Special Invitation To New Members
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Hey guys,
I`m new to this forum and just wanted to say hello. Im 23 years old and live in Germany. Ive owned an H 150 25th Anniversary for about two years now. Its a wonderfull guitar, extremely resonant and with great looks as well. It has a quite chunky neck which Im very fond of, too.
Currently I dont know how to embed pictures here so I provide this link for some visual impressions of this one:
http://s628.photobucket.com/user/eufrat1/media/20151013_102622_zpsuhxo3n41.jpg.html
As I am interested in Heritage Guitars for a few years now, especially regarding their beautiful woods and colours, I thought it to be time to join this forum.
Greets
eufrat
I`m new to this forum and just wanted to say hello. Im 23 years old and live in Germany. Ive owned an H 150 25th Anniversary for about two years now. Its a wonderfull guitar, extremely resonant and with great looks as well. It has a quite chunky neck which Im very fond of, too.
Currently I dont know how to embed pictures here so I provide this link for some visual impressions of this one:
http://s628.photobucket.com/user/eufrat1/media/20151013_102622_zpsuhxo3n41.jpg.html
As I am interested in Heritage Guitars for a few years now, especially regarding their beautiful woods and colours, I thought it to be time to join this forum.
Greets
eufrat
Hi from Europe (Belgium),
I'm Max. 38 years old. Been playing guitar since early 90's. I play as semi-professionnal.I've learnt so much interesting things through this forum since lots of year. I own (too much) differents guitars and several LP (Greco, Tokai and Bacchus). Recently I have bought a nice and old Heritage H 150. Since twenty years, I always hope to buy one... Here's its specs :
1993 Heritage in vintage sunburst. The headstock has been expertly reshaped by a professional luthier to the classic Gibson "open book" shape - looks just great! Upgraded with Seymour Duncan Antiquity and aged '59 humbuckers, aged Tone-Pros/Kluson tuners, light weight aluminium tailpiece, nickel-plated vintage bridge, Gibson pickguard, aged pickup rings, Gibson knobs w/ metal pointer washers, aged Switch Tip, aged DMC 59 trussrod-cover. Comes with original case. The condition is excellent plus.
I'm waiting for it to be delivered.
I'm Max. 38 years old. Been playing guitar since early 90's. I play as semi-professionnal.I've learnt so much interesting things through this forum since lots of year. I own (too much) differents guitars and several LP (Greco, Tokai and Bacchus). Recently I have bought a nice and old Heritage H 150. Since twenty years, I always hope to buy one... Here's its specs :
1993 Heritage in vintage sunburst. The headstock has been expertly reshaped by a professional luthier to the classic Gibson "open book" shape - looks just great! Upgraded with Seymour Duncan Antiquity and aged '59 humbuckers, aged Tone-Pros/Kluson tuners, light weight aluminium tailpiece, nickel-plated vintage bridge, Gibson pickguard, aged pickup rings, Gibson knobs w/ metal pointer washers, aged Switch Tip, aged DMC 59 trussrod-cover. Comes with original case. The condition is excellent plus.
I'm waiting for it to be delivered.
Welcome to the HOC Max.
Nice score!!! That's a very interesting guitar you've picked up. Any shots of he headstock straight on and do you know for sure that a luthier "reshaped" the headstock? I'm not so sure, I think the guitar most likely received a new neck at some point.
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I do know of a very few "open book" H150's out there from that era and I'm now wondering if that's one of them.
DetroitBlues
Moderators
I've seen that done on here a few years ago, wonder if its the same guitar???
Hi...
Thanks for comments. I ve made several research. Not found any Heritage with open book headstock.if you have infos... Please tell me.
This one comes from a reputable european professionnal seller. If it's a new neck, how can the luthier duplicate exactly the inscription behind headstock ?
Speedyeast
New member
Hi,
Let me introduce myself. I have been a guitar player for over 50 years. (I started _very_ young because both my parents played.) Around 25 years ago, I started shopping at "The Classic Axe," in Manassas, Virginia. (It has since moved to Gainesville, Virginia.) CA was the first Heritage dealer I ever ran across. I immediately fell for Golden Eagles, Super Eagles, and Johnny Smith The Rose guitars. I decided that I would get one, at some point. (I was a committed Gibson archtop guy.)
