Special Invitation To New Members

New to this site, but not new to guitar. Been playing 50 years now. I own quite a few guitars, but my absolute favorite is my Heritage Sweet 16. One of the older models. Natural finish with black pickguard. No tone control, just volume. That's all it needs. It has superb pick dynamics. I can go mellow or add bite just by where I pick. That guitar has more mojo than any guitar ever owned. I LOVE to play jazz and that is what my 16 excels at. Bought it used. It was in perfect condition... nary a scratch to be found. It looks like the previous owner never played it, although after playing it as much as I do, I don't see how any player could not play it.
I own and use several amps (depending on what and where I am playing), believe it or not, my 16 sounds best through my Line 6 Flextone XL II. I set the amp on the Roland JC-120 model, put the mid and treble at high noon, and the bass at about 11 (the tone not the volume). A touch of drive and reverb to taste, and it sounds amazing. Great response from low notes through the higher registers. I just can't get a bad sound out of that guitar.

I have visited the site a few times, but remained one of the shadow people. Glad to be here. Seems like some nice folks hang out here. I look forward to chatting with y'all.

VP
Here you go. My 16 (forgive the missing string), and my PRS 513. Some of my other guitars are now at my gallery. Drop by and check 'em out.

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Very Nice Guitars.....

That is a beautiful sweet 16 and the PRS is a sweet one too.................. ;) ^_^

 
Hello, my name is Will and I live in Oxford GA. I have been a Strat guy for a long time, but I own a Heritage cherry sunburst H-150CM which was purchased new in 2000, Serial Q32203. It is a fine guitar, heavy as these guitars should be and dripping with tone!

 
Hello, my name is Will and I live in Oxford GA. I have been a Strat guy for a long time, but I own a Heritage cherry sunburst H-150CM which was purchased new in 2000, Serial Q32203. It is a fine guitar, heavy as these guitars should be and dripping with tone!
Welcome to the club, Will... join in and have some fun... and post a pic of that 150 when you have a chance... Drippin' with Tone is right for a Heritage...

 
Hi everyone,

I'll start with a confession. I am not a Heritage owner... yet!

I hope I am still welcome here.

I joined because I have been researching Heritage guitars, particularly the Groove master. Newest edition.

That tailpiece intrigues the heck out of me.

I look forward to communicating with you all... but first, I think I have some serious research to do!

Cheers, Ron

 
Hi everyone,
I'll start with a confession. I am not a Heritage owner... yet!

I hope I am still welcome here.

I joined because I have been researching Heritage guitars, particularly the Groove master. Newest edition.

That tailpiece intrigues the heck out of me.

I look forward to communicating with you all... but first, I think I have some serious research to do!

Cheers, Ron
Welcome aboard , Ron...

Check out the galleries and maybe search some old threads... my kind of research.. :D

Join in and have fun... ..... Oh , and get that Heritage you desire... eventually.

 
Newbie to the club. I have a '93 Prospect Natural, plus other non-Heritages, too (an old Ibanez 2630, Eastman John Pisano, various Strats and Teles plus basses).

Gonna surf this site for a while gettin' some learnin' on....

Cheers!

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Newbie to the club. I have a '93 Prospect Natural, plus other non-Heritages, too (an old Ibanez 2630, Eastman John Pisano, various Strats and Teles plus basses).
Gonna surf this site for a while gettin' some learnin' on....

Cheers!

(crappy phone photo, better to come)
Congrats on the Prospect!

Welcome!!!

 
Newbie to the club. I have a '93 Prospect Natural, plus other non-Heritages, too (an old Ibanez 2630, Eastman John Pisano, various Strats and Teles plus basses).
Gonna surf this site for a while gettin' some learnin' on....

Cheers!

(crappy phone photo, better to come)
Another Prospect owner! Welcome. I had a '99 Prospect. Now in possession of a custom ordered '10 Prospect. Love that guitar. My absolute favorite of. :thumbsup: How long have you had the '93?

 
I just realized I'm a charter member (#30) and have just made may first posts today.

When I registered in the early days of the forum I was playing an '02 575 Custom Antique Burst.

Stunning guitar but the neck was giving me fits (too thin) so I sold it.

It's taken me this long to try and get another Heritage in the stable.

Here's hoping that happens sooner rather than later.

