Special Invitation To New Members

Helo everybody, I'm Alex, a new member just arrived.

I'm a guitarolic, I won't confess how many instruments I have, but so far I never owner a semihollow body (or a semielectric as they say here).

I'm thinking about filling that void so I'm here, I always been aware of Heritage, but I never pulled the trigger...so far.

 
Hi Alex, welcome to the HOC :) You'll find many 'enablers' here, ready to help you make that final push to getting your first Heritage. And your second Heritage. Third... ;)

Where is 'here' for you? I haven't heard the term 'semi-electric' before.

 
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Hi Alex, welcome to the HOC :) You'll find many 'enablers' here, ready to help you make that final push to getting your first Heritage. And your second Heritage. Third... ;)

Where is 'here' for you? I haven't heard the term 'semi-electric' before.
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Hello H, I'm from Northern Italy and here all the Es-335 style guitars are called "semi-electrics" in the sense that they can be more or less used unplugged.

However regarding the Heritage guitars, during my PhD I lived in London and I don't remember any of them in Denmark street at the time...can you find them now in England?

 
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Hello H, I'm from Northern Italy and here all the Es-335 style guitars are called "semi-electrics" in the sense that they can be more or less used unplugged.

However regarding the Heritage guitars, during my PhD I lived in London and I don't remember any of them in Denmark street at the time...can you find them now in England?
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Hi Alex, I have several relatives that live west of Varese near Lake Maggiore :)

Heritage guitars are not common in the UK but there are two places that often have stock. One is High End Guitars in Nottingham, the other is Jam Guitars of Bristol but they don't have any at the moment. Most of the ones I see are on eBay.

I hope you get your guitar soon :)

 
Hi Folks,

I am Brian and have eventually bitten the bullet and decided to say hello on the site.

I have learned so much from reading the posts on the HOC site and a big thanks to all for the education.

I have owned a range of guitars over the years, although I am not very good on the playing thing.

I eventually bought my first Heritage, a H150 with a Blue finish maple top, which I think its really smart. It has the gold hardware and is in fairly good condition for a 98 model. It was not easy to source one here in "sunny " Scotland and the London dealer for these, charges £1999 (depends on finish) approx $3200 for a new one, £1799 for a demo model or used one.

I am well pleased with the guitar and competes well with some of my friend's high end G----n LPs.

What was good about this 'Intro' thread is it has shown that not all Heritage owners or members stay in the USA, although with the limited availability in UK, that would be an understadable situation.

Anyway, looking forward to reading all the interesting posts and increasing my knowledge, if not my collection of Heritage guitars.

Thanks to all.

 
I am trying to post a pic of the H150, don't know if doing it right on here.

If not, can someone tell me how to do it please?

Cheers

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Hi Everyone,

I'm Tobias, happy owner of a '92 H-535 since 1999. I live in the Netherlands, where 2nd hand Heritages are scarce, new ones fortunately easily available now. (Haar guitars is right around the corner).

After having sold my 1990 Gibson Les Paul (replaced by a 1999 Hamer Artist Anniversary) a few years ago I need a set neck single cut guitar again.

So I joined to hopefully be able to take a H-150 off someone's hand here :laughing7:

...and for the company and good information of course.

Have a nice day everyone.

Regards,

Tobias

 
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Hi everyone, I'm Bob a new owner (and new member of the Heritage Owner's Club) of a 1999 Heritage H535. I'm very happy with it although I had to replace the nut (for a bone one) so that the guitar would stay in tune. The good news is that it stays in tune now and plays like butter. I've gotten lot's of compliments on the guitar. It's a beauty. I have a few questions about the guitar if anyone can help: What color style is it if it says, "ASB"? Antique Sunburst? Also, the guitar has locking tuners. I'm wondering if that was an option in 1999 or if the previous owner may have added them. The tuner hardware is black. Lastly, were there pickup options for this guitar back then? What would be the stock pickup? Thanks.

 
Hi Bobsky and welcome to the HOC :)

In 1999, the stock pickups were Schaller Golden 50s, a low output, PAF-style humbucker. Stock tuners would have been nickel-finished Grover Rotamatics. However...... Heritage is essentially a custom shop, building a fair proportion of its output to specific, individual orders. To this end, you can find many variants within the individual model type (e.g. H-535). That might explain some of the hardware differences on yours.

ASB is indeed Antique Sunburst.

Congratulations on your first Heritage - there'll be more in your life ;)

Finally, we love pics. Did I mention that we live pics?

 
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Thank you, H. for your assistance with my questions. I too love pictures and I will post some of my H535 as soon as I figure out how to do it with a iPad. I do believe this is one of many Heritages to come and own. Looking at a Les Paul style Heritage next :) .

 
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Thank you, H. for your assistance with my questions. I too love pictures and I will post some of my H535 as soon as I figure out how to do it with a iPad. I do believe this is one of many Heritages to come and own. Looking at a Les Paul style Heritage next :) .
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You're welcome :)

Pics are easier to deal with if you have a Photobucket (or similar) account. Put your pics into Photobucket and you'll find an option that lets you copy an IMG link. Paste that link into your text when you're creating a new HOC post and you're done :)

I use an iPhone for most of my HOC browsing so I know it's not the same as using a PC :)

Here's my two, sitting in an English garden, waiting for the sun ;)

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Great pictures, H.! Beautiful guitars. I like how you don't have a pick guard on your H535. I would like to remove mine, but for the remaining holes, I won't. Hopefully, the pics I loaded will show. If not, I will try Photobucket. Thanks again for your help.

 
Sorry. Not really sure what I'm doing and I think I've clicked on some buttons in error on top of everything else. I have a Photobucket account now and hope to add some guitar photos soon.

 
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Sorry. Not really sure what I'm doing and I think I've clicked on some buttons in error on top of everything else. I have a Photobucket account now and hope to add some guitar photos soon.
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No worries, Bobsky :) We're patient types on this forum :)

 
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Here's (hopefully) pics of my 1999 H535 and my Reverend Gabriel Reeves Signature model.

 
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