Almost Got My First Heritage

Man,  if you want a player,  that's IT!  People pay big money to make a new guitar look like that.   Honest wear is different.  It's not surprising that is plays and sounds good.   Bad guitars don't get played like that.   The refret would be of no concern,  a guitar that has been played that much will have worn frets.   New ones just give it more life.

As for the refinish,   this is one that DetroitBlues had.   Before and after.     

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Well Congrats ForestLemon!!

That looks killer to me. Yes, people pay extra $$ to make new guitars look as storied as that :D

Play it in good health

 
Ps that would be funny if a previous owner actually got Les Paul to autograph the backplate in 1979. But I don't think that's possible without a customized DeLorean.

 
I emailed Heritage about the guitar, and Mike confirmed that D25423 would in fact be the serial number, during it to 1987. Also after closer investigation, I think the fretboard is actually Ebony rather than Rosewood, which is kind of cool. I originally thought it had been painted due to how dark it is, but the wood is the same color in damage around the fret edges from when the originals were pulled. You can also still see the original finish on the sides in some places so I know the fretboard wasn't replaced. Thanks everyone for your help with this guitar, it's turned out to have quite the story.

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if it plays and sound ok , then it's a good gig guitar you don't have to worry about dinging. 

You could restore it to it's original glory as well .. glad you got it. 

 
That's my kind of guitar, a lightweight rock machine, and it already has some good mods to start with. Congrats on a great find!

 
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