By way of intro, I'm a serious hobby player in southern Idaho. I do work playing small combo jazz gigs from time to time

but I think I like the idea of being a jazz player more than I like the work it takes to be one so I'm a hack

but I love it anyway.

The steady playing I do is for church services each week.

Looking forward after all this time to contributing here.

Let's just everybody put their vibes out there for me to sell what I need to get another Heritage

so I can be legit.

 
Hey Everybody,

My name is Mick and I work at my family's music shop, Steilberg String Instruments. I understand people's apprehension to a store being in the Owner's Club. But hear me out. I personally own a Golden Eagle (8 loving years, now) and our mom and pop shop has been a Heritage dealer for well over a decade now. We stock them (and the other lines we carry) because we honestly love them - if our goal was to get rich, we'd be in another line of work. But we believe they are great guitars and we really like dealing with the fellers in the shop. I knew about the message board but really didn't think about joining until Vince from Heritage encouraged me to. If any of you find yourselves in Louisville, KY and have some time to kill, stop by our shop. We're friendly and we like friendly folks who love guitars as much as we do.

And if you want to know a few pieces we've got right now, I'll mention that, among half a dozen others, one of the Roy Clark Hall of Fame H-535 guitars (#12 of 25) is here.

Anyway, glad to be here. Thanks for the consideration!

Cheers,

Mick

 
Welcome aboard Mick from Steilberg String Instruments,

We're glad to have you join us and add your Heritage experiences to the club.

And you've done a great job introducing yourself, which is a big thing around here as we see ourselves as a community of friends.

And don't forget to show us some pics of that Golden Eagle... Throw up some pics of it in the Heritage section if you have the chance....

 
Welcome aboard Mick, I'm glad Vince coaxed you to join us.

I can testify that Mick and the folks at Steilberg are GOOD PEOPLE! My H157 and Taylor both came from there.

 
Hi! My name is Lutz and I live in the south of France...

I am a lucky owner of a H525 PTD, purchased from Jay Wolfe. This guitar is "blonde" and has P90 pickups... what a SOUND!!!

The guitar was not very well protected for shipping from Florida to France, but no dammage. Only some screws to fix, no problem. And the sound is GREAT!

Heritage is unknown in France, but I had the chance to try one - and I think it's better quality than Gibson... I am looking for an original Heritage hardshell case; the H525 was shipped in an ACCESS-335-case (not bad, but I prefer the original)... If anyone can help me? Can't found it on internet...

My other guitars are: Fender Stratocaster Eric Clapton (1989), Guild GAD40CE, Yamaha 12-string APX-512A and (don't laugh!) Martin Backpacker.

Many greeting from France

Lutz

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Hello and Welcome to all of the newbies here at the HOC!

Stick around and tell us all about yourself and your Heritages. :D

 
Hello to everyone, My name is John and I go by JWALKER here at HOC. I am a Social Worker, and I live in Hattiesburg, MS. I am new to Heritage, and for that matter to playing the guitar. I had three guitars about twenty years ago, but eventually gor rid of them. I really appreciate the patience everyone shows with a newbie like me. I have a 555 ordered, and when it comes I will try to post pictures of it, and my other non Heritage guitars. Oops, are we allowed to say that here? I have a Fender Telecaster and Sratocaster, and a Epiphone Elitist Les Paul. I look forward to really immersing myself into playing. This is really a great site, and I have learned and am still learning a great deal.

I am looking forward to getting a really good amp and some more Heritage guitars in the future, like a 150 or 157 and a DC Millennium with that cool DVIP. This may also get me into trouble here , but I want to also get a G & L ASAT Telecaster. I love the Telecaster, and had I not discovered a Heritage in my search for a Tele, I would probably have another by now. However, I met my first Heritage, a sweet red 535, at my local music store, and it was love at first sight and sound. Now, if I could just convince Heritage to make Telecasters. Oh yes, I may also want a Sweet 16 or a 575 or 525. As you can see I am hooked, and I probably should get myself some help. So, thanks to everyone, and I look forward to posting with you.

 
Hey John ( JWALKER )

A lot of us have other brands .. we just share an admiration for Heritage in particular. You'll find many G & L and Fender owners here, well really a bit of everything.

Heritage did experiment with a tele style guitar at one point.. quite rare.. and very different from a Fender.

It's cool that you found the 535 that got you started on Heritage and I can't wait to see the 555 ...it will be awesome.

 
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