bolero

Congrats! And those are good tubes. I have a couple spares but wish I had a stash!

So pretty close to TalismanRich's. Nearly identical, really. And then measurement % error. I'm not at sea level, not sure about parallax & I didnt take into account the observer effect.

Allright: Shims measured: 0.147 thick 1.045 @ 1st fret = 0.898" 1.163 @ 12th fret = 1.016"

That is a cool looking Harmony! What are those pickups? Before he passed away Edwin Wilson told me he was working on designing gold foil pickups for the new Harmony models, I wonder if those are them?

Hey that's a good idea! I'll get some popsicle sticks & remeasure

With the strings on I get ( inches ) 0.962 at 1st fret 1.091 at 12th fret That includes the fret & the strings though. Was a hassle to get under the strings

Ok I'll look for some calipers

Ah, ok, interesting! I don't like that name no more. My new name is Rocky.

That's a neat idea never thought of a rechargable power supply. Bought a compressor recently haven't used it much yet.

And FWIW I played a new H535 in the showroom at the factory and it was outstanding too.

That's nice! Sheptone's are great pickups too, I have a set in a HB firebird. I just checked my serial # is ABxxx which is 2013 I believe

Does that have a variable sun knob on it? It's for biasing the transistor isn't it? If so do you use it much?

Good advice from TR above I'll add I had a 90s 535 & sold it because the neck was too slim for me. I replaced it with a 2013 or 2015 H-535 & it is the bomb!! Amazing gtr, nice beefy neck but not a baseball bat. I also put Wolfetone Legend pickups in Gratuitous pic And a shoutout to Bill Paige: it never had a pickguard installed; one year at the factory I asked if I could buy one, he walked back into the shop retreived one & gave it to me. So thank you Bill!

Lol! I thought it may have been a bad acid trip, or King Crimson album liner art, or both Oh it says "play again" I thought those were just broken teeth. Freaky.

I also approve because there's so many out there, people who have real '59 Les Pauls can gig them & tell everyone it's an aged replica Honestly I don't care if other people buy relic'd guitars

Nice! What the heck is that in your avatar?

I wish I had a pick holder that magically snapped up all the picks that fly out of my fingers, while playing. I had a pet gecko lizard once, they're pretty quick maybe I could train one. And let him live in my pedalboard.

That sounds pretty great!

Ha, true! Although there's the broken headstock on that Duane Allman LP? Both of these product lines are a testament to Edwin Wilson's vision & skills RIP

Yeah that's why I only have authentic wear & tear on my guitars Those are both nice though. You're right: of course Edwin setup the CC line, I forgot all about that promo vid he did on them.

I assume he was involved with the custom core models? He said he was working on the Harmony models designing pickups when I was there.

So it looks like mission accomplished, as far as Heritage bringing Edwin Wilson onboard. I'd like to have been a fly on the wall & heard some of the discussions that went on between the experienced & knowledgable Heritage builders and Edwin. I'm sure there was a lot of mutual respect, and a lot of guitar grimoire dissected. It must have been satisfying too, for Edwin to come back & work in the Sistine chapel of electric guitar building.

I think in about 2003-2005 there was a change in headstock dimensions too, they just widened it a bit AFAIK

I always liked the look of those Boogie amps with the cane grills. Very potent little combo.

Here's a white Millenium Eagle: