Chambering or Weight Relief in H150 ?

[CCKing]

Hi guys,

 

I am about to buy 2003 H150, which is told me that 8 lbs 14oz...

 

Do you know that Heritage made chambering or weight relief at that years ??

 

8 lbs 14 oz came very light to me, I have never seen a les paul so light without chambering.

 

If you enlighten me

I appreciate..

[Guest mgoetting]

That sounds like it is not weight relieved, just a lighter standard.

 

Pull off the control cavity plate. If the label says LW, it's relieved. Also, the cavity will extend beyond sight.

 

Many of us would like a lighter standard, just so it sounds good. I'm betting it will.

[CCKing]

Thanx..I will check it..It is on way

[dmedlock]

My 2004 isn't chambered, it's a solid and substantial piece of wood. Heavy guitars don't bother me, when I was 16 my Gibson LP Custom weighed over 13 pounds.

[Guest mgoetting]

I recently had a few 10+ lbs Heritages. I've only heard of the 13 lbs axe.

[peteraltongreen]

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Hi CCKing,

Don't know if they chambered the C150,but my C140CM,unchambered,with a Schaller stop bar out sustains my Guild Bluesbird,chambered.

Peter Alton Green

[chico]

If it is a H150P it is going to be lighter than the standard H150CM because it is made of Poplar, not the mahogany bodies that H150CMs are. Figure in the 9-10lbs range for a H150CM. A H150LW is the chambered model, mostly done in the last few years as an upcharge or special order.

 

Really, the H155 Millie is a "chambered" solidbod too, not a semi-hollow. Thats why it is called semi-solid.

 

So CC, open the back cavity cover control, look for the model designation, if its H150P you will see why it is in the 8lb range. Another give away to it being a H150P and not a H150CM is dot inlays instead of traps like on the H150CM.

 

corrections, fine tuning, always welcome..

chico

[CCKing]

I appreciate the answers..Thank you guys.. I will check the cavity to see exactly what it is...

[CCKing]

By the way, I just learnt the poplar issue..Do poplar ones also have maple top on them??

 

This is the guitar I bought.. It does not have dot inlays but they can be added later...I hope this one is not a poplar body...

 

[mars_hall]

By the way, I just learnt the poplar issue..Do poplar ones also have maple top on them??

 

This is the guitar I bought.. It does not have dot inlays but they can be added later...I hope this one is not a poplar body...

 

 

Not typically and the poplar ones usually have dot inlays. I have seen black and gold H150Ps

[Guest mgoetting]

Here's a poplar with traps.

 

http://elderly.com/vintage/items/30U-16602.htm

[Kuz]

Here's a poplar with traps.

 

http://elderly.com/vintage/items/30U-16602.htm

 

It does say 150P, but under the description it says "mahogany body"

 

I'll bet it is a regular 150 and since it has P-90 pickups, Elederly just renamed it a 150P as in a 150 with P for P-90s.

[mars_hall]

It does say 150P, but under the description it says "mahogany body"

 

I'll bet it is a regular 150 and since it has P-90 pickups, Elederly just renamed it a 150P as in a 150 with P for P-90s.

 

I was going to say the grain on the back didn't look like any poplar I'd seen, but I didn't really see any need to argue the issue. You usually see the dark bands in poplar, but not always.

[Guest mgoetting]

You're right. That does look like mahogany.

[Steiner]

Doesn't the poplar replace the maple cap on the 150 P? That is a mahogany back on Elderly's.

[FredZepp]

Doesn't the poplar replace the maple cap on the 150 P? That is a mahogany back on Elderly's.

Here's the specs from the 1992 catalog.. no cap.

 

[CCKing]

So what I understand is 150Ps dont have maple top on them..So mine, which is on its way, is 150CM..It is a relief for me..Not because poplars are not good, because I like the tonality of mahogany..Thanx guys, it is nice to have a Heritage guitar and be a part of this community, the heritage owners..