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stringfever
New member
Howdy all!
I have just adopted a beautiful H535 from HOC member tulk1, my first Heritage. As an incurable addict of anything with strings on it, I probably shouldn't be a member here. I know you guys will try to persuade me to buy more Heritage guitars.
I confess it's a Collings in my profile pic and a tele in my avatar, but sooner or later the Heritage will come out at a gig and I'll fix those little problems.
Dave
Ozark, MO
I have just adopted a beautiful H535 from HOC member tulk1, my first Heritage. As an incurable addict of anything with strings on it, I probably shouldn't be a member here. I know you guys will try to persuade me to buy more Heritage guitars.
I confess it's a Collings in my profile pic and a tele in my avatar, but sooner or later the Heritage will come out at a gig and I'll fix those little problems.
Dave
Ozark, MO
Welcome to the HOC, Foolk ( in France ) and stringfever ( in MO ) ..
We love pics , so we'd love to see your 140 , Foolk . And I believe we've seen your new 535 , stringfever.. although it's such a beauty that we'd always like to see more of it.
Join in , enjoy the forum.. and set up a Photo Album when you have Heritage pics to share.
NoNameBand
New member
Hello Sven, welcome to the HOC. Thats a beautiful 535. The bridge and tailpiece are from TonePros. If you are unable to get/find the right one, you can contact them directly through their web site (www.tonepros.com). Good luck and play well.
NoNameBand
New member
Welcome Foolk, this is a great place to learn about and appreciate Heritage guitars. Additionally, The HOC is a great resource to use as a sounding board for ideas. A lot of the folks here have a lot of experience with Heritage guitars as well as all guitars in general (self excluded). Enjoy your new 140 and we look forward to pictures. You'll see, we are funny about pictures.
NoNameBand
New member
Hello Dave and congratulations on your new 535 from Tulk1, he is a great guy and I'm sure that is a fine axe. Please believe that we will not try to influence your decision to buy any more Heritage guitars, only support them. Most of us have other guitars, we just prefer the Heritage.
Thanks. I'm still having some issues adjusting the (no-adjustable) pickup height, and I originally set it up with .010s, but after a few hours on it, I may need to go on up to .011s.
adrianovegaofen
New member
Hi there guys, I am also new in the whole Heritage Owner lifestyle. Found out about heritage on the internet, and knew that I just had to have one to check if those guitars were as good as they seemed to be. Bought a H150 and was not disappointed at all. By now, my custom 74 Gibson Les Paul has been sitting in my closet ever since I bought this beauty. I actually just bought a H140, and am waiting for it to arrive. I am from Brasil but live in Mexico, and there is no Heritage around here, so that difficult things.
I have been playing bossa nova in bars at Guadalajara, so I mostly use for my performances nylon acoustic guitars (mainly my Godin) but love good old rock n roll. I play rock and blues in a band, but it is just for fun or some events, nothing professionally. Now that I have this H150 on my hands, “Since I’ve been loving you” never sounded better… (even though I am nowhere close to be compared with my personnal god Jimmy Page)
I will be waiting to see more Heritage guitars purchase opportunities. Right now I have eleven guitars, but will sell some of them to replace by Heritages. I am actually very curious about the D-VIP. I just love the idea of possibly getting a “Peter Green” tone out of it, is it really possible? I'll have to check it out. But haven’t seen many Heritages with D-VIP on the internet market… But I’ll certainly try to find one.
So, this is me. Brand new Heritage addicted.
Best regards.
Adriano.
I have been playing bossa nova in bars at Guadalajara, so I mostly use for my performances nylon acoustic guitars (mainly my Godin) but love good old rock n roll. I play rock and blues in a band, but it is just for fun or some events, nothing professionally. Now that I have this H150 on my hands, “Since I’ve been loving you” never sounded better… (even though I am nowhere close to be compared with my personnal god Jimmy Page)
I will be waiting to see more Heritage guitars purchase opportunities. Right now I have eleven guitars, but will sell some of them to replace by Heritages. I am actually very curious about the D-VIP. I just love the idea of possibly getting a “Peter Green” tone out of it, is it really possible? I'll have to check it out. But haven’t seen many Heritages with D-VIP on the internet market… But I’ll certainly try to find one.
So, this is me. Brand new Heritage addicted.
Best regards.
Adriano.
NoNameBand
New member
Welcome Adriano, it sounds like you are off to a good start with a 150 in your hands and a 140 on the way. Something to think about would be a 535 for the future, its a very versatile guitar that has a blues sound you can't get out of your head. Be sure and post some pics when you can as we are addicted to them here. Again, welcome to the family.
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alcottawa
New member
Howdy folks,
brand new to the forum, didn't even know this "place" was here until I had to look for some info about my heritage sweet 16... great forum, good people, friendly advice and excellent instruments...
I'm in London Ontario Canada, I've grown up playing pretty heavy styles of music but have really been turned on to Jazz playing the past few years, like a fine single malt I seem to be mellowing with age.
Take care guys and gals and thanks for all the info I've read already,
Mr A.
brand new to the forum, didn't even know this "place" was here until I had to look for some info about my heritage sweet 16... great forum, good people, friendly advice and excellent instruments...
I'm in London Ontario Canada, I've grown up playing pretty heavy styles of music but have really been turned on to Jazz playing the past few years, like a fine single malt I seem to be mellowing with age.
Take care guys and gals and thanks for all the info I've read already,
Mr A.
Gitfiddler
Charter Member
Hello and Welcome to all of the latest HOC newbies! This is a great place, but you and your contributions can make it even better.