Last year, after 30 years of playing a vintage Gibson, I sold it for my 2001 Super Eagle. The last year has been a great year of playing archtop guitar. The guitar is superbly made. It is wonderfully playable. It is, of course, beautiful. Does anyone apply a shaded finish better than Heritage? I doubt it. I bought my guitar from the late Patrick2 (Patrick D'Amato). He was a great guy. I know he generated some controversy here with his strongly held opinions, but I assure you that he was a super and caring guy. The guitar used to be owned by Marty Grass, too.
I play jazz, country, blues, pop, and whatever people ask for. I grew up as a fan of Merle Travis and the West Coast hot shots. However, I also played a lot of Chet. Of course, I got my head turned around by all of the great jazz players, too. These days, when I am not performing blues and jazz (that doesn't get too far away from the melody), I enjoy playing chord melody around the house.
The forum is great. I actually joined before the closure/reopening, but didn't post much--mostly read.
Here is a picture of my Super Eagle when it was owned, I believe, by Marty Grass:
Let me introduce myself. I have been a guitar player for over 50 years. (I started _very_ young because both my parents played.) Around 25 years ago, I started shopping at "The Classic Axe," in Manassas, Virginia. (It has since moved to Gainesville, Virginia.) CA was the first Heritage dealer I ever ran across. I immediately fell for Golden Eagles, Super Eagles, and Johnny Smith The Rose guitars. I decided that I would get one, at some point. (I was a committed Gibson archtop guy.)
Last year, after 30 years of playing a vintage Gibson, I sold it for my 2001 Super Eagle. The last year has been a great year of playing archtop guitar. The guitar is superbly made. It is wonderfully playable. It is, of course, beautiful. Does anyone apply a shaded finish better than Heritage? I doubt it. I bought my guitar from the late Patrick2 (Patrick D'Amato). He was a great guy. I know he generated some controversy here with his strongly held opinions, but I assure you that he was a super and caring guy. The guitar used to be owned by Marty Grass, too.
I play jazz, country, blues, pop, and whatever people ask for. I grew up as a fan of Merle Travis and the West Coast hot shots. However, I also played a lot of Chet. Of course, I got my head turned around by all of the great jazz players, too. These days, when I am not performing blues and jazz (that doesn't get too far away from the melody), I enjoy playing chord melody around the house.
The forum is great. I actually joined before the closure/reopening, but didn't post much--mostly read.
Here is a picture of my Super Eagle when it was owned, I believe, by Marty Grass:
Gitfiddler
Charter Member
Welcome to the HOC and congratulations on that well travelled, gorgeous Super Eagle.Hi,
Let me introduce myself. I have been a guitar player for over 50 years. (I started _very_ young because both my parents played.) Around 25 years ago, I started shopping at "The Classic Axe," in Manassas, Virginia. (It has since moved to Gainesville, Virginia.) CA was the first Heritage dealer I ever ran across. I immediately fell for Golden Eagles, Super Eagles, and Johnny Smith The Rose guitars. I decided that I would get one, at some point. (I was a committed Gibson archtop guy.)
Last year, after 30 years of playing a vintage Gibson, I sold it for my 2001 Super Eagle. The last year has been a great year of playing archtop guitar. The guitar is superbly made. It is wonderfully playable. It is, of course, beautiful. Does anyone apply a shaded finish better than Heritage? I doubt it. I bought my guitar from the late Patrick2 (Patrick D'Amato). He was a great guy. I know he generated some controversy here with his strongly held opinions, but I assure you that he was a super and caring guy. The guitar used to be owned by Marty Grass, too.
I play jazz, country, blues, pop, and whatever people ask for. I grew up as a fan of Merle Travis and the West Coast hot shots. However, I also played a lot of Chet. Of course, I got my head turned around by all of the great jazz players, too. These days, when I am not performing blues and jazz (that doesn't get too far away from the melody), I enjoy playing chord melody around the house.
The forum is great. I actually joined before the closure/reopening, but didn't post much--mostly read.
Here is a picture of my Super Eagle when it was owned, I believe, by Marty Grass:
I've admired (and lusted after) that one ever since Patrick and Marty owned it.
Play it in good health!!
Tim