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    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Live Reveal - Thursday 12th of June at 1700BST

    Guitars anyone???

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    • SKTS
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      • SKTS
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        @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

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        • SKTS
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          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?

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          • popvultureP
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            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

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            • popvultureP
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              @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

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              • SKTS
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                @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.

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

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                  • IH-GARYI
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                    Did someone mention relic? 🙂

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                    My contribution, to urban blues…

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

                      Video link:
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                      “The root of all suffering is the giving of fucks”

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                      • jeffgrantMEDIAJ
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                        @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.

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                        • chillmonroeC
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                          @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”

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                          • jeffgrantMEDIAJ
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                            @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.

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                              @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

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                              • IH-GARYI
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                                @popvulture It’s a Custom Shop Nocaster blackguard - it’s pretty gnarly!

                                My contribution, to urban blues…

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                                • chillmonroeC
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                                  @jeffgrantMEDIA hell yeah I’ll follow you back. Guitar playing denim heads unite ✊

                                  But for sure, vintage guitars are pricy but as long as you have a handle on the current market value and buy at or under it you won’t get hurt. And there’s also the potential to flip and make a few bucks to fund more IH stuff

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

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                                  • jeffgrantMEDIAJ
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                                    @chillmonroe I need to sell off my 78 Deluxe, pay off some bills and get a few new IH pieces! haha

                                    Life is an adventure, live it for a while.

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                                    • chillmonroeC
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                                      Just repaired a crack in the back of my 1934 Jumbo. First time ever attempting something like this.

                                      Got some guidance from my luthier buddy. Humidified it to close it up a bit for a couple weeks, then pushed on it to open it up just ever so slightly. Injected it with a super specific type of super glue, waited like 10 seconds and went at it with some shell wool followed by a buffing cloth.

                                      Here’s the before and after pics. I knew it was there and I still can’t find it in the after. The pucker factor in this was real and I’m super stoked on the result 🤌🤌

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

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                                        Oh and here’s the guitar

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

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                                        • JunkPantsJ
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                                          Just got this in this morning. Wow, this one is very, very good.
                                          (I've become a bit of an ES style convert in recent years. Played super strats for a long time, then Les Pauls for many years. Just getting old I suppose 😅 )

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                                          • SKTS
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                                            @JunkPants gorgeous man, love the maple

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