skydog52 Posted January 23, 2020 Posted January 23, 2020 On 1/13/2020 at 2:26 AM, MisterE said: Hi, After searching for a very long time, O finally bought my first Heritage. It's a H 150 Dirty Lemon Burst. I bought it second hand bit it was almost brand new. It plays like a dream and looks absolutely gorgeous. Tuned it down half a step and have been playing Thin Lizzy for days. Welcome aboard! That is a killer top on that beauty. Enjoy
skydog52 Posted January 23, 2020 Posted January 23, 2020 On 1/13/2020 at 1:42 PM, Gitterman said: Hi, everyone. I'd love to upload a pic of my 99 H-150, but it wont let me upload anything bigger than 1.5m, is that correct? Yes. If you use a photo editing program you have and reduce the file size that should work.
BIreland13 Posted January 26, 2020 Posted January 26, 2020 Hi all, my name is Bobby and I am actually a drummer but I'm also a lover of guitars. I have two sons that are musicians, one plays bass and theater is a guitar player. My reason for joining the club is because of my father. My dad passed in 2011 and left me all of his music gear. He was a guitar player and a quite accomplished one at that. He was also very instrumental in the Memphis music scene throughout the 60's & 70's. He was in the crowd from Memphis that consisted of Sam Phillips, Jim Dickinson, Don Nix, Larry Nix, Terry Manning, Chips Moman, John Fry, Willie Mitchell and so many others.I had a quite unique childhood to say the least. One of my dad's closet friends though was Johnny Smith. Some of you are probably familiar with Johnny, he played guitar for Bing Crosby but was most noted for his jazz guitar albums. My dad has a Gibson "Johnny Smith Model" from 1968. He also owns one of Johnny's personal Heritage "Johnny Smith" models and a custom made Emrad Johnny Smith amp, that was built personally for Johnny . I was trying to research serial# info on it and I came across this site. The serial # on the Heritage is 199304001. Does this mean it was made in April of 93 and it's the first model? I have pics of everything I listed but they're too large to attach here so I lowered the quality on one of the pics and it should be below. Even though I'm a drummer, I'm a huge fan of guitars and I view them as works of art. I can play a little guitar but I am by no means a guitarist. (LOL) Thanks for letting me blab...
skydog52 Posted January 26, 2020 Posted January 26, 2020 Welcome aboard. Great history of your Father. That serial number doesn’t look correct. Is there a label inside one of the the f-holes? Heritage usually puts number on back of headstock also. That is a Special Model. Are you selling it?
Gitfiddler Posted January 27, 2020 Author Posted January 27, 2020 1 hour ago, BIreland13 said: Hi all, my name is Bobby and I am actually a drummer but I'm also a lover of guitars. I have two sons that are musicians, one plays bass and theater is a guitar player. My reason for joining the club is because of my father. My dad passed in 2011 and left me all of his music gear. He was a guitar player and a quite accomplished one at that. He was also very instrumental in the Memphis music scene throughout the 60's & 70's. He was in the crowd from Memphis that consisted of Sam Phillips, Jim Dickinson, Don Nix, Larry Nix, Terry Manning, Chips Moman, John Fry, Willie Mitchell and so many others.I had a quite unique childhood to say the least. One of my dad's closet friends though was Johnny Smith. Some of you are probably familiar with Johnny, he played guitar for Bing Crosby but was most noted for his jazz guitar albums. My dad has a Gibson "Johnny Smith Model" from 1968. He also owns one of Johnny's personal Heritage "Johnny Smith" models and a custom made Emrad Johnny Smith amp, that was built personally for Johnny . I was trying to research serial# info on it and I came across this site. The serial # on the Heritage is 199304001. Does this mean it was made in April of 93 and it's the first model? I have pics of everything I listed but they're too large to attach here so I lowered the quality on one of the pics and it should be below. Even though I'm a drummer, I'm a huge fan of guitars and I view them as works of art. I can play a little guitar but I am by no means a guitarist. (LOL) Thanks for letting me blab... Welcome to the HOC, Bobby. Thanks for sharing your Dad's very interesting history as well as his association with the master, Johnny Smith. As Skydog52 mentioned above, check for more details on the JS inside label as well as the rear of the headstock. Here's an old ad mentioning the Emrad Johnny Smith Amp. Those 100 beasts came with a JBL speaker. Must have been one loud tone monster.
skydog52 Posted January 27, 2020 Posted January 27, 2020 That headstock serial number is not there usual MO. I’ve only seen pictures of a few other Johnny Smith’s and they had the normal system for serial numbers. Always starting with a letter to designate year. https://heritageguitars.com/pages/trace-your-heritage http://www.heritageownersclub.com/info.htm
skydog52 Posted January 27, 2020 Posted January 27, 2020 7 hours ago, skydog52 said: That headstock serial number is not there usual MO. I’ve only seen pictures of a few other Johnny Smith’s and they had the normal system for serial numbers. Always starting with a letter to designate year. https://heritageguitars.com/pages/trace-your-heritage http://www.heritageownersclub.com/info.htm Here are a couple images of back of headstocks on JS Rose models. file:///C:/Users/Green Oak/Downloads/Johnny Smith Back.webp
BIreland13 Posted January 27, 2020 Posted January 27, 2020 I wonder if this was an exception because this was actually Johnny's personal guitar? Johny gave that guitar to my dad. Very interesting... Thanks so much...
