Recent content by 58burst

Old top is outrageous!!

Man that top's as plain as they come- nice color!

Turning 71 in a few weeks- i just wanna offer two words from my own experience as a (formerly lol) rockin’ senior… LIGHT STRINGS(!)

Thing's a beauty- I wouldn't touch a thing on it, play the shit out of it-

I can steer you to the "vintage cases" sticky post at the top of this forum- That's a "four-latch" 50's LP case, quite correct for your special. Unless you want more extensive restoration, I find thick superglue carefully applied within the cracked seams can do wonders with these to structurally...

I notice the burst pictured lying with the goldtop has the “eye” woodgrain around the controls that is apparent in closeup photos of the beano guitar... interesting

A few weeks ago, the night before the northern california vintage guitar show, I dreamed about a well-played red '64 335- I've been lusting for a good ES for a while now, from watching Simo youtubes- so I was keeping an eye out for anything like that when I went to the show the next day. So I...

Obscure minutae, but when did the pick guards on SG(LP)'s go from five screws to six screws? I read a few articles about Clapton's fool SG, and in all of them it was stated that its year was unknown, but it must be a '64 since it had six pickguard screws. Gibson's site also says 64 was the year...

I have an old '56 deluxe that has had mongrel caps and speaker in it for decades, decided to restore it as much as possible. Put a Weber p12r clone in it, and tried these fender vintage red caps. Damn! These things sound GREAT, perfect sweet tone, I'd highly recommend them for any 50's fender...

I had a chance to stretch out with a couple of friends recently, and this video is the result. My style may be somewhat unusual from that of the average burst player, I thought some of you might find this interesting. Some good footage of my '58 (although the quality went down when the video was...

Damn! I got one of these a few weeks ago- it's far and away the most versatile, great-sounding amp I've ever owned. It has an incredible range of tones with those two preamps, and EVERY one of them sounds REALLY great. A perfect package too- loud enough to play out with, portable, nice...

...Got it a few days ago- Wow! This thing has the biggest, most three-dimensional tone of any amp I've owned- Damn! Who knew-

I posted this in the "hollow tone" thread, as this guitar imo has that quality in spades, then I thought others might find it interesting. It's filmed up close and personal, so you might be able to better get a feeling for how these wonderful instruments play-...

I was fortunate enough to recently acquire a basketweave cab loaded with g12m's with bass cones- WOW! First time I've ever (knowingly) played through some of these- what a sound! Fat, three-dimensional, focussed-but-huge, and NO farting out. Finally see how Koss did that sound- This cab's gonna...

Does anyone know if there has been any repro case candy- hang tags, "mr dealer", etc.- at least the paper stuff, that anyone has produced or is selling?