pressure Posted September 28, 2014 Posted September 28, 2014 My life is one coinkydink after another. I went to the Elgin Illinois guitar show this morning to meet up with old friends and look at guitars never thinking I would be buying a guitar or an amp. But what do I see at the first booth inside the door but a nice looking STAT! I haven't been thinking about STATs, I haven't been looking at STATS but there it was. So I talk to the guy behind the counter and notice his name tag, C. J. Stanley, a Heritage endorsee and owner of a bazillion 357s and Firebirds. Here's where the coinkydink comes in. I had just seen Heritages new small space ad last Thursday in Vintage Guitar Magazine which promotes The C. J Stanley band. Thinking Heritage could make a better ad than this I made 3 alternate versions of the ad and sent them into Ren in an email. I showed the ads to C. J. for his input and we had a long conversation about Heritage and music in general. C. J. is a great guy with a lot of interesting stories and I am happy to have met him. Bought the STAT and took it home to take pictures. Haven't even plugged it in to see if it works. Its very light, like 6 lbs. Looks like i'll need tools to change strings!
pressure Posted September 28, 2014 Author Posted September 28, 2014 Really a 160v? I'm goning to have to look at the catalog and see what this guitar is. Thanks Lance.
FredZepp Posted September 28, 2014 Posted September 28, 2014 That's a cool one... an unusual Heritage for sure.
pressure Posted September 29, 2014 Author Posted September 29, 2014 I adjusted the truss rod and the string height and like the way it plays. I haven't figured out how to adjust the string intonation yet or what the controls do. I don't know which pickups are on or off, it feels like they are all on or all off. It seems like there is no tone control. It sounds real good despite the fact that I can't control it yet.
gpuma Posted September 29, 2014 Posted September 29, 2014 I believe the 4 switches are one on/off for each pickup and the 4th switches all on/off You should have one vol and one tone pot
pressure Posted September 29, 2014 Author Posted September 29, 2014 Thanks G but thats not how these switches work.
schundog Posted September 29, 2014 Posted September 29, 2014 Congratulations, Richard, and I hope you have fun figuring out the controls and getting acquainted with your new axe!
mars_hall Posted September 29, 2014 Posted September 29, 2014 4th switch should be a coil tap for the bucker
yuominae Posted September 29, 2014 Posted September 29, 2014 That a cool looking Strat! Ooops, I meant H160V You gotta find a better name for it... Happy NGD!
FredZepp Posted September 30, 2014 Posted September 30, 2014 Yeah... it looks like it should have coil-tap and variable phase control.
peterbright Posted September 30, 2014 Posted September 30, 2014 Switching is very simple, consisting of four mini-toggle switches. They are all of the "off-on" variety and switch the neck, middle and bridge pickups in or out, with the fourth switch acting as a coil-split for the bridge humbucking pickup. The signal then is routed through a master volume and a master tone (from the factory)
NoSnowBlower Posted September 30, 2014 Posted September 30, 2014 357 in the works for C.J..... He really likes them!!! COOL cheese cutter headstock. I can dig it,kinda.
DavesNotHere Posted September 30, 2014 Posted September 30, 2014 357 in the works for C.J..... He really likes them!!! COOL cheese cutter headstock. I can dig it,kinda. Cheesecutter?
pressure Posted September 30, 2014 Author Posted September 30, 2014 Master volume yes. Master tone no. What should be a tone control seems to be a variable phase control.
DC Ron Posted September 30, 2014 Posted September 30, 2014 Switching is very simple, consisting of four mini-toggle switches. They are all of the "off-on" variety and switch the neck, middle and bridge pickups in or out, with the fourth switch acting as a coil-split for the bridge humbucking pickup. The signal then is routed through a master volume and a master tone (from the factory) Based on my recent H160V acquisition, I think this is right EXCEPT that what looks like it should be the tone control is the variable phase control described in the ad. Not familiar with variable phase control wiring, but the subject pot doesn't have a resistor, nor does the wiring circuit have a resistor, so I don't see how it could be a tone control. VERY cool guitar though!
pressure Posted October 4, 2014 Author Posted October 4, 2014 Tools came in yesterday. Just finished setting the guitar up. Everything works great. Trem goes down guitar stays in tune, Trem goes up guitar stays in tune.
gpuma Posted October 5, 2014 Posted October 5, 2014 Tools came in yesterday. Just finished setting the guitar up. Everything works great. Trem goes down guitar stays in tune, Trem goes up guitar stays in tune. Yes, it takes a week to change the strings and you cannot play the guitar if you break a string. But it is the most stable system ever. You can have strings that are two years old and do the Jimi dive and the guitar stays in tune.
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