totonka Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 So I drove 8 hours today to spend 1 hour with the Heritage guys. As the Village Idiot, last December, I bought this shell of a H127 "Hericaster" off the Bay. As you can see, the fretboard was gone, hardware gone, everything gone. So the seller ships it to me. His name is Danny Click. I vaguely recall that name from somewhere, as it is somewhat unique. I go back and search the Heritage website, and as it turns out, there is a Danny Click that is endorsed by Heritage. Skeptical, I e-mail him for confirmation. In a very modest way, he confirms that he is who I think he is. He goes on to tell me that he bought this many years ago, with the idea of building a guitar from it, but never got around to it. When it arrives in early January, I'm somewhat surprised of its condition. For being a 'C' serial number, it is in great shape. I was still freakin out though, because I wasn't sure if it could be rescued. Nevertheless, I dropped it by the Heritage factory in January and met with Marv and Ren. They said they could do someting with it. Last week, I got the call it was ready, so today I went out to get it. WOW! WOW! Marv guesses they made fewer than 25 of these. Here's a video I shot of how it went down: H127 Rescue Project By the way, someone is going to be getting a sweet 357:
yoslate Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 Congrats, totonka! Looks great, sounds even better! Ren has a strobe tuner in his head! He's hilarious. Big Tone in that tapped p'up!
Assumer Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 Cool. Great looking guitar. Glad they could salvage it.
fxdx99 Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 I recall that ebay listing - wow, did that ever turn out great!! Congrats, that's a beauty of a guitar. Wonderful twang to it.
zookroo1 Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 Cool story! It's great they were able to bring it back to life!
big bob Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 you are the man.. I wanted to buy this. but was afraid it was over my head..
schundog Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 Congratulations! That experience will stick with you the rest of your life, much unlike the many storyless, faceless, cookie cutter guitars sold day in and day out in big box stores (not that there's anything wrong with that, just not anywhere near as cool of a story behind those guitars!) Enjoy it, it's a beauty!
FredZepp Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 Great Vid !!! I wish that is was longer... and we need PICS PICS PICS.... You had a great vision there.. and the gang at Parsons St can work magic.
pro-fusion Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 Wow. That is so awesome that they were able (and willing) to do that for you. And what a great guitar.
skydog52 Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 Wow that turned out great. They do nice work there as we all know. Thanks for sharing that video. What kind of pickups did you end up putting in it?
brentrocks Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 Thats great man!!! When i saw it there were no electronics in it yet....WOW!!!!!
Kmenne Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 What a great instrument and fantastic story. Thanks for sharing the video!!
Guest HRB853370 Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 Man, those guys up there at Parsons St are geniuses!! You are now the envy of any twanger in Nashville! Congratulations on a collectors item. Imagine what that puppy will be worth when your grandchildren inherit it!
totonka Posted March 17, 2011 Author Posted March 17, 2011 Wow that turned out great. They do nice work there as we all know. Thanks for sharing that video. What kind of pickups did you end up putting in it? I just dropped it off to them and let them figure out how to repair it and what to put in it as far as hardware, etc. They ended up putting Schallers in it. It really has that great country Tele twang to it.
totonka Posted March 17, 2011 Author Posted March 17, 2011 Wow that turned out great. They do nice work there as we all know. Thanks for sharing that video. What kind of pickups did you end up putting in it? I just dropped it off to them and let them figure out how to repair it and what to put in it as far as hardware, etc. They ended up putting Schallers in it. It really has that great country Tele twang to it.
totonka Posted March 17, 2011 Author Posted March 17, 2011 you are the man.. I wanted to buy this. but was afraid it was over my head.. It was way over my head, and I was very nervous and skeerd that I had made a mistake. I think the planets were in proper alignment for this to turn out the way it did. Besides, there was no way that I would have been able to do anything with it. If not for the guys at Heritage, it would still be a shell.
DetroitBlues Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 That is incredible. Its amazing how down to earth and professional those guys are when it comes to repairing one of their own guitars. I didn't think the neck would make it looking at those pic's. Wasn't sure they could put a truss rod in there.
donnie Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 Man, that's just too beautiful, and what a story you have to tell to boot! Congrats, especially on having the vision to see what it could become.
tulk1 Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 Hmmmm, first, I'm not only jealous!! But VERY jealous. Envious comes to mind, too. And, yeah honestly, just a bit of lump in the throat looking at that guitar and thinking what a truly great thing you did rescuing that shell. And then letting the boys restore that guitar. It's a piece of their history we see very little of. Rare, I guess. And to have them restore it adds even that much more value to it. Enjoy that guitar, keep it forever. .... Wow, what a beauty.
DetroitBlues Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 I just realized this, did anyone else notice the neck is not seated all the way in the neck pocket? I'd think that would affect the sustain or weaken the neck joint....
FredZepp Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 I just realized this, did anyone else notice the neck is not seated all the way in the neck pocket? I'd think that would affect the sustain or weaken the neck joint.... It's a common place to have a gap on many set neck guitars. After the joint is glued, it won't make any difference.
Gitfiddler Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 Totonka~ That was a great, but all too brief story and video of your personal Phoenix Rising Heritage! They need to bring that model back.
golferwave Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 Very cool guitar and a great story. Enjoy it!!
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