TalismanRich

Actually, the post was made by Taylor Lawrence, who is Marv's grandaughter.

There's not a lot of info out there on the 101. There was a thread on it from 10 yrs back.

I don't know that they are related, although there appears to be some resemblance. The person in the David Paul Band appears to be about 25 or 30. I found an article some time back that said his pregnant wife was killed in an accident in 2014. He moved to West Virginia a few years later. https://www.heraldmailmedia.com/story/lifestyle/2017/01/22/guitarists-fingers-singing-agai/44616269/ The "Heritage" David Paul has a Linked In Page that says he attended Rutgers from 1978 to 1982. Another site says he was born in 1956, so he would be almost 70. He could easily have a son in his 30s. Of course, you could always contact the David Paul Band fellow and ask him if they are related.

I almost poked my eye out just looking at it! I'm scared of pointy guitars. 😱

Old H-140s are fun guitars. I've got an '87, changed out the pickups to SD Alnico Pro IIs because there was a problem with the originals. I think I tried changing caps, but that didn't help. The jack had to be replaced a few years back. Other than that mine is original. It's been back to K'zoo a few times over the years for PSP, including PSP 2023. Yours has a nice looking top!

There are loads of discussion threads that "debate" the concept. What Bolero said is part of the equation. The difference in cabinet size will alter the frequency response of the system, which might affect how you perceive the sound. Mathematically, if you put 1 watt into a 100dB efficient speaker, you get 100dB. If you put 1 watt into 4 100dB speakers wired to the same impedance, each speaker will get 0.25 watts. Thus each speaker will be putting out 94dB (3dB for halving the power, 3dB for halving THAT power.) But then you had 4 times that 94dB and you get back to 100dB. The difference will be more in tonal balance that actual sound intensity, which might be measured at 1 frequency. I've seen discussions where they say the increase was larger with 2 speakers rather than one, but the problem with this is that the impedance won't be the same between a single and a dual speaker setup. If you have a pair of 8 ohm speakers, and only use one, it's 8 ohms. If you add the second in parallel, it's now 4 ohms, so your power usage is different at the "same setting". Put them in series and you have 16 ohms, which could lower your output. When you use a 4x cabinet, with two in series and the series in parallel, the impedance can be the same as a single speaker. Identical power is distributed evenly. Jim Lill did a Youtube video where he compared lots of difference cab configurations and how it affected the sound. It may not change the dB reading but it changes the perception of the sound.

Very nicely played. I'm always in awe of the way you jazz guitarists improvise. My brain just doesn't work that way! 😁

The archtop market is different from the normal electric guitar market. There aren't a ton of companies making them. Most are smaller hand builds and most often they are made to order. While $13k isn't cheap, it really isn't out of line with other custom archtop builders. American Archtops go up to about 16 grand, Wilkie archtops start at 15 and go to $25k. Marchione runs $25 to 50K. The affordable archtops are from Eastman, running from $2500 to $5500. I do find it interesting that Heritage is staying somewhat active in the market with the Eagle, 575, and now the 517. It's a nice looking guitars, for sure.

Being in his upper 80s, I don't see him coming in to build a few guitars. Has anyone heard how Marv is doing. I remember someone saying something about health issues the last time we were in K'zoo.

You never know... Someone did pay $6.2 million for a banana duct taped to a wall. I have 3 bananas on the kitchen counter, a roll to tape in the garage, and several walls available. For $6M, I'll tape each to a wall, and throw in the house that has the walls attached for free!

It's not unprecedented to use the company name on the headstock. Unless you know what to look for, most people wouldn't notice the difference.

I see some nice pics, so I guess that means it DID happen! 😁

That's a looker, f'sure! It sounds like it's checking all the boxes tonally.