That being said... :this_thread_is_useless_without_ :icon_thumright:
That being said... :this_thread_is_useless_without_ :icon_thumright:
Gitfiddler
Charter Member
Hello and Welcome to all of the latest HOC newbies! This is a great place, but you and your contributions can make it even better.
That being said... :this_thread_is_useless_without_ :icon_thumright:
That being said... :this_thread_is_useless_without_ :icon_thumright:
zguitar71
New member
I joined a few days ago. I have owned a Heritage Super Eagle for 11 years. I hope the picture I am posting works but I have a tendency for failing at the computer stuff. I own 6 guitars and one Carr Slant 6v 2x12amp. My most played guitar is my 1981 Gibson es347, I bought it in `91 and it was in mint condition, now it is full of scratches, nicks and the finish is about 50% worn off the neck. Before Smoking was banned in our bars here in Missoula, I would open the case it smelled like an ashtray. The smell and playing wear make this guitar very dear to my heart. I also own a Santa Cruz D/PW, a Gibson V2, a Warmoth Strat and the other very dear to my heart guitar, a 1938 Kalamazoo KG-31. It is loud, full of tone, light weight, big necked (no truss rod) and I only paid $300 for it, what more could a person want?
I play my Heritage mostly at home or at jazz gigs when I am in the mood but the size usually keeps it at the house and the 347 comes out instead. I love the guitar and HAD to have it, I have always been a big Kenny Burrell fan. I bought it new from Wolfe Guitars in January 2000. It has Seth Lover pickups, upgraded wood (something called the Ultra upgrade), gold hard wear, Imperial tuners and an antique natural finish. The tone is big and it breaks up the Carr 6v perfectly when set on 18 watts.
Christopher Gray
I play my Heritage mostly at home or at jazz gigs when I am in the mood but the size usually keeps it at the house and the 347 comes out instead. I love the guitar and HAD to have it, I have always been a big Kenny Burrell fan. I bought it new from Wolfe Guitars in January 2000. It has Seth Lover pickups, upgraded wood (something called the Ultra upgrade), gold hard wear, Imperial tuners and an antique natural finish. The tone is big and it breaks up the Carr 6v perfectly when set on 18 watts.
Christopher Gray
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zguitar71
New member
The v2 was a purchase back in `89 when I was 19. I wanted a v guitar but could not afford one. I walked into my local guitar shop (Amro Music in Memphis TN at the time) and they had the V2 out with a tag that showed the invoice with the price they paid for it and next to that a price tag with the same number on it. It sold to me for $450, they had it in the back of the shop since 1980 and go sick of looking at it collect dust. The V2 was very pricey at the time, something like $1450 around $4300 today. The guitar really is not very good. The thing is very awkward and the pick-ups sound like poop. There have been article written about them in the past and some people think they could be the next `58 V but I'll believe it when I see it. If it does go sky high in value it will be for sale and I will look forward to an early retirement. I still have the Warranty card that the store filled out but my lazy ass never finished and never sent in along with the bill of sale and some other crap that came with it trying to sell me some Gibson brand shit.
The Strat is a Warmoth DIY with SD 5-2 pickups and sounds great.
The Strat is a Warmoth DIY with SD 5-2 pickups and sounds great.
zeittgeist
New member
Hello, and thanks to you all for providing this forum.
My name is Daniel, and 30 years ago I let a lack of talent and ability convince me to sell all the wonderful Gibson guitars I had collected. As I have gotten older I realize one can find pleasure in simple tasks if one let's go of the expectations and judgements. And I miss holding and playing beautiful, hand built guitars. So over the last few months I have tried to jump back into where I had left off. And, Oh Boy, what a disappointment! I live in a rural area and can't play a guitar before purchase, and of the 5 Gibsons I have tried to buy, 4 had to be returned because of serious functional issues. I had read that Gibson appeared to be having some quality issues, but this was just too much. So, back to reading on the web and guitar forums, where the same name kept popping up: Heritage.
Now I am in the process of trying to find my first Heritage.
Wish me luck that this is the answer.
Best to all,
Daniel
My name is Daniel, and 30 years ago I let a lack of talent and ability convince me to sell all the wonderful Gibson guitars I had collected. As I have gotten older I realize one can find pleasure in simple tasks if one let's go of the expectations and judgements. And I miss holding and playing beautiful, hand built guitars. So over the last few months I have tried to jump back into where I had left off. And, Oh Boy, what a disappointment! I live in a rural area and can't play a guitar before purchase, and of the 5 Gibsons I have tried to buy, 4 had to be returned because of serious functional issues. I had read that Gibson appeared to be having some quality issues, but this was just too much. So, back to reading on the web and guitar forums, where the same name kept popping up: Heritage.
Now I am in the process of trying to find my first Heritage.
Wish me luck that this is the answer.
Best to all,
Daniel
zguitar71
New member
Which model Heritage are you interested in? That does suck about the Gibsons. I sold an early PRS about 15 years ago and wish I had not. In 1988 I could have bought a `59 Black triple pickup Les Paul for $1000 that I had in my pocket and turned it down, 20 years later they jump to $75,000 in value and I could just die. In `88 people only wanted the Burst Les Paul's from the late 50's and they were selling for 25K then, people bought the triple models for the PAF pickups and put them other guitars. Live and learn.
zeittgeist
New member
In general terms I'm trying to decide between a full bodied jazzbox and a smaller bodied carved topped semi-hollowbody like a Millennium. Want the full fat warm jazz sound, but am more comfortable with the size of a smaller guitar. Planning a trip to San Francisco soon to actually play some.
I think the guitar I miss the most was the '68 Barney Kessel. But now, with 30 more years on me, it just might be too big to be comfortable.
I think the guitar I miss the most was the '68 Barney Kessel. But now, with 30 more years on me, it just might be too big to be comfortable.