Lentz HSL incoming! Do you know this guitar?

Hey all...Lentz lovers in particular:

My WTB thread in the emporium has borne fruit. The flame-top HSL pictured below is en route!!!!!! Here is the description from the Lentz Forum:
"Flame maple veneer top over lightweight swamp ash with vintage style binding and a nitrocellulose lacquer sunburst finish. Scott lacquered and tinted the guard, knobs and switch tip for that warm "vintage" look. The neck is our usual big Lentz profile. Lightweight and resonant with a Indian rosewood fingerboard inlayed with crowns. Lentz B'Kaster pickup in the "treble" position and L-90 in the "rhythm""

This guitar seems to have made quite a splash when introduced. It was built for the Chicago Tone Fest back on '06. According to Mr. Lentz, it was the first HSL to feature the flame-maple top and mahogany veneer sides and back. Scott called it a "monster guitar". He went on to say the top was from a stock of maple that is now gone.

I've scoured the internet to find out everything I could about the axe. Here are some threads in which it is featured:

http://www.lentzguitarforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=362
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=144704
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=153891
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=144543

I want to learn the provenance and history of this guitar. Like "Chip", this is a well-traveled instrument. I know when it was made and where it premiered. I know the last two owners. If you know anything about this guitar, please speak up. It would be fun to know where it's been and what it's done in its lifetime.

Of course.....I also welcome any "OMG", "nice guitar" and "PM when you want to sell" comments.

And now, the moment you've been waiting for......PICS!!!

 

Check out the book matching on the top. It's interesting how the color inverts from dark to light where the two sides meet. Is that typical in book matching?

 

I think I played chip when n.j. had it. It was his Lentzes that turned me on to Scott's builds.

It's encouraging that even the greatest guitars get passed hand to hand. The existence of crazies who part with such guitars gives me confidence that my new Lentz isn't unworthy of being a keeper! (not that I am worried about that, really).

Here's an interesting thought: where will these guitars be in, say, 75 years? What shape will they be in? What will they sound like? Most guitars now in existence will be around that long, won't they? It's not like people will throw them in the trash.

 

Heh heh......

Little do you know that I've owned every model of Lentz guitar. I have a pre-lawsuit strat. I'm getting back into an HSL to keep the strat company. Shoot....maybe I'll get a DL90 while I'm at it!

 

What you say is true (except for the hair part....which seems to be taking care of itself). My first Lentz was an awakening to what a great sounding guitar is. Before that, I thought I had discovered the best of the best (I won't mention any names like Anderson, Suhr or Melancon). But Scott's work is a step above and beyond in my humble, but informed, opinion.

 

Lordy...I hope you are not one of its previous owners!

I hope prior owners step forward. I'd like to chart this guitar's history.

As an interesting aside. The guy I'm buying this guitar from recently sold the Goldtop L-90 Croyden that I used to own. That guitar went from Texas to Minneapolis to Toronto and is now out East. I think its with its 4th owner.