MikesGtr Posted February 13, 2020 Posted February 13, 2020 Hello, Mike here. Posting as MikesGtr. Long time (multiple decades) Telecaster/Stratocaster player. Never owned a Gibson or Gibson style guitar, but always wanted an es335. Never found one I bonded with and now I know why. I was actually waiting for a Heritage H535 to find me and the guitar helped me find this site. Anyway I play in a 80/90's cover band in Massachusetts and having way too much fun playing guitar these days. From what I have read so far, it seems like there are some passionate Heritage owners and I am looking forward to reading the content on this forum and hopefully adding to the discussions when I can. Cheers. Below is my new baby.
Gitfiddler Posted February 13, 2020 Author Posted February 13, 2020 Mike...Hello and Welcome to the HOC! That's a beautiful H535 you have there. And nice calipers too.
High Flying Bird Posted February 13, 2020 Posted February 13, 2020 5 hours ago, Gitfiddler said: And nice calipers too. Welcome aboard Mike! I have a 535 as well. Great tone machines. Guit, I have an old cheap pair of plastic calipers. Last week I checked them against a set like in the photo. The old cheap ones still were dead nuts on but the digital reading and controls were very nice. Under $50.00 at Lowe's.
Gianluca Posted February 13, 2020 Posted February 13, 2020 Welcome Mike ? that's a black label H535 wow, new generations ? enjoy it
Beoz Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 Hi my first post. My name is Brien I go by beoz. I just bought my first Heritage yesterday it is a 1986 H140 Tobacco burst.
Genericmusic Posted February 19, 2020 Posted February 19, 2020 Good selection. Welcome to the cult. ?
Perilmeglio2 Posted March 28, 2020 Posted March 28, 2020 Hi! Finally i did it! I'm Nico from Rome, lucky owner of 2 incredibile Heritage guitars: A beautiful h-147 (1988) A very rare h-160 v (1987 superstar style) Always in search of a special guitar for my collection! Nice to meet u and thank you for all the knowledge you gave me in these years about heritage guitars
Spectrum13 Posted March 28, 2020 Posted March 28, 2020 42 minutes ago, Perilmeglio2 said: Two very nice examples - not many 147 around, thanks for posting!
Perilmeglio2 Posted March 28, 2020 Posted March 28, 2020 Thank you so much, I'm proud of these guitars. I'm really lucky, I've got some Gibbons Usa and Custom Shop (8 Les Paul) but the feeling with Heritage is different... you fell you're playing something alive under your hands... maybe only the Gibbons CS is close to this felling
Perilmeglio2 Posted March 28, 2020 Posted March 28, 2020 I knew this guitar where I was 14... in the far 1994. A friend of mine bought this guitar and was always in trouble with its khaler bridge ? I've studied heritage's story and I was really impressed. Where on 2015 I found this guitar for sale at 480€ I bought it without any doubt. I had a Les Paul Standard at the time and there was no comparison with the h-160v. My h-160v is note perfect, has no solid case, has an aftermarket hb (a very noce sounding SD Jeff Beck) but anyway it's an incredibile sounding instrument.
skydog52 Posted March 28, 2020 Posted March 28, 2020 4 hours ago, Perilmeglio2 said: Hi! Finally i did it! I'm Nico from Rome, lucky owner of 2 incredibile Heritage guitars: A beautiful h-147 (1988) A very rare h-160 v (1987 superstar style) Always in search of a special guitar for my collection! Nice to meet u and thank you for all the knowledge you gave me in these years about heritage guitars Welcome aboard! You have a couple very rare Heritage Models. Congratulations
Perilmeglio2 Posted March 29, 2020 Posted March 29, 2020 ...and now a short presentation of my second Heritage. About 1 year ago I was just looking for a damned cts pot for a custom wiring to put inside a LP Custom Studio (ash made)... when I get into the shop I couldn't believe my eyes: an h-147 was on the stand just in front of me! Wow... the owner of the shop just took the guitar and put it on my legs for a quick test... the h-147 was equipped with aftermarket pu (a PF Voodoo 59 at the neck and a Gibbons Classic 57 plus paf at the brigde) but I was simply shocked by this experience. The body of the h-147 is slimmer than a standard LP but the weight is about 3.9kg (more than many recent LP), the sound is so big, deep. The guitar had also its original hard case and pu (a couple of lovely schaller golden 50 that i fitted on another LP). So... I went to the shop just for buying a cts pot (6 or 7€) and I bought a 1300€ guitar... I had to wait some days ti bring it home because I had to announce very softly to my wife my new toy... ?
Gianluca Posted March 29, 2020 Posted March 29, 2020 19 hours ago, Perilmeglio2 said: Hi! Finally i did it! I'm Nico from Rome, lucky owner of 2 incredibile Heritage guitars: A beautiful h-147 (1988) A very rare h-160 v (1987 superstar style) Always in search of a special guitar for my collection! Nice to meet u and thank you for all the knowledge you gave me in these years about heritage guitars Ciao Nico, benvenuto! Nice guitars there ?
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.