My New Purchase

Here is what Jim at Route 66 said about the tone.....

"Well, I just spent about 40 minutes playing the Bourbon Burst and here are my impressions. First of all, my initial impression of any guitar begins acoustically. So, I start by tuning her up. What I am looking for here is acoustic resonance. On this guitar I could clearly feel the acoustic resonance in the neck, headstock and even in the bout against my rib. This level of resonance typically translates into increased sustain and performance when plugged in. The acoustic clarity is also quite impressive. The acoustic projection is very pleasing with a very nice "bloom" or "blossoming" to the effect. So, the acoustic summary is; Above average acoustic resonance with excellant clarity and projection. Now, let's plug her in. I am going to play thru my 1967 Ampeg Gemini II amp. My first set is pretty clean with a little bit of reverb and that's all. Very, very warm tone with quite a bit of depth . The sound is quite rich with a great deal of presence and an airy wafting. Exploring the range of the guitar, I find she has a huge usable range. I mean you can go all the way into the bottom end without getting muddy, straight into the upper range without shattering and you can live in the mid range! Play is very easy with the guitar being quite responsive to the lightest touch and very well balanced. Voicing is very articulate with clean phrasing. Okay now, let's push her and see what happens. A lot of guitars will give up their tone when pushed so, once you crank them up the guitar breaks down and you wind up sounding like a jimmy Page wannabe in a garage band, playing a Teisco. Anyway, I used a pedal to overdrive the signal and wow! Huge presence, and BIG sound!! Now, one step further with some compression added. What a monster. Kind of like playing a Hammond B3 with strings. Incredible sustain, power and retains tonal integrity throughout the entire power curve. So, here is my bottom-line. A great blues/jazz guitar with a great deal of warmth and tone. Very rich with a big sound and big presence. Capable of transitioning into a classic rock guitar with the power and clarity to back it up! All in all, this is one of the better ones and will be sure to keep up with you no matter what you ask of her! Thanks and let me know if you have any other questions, jim"
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This is only my opinion so, please take it for what it is worth )

It is a beauty and I agree with Stratpaulguy86 that a custom shop LP is THE guitar. Congratulations and enjoy.

Oh yeah..thanks for the comments guys...I hope she is the one.....gonna baby her so she will give me all the pleasure of her tones for a long long time!!!

Congrats on your new grab- Good price too.

Here's the thing on the 1974- I think I read that you have a AC15. The '74 is a great amp but it is an EL84 tube compliment  which will have some similarities (tonally) to your Vox. I have the 2061 which I love with a LP (or strat or tele) which is the same circuit as the 1974x. To get a feel for this amp you should certainly play it first unlike your LP which you can feel pretty darn confident about without even playing it. I actually use my 2061 for my country gigs as it has great spank with my tele. Ultra articulate.

If You want killer Gibbons style grind and ultra warm cleans - Look at the Dr. Z28 or a top end BF DR clone you can look here. The 6V6 tube and the Les Paul is pretty insane and alot of amp builders are starting to build around this tube set as this has been a relatively unexplored tonal area.
http://tube-tone.com/deluxe.php

Just some thoughts on some good low watt killers. My feeling with any amp (not so much guitar) is that they need to be cranked to hear all the overtones and behavior when the OT is doing it's thing. You likely do this so ignore me if this is obvious.

I got invited by a local retailer to come "debut" the Bad Cat 15 watt (forget at this point) Class A blah blah only to show up and have to play it at room volume. Later for you!!! Say what you will about GC and corporate evil but they will let you take your set up or demo set up and dime it which I like.

Good searching!!

I think that the Mesa Boogie Lonestar Classic would be worth trying out as well. The 10/50/100 watt switching is cool as is the choice of tube or diode rectification. Great reverb as well. Added bonus of muscle-building capability for whoever moves it!