Fildogg Posted January 19, 2014 Posted January 19, 2014 There has been a few instances of following old sales and reading questions to sellers about a black dot on the pickup toggle switch tip. Can somebody share what is the significance of the black dot on the tip of the pickup selector switch?
schundog Posted January 19, 2014 Posted January 19, 2014 These denote very special pickups, HRWs. That stands for Heritage:Rendall Wall Pickups. They are Schallers that have been tweaked by Ren to be very sought after. Some love them, some don't, but they are going for upwards of $400 on Ebay, as they are no longer produced.
PunkKitty Posted January 19, 2014 Posted January 19, 2014 Usually that means that the guitar came with HRW pickups. HRW stands for Heritage Rendell Wall. They are Schaller pickups that were modified by Ren. They are highly sought after in Heritage circles with almost a mythical status. Ren won't discuss the formula with anyone. I tried to get it out of him a few times. They have a really wide dynamic range. With good lows, mids, and highs.
Houston535 Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 Why wouldn't he do one pair a month and put them on Ebay? Seems like it would be a nice way to make beer money or whatever he wanted to buy. Are the base Schaller's still made?
PunkKitty Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 There was a supply problem with Schallers. That's why Heritage switched to Seymour Duncan pickups. Ren has his reasons for not making HRWs. And he's not talking.
Blunote Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 One reason for discontinuing them was that they were quite expensive for Heritage to include relative to off the shelf p'ups.
Fildogg Posted January 20, 2014 Author Posted January 20, 2014 These denote very special pickups, HRWs. That stands for Heritage:Rendall Wall Pickups. They are Schallers that have been tweaked by Ren to be very sought after. Some love them, some don't, but they are going for upwards of $400 on Ebay, as they are no longer produced.Wow...pretty cool if you have them.Thanks filling in the blanks.
Fildogg Posted January 20, 2014 Author Posted January 20, 2014 Usually that means that the guitar came with HRW pickups. HRW stands for Heritage Rendell Wall. They are Schaller pickups that were modified by Ren. They are highly sought after in Heritage circles with almost a mythical status. Ren won't discuss the formula with anyone. I tried to get it out of him a few times. They have a really wide dynamic range. With good lows, mids, and highs.Thank you.Do you own a set?
Fildogg Posted January 20, 2014 Author Posted January 20, 2014 One reason for discontinuing them was that they were quite expensive for Heritage to include relative to off the shelf p'ups.I wonder if they would make a set into a HRW if you had the donner schaller pickups?I do not think Schaller is still in the pickup business, seems to be I remember someone saying that in a discussion.
Fildogg Posted January 20, 2014 Author Posted January 20, 2014 Wow...pretty cool if you have them. Thanks for filling in the blanks.
PunkKitty Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 Thank you. Do you own a set? I have a set installed in my H-155.
PunkKitty Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 I wonder if they would make a set into a HRW if you had the donner schaller pickups? I do not think Schaller is still in the pickup business, seems to be I remember someone saying that in a discussion. Schaller pickups are available in Europe. They are hard to find in the USA. I think Ren is totally out of the pickup business. He won't discuss it at all.
Guest HRB853370 Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 There has been a few instances of following old sales and reading questions to sellers about a black dot on the pickup toggle switch tip. Can somebody share what is the significance of the black dot on the tip of the pickup selector switch? It is a special edition of the toggle switch!!!
Guest HRB853370 Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 These denote very special pickups, HRWs. That stands for Heritage:Rendall Wall Pickups. They are Schallers that have been tweaked by Ren to be very sought after. Some love them, some don't, but they are going for upwards of $400 on Ebay, as they are no longer produced. I have never seen any go for even close to $400. http://www.ebay.com/itm/HRW-4-wire-humbucker-pickup-/141159334876?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item20ddc083dc
Fildogg Posted January 22, 2014 Author Posted January 22, 2014 It is a special edition of the toggle switch!!! : )
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