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I like the look of ya H150CC better !!

Yes i gotten them all in a set... i even accidentally broken off the conversion stud post which Larry send it down free of charge instantly... Larry customer service is top notch !! But its probably just me that i probably prefer the Gibson abr1 better those on my RI .. dont get me wrong on these Faber bridge , the Faber bridge set i got the quality in them is top notch i could immediately feel when handling them, i have not really A/Bed them side by side on the same guitar but i just hear a rather zingy upper tones on the Faber bridge set on my H150 and i prefer the Gibson ABR1 over the stock API bridge it had stock on my H150CC... Maybe i will A/B them again when i gotta time... who knows?

I have gotten the Faber bridge and installed it on my oxblood H150 but i found it rather have that zingy tone...

Pic of the side... sitting well on the API thumbwheel... seriously any comments? Is the bridge too high? just a 5.5mm hole enlarge and a chamfering flute

Thought it be nice to share some pics... but Heritage purist sorry i took it a step further... in my opinion its nicer now and the H150CC hardware sucks... especially tuners... ouch Like the H150CC everybit but if Heritage could reconsider to up their game closer on the hardware and frets it be top notch !! Apologise yes i should have file down the string notch on the saddles... but have not tried it before could need some time and practise

Are these birds still available thou?

Many of the older pieces seems to get more value i guess? Not too sure but many have said the newer pieces are better build vs the older.... as far as we know there are a handful of peeps here whom still swear by the older pieces despite of the shorter neck tenon but its the handbuild spirit whom the guys sought after for.... I currently own two new era H150s and am looking to trade my oxblood H150 for a H157 in natural in pristine condition .... do hit me up too here haha...

Thats true .... i was just about to tell here when i think of it about the stickier veil that layover a blank of resonant wood as it could have some dampening effect than a thinner non stickier veil covering over.... perhaps tone are a thing whom we cant pick up over a certain degree when played even over a period of time untill we capture its frequency peaks or record them up for a close side by side comparison...

Thanks alot on the advise here... i certainly like to start slow and gently taking off some micro inches off the front sides back and neck first... it could be a rabbit hole whom am trying to yield... Have owned few of the very nice Jackson soloist and they were polyurethane finished all three sound relatively similar within their own make... The Gibsons on the other hand are more resonant (thats obvious) and within those R8 and R9 i own has the same openess resonant thick mids only my R8 sounded abit warmer darker than the R9 i got which i suspect of my 2008 R8 that has a madgascar rosewood due ... As comparison sets in here i dont know if the guys out here do experience the same tone adventure within the Heritage H150s to sound more or less similar on its resonance and tonality it produced when played acoustically ?

Hahah thanks for your concern... unfortunately no i didnt have a polishing wheel but i didnt want it to be anywhere as polish either... good advise is .... yes just how much can i knock the finishes down... just wanna know if anybody has done it

I cant imagine how thin the sanding goes on the RI 1959 Gibson but owning a two of 2006 and 2008 R9 and R8 i could see its finishing is very thin .... Gibson RI still has that loud high mid resonant sound where the Heritage H150 newer era has a slight less mid resonant i just thought so it could probably be the finishes.... not sure what the Heritage new era finishes reciepe be.... i would also note that and like to know how different can these solid color H150 guitars can be different from those in burst colored with dyes vs solid color paint ie oxblood, black white etc.... i guess tone also contributed a vast difference between these two color schemes.... yet i have to submit my experience in sending down my 2001 RI 57 Black beauty to Starr guitars for a refinishing work and not only did the vos color in black turns out great in my opinion it also sounded very resonant too.... could it be the formula thingy between burst LP and solid colors applied ?

I like my 80s era duncan JB on the bridge of my H150 so far... didnt like the gibson 495T and R i put in... regretted buying that set imo these are way overdone compresses way more but the 495R is pretty fat and sweet !! Yet i would wanna slap in an old 80s 59s see how it goes.... I do have a H150 CC too which comes in with their 225 parson pickups which is low output, i pretty much getta hang of it too.... am weary that these humbuckers are relative of what the gibson Custombuckers are offering, but i have not tried side by side comparing the 225 parson pickups vs gibson custombuckers..... are they really same? Or have their each character?

Does anybody whom sand down their H150s finishes thinner? I realised the H150 on my oxblood has kinda thicker finishes... i was wonder if i could knock down its finishes wet sanding down mine by abit could have a better tone letting the wood breathe abit better ?