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Genericmusic
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Welcome Joiron from Verona, Italy, :hello: Nice picking. Dig your music.
Howdy HOC my name is Scott but my friends call me COOTER (I do a lot of work on classic cars , One of the origional General Lee stunt cars from The Dukes of Hazzard , That's where the name came from , not something I would've chose for myself but you're not suppose to give yourself a "nickname"...so , whadaya do?) I'm a bran-new member and owner of a 1999 H-150CM and am VERY impressed with your site , your trips to the factory and most of all the instruments. I've owned A BUNCH of other six strings but sense I've brought the Heritage into the house , it "MAKES" me want to play it. A very well made, easy to play , B-E-A- utiful work of art. I would love to own a 555 or some large jazz box but until I win the lottery , my kids grow up and get jobs , or find a incredible deal , I'm just going to have to be happy with the 150 for a while. Glad to be part of what appears to be a GREAT thing....
SouthPhoenixDave
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Hi there. I'm SouthPhoenixDave. I'm currently Santa at the local mall in Phoenix. This is my set manager, beside me. Yes, I'm very large AND she's very tiny.
I've been a regular on the Musictoyz forum for many years, and another member just purchased a goldtop H150. That's how I learned about this forum, through that discussion.
My guitar is a Black and Tan, fitted with Wagner Fillmores. Gorgeous tone. I named her "Marie".
That's my best friend's middle name, as well as her mother's name.This is my friend, a long time ago. cute, huh?
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SouthPhoenixDave
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I'm still figuring out how to properly add pictures. 
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:icon_santa: Hello all,
I'm Chris, and I just acquired my 1st Heritage. It's a 1994 H-150P that I spied on the baywatch section of this board. I got it from a GC in Plymouth Meeting PA sight unseen. (I had wanted to purchase the H170custom that Brent had for sale, but I prefer dealing with smaller volume shops)
Anyhow, the guitar is quite nice. It's incredibly resonant unplugged, and after a bit of fiddling w/ the Schallers, it sounds nice amplified, too. I've been able to get some nice jazzy tones, early Black Crowes type chime, and good rock/metal tones out of those p'ups. I am mailny a hobbyist as far as playing goes, but I do arrange tunes/play for our church's youth group.
Here's some pics of it:
This photo is with my only other electric, a Zion Radicaster in frosted marble. It has a DiMarzio Tone Zone bridge and Fred neck, so it's quite a bit hotter than the H150, and fills its own sonic niche.
I've enjoyed the HOC thus far, and I'm sure this will not be my only guitar from Kalamazoo.
I'm Chris, and I just acquired my 1st Heritage. It's a 1994 H-150P that I spied on the baywatch section of this board. I got it from a GC in Plymouth Meeting PA sight unseen. (I had wanted to purchase the H170custom that Brent had for sale, but I prefer dealing with smaller volume shops)
Anyhow, the guitar is quite nice. It's incredibly resonant unplugged, and after a bit of fiddling w/ the Schallers, it sounds nice amplified, too. I've been able to get some nice jazzy tones, early Black Crowes type chime, and good rock/metal tones out of those p'ups. I am mailny a hobbyist as far as playing goes, but I do arrange tunes/play for our church's youth group.
Here's some pics of it:
This photo is with my only other electric, a Zion Radicaster in frosted marble. It has a DiMarzio Tone Zone bridge and Fred neck, so it's quite a bit hotter than the H150, and fills its own sonic niche.
I've enjoyed the HOC thus far, and I'm sure this will not be my only guitar from Kalamazoo.
