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Best wishes for 2025.I hope it's a good year for you all.

The Heritage H150 Production of the H150 started in 1988. The first generation of the H150 (made in 1988 and 1989) had a body design that MIRRORED the Gibson Les Paul standard!!! It was rumored that some of the early H150s were actually built with leftover Gibson bodies from when Gibson left Kalamazoo in 1984, that were bought at the auction, bought by the original Heritage Guitar founders. Heritage was threatened with a lawsuit by Gibson in 1990 and Heritage changed the body design….basically changed the slope of the horn cut. ….and the H150 has basically stayed that way to this day!! It fun to see the evolution of a local company like Heritage, the history and the instruments from that historic building over the years! Pictured is a 1988 H150 (L) and a 2022 H150 Custom core (R). See the differences!!!

I'm with you Daniel. I think the Gibson guard looks clunky. I don't understand changing it as an "upgrade", or putting on the poker chip for that matter. It might have made sense in 1952, but after 70+ years, you would think players would know what the switch does.

Funny I'm an unabashed Gibson fan, but I've always preferred the Heritage H150 pickguard. I love the way it follows the body lines...

The PSP guitar was a 555, just custom ordered with chrome hardware, which apparently is a common request and block inlays. I happen to like gold hardware, which I have on my H157 and 2000 Millennium. I seem to remember the guys talking about how white guitars were very hard to spray correctly. Any imperfection was easily seen. There aren't a lot of white ones out there.

Have to say, I’m a very big fan of Faber locking bridge and tail piece and Gotoh SG301 locking tuners. Lighter, sound great, much lighter and far more practical to live with. Nylon nuts too. Same as the late 1950’s Gibson ‘bursts and other models from the golden era. Better than bone.

People made fun of the headstock since its inception, but it didn't stop us from enjoying the guitars. Labeling them "Heritage" makes good sense since that's what we called them all along. Fender, Guild, Gibson and Martin don't put "The" on the headstock either. I also like the wider, shorter headstock cosmetically. I don't know what all the yellow is about. Is it supposed to look aged? Another issue is that the string angle is sharper at the nut with the new headstock. The justification for the "snake head" shape was more good nut slippage with string bends and tuning. The last point I'd make is that the older H-150 has a smaller heel than the CC. This may seem minor, but the smaller heel helps high fret access slightly. In summary, which would I rather have depends on the individual instrument.