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wow!! That is pretty dang cool! So the 6 posted here, plus the 4 you guys bought, make up the 10 total? and congratulations!

That clear tubing over the braid might be magnifying it, hard to tell IMO For the record I just checked some other PAF style pups I have: JS Moore: 7.3k neck, 7.8k bridge Throbak Mick Taylor: 8.3k neck, 8.0k bridge SD's according to that chart: Seth Lover 7.2k neck, 8.1k bridge alnico ii pro is 7.6k neck, 7.85k bridge

Yes was going to reply the same. Lollar makes great pickups!

The original 50's Gibson pups weren't sorted by neck/bridge were they? I thought they just grabbed pups out of the bin & neck/bridge were arbitrary, when they were assembled

I just checked this chart, I thought the bridge of a Seth was around 7.8 kohm but I guess I am mistaken: it says 8.1 kohm https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/latest-updates/pickup-comparison-chart I must be thinking of the alnico ii pro, which is also a great pickup & one of my faves. I was recently messing with a set of those & the newer Slash signature pups, which are based on the alnico ii pro.

curious why you think this? Bridge is labelled SH55B = Seth Lover bridge Neck is SH55N = Seth Lover neck

I bet it sounds great with Seth Lovers. I had 59's in a 535 & changed them out, preferred unpotted pickups like Seths

That is a bit odd with the '06 the serial # looks like AE 06502 So maybe it refers to the 06 in the serial Hardware gets changed all the time. So who knows what the gtr left the factory with Congrats that is a nice 535!

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That is unreal! He has some great stuff on his channel. Here is more with that Heritage Kenny Burrell gtr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s37ks9pecJc

cue Ian Anderson

they are indeed! I took the liberty of posting the images here in the thread

While looking around at the Joe Walsh auction, I threw "heritage guitar" into the search bar & found these guitars with descriptions like: "A Gretsch Model G410M Synchromatic archtop guitar, solid maple top, one of 10 made by Heritage in Kalamazoo MI, natural maple finish, serial number 96410M5, one pickup, split hump block inlays, Imperial tuners, Chromatic tailpiece, Synchronized bridge and gold hardware." "A Gretsch Synchromatic GGP415M electric guitar, Carved maple top, blonde finish, one floating pickup, Chromatic tailpiece, Synchronized bridge, gold hardware, split hump block inlays and no case. One of only 10 guitars made by Heritage Kalamazoo, Michigan." Here's a link to 6 of the 10: https://www.juliensauctions.com/en/search?query=heritage+guitar&page=1 All are listed as sold. Randy Bachman probably had his dirty fingers on them :D Does anyone here own one of them, or the other 4? They were built in the early 90s apparently.

$50,000

That makes sense: those others would have been custom orders I have a Gibson ES-135 that has balsawood center block

I herd it's got some pretty good pickups in thar!

Lollar Imperials are great pickups, I have them in an H150 These 2 threads ramind me of a Doobie Bros tune. I didn't know it was a cover version, or that there were a bunch of versions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Is_Just_Alright

That guy knows his **** I was talking to him at a PSP

I'm pretty sure he says "patch wood" there, explaining the filler section, not "bass wood" He says it again a bit later too

According to Pete: 99% of centerblocks are maple, but there are mahogany & even some spruce centerblocks out there

more juicy tones 🤘

btw do they have a centerblock at all?

I remember talking to Bill Paige about them, it must have been when they first came out: I was telling him about my Gibson ES-135 & saying they should make a thinner H-575 style, as it is more manageable to play & doesn't feed back so easily Bill said " have you heard about our H-525? " and pointed to one on a rack Well there ya go!! Congrats Brent, that looks really nice!

Looks good! The itch-caster I'd try a mean & meaner P90 combo in there too

a black gtr on black friday. Do it, it was meant to be!! 😆