As an addendum to my intro post, we had an older (than us) couple over last evening, and the husband played some older Zep, Allman Bros. and Jethro Tull stuff with my H150P through my Zinky Blue Velvet 50w combo. It absolutely amazed me how authentic everything sounded even though the guitar has a poplar body, Schaller pickups/bridge, the amp isn't a Marshall/Fender/Vox..... -I guess my point here is that even though the recipe for "the" tone(s) wasn't followed precisely, they were still spot on. I sat back and heard real rock and roll that didn't sound forced, faked or just a little askew for the particular artist. It's just a fantastic guitar! (and the amp's pretty sweet, too) So, I'll probably leave this one bone stock. When I acquire another one, we'll see. A semi-hollow's next on the list. -Just don't tell my wife, -yet.
knopfler74
New member
Hi everyone,
I just registered for this site today, largely because today I purchased my first heritage guitar!
I picked up a 157 today from a gentleman who owns a music store near where I live, and I'm absolutely in love with it so far.
A little about me:
I spent the first 17 years of my adult life as a professional jazz trumpet player. I got a degree in music from the Jamey Aebersold Jazz Studies program at the University of Louisville, and in 2004 I won the jazz division of the national trumpet competition. I also released a record on the Jazz Factory label title 'Midnight in Merizo.' Four years ago I walked away from that world. I picked up a guitar, went back to school to become a history teacher, lost 85 lbs, and started really digging life.
My main hobbies are practicing, reading great books on history, writing music and recording it in my modest pro tools home studio.
I've lived all over the world due to the fact that I started my professional music career in the United States Navy Band. I've lived in Guam, Japan, Virginia, Kentucky, California, Arizona, and I was born in Maine. (son of a lobster-man - not kidding!)
I'm stoked to get to know you all and learn as much as I can about guitar, music, and well, whatever else comes up.
My main musical interests lay in singer/songwriter music, indie-rock (what we used to call alternative when that word actually meant something), the Seattle thing, alt-country or roots rock, U2, and of course the great hard rock of the 1970's.
Yeah, so that's pretty much it.
Thanks, in advance, for all the ridiculously cool stuff I'll get to learn and chat about in this forum....
Peace
I just registered for this site today, largely because today I purchased my first heritage guitar!
I picked up a 157 today from a gentleman who owns a music store near where I live, and I'm absolutely in love with it so far.
A little about me:
I spent the first 17 years of my adult life as a professional jazz trumpet player. I got a degree in music from the Jamey Aebersold Jazz Studies program at the University of Louisville, and in 2004 I won the jazz division of the national trumpet competition. I also released a record on the Jazz Factory label title 'Midnight in Merizo.' Four years ago I walked away from that world. I picked up a guitar, went back to school to become a history teacher, lost 85 lbs, and started really digging life.
My main hobbies are practicing, reading great books on history, writing music and recording it in my modest pro tools home studio.
I've lived all over the world due to the fact that I started my professional music career in the United States Navy Band. I've lived in Guam, Japan, Virginia, Kentucky, California, Arizona, and I was born in Maine. (son of a lobster-man - not kidding!)
I'm stoked to get to know you all and learn as much as I can about guitar, music, and well, whatever else comes up.
My main musical interests lay in singer/songwriter music, indie-rock (what we used to call alternative when that word actually meant something), the Seattle thing, alt-country or roots rock, U2, and of course the great hard rock of the 1970's.
Yeah, so that's pretty much it.
Thanks, in advance, for all the ridiculously cool stuff I'll get to learn and chat about in this forum....
Peace
Welcome to the club, new members ...
COOTER .... nice post about your nickname... It sounds like you've looked around the site a bit, there are some cool things to find here.
Enjoy that 150... and we do like pics if you have some..
robmc.. That is really a sweet looking 140.
baggins... that 150P looks like it would rock... the schallers have a pretty cool tone , I think. I had to look up that amp, The Zinky Blue Velvet looks to be a great amp.
COOTER .... nice post about your nickname... It sounds like you've looked around the site a bit, there are some cool things to find here.
Enjoy that 150... and we do like pics if you have some..
robmc.. That is really a sweet looking 140.
baggins... that 150P looks like it would rock... the schallers have a pretty cool tone , I think. I had to look up that amp, The Zinky Blue Velvet looks to be a great amp.
