Setup Specs for H-140CM?

[hokenfloken]

Did any of these come with manuals? Does anyone have any stock setup specs. If not, what do you guys use? Typical Gibson setup? Also, what the heck does CM mean?

[mars_hall]

CM is curly maple. No manuals were provided. Really a setup is a personal thing and you would not be far off using what you already know and like.

 

Seems like someone put down their version here so if you put setup in the search field it may show pretty easy.

 

 

Here http://www.heritageownersclub.com/forums/topic/10961-how-to-set-up-your-guitar/page__view__findpost__p__129737

[DetroitBlues]

You can find simple instructions for every stage of the setup process on youtube.

[hokenfloken]

I know it's a personal preference but I have to believe that most guitar makers have a "general" setup in mind when they design a guitar. I like to start with a "standard" setup and then make my own adjustments from there. I've done many guitar setups for other people and I typically give their guitars to them as spec'd from the manufacturer and then they can go from there. Thanks for the help.

[hokenfloken]

CM is curly maple. No manuals were provided. Really a setup is a personal thing and you would not be far off using what you already know and like.

 

Seems like someone put down their version here so if you put setup in the search field it may show pretty easy.

 

 

Here http://www.heritageo...post__p__129737

 

It has a curly maple top and a mahogany body? Interesting.

[mars_hall]

No, just the cap

[hokenfloken]

So basically the entire body is mahogany and there is just a thin piece of maple veneer on the top of it? What other woods did Heritage offer?

[mars_hall]

No a cap, not a thin veneer

 

http://www.heritageownersclub.com/forums/gallery/image/714-08-pspi-stack-of-bodies-rack-of-necks/

 

Depends on the guitar but poplar spruce walnut korina in addition to mahogany. Could be others

[kbp810]

So basically the entire body is mahogany and there is just a thin piece of maple veneer on the top of it? What other woods did Heritage offer?

Almost... its not a veneer, it is a solid cap - the one on my 157 was about 1/4" thick; on top of mahogany

 

Since Heritage is a custom shop... there are plenty of options available. Mahogany and Maple are the two most common used - spruce often shows up on the Archtops

[hokenfloken]

Have you guys ever been to PSP? Do you get to see the entire fabrication process or are they in "tour mode"?

[mars_hall]

You get to see the entire run but maybe not finish for OSHA rules. Look in the PSP Gallery

[hinesarchtop]

Even when new all guitars are a bit different, so setup is on an individual basis.

[kbp810]

Here's an actual left over piece from my top for a visual reference:

 

 

And here's the rest of that piece of maple

 

[hokenfloken]

Here's an actual left over piece from my top for a visual reference:

 

 

And here's the rest of that piece of maple

 

 

Oh wow! That's an amazing-looking wicked-bad piece of wood!

[MartyGrass]

This can help for truss rod adjustment.

 

 

[Bonenut]

I know it's a personal preference but I have to believe that most guitar makers have a "general" setup in mind when they design a guitar. I like to start with a "standard" setup and then make my own adjustments from there. I've done many guitar setups for other people and I typically give their guitars to them as spec'd from the manufacturer and then they can go from there. Thanks for the help.

 

I'm a bit puzzled. There's no such thing as a default string guage and other features of a setup partly depend on your choice of guage. Also preferred string height is pretty central and pretty personal. Lots of folks prefer an action as low as possible, me included most of the time, but some like a high action and they have their reasons. On some guitars I use a high guage string and high action to get a certain tone I can't get on more easily playable guitars. Or i'll tune down a tone to compensate—a trick familiar to Hendrix and John Fogerty.