My '58 Burst in the hands of Steve Mesple

[mikeslub]

I was at Wildwood Guitars this weekend. It was the second time that Steve Mesple, the owner of Wildwood, has played my '58 Burst. For those of you who know Steve, he's got a lot of vintage guitars and amps in his personal collection and is a mondo geetar player. His quote was,

"This is THE FINEST guitar I have ever played. Incredible 3D tone, bloom that sustains for days, the most inspiring and inspired guitar I have ever had the pleasure of playing. -Steve"

I was honored to have Steve play this guitar. High praise from a guy who knows tone! Thought I'd share with you. :hank

P.S. In the second photo, my '55 Goldtop is on the stand next to Steve. He liked that one also.

 

[Tom Wittrock]

Yeah!!! :dude:

 

[abalonevintage]

That thing has fade in all the right places! :salude

 

[mbowen]

Mike really good looking guitar and it appears it plays and sounds as good as it looks.Thanks for the story and photo's.Mike B.:lol

 

[TM1]

Very cool Mike! Steve is such a great guy too! A friend of mine who's a Fender/Gretsch rep, Jeff Bowen introduced me to Steve a number of years back at NAMM.

 

[goldtop0]

Hey Mike great looking burst.........send her down here to NZ and I'll give her a try also if you like........a second opinion's always good I reckon:hmm

 

[Kevin L.]

Mike, that is a beauty. Any chance for another picture of just the guitar?

 

[dretot]

I concur, Beautiful color and fade! Just perfect.

Are there any sound clips of this beauty?

dre

 

[garywright]

His quote was,

"This is THE FINEST guitar I have ever played. Incredible 3D tone, bloom that sustains for days, the most inspiring and inspired guitar I have ever had the pleasure of playing. -Steve"

Mike ...do you feel this is THE FINEST guitar that you've owned/played ?

 

[Don]

What a beauty!

 

[Progrocker111]

No video? :band

 

[CDaughtry]

There's just something about the color on 58s that I just absolutely love!:applaude

 

[mikeslub]

Mike, that is a beauty. Any chance for another picture of just the guitar?

These have been posted here many times. The "regulars" are tired of seeing them... :2cool

 

[mikeslub]

Mike ...do you feel this is THE FINEST guitar that you've owned/played ?

Gary, it's pretty special. I am also enamored with my '59 Burst. It has a bit brighter sound. The '58 is more "in your face" when you want it to be, but also cleans up well. :hank

 

[SoK66]

Beautiful guitar!

How can you take that out of the vault without having a heart attack? ;-)

 

[Tom Wittrock]

These have been posted here many times. The "regulars" are tired of seeing them... :2cool

Not me! :dude:

 

[francè]

I'm never tired to see this beauty, you can post also your '59 indeed :3zone

 

[solsurfr]

:wow

 

[Mitchell]

Nice Mike...

 

[Dire Wolf]

And Steve has played a few good guitars in his time; way to go Mike! :salude