My name is Mike. I live in the Boston area and noodle around on the guitar for fun. Don't play as much as I used to.
In the late 90s, in an attempt to recreate "that Grestch sound" I ordered a H-550. This being the days before TV Jones came on the scene, I had Seymour Duncan's custom shop make up a set of Filtertrons in a standard humbucker size. Later, I had it retrofitted with a Bigsby B6. And voila!
In the summer of 2007, I had a flood in my basement and, though I thought I had gotten everything up off the floor, the headstock end of the case had gotten thoroughly soaked. I hadn't played the guitar in about six months and when I went to open the case, I watched (to my horror) the headstock actually split down the center.
I was absolutely sick to my stomach every time I looked at the case (I couldn't bear to open it and look at the headstock). I was convinced that I would have to get the neck replaced. About a year later, I called up Heritage and Ren said "Oh yeah, that's easy. We just dry it out completely and glue the headstock back together." Altogether it cost me about $200 and the guitar is good as new.
I absolutely love this guitar. I play it through a modified Victoria amp (the chassis of a 35310 put into a Clark custom built 2x10 combo cab with Weber alnico speakers). It sounds great. The Duncans, although they cost an arm and a leg, are spot on and it's just a great rock and roll guitar.
In the late 90s, in an attempt to recreate "that Grestch sound" I ordered a H-550. This being the days before TV Jones came on the scene, I had Seymour Duncan's custom shop make up a set of Filtertrons in a standard humbucker size. Later, I had it retrofitted with a Bigsby B6. And voila!
In the summer of 2007, I had a flood in my basement and, though I thought I had gotten everything up off the floor, the headstock end of the case had gotten thoroughly soaked. I hadn't played the guitar in about six months and when I went to open the case, I watched (to my horror) the headstock actually split down the center.
I was absolutely sick to my stomach every time I looked at the case (I couldn't bear to open it and look at the headstock). I was convinced that I would have to get the neck replaced. About a year later, I called up Heritage and Ren said "Oh yeah, that's easy. We just dry it out completely and glue the headstock back together." Altogether it cost me about $200 and the guitar is good as new.
I absolutely love this guitar. I play it through a modified Victoria amp (the chassis of a 35310 put into a Clark custom built 2x10 combo cab with Weber alnico speakers). It sounds great. The Duncans, although they cost an arm and a leg, are spot on and it's just a great rock and roll guitar.
brentrocks
Well-known member
Welcome Mike...that is a great story...glad it worked out!!!
Genericmusic
New member
Howdy Mike welcome to the club. :icon_salut:
TalismanRich
New member
Welcome Mike.
Sorry to hear the basement flood story. I had similar experience. My 157 was sitting on a stand with water up to the bridge. After drying out for about 2 months, you could see the water marks under the finish and the cracks in the lacquer. A little trip to Kalamazoo took care of everything however.
Sorry to hear the basement flood story. I had similar experience. My 157 was sitting on a stand with water up to the bridge. After drying out for about 2 months, you could see the water marks under the finish and the cracks in the lacquer. A little trip to Kalamazoo took care of everything however.
Hi, I'm Endre but you can call me Eddie.
I'm from Norway and I've been playing guitar for 4 months now and I got a Heritage H-150 today.
I play in a Funk Rock/Hard Rock band called 'Carnival Of Crows'.
Isn't she lovely?
Hoping to get to know Heritage and all of you guys a little better in the future.
I'm from Norway and I've been playing guitar for 4 months now and I got a Heritage H-150 today.
I play in a Funk Rock/Hard Rock band called 'Carnival Of Crows'.
Isn't she lovely?
Hoping to get to know Heritage and all of you guys a little better in the future.
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Genericmusic
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Welcome Endre. :icon_salut: My maternal grandfather was from Honafus. Dig the name of your band.