Gitfiddler Posted January 16, 2012 Posted January 16, 2012 With all of the recent discussions about how wonderful and toneful H525 guitars are, (and they are!), let's not forget about her sexty, slim-bodied cousin...the H530.Like the 525 it is also a full hollow body (a floating or non-floating block is available as a custom option), and has wonderful acoustic and electric tones.Since the body is slimmer, it has tones more close to the 535...but with a destinct P90 flavor. It is my all time favorite couch gitfiddle. It is light weight, resonant, and notes jump out of the F-holes with full hollow clarity. Amplified it gets tones from archtop thump, Grant Green funk to Tele snap, all with the flip of a switch.So all of you guys and gals shopping for or saving for a 525, don't forget about this fine 22 fret tone monster!http://www.heritageg...hp90_specs.html
Kuz Posted January 16, 2012 Posted January 16, 2012 Hey, don't forget about the 525s EQUALLY SEXY cousin, the 535 P-90 !!!!!!!!!
MartyGrass Posted January 16, 2012 Posted January 16, 2012 Hey, then why does my H530 have crappy ol' humbuckers?
schundog Posted January 16, 2012 Posted January 16, 2012 I likes my hollowbodies like I like my wimmins; thick and NASTY! haha. Seriously, I tried out Eljay's 530 a couple years ago, and it IS a tone machine, and much lighter than a 535.
Kuz Posted January 16, 2012 Posted January 16, 2012 Hey, then why does my H530 have crappy ol' humbuckers? Do you still have that beauty? I thought you sold it. Still an incredibly beautiful guitar!!!!!
Gitfiddler Posted January 16, 2012 Author Posted January 16, 2012 That's what I'm talkin' bout! Kuz' custom 535 P90 fits right into this category. And there ain't nothin' wrong with "crappy humbuckers" in a 530. I bet that hollow body is a sweet howling beast at volume. Does anyone know the price difference between NEW 530's and NEW 525's?
Gitfiddler Posted January 16, 2012 Author Posted January 16, 2012 H-530 #1. (First production model). Yes, she is as toneful as she is beautiful, especially through a Heritage amp.
MartyGrass Posted January 16, 2012 Posted January 16, 2012 Do you still have that beauty? I thought you sold it. Still an incredibly beautiful guitar!!!!! We broke up for a while but are back together. Does anyone know the price difference between NEW 530's and NEW 525's? All I remember is that the H530 costs the same as the H535. What that means is the H530 costs more per pound.
H Posted January 16, 2012 Posted January 16, 2012 This guitar just does it for me... This pic inspired me to put cream pickup rings on my 535 when I swapped into Phat Cats.
skydog52 Posted January 16, 2012 Posted January 16, 2012 Haven't forgot. Something about a Florentine cutaway though!
Gitfiddler Posted January 16, 2012 Author Posted January 16, 2012 Haven't forgot. Something about a Florentine cutaway though! Ah yes, those pointy Florentine cutaways are real sexy. Your 530 ChestnutBurst is awesome!
dbetts41 Posted January 16, 2012 Posted January 16, 2012 in the right hands the 530 (330 style) can lay down some mean blues....
smurph1 Posted January 16, 2012 Posted January 16, 2012 Hey, then why does my H530 have crappy ol' humbuckers? Ain't nothin crappy about that guitar!! Is that a stock pickguard?
MartyGrass Posted January 16, 2012 Posted January 16, 2012 The PG and TRC are from a Hong Kong luthier.
Guest HRB853370 Posted January 16, 2012 Posted January 16, 2012 Git, you certainly have no need for two P-90 equipped hollow bodies. Let me just take the 525 off your hands so you can give the 530 more lovin.
heritagefan7 Posted January 17, 2012 Posted January 17, 2012 Git, you certainly have no need for two P-90 equipped hollow bodies. Let me just take the 525 off your hands so you can give the 530 more lovin. Will--do we have to go through this again?---I called the SSB beauty!-Tell u what, I'll arm wrestle u for it!...Hmmm maybe that's not such a good idea--how abt a game heads or tails?
Gitfiddler Posted January 17, 2012 Author Posted January 17, 2012 Git, you certainly have no need for two P-90 equipped hollow bodies. Let me just take the 525 off your hands so you can give the 530 more lovin. Will, as compelling as your sales pitch is, I just don't see it happening...yet. And H7 did call dibs before you for the 525 SSB. For the record, I use flatwounds on the 525 for jazzy tones, and roundwounds on the 530 for all the other stuff. Sorry, but I need to keep them both. Besides, don't you have two or more gits with humbuckers? WHY?!
duaneallen Posted January 17, 2012 Posted January 17, 2012 Hey, then why does my H530 have crappy ol' humbuckers? This is THE color for me. Please tell me what color this is.
MartyGrass Posted January 17, 2012 Posted January 17, 2012 The color is amber or golden amber (depends on how much room there is on the label to write it out!).
Kuz Posted January 17, 2012 Posted January 17, 2012 Another vote for LOVING that pickguard Mark, just gorgeous. I am usually not a pickguard guy, yours and the one on my McInturff are GREAT looking in my opinion.
heritagefan7 Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 Will, as compelling as your sales pitch is, I just don't see it happening...yet. And H7 did call dibs before you for the 525 SSB. For the record, I use flatwounds on the 525 for jazzy tones, and roundwounds on the 530 for all the other stuff. Sorry, but I need to keep them both. Besides, don't you have two or more gits with humbuckers? WHY?! Dibs!!---Many thanks Gitfiddler (I am in your debt!)---Will, I will happily enter the collective bargaining arena on this---but as the SSB is currently under an iron clad contract and performing like a superstar---chances are, she's gonna be a franchise player---but I might think abt a trade if you throw in some top quality talent and a git to be named later!
Flat Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 I'm just learning about this stuff, so please correct me if I'm mistaken... but to my understanding some earlier Gibson ES-330s had a neck/body join at the 17th fret. This version was later nicknamed the 'short neck' version. (See photo below left of a sunburst 1959.) But it seems that at some point, Gibson moved the neck/body join to the 19th fret--now called a 'long neck.' (See photo below right of a natural long-neck ES-330.) The Heritage 530s that I have seen appear to all have the long neck. Did Heritage ever make a 530 like the earlier 'short-neck' version of the 330--with a neck join at the 17th? I think some players prefer each version. I believe Emily Remler, one of my heros, played a short-neck ES-330. So, being the guitar junkie slut that I am, I'd like to try a short-neck ES-330, maybe in the form of a Heritage. (I already have a 535 and 575.) If anyone who could enlighten me about any of this, I'd appreciate it. -Flat
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