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Nice score. What did you change on it or what did the previous owner change? Those old 140's have a seriously deep dish carve on the top, so much so, the pickup rings would crack. Hard to tell if the pickups were swapped, but the rings are new(er) and I think the top-hat knobs are also a replacement part. Only other thing I saw was the screws for the tuners were black. Nothing wrong with any of that, but if you paid a higher price then you'd like, I hope it wasn't sold as an all-original with a repaired headstock.

Wowzers, that's some series string gauges. I used 12's on an acoustic, but I'm basically strumming chords. On any electric, there is just no way I could do that when it comes to vibrato, bends, etc. Hats off to you!

Have you tried that yet? It seems relatively new which may explain why I really haven't seen anyone talk about it.

You can bet any guitar from 2015 or earlier that has a huge neck, it was most likely neck carved by Marv with his famous "Marv-Carve". I know there was a unique H157 that Marvin did several years ago from the neck carving to the paint. Maybe others would know this, but I also believe any unique custom one-off may have been worked by Marv.

Pressure, you haven't changed a bit. And those are pretty decent guitars, I'd say. My 1996 H535's label has Marv's signature, along with all the other owners of the day, and Ren. Don't know why they all signed that one, but it's a neat feature. Thoroughly lousy pic below...

Thanks Steiner, That's just the kind of harsh talk and punishment that I ni, ni, kneeded. Now off to find a nice shrubbery to appease the admin.

Wow, I was just checking out the DC resistance for those pickups. 17.7k for the neck and 29.2k for the neck. That's a lot of turns! I also noticed the "Hot Chicken" set with Neck: 15.8k, Bridge: 26.46k.

No. Eagles were Classic, Golden and Super. Never a number that I saw.

For having made such a silly, ridiculous error you must remove the offending finger, preferably at the shoulder. Do not concern yourself with such an action, ‘Tis but a flesh wound. Now go away or I shall taunt you some more.

And last but not least the Heritage Millie SuperLight. Hand built by Master luthier Mr. Pete Farmer at the Heritage factory with the new guard.

Here is the cavity of the H170 Heritage built for me with all the Heritage signatures on the label.

Here I am discussing the Prospect build with Marv.

I had the privilege to have custom Heritage guitars built for me. Here are a few. This is the first Millie they built for me. Marv, me and Jim with the unfinished Millie.

I’ve had 14s on my Super KB for years. No problem. But, your point is well taken.

I have given them a try nice pickups! The CC pickup in the neck position is a particularly cool pickup. I'm not a fan of Lollars across the board, but they make certain pickups that do it for me. The Heritage H535 P90 that Kuz sold me has a particularly good set of Lollar P90s which generally I never liked before, buit these pickups changed my mind about Lollar P90s... My Teye La Perla has custom made for Teye Lollar low wound Imperials and I LOVE them... [img]https://i.imgur.com/HMAEORY.jpg[/img]

Would you show any of his handwrittings or signature off his built Heritages?

Give these Lollars a try sometime. Otherworldly.

Damn! Nice find!

I bet Marv built tons of Heritage guitars along with the other owners. And other builders. good luck documenting any of them I recognize his handwriting on a lot of labels

there was a 225 parsons st model too Did the eagle have a model #?

hahaha!

I used 0.011s on my ‘94 H-550. They were pretty slinky but still drove the guitar well. Lots of punch.

For the record, Heritage ships their archtops with 12s on them. I, personally, would be a little concerned putting that much tension on the top with 14s. Vince Lewis, a jazz master and Heritage endorser, uses 11s and 10s on his Sweet 16s.

The headstock repair looks to be a pretty solid and clean job, too! Nice score!

Must be a pretty stiff neck to jump two guages without a tweak. Fantastic.