SiHolden Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 I'm selling a guitar on behalf of my father in law. It was for sale for a while in a shop and they said it was a H150 DLX. My father in law thinks it's a rare model and thought that they had under valued it, so we took it off sale to do some research. Firstly I know practically nothing about guitars, but looking on the Heritage website and on forums it does not have a serial number which starts with a letter (serial number for this model is 086 130201). Secondly it has a mahogany pick guard and I haven't as yet found any H150 DLX models with this. Forgive my ignorance but please can you guys help us out and tell us more about it. Many thanks, Si
SiHolden Posted February 17, 2012 Author Posted February 17, 2012 I've attached a picture but had to resave it as a BMP image as the file was too large. If anyone wants me to e-mail pictures I would be very grateful guitar body.bmp
SouthpawGuy Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 Hi, are you sure it's not a letter O and then 130201 ? The 86 might indicate 86 from a run of 100. Is the pickguard bound maple ? Some photos would definitely help.
SouthpawGuy Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 You didn't say it was a lefty, is the photo reversed ? That's a bound maple guard. and a O serial would indicate a 1998 model. http://www.heritageownersclub.com/info_serials.htm#table
SiHolden Posted February 17, 2012 Author Posted February 17, 2012 Hi thanks for your help...here's a picture showing the serial number, it does look like it begins with 0 rather than o. Yes it is left hand serial no 1.bmp
SouthpawGuy Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 Looks like # 86 from a run, the serial is a i, i30201making it a '92 model
SouthpawGuy Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 "" The five digits of the serial number encode the day and order of manufacture for the guitar. The first group of three digits represent the days remaining in the year on the day the guitar was completed. The last two digits indicate the build order on that day. For example, a guitar with a serial number of B35012 can be decoded as follows: B: Year built is 1985 (a rare find, indeed!) 350: Built on the fifteenth day of the year (365-350=15) 12: The twelfth guitar completed on this day From this, we learn that the guitar in our example was the twelfth guitar finished on 15 JAN 1985. One of the interesting side effects of this numbering and encoding system is that guitars built later in a given year will actually have a seemingly "lower" serial number. For instance, the first guitar completed on 1 FEB 1985 would have a serial number of B33401. This reverse dating scheme initially seems confusing and counterintuitive, but it is actually very effective. If you are pursuing older Heritage guitars, you would seek guitars with a low initial character, followed by a relatively high set of "date" digits, followed by low trailing "build order" digits. " More info here: http://www.heritageo...serial-numbers/
SiHolden Posted February 18, 2012 Author Posted February 18, 2012 I suspect the pickups have been changed. In answer to the question "how much is it being sold for?", it's going to be on e-bay at some point, I think it will be on sale in the next few weeks. Does having a maple pick guard and being left hand make it more valuable?
tulk1 Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 Maple is the standard wood for the pickguards. Left handed, might actually make it harder to sell. You'd have a much smaller demographic to sell to. Btw, we have a forum here for selling Heritages. Its quite active. You might try that first. Could save some 'bay fees.
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