It's a store in Malaysia. They probably just picked a price to cover their Reverb fees and stuff. If you buy from their website, its $723 USD or $1037 CND. https://mahoganymusic.com.my/products/heritage-ascent-collection-h-150-electric-guitar-lake-blue-burst

Why would anyone pay $1000+ shipping for a guitar that you can buy from Manny's for $699? I certainly wouldn't buy a guitar from Malaysia when you have a US company doing the imports, with free shipping and a 30 day return guarantee. https://deals.bandlab.com/mannys https://deals.bandlab.com/mannys/products/heritage-guitars/8367752773785

The wattage on a speaker is an indication of how much power you can put through the voice coil without it heating up to the point that burns out. The suspension, cone material, available voice coil travel will determine if it breaks up, and sensitivity will tell you how loud the speaker will be at a reasonable power level. The speaker will distort if you exceed the rating, especially if you try to exceed the cone travel. If you play highly distorted, then you should have a higher power speaker capacity since those distorted squared off waves are actually higher in power than a sine wave of equivalent amplitude. Something like the Celestion Peacekeeper handles 50W but only puts out 86dB for 1 watt of power. A Vintage 30 will handle 60W and puts out 100dB for that same single watt. Also, it depends on where you set the amp. A Twin can put out a lot of power, but if you only turn up to 2, you might only be putting out 3 or 5 watts.

Their H-535s are excellent guitars. I've had mine for years, and it's still one of the 3 guitars that will be "first call" if I'm leaving the house to play.

FWIW, just saying that something is made in China doesn't necessarily mean it's a piece of crap. There are things made in the US that are crap, and stuff that is high quality. The same happens over there. I used to deal with a few Chinese plants and a few were consistent, and more than willing to go the extra mile to make a quality product. Others couldn't make the same thing twice if their lives depended on it. China is a massive country with lots of different companies. Anyone over a certain age will remember when Made In Japan was the sign of cheapness. Now the majority of things out of Japan are world class.

The 535 has a set neck. The new Ascent+ series have set nets and sculpted neck joints. They also have a belly cut. Here are the 137 and 150 Ascent+ neck joints.

Gotoh will put your label on a tuner if you are willing to pay for it. My Melanon built T has tuners with his name on it, very similar to Heritage. Gerard was a much smaller builder than Heritage and used top grade parts for his builds. I would be really surprised if Ed Wilson would have cheap'd out on tuners when he went through all the trouble to set up the custom core instruments. Save $20 on a $4000 instrument, that you've pleked, and designed the pickups for? Doesn't make sense.

Does anyone really know who makes the Heritage tuners? I would find it funny if they were made by Gotoh or Graphtech.

There's a big difference between a customer having a build to his specifications vs buying a prebuilt NAMM special build. What I don't understand is the company doing "bespoke" custom builds for "influencers" vs people who have supported them for 10 or 20 years. For an artist, I'll give them more of a pass, as it most companies have artist programs. Frankie Ballard It's great that these people are finally looking at Heritage guitars, but how does someone who has ignored Heritage for years get to spec out a guitar with their color, a P90/PAF and Bigsby for free? Maybe it's because I'm old school, but social media influencers are probably the lowest point on my list of reasons to look at something, much less to buy something. I find about 90% of the online reviews or gear to be utterly useless.

The guys seemed to be playing around with a lot of ideas the first few years before settling down into their core of archtops, semi-hollow and solid bodies. They tried quite a few stripped down models, without pick guards, basic pickups, and simple one color paint jobs. The Mark Slaughter, HB 1 and 4 bases, Parsons St III and Stat come to mind. I don't think they sold a lot of them. Unfortunately, while they might be rare, they don't seem to be commanding a premium in the used market.

I've seen a few other guitars with the sculpted neck joint. I played a couple and they were very comfortable when going to the upper frets. The transition make it feel smooth, not like you were bumping into the top, where you had to change your grip. I haven't seen any indications of those anywhere else. Where did these pics come from?

Aw, he's a rank amateur! Someday maybe he'll be able to afford a REAL guitar and amp. 😁