DetroitBlues

Knowing Greg, the selector change is probably a lot to do with volume swells. I’ve known about him for many years, even met him in person a few time since he has an artist model(s) with Reverend guitars. By no small coincidence, Heritage and Reverend do have some deep connections, so it doesn’t surprise me Greg has a custom model H535.

That a headstock break by the tuner? Nice find, especially interesting to read it has a big neck.

Now you can custom relic what you have... You can shoot holes into them now. Somewhere, there are YouTube videos of them.

Excellent eye! Never would in a million years watched anything by the Bangles, but its nice to see early adopters. Wonder if the folks of Heritage knew about them or not interested.

Reading this article this morning in Guitar World that Celestion is coming out with an "ear-saving" Peacekeeping speaker that allows you to crank your tube amp to its natural saturation level, but the speaker has a built-in attenuation to keep the volume levels down. Maybe this means I can use a 4x12 cabinet as a bedroom amp? Celestion’s ear-saving Peacekeeper speaker lets you dial in the “sweet spot” of a driven amp at modest volumes

One heck of an upgrade, pickups, hardware, etc. Double Creams are definitely Brentrocks approved! Hopefully this one stays in the family. Congrats!

I've more or less was thinking the multi-ply necks meant less chance of a headstock break.

Do it! Do it now! Do it or someone else gets it!

How much more does it cost to make a 555 over a 535? Little extra binding and inlay work. Cost savings over previous design. No laminated 3/5 piece necks, no small split diamond/arrow inlay work. No binding on the f-holes (I've been told that was a very difficult process)

Guess there was a lot of cost saving measures here to bring back the 555. Easier inlays, regular mahogany necks, no bound F-Holes. They've made them closer to the G brand design that OG Heritage design. This is pound for pound a direct copy of the ES-355 Gibson makes today. Mahogany neck, unbound F-hole, and full block inlays. Other than artist models, the newest ES-355 does not have a stereo output or varitone selector. I did make a comment that Heritage missed the opportunity to use a bound Tortise pickguard instead of solid bound black.

I had just about forgotten what the OG’s looked like.

I wonder if the F Hole being unbound was an oversight?

I’m glad they brought them back. Expensive, but that’s not surprising. Using the same custom shop hot Alnico 5 pickups as the H157’s. Love it!

One of my favorite singer/ song writers, Drake White, had a recent video on Country Rebel. His electric guitarist was using a beautiful H535.

This article was more about the direct to PA style systems. I actually like the Tone Master series, although I don't know how long they'd last. Most older tube amps can be serviced. Can't say the same about a digital modeler like the Tone Master. When I was in Nashville three years ago, I did a back stage tour of the Grand Ol Opry. Because it was an early Sunday tour, it was just me and my wife on a tour. I had noticed every single amp on the stage was a Fender Tone Master Deluxe Reverb. Now the difference here really is, if an amp goes bad, they could easily get another and not think twice about it. However, the average guitarist probably couldn't do the same thing....