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Great, great post OP!!!! I own 5 LP guitars, I am very new to guitar playing, but being an architect I absolutely go bananas for the look and design of the Les Paul. It just makes you want to pick it up and play it!!.....even if you are a newby like myself. So I have five, lol....2 Gibson (Classic & Slash November Burst) and 3 Heritage H150's....'14,'22,'23. My Gibson Slash is an absolute dream to play, everything in that guitar is just perfect (I think I got lucky with that guitar, I spent 4 hours at Gibson Garage looking at LP 50's & 60's and they all sucked, until they brought me this one. It took me 5 minutes to know that it was it!!! Having said that, it being a Gibson...something had to be wrong. The finish on the guitar started to "check/crack" on me on the oddest of places AND the finish was super sensitive to scratching. Took it to Gibson repair and they washed their hands, blaming me for the issue, mind you I bought it in April '24 and by June it was already doing this. I baby my guitars, so it really pissed me off that Gibson would blame me. So I will never buy a Gibson guitar and will only buy Heritage!!!! Once I get better, I plan on taking a trip to the holly land in Michigan and picking myself up a 150 Custom!! Side note, for decades, my wife has had an obsession with purses (Gucci, Channel, LV, etc....) for years I gave her shit, after finding my passion in guitar playing and specifically in Les Paul models........I don't say a word to her about her purses anymore, lol!!! As a matter of fact I encourage her to pursue her happiness because every time she buys a new purse, it gives me the excuse to buy another Heritage!! 😂 Sorry for going on a tangent post!!🙂

A quick post to say hello and ask a couple of questions. I joined this forum in the spring of 2021 but have not been active. In my younger days I owned a foolishly sold 2 H-535's (early to mid 90's) I'm here because I plan on buying an H-530 sometime soon. I currently have a Kalamazoo made Harmony Comet which is a great guitar but I prefer a larger bodied instrument and the Harmony is not that. I plan on selling the Harmony and grabbing a 530. It looks like the H-530 can be found at @ 2k or so on the used market which is where my budget falls. Now for a shopping question: Among the dealer sites I frequent is Dave's Guitar Shop in Wisconsin. I've done a fair amount of business with them over the years and have always been a happy customer. Dave's always has several used 530's, 535's and H-150's of very recent vintage in stock. It makes me wonder how they come to have these. Seems unlikely that there is that much turnover of high quality US made instruments and that one dealer always has a supply of them. I wonder how they get these guitars on a regular basis? Does anyone have any insight? Is Dave's buying stock from other dealers? Are they getting guitars directly from Heritage? I did ask this question directly via email but their answer was vague and not clear. At first I wondered if these recent used guitars were factory 2nd's or something but I don't get the feeling that's the case. Anyhoo, I've always wondered how they get that many nearly mint condition Heritage's. Just for fun I've attached two shots of my Harmony. One with and one without the Duesenburg Les Trem. TIA for any info!

Well, as I understand it, they are woven from old growth Egyptian cotton, with vintage NOS thread and sewed on manual sewing machines with foot treadles. If you wait, I understand that they are going to launch an artisan aged version for $120. The logo is meticulously scratched off and the cloth is hand ripped for that truly worn out look. A better deal is to attend a PSP and you get a nice limited edition shirt for about $20 with a nicely designed logo. I've got a dozen or so. Honestly, I don't know why the are asking $40. Seems high, but an Adidas or Hilfiger shirt runs about $35. Sports team logo T-shirts tend to run $35 to $40. The days of $10 shirts seem to be long gone.

Ditto. The 50s automobile tailfin shape works well on the Gibson, and is a classic look. But if you want a Gibson, buy a Gibson! I am proud of The Heritage and their unique styling appointments. I think they did a great job making new stylistic changes that are unique, identifiable & classy. Plus it's good promotion: if you see a picture of someone playing a Heritage, you know it.

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.

Nice to see them side by side to compare I think I like the newer horn better Ugly pickguards though... 😅

I love the old story about these common men giving Gibson the finger and doing their thing with the old fashioned methods. That ended in 2016. I lived through it and, like all things, it has come to an end. I have my guitars and friends so I am perfectly happy.

Brent bought them all