ONEHERO
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So all in all I owned about 9 different reissues of 1959s and also 2 of 1958s
It used to be that my preferred year of construction was 2014 as they are amazing in tone, feel. look.
When the 2015 series came out I was the first to scoff at them, obviously because of the price but also the notion that I didn't care about the plastics, or glue, etc.
When I scored a great deal on a 59 vintage cherry burst (about a year ago) I figured let me buy it and see what the fuss is all about.
Needless to say, it is a phenomenal guitar that simply has it all - the closest in my opinion to an original burst that I tried not long ago
Maybe it's the rolled binding on the neck, the carefully selected resonant woods by Ed Wilson, the double carving, or the thin wet-sanded nitro finish (which contrary to popular belief these features are NOT on the 2017 series)
...all I know was that I had to also buy a DarkBurst (my favorite color since it's rare)
So I sold all my previous R9s and now kept these two 59s TH - this is how much they made a difference to ME
Here they are:
[/URL]True Historic by One Hero, on Flickr[/IMG]
[/URL]True Historic by One Hero, on Flickr[/IMG]
[/URL]True Historic by One Hero, on Flickr[/IMG]
[/URL]True Historic by One Hero, on Flickr[/IMG]
[/URL]True Historic by One Hero, on Flickr[/IMG]
It used to be that my preferred year of construction was 2014 as they are amazing in tone, feel. look.
When the 2015 series came out I was the first to scoff at them, obviously because of the price but also the notion that I didn't care about the plastics, or glue, etc.
When I scored a great deal on a 59 vintage cherry burst (about a year ago) I figured let me buy it and see what the fuss is all about.
Needless to say, it is a phenomenal guitar that simply has it all - the closest in my opinion to an original burst that I tried not long ago
Maybe it's the rolled binding on the neck, the carefully selected resonant woods by Ed Wilson, the double carving, or the thin wet-sanded nitro finish (which contrary to popular belief these features are NOT on the 2017 series)
...all I know was that I had to also buy a DarkBurst (my favorite color since it's rare)
So I sold all my previous R9s and now kept these two 59s TH - this is how much they made a difference to ME
Here they are: