New Heritage Bass Day: 1988 Heritage HB2

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HANGAR18

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Having succumbed to a deal which I could no longer refuse, I have successfully adopted a 1988 Heritage HB2 bass guitar from HOC member DC Ron, who doesn't live very far from me at all, and I am absolutely delighted!

Not just an awesome piece of Heritage history but also a real workhorse with lots of honest wear. This bass is astonishingly light, weighing in at just over 8 & 1/2 pounds. None of the original electronics. DC Ron installed some DiMarzio vintage style pickups and then wired it up so that the little toggle switch does a phase reversal thing (if I understood him correctly). 2 VOL & 1 TONE, really nifty fret markers which look like aluminum rods filled with something black. Actually, aside from the beautiful wood grain of the Rosewood fingerboard set onto a thin Jazz neck, everything is blacked out....

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and... It’s like, how much more black could this be?
And the answer is none.
None more black.

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Enjoy, Danny! The pickups are Dimarzio Area P+J (DP251), their take on a vintage pickup according to the literature I found. The toggle is set up the same as factory, as a series-parallel switch on the P-Bass pickup. Lots of cool sounds AND easy on the back. 

 
Well you scooped it out underneath me.  That’s ok I didn’t need it.  Now you can start bass guitar lessons!

 
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