Leaderboard

The old H-555s had maple necks. Some were single pieced and some were multiple.

Yeah beauties both! Re: pickups I always use my own judgement & experience, preferences. Everything I use is because I've tried it and liked it. I largely ignore " the madding crowd" and they are mad, especially guitar players. I prefer to follow my own muse. Pickups are easy to change.

Not everything is an upgrade, sometimes it's just a change.

Beautiful guitar! Here's it's Sister- a 2005 Ultra. Thanks for posting- great read! As you mention, I think Heritage started off using Schaller as Gibson was using Schaller hardware, etc in the late 70's/early 80's. So when Heritage opened, I'm sure it was easy to just stick with things that were already being used. I have never had a problem with Schaller pickups. I know so many do, but they've always worked just fine for me. And at the end of the day, it's all opinion. One person thinks Schallers sound terrible, then the next person has found their dream tone. There really is no "one sound fits all" in the guitar world, and thank God for that!

#1 - Wooden pickguards RULE! #2 - Bound headstock look better than unbound! #3 - That neck with the stripe really fits the guitar. Outstanding guitar... too bad you have to give it back.