MartyGrass Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 This 1994 natural blond was sent to a Heritage dealer a couple of decades ago. The dealer, an archtop aficionado, sold it to his friend, another archtop buff. That guy traded it back for a pre-WWII Epiphone Emporer (that tells you what kind of a nutty archtop connoisseurs these guys are). The guitar was minty in condition until the cold spell hit us. The humidity dropped to 30% in this store. This seems to have led to some flaking of the finish at the neck joint. I was on the fence about buying it, worrying about the neck joint being unstable. Ren Wall looked at the pic and asked for some more shots. I got more pix A local guitar tech as well as the shop owner found that the action is unchanged, the neck is straight, and the neck joint doesn't open with moderate stress. So the cool thing is that both Ren and Marv looked at all of the pix and said the neck joint and said "the neck joint is glued well". No worries. It's normal with age and retraction due to low humidity. I have seen this on more than several Heritages and Gibsons myself. But I wanted to be sure since it's an Internet purchase. Once it gets proper water, I may have the nitro touch up there just for looks. More pix below.
MartyGrass Posted January 14, 2014 Author Posted January 14, 2014 Nice spruce! Ultra wood. Antique natural top.
MartyGrass Posted January 14, 2014 Author Posted January 14, 2014 Here's the quiz question. Find the mistake Heritage made with the hardware.
Vanschoyck Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Wow! That's fabulous. I'm also drawn to the red sunburst guitar behind it - wonder what that is.
pressure Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Fab Johnny Smith. The black tailpipe is no longer available. Volume and tone control, excellent.
pressure Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Damon that auto correct. Should be "tailpiece".
Vanschoyck Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Damon that auto correct. Should be "tailpiece". See, I though tailpipe was a cool new vernacular for tailpiece. I was going to start calling it that.
2bornot2bop Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 She's gogeous Mark! Hardware? Mmmm Maple instead of Ebony pickguard?
MartyGrass Posted January 14, 2014 Author Posted January 14, 2014 See, I though tailpipe was a cool Noe of you guys can spell wirth a danm.
MartyGrass Posted January 14, 2014 Author Posted January 14, 2014 She's gogeous Mark! Hardware? Mmmm Maple instead of Ebony pickguard? Look harder, my friend. Even the owner never noticed.
2bornot2bop Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Wow! That's fabulous. I'm also drawn to the red sunburst guitar behind it - wonder what that is. Wow! That's fabulous. I'm also drawn to the red sunburst guitar behind it - wonder what that is. I saw that. But I was more drawn to the Campellone Deluxe behind it!
Kap Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Lovely looking, but what is that connection in photo 5? It is an odd one, is it stable or would it 'clunk' around inside the cavity?
2bornot2bop Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Look harder, my friend. Even the owner never noticed. The pearl block inlays appear rather normal, as compared to the abalone inlays i've seen on every other Heritage JS.
Kap Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Is it the tailpiece? Two of the fingers/pipes/pieces are the same length?
Gitfiddler Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Here's the quiz question. Find the mistake Heritage made with the hardware. Is it the Six Finger tailpiece being out of sync?
Kuz Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 No rose on the finger-rest (pickguard)? Or No inlay on the base of the bridge?
2bornot2bop Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 No rose on the finger-rest (pickguard)? Or No inlay on the base of the bridge? Nahhh....I've seen many more without a rose on the pickguard than with - same for bridge inlays.
58super Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 Murch Music in Cambridge Ont. I've played that guitar. Very nice acoustic tone and the Campellone behind it is no slouch either.
Genericmusic Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 That! is one mighty fine looking instrument.
MartyGrass Posted January 15, 2014 Author Posted January 15, 2014 Lovely looking, but what is that connection in photo 5? It is an odd one, is it stable or would it 'clunk' around inside the cavity? That's an RCA connection. Those are pretty common in archtops with floating pups. They allow the PG to be removed and the pup to simply be unplugged. That way another "acoustic" PG can easily replace the one with the pup on it. The connection can rattle in the body. If it does, a simple solution is to put a velcro strip around the connection area. It muffles any banging. You can also easily tack the wiring down in the body. I've done that only once. It's considered a good thing to have an RCA plug in the body in this style of guitar.
MartyGrass Posted January 15, 2014 Author Posted January 15, 2014 Murch Music in Cambridge Ont. I've played that guitar. Very nice acoustic tone and the Campellone behind it is no slouch either. I'm glad you met it in person. I dealt with Fred primarily but Glenn and two ladies as well. They were all very courteous and straightforward.
Kap Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 Thanks MartyGrass. Explains a few things.But you still haven't given us the answer to the quiz question.........?
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