH-GARYI
                                  IH-GARY
                                  Haraki san Student
                                  Joined:

                                  Did someone mention relic? 🙂

                                  IMG_8449.jpeg

                                  My contribution, to urban blues…

                                  last edited by popvultureP 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 7
                                  • chillmonroeC
                                    chillmonroe
                                    Haraki san Student
                                    Joined:

                                    Getting up to speed on some mash style bluegrass on the 1934 Gibson L00 🤙🤙

                                    Video link:
                                    https://www.instagram.com/reel/CumrIlqLGAh/?igsh=MTF3aWVudTZpaTh3aQ==
                                    IMG_8667.jpeg
                                    IMG_8673.jpeg
                                    IMG_8671.jpeg
                                    IMG_8670.jpeg

                                    “The root of all suffering is the giving of fucks”

                                    • Siddhartha Gautama
                                    last edited by chillmonroe jeffgrantMEDIAJ 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 5
                                    • jeffgrantMEDIAJ
                                      jeffgrantMEDIA
                                      @chillmonroe
                                      Joined:

                                      @chillmonroe DAMN! That is a purdy guitar. The best Gibson I ever played was a 60's J45. But man this is nice.

                                      Life is an adventure, live it for a while.

                                      last edited by chillmonroeC 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • chillmonroeC
                                        chillmonroe
                                        Haraki san Student
                                        @jeffgrantMEDIA
                                        Joined:

                                        @jeffgrantMEDIA yeah she’s a dandy. If you’re into slope shoulder dreads, I’ll have to post some stuff on the 1938 J35 and the 1934 Jumbo. To be clear, I don’t currently own all these guitars. I do a lot of catch and release 🎣

                                        Right now I’ve got the ‘34 Jumbo, the ‘34 L00, and a sweet 1913 Gibson A4 mandolin

                                        “The root of all suffering is the giving of fucks”

                                        • Siddhartha Gautama
                                        last edited by jeffgrantMEDIAJ 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • jeffgrantMEDIAJ
                                          jeffgrantMEDIA
                                          @chillmonroe
                                          Joined:

                                          @chillmonroe I am going to have to follow your IG. I just scrolled it. I love vintage Gibsons. Wish I had the cash to play that game. I mostly just noodle these days and have halted my guitar-buying addiction. As far as vintage I only currently own a Gibson 78' Deluxe and a 76' Strat. But mostly just play my Taylor. It's a 2004, but the best-sounding guitar I played in a LONG search. The only thing I played better was that vintage J45 at a guitar center in Philly 20 years ago.

                                          Life is an adventure, live it for a while.

                                          last edited by chillmonroeC 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                                          • popvultureP
                                            popvulture
                                            見習いボス
                                            @IH-GARY
                                            Joined:

                                            @IH-GARY man that’s awesome — looks like a Nachocaster level relic. What is it?

                                            WTB
                                            IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
                                            Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

                                            last edited by IH-GARYI 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                            • First post
                                              Last post
                                            Copyright Iron Heart 2025.