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You mean gorgeous wood like this? I specified no pickguard on this build, but every time I put my right ring finger on that lovely top to anchor my hand, I feel guilty. That's a habit I need to break. (The finger placement, not the guilt.)

here is the headstock

final attempt. Feeling inept

Trying to post a picture. Here is another attempt top.pdf

Good morning and thanks for the input. I contacted Heritage and Ren (Heritage Historian). He said it was Deluxe from a build of 500. A friend has it now but I get it back this weekend. I will look into the cavity this weekend. Thanks again top.pdftop.pdf

I'm in the camp of removing them. I prefer the naked look on most guitars, especially if the top boasts gorgeous wood.

So, I bought a H 101 about 30 years back. I played around with it for a bit and has ended up in a cupboard for a long long time. Before there's any castigation about that being irresponsible behaviour, I've found it again and thinking about treating it to a new set of strings. Does anybody know anything about these? There are some old threads about them being rare and some time back I called the factory whereby some guy said something like ' oh yeah, I remember them, didn't make many' almost as if the H101/104 were forgotten. Anyhow, I bought the thing in 1987 (or thereabouts I think), never seen another in the flesh, whenever I ask guitar shops about it, I get blank faces, or 'it looks like a Kramer'. If that is the case, were these made up from bits and pieces that were laying about ?. Don't get me wrong, I'd like to use it more, but I never found it the easiest of guitars to play.... Any information gratefully accepted. Fat Arthur

Pickguard ON! Always! It protects the wood from crazy picking, and helps me anchor my hand for fingerpicking!

Then there are some guys like Tower Of Power guitarist Bruce Conte, who are SO badass, that they even wear out the pickguard! 🙂

that one was made down the street at 230 Parsons

Those all look nice!

Personally, I don't like pickguards or poker chips, especially on guitars that have beautiful flames. First thing I do is remove them. I see them as cheap pieces of plastic. Even on my 2011 H-150 Goldtop, I would never consider adding either.

Nice topic !! Share pics on this beauty !!

After playing our first few gigs with 50 watters (Marshall Plexi and Mesa Fillmore 50) Ryan, the other guitarist, and I went down to 22 watters (Deluxe Reverb and TopHat Club Deluxe). Our stage sound is much better. It feels like it does in our rehersal room. It also made it easier for me to get a good acoustic sound on the few songs I'm playing acoustic or resonator. And people in the audience LOVED the sound. And bonus, the vocals came through even louder with less work for the soundman. Tube amps forever, screw modelers!

I dunno, I have both Pickguards are nice once you get your picking hand familiar with it & it works as a guide, to orient your playing without needing to look at your hand. Likewise without: I get used to using the pickup rings instead, as a guide to rest a finger on. Actual funcionality as a pickguard: It would make more sense to me to be ABOVE the strings, as I tend to hit the body more above the low E string, while using a pick. Not having a pickguard & all that free air kind of feels like "going commando" and not wearing any underwear. Sort of liberating in a way I don't know if I have a preference. I do really like the old wooden pickguards Heritage used to use.

Definitely a numbered run. Pop the cover off the back and see if it says anything. Keep us posted!

If it has a belly cut it is probably a H-150 Deluxe. They were numbered.

Thanks makes since with the ornate headstock and bindinding on body.

Serial sequence (230th) of a limited edition run. Possibly more info on the rear control cover (inside)

Howdy from Texas. It has been while since I posted but I need the resources of the forum. I have a question about a 2005 H-150 that Jay Wolfe didn't know. I have included a picture of the headstock and want to know what the 230 means above the serial #.

Totally know what you mean. Some guitars just seem to have a need to have a pickguard on them and some just look better without. For the most part I like pickguards on. There is the occasional guitar where it just seems like they look nicer when you can see the entire top without a pickguard covering anything.

I get it, that "Wind Cried Mary" tone is awful!!! (LOL 😛)

The performance is masterful as is the arrangement and improv. At first I thought it was too dark in tone. Thirty seconds later, I changed my mind. Very, very cool.

I complained about his tone. It made me look like a beginner.

I have just lately got back into playing my electric guitars. I went on a 3+ year bender of ONLY playing my acoustics. I did a lot of experimenting with strings and gauges on my acoustics. My conclusion was that most bigger body acoustics(dreadnoughts) thrive with 13s and most smaller body acoustics (small jumbos and OMs) like 12s. But there are some exceptions.... and thus the reason for this reply. I have a beautiful 1957 J-200 Reissue acoustic that you would think based on it's large size would love heavier (13s) strings. But I read many acoustic forums that the heavier strings can "choke" the top and sacrifice tone on a J-200. Well, I didn't believe it until I tried it. Heavier strings (13s) took all the projection and life out of the J-200, so I immediately put 12s back on. So I think string gauges and even brands, can vary from guitar to guitar based on the design and the brand producing the guitar.