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Last week I became the owner of a 2015 H555 in burnt amber. It is basically unplayed and has quickly become my go to guitar. I love everything about it. I will post a pic soon

 
My name is David.  I own several guitars including an early 90's Martin HD-28, an early 90's Fender American Stratocaster, an early 90's Guild GF30 BLD acoustic , a 1970's Guild F212 twelve-string acoustic, a 1984 Takamine classical guitar, a 1970's Dobro Square Neck dobro, a Kentucky F5 mandolin, and several various "beach guitars".  The pride of my collection is a 1995 Heritage H-537 in vintage orange.  I look forward to joining in on the discussions in the forum.

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My name is David.  I own several guitars including an early 90's Martin HD-28, an early 90's Fender American Stratocaster, an early 90's Guild GF30 BLD acoustic , a 1970's Guild F212 twelve-string acoustic, a 1984 Takamine classical guitar, a 1970's Dobro Square Neck dobro, a Kentucky F5 mandolin, and several various "beach guitars".  The pride of my collection is a 1995 Heritage H-537 in vintage orange.  I look forward to joining in on the discussions in the forum.

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Fantastic!!!!!!! The H-537 is a very rare bird.

 
Polo,

Do you have an idea how many H-537's were made?  I tried to contact Heritage via their email page on their website and never received a reply.  I know from the serial number that it was made on October 3, 1995 (Tue) and it was the 3rd guitar finished that day.  Mine, I believe is a CUSTOM guitar because of the ebony fretboard and block inlays.  I was told by the guy at Sam Moss Music in Winston Salem, NC where I bought the guitar in 1996, that it was ordered by a customer that never picked it up.  He also told me that it had "out-of-phase" wiring on the tone controls that was requested by the customer.  I was wondering if the fact that it's different than the regular H-537 it may be even a more rare find.  I've heard (un-verified) that Heritage made only 25 of the H-537 guitars.  Any knowledge you have in the topic would be greatly appreciated.

David

 
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Polo,

Do you have an idea how many H-537's were made?  I tried to contact Heritage via their email page on their website and never received a reply.  I know from the serial number that it was made on October 3, 1994 (Monday) and it was the 3rd guitar finished that day.  Mine, I believe is a CUSTOM guitar because of the ebony fretboard and block inlays.  I was told by the guy at Sam Moss Music in Winston Salem, NC where I bought the guitar in 1995, that it was ordered by a customer that never picked it up.  He also told me that it had "out-of-phase" wiring on the tone controls that was requested by the customer.  I was wondering if the fact that it's different than the regular H-537 it may be even a more rare find.  I've heard (un-verified) that Heritage made only 25 of the H-537 guitars.  Any knowledge you have in the topic would be greatly appreciated.

David
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Steve, marion iowa. Schotime is my nick name, pronounced show time. Here are my two Heritage's
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Longtime Heritage owner here, but rarely visit forums anymore-- back in the early 90's I bought a few Heritage models- one was a black beauty H-147 that I sold to a member here...had a translucent green Prospect that really sang, gave that to a friend regretted it ever since...then had a 2001 Millenium that also sang even better than the Prospect! But sold that during rough part of business-owning life, and of course really regretted letting that one go ever since! 

Then I found a young custom guitar builder out of Athens GA, he agreed to build me a super-hollow LP style guitar with Bigsby (I was really after Neil Young/Danial Lanois tones) but no F-holes, and I prefer 1.75" wide nut sizes these days...he came up with a AAA ebony board for it too. He carved the top beautifully, but then things started going south...the scale length was correct, but he couldn't fit the Bigsby on it, so I got a short trapeze on it, then the vintage amber finish turned out to be more like a transparent brown...all kinds of detail dings and binding screw ups but dammit the thing sounds amazing! During the time of the screw ups however a Heritage 158 popped up on Reverb. So to hedge my bet on getting a great hollow-LP toned guitar one way or the other I pounced on the 158...It sounded rather strange when I got it so I popped out the pickups as they weren't stock- turns out they were Wolfetones and had been reversed during install by some ding-bat tech; neck model in bridge position and vice versa! Also simultaneously to this I met a great guitar tech in Austin so I decided to have him swap out the Wolfetone PAF's from the Heritage and install the Burstbucker #1 & #2 in the Millenium from the LP guitar. The Wolfetones really sounded more like the '57 Classics than the sweeter and more transparent Burstbuckers to my ears, and right away it was more Warren Haynes than BB King. Then I noticed that inside the upper F-hole was a "Custom Shop" sticker! I figured the no-position markers was a request but then it started making sense. Premium rosewood board; Tone Pros bridge and tail pc, bone nut etc. Maple ply back vs carved out mahogany etc. Serial number is W 28005. Frets are perfect. And of course now I'm playing more bass than guitar so this poor thing sits in the case! I'm probably going to sell it here-- if anybody is a Millenium fan/expert please feel free to get in touch.

Cheers

Alex

sunny Austin Texas

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Hi.
I'd like to introduce myself.
My name is Jon Mikel and I live in Bilbao, Basque Country, Europe.
I cannot be considered a full member of this club because I do not own or have owned any Heritage but I am in the process of becoming one.
I would like to purchase a second hand H-150 from a member of this forum or through any of the websites advertised here.
In the spring of 2019 I will cross the pond and spend a week in NYC on vacation. My idea is to make the deal online before traveling, make the payment, either by paypal, or by bank transfer, that the seller sends me the guitar to the hotel where I'm going to stay and bring it in the cabin of the plane on the return trip to avoid possible damage in transport and save me the cost of shipping to Europe.
I know that it is risky to buy it without first having tried it but by the comments I read on the net, I think I have little chance to make a mistake. My initial idea was to go for a Gibson standard but after a little research on the Internet I have seen that, on the one hand are overvalued and on the other, people say that the quality of the Heritage is superior.
I have all winter to choose one that I like. (I'm warning you I can't stand black sunburst).

Any suggestion will be welcome.
Salud y R'n'R for everyone.

 
Hi all,

My name is Todd, from Warren Michigan.  i hang out with a bunch of guys from the Dr Z amps forum and a big fan and user of Dr Z amps.

a buddy of mine hosted an event at his house this past summer after recently purchasing a few Heritage guitars.  I have been aware of Heritage guitars but have never had one in my hands before.

I was very impressed and have been casually looking and learning since then.  Looking forward to learning more about these fine instruments and who make them.

My background, I own Pro Cables N Sound, we make high end musical instrument cables.  I play lead guitar for my local church praise band and have been playing in various bands 30 plus years.  I have 2 sons who both play guitar, my wife plays bass and daughter is learning drums.  Lots of guitars and amps in our house!

We are a Scouting family, both my son's are Eagle Scouts, we are active in our local church.  I am the youth leader for our high school age kids and have been working with the students to start a band.

Todd :)

 
Alright, I am really jazzed to have purchased my first Heritage. I just bought a used H-150 from a great music store in Atlanta called Atlanta Discount Music.  My H-150 has a  faded top that's a cross between a dirty lemon burst  and an almond burst with a AA to AAA flame top. Mine was made in 1994. To me , it is really great to know that my guitar was hand made by the guys  and ladies that have some great history with Gibson guitars. I have been recommending Heritage guitars to all of my musician friends. Next, I'll be buying a H-535.

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