bigsbytp Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 My First Heritage: 1989/90? Natural Finish/Golden Eagle....just dug it out of the back of the closet.....Here is how I found it....sometime in 1990 I had taken a trip to see a guy named Dave Hussong at "Fretware Guitars" who at the time was in Dayton Ohio (now in Franklin, OH). "Fretware Guitars" was in a portion of the "Dayton Band Music Store" in Dayton, OH. So I rummaged around through all of the vintage equipment in there like usual and was encouraged to look at some newly built items. I reluctantly followed Dave's lead and later was very glad I did...Dave showed me this new guitar that had all the "Reinhardt-esq" punch one could desire. Very surprising to have found a guitar that sounded like that as a new guitar. At the time I was not really sure what made the guitar do that but it stuck on me...and I bought it. (They had a Super Eagle there that I should have bought too but you know how it goes....it was a stretch to get the Golden Eagle at the time). Please enjoy the pictures! Note that it has both a SERIAL NUMBER and a REGISTRATION NUMBER. I am not sure that my other Heritage Guitars have both numbers like that. Played only in and at home, it has survived very well and has aged beautifully....just like I did....I think...
skydog52 Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 You made the right decision. That is a great example of what they do at Heritage!
DetroitBlues Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 What a shame it's been hiding in your closet! That's a real looker, congrats!
bsck1 Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 So glad you're getting reacquainted with this beauty and letting it breathe. Enjoy!
Gitfiddler Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 My First Heritage: 1989/90? Natural Finish/Golden Eagle....just dug it out of the back of the closet.....Here is how I found it....sometime in 1990 I had taken a trip to see a guy named Dave Hussong at "Fretware Guitars" who at the time was in Dayton Ohio (now in Franklin, OH). "Fretware Guitars" was in a portion of the "Dayton Band Music Store" in Dayton, OH. So I rummaged around through all of the vintage equipment in there like usual and was encouraged to look at some newly built items. I reluctantly followed Dave's lead and later was very glad I did...Dave showed me this new guitar that had all the "Reinhardt-esq" punch one could desire. Very surprising to have found a guitar that sounded like that as a new guitar. At the time I was not really sure what made the guitar do that but it stuck on me...and I bought it. (They had a Super Eagle there that I should have bought too but you know how it goes....it was a stretch to get the Golden Eagle at the time). Please enjoy the pictures! Note that it has both a SERIAL NUMBER and a REGISTRATION NUMBER. I am not sure that my other Heritage Guitars have both numbers like that. Played only in and at home, it has survived very well and has aged beautifully....just like I did....I think... Bigsbytp~ What a sweet old Golden Eagle you have there! By 'old', I mean it is aging both gracefully and beautifully. According to the Heritage website, only the first 1,000 Golden Eagles had Registration Numbers in addition to Serial Numbers. http://www.heritageguitar.com/models/goldeneagleosb_specs.html Not sure why they did that or what the significance of the additional Reg. No. was, but I guess the Heritage builders wanted to commemorate their initial run of GE's. Also, check the binding on yours. I bet it is 5-ply. Some of the more recent Golden Eagles have 3 layers. Most importantly, as you've pointed out, yours has a unique tone. And tone and playability is what makes a quality guitar. Play and enjoy your closet queen in good health!
bigsbytp Posted February 23, 2015 Author Posted February 23, 2015 What a shame it's been hiding in your closet! That's a real looker, congrats! Well, there is a reason. I later got a Super Eagle that has a neck I like better....(though the Golden Eagle has better acoustic voicing....even when it was new.) ... other people tell me the neck is just fine....
bigsbytp Posted February 23, 2015 Author Posted February 23, 2015 Bigsbytp~ What a sweet old Golden Eagle you have there! By 'old', I mean it is aging both gracefully and beautifully. According to the Heritage website, only the first 1,000 Golden Eagles had Registration Numbers in addition to Serial Numbers. http://www.heritageguitar.com/models/goldeneagleosb_specs.html Not sure why they did that or what the significance of the additional Reg. No. was, but I guess the Heritage builders wanted to commemorate their initial run of GE's. Also, check the binding on yours. I bet it is 5-ply. Some of the more recent Golden Eagles have 3 layers. Most importantly, as you've pointed out, yours has a unique tone. And tone and playability is what makes a quality guitar. Play and enjoy your closet queen in good health! Registration number is in low 200s - so I guess it was early in the run of Golden Eagle Production. Thanks for that info. John
Vanschoyck Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 Really nice looking GE. Is that the SE in the avatar? Are there photos of that one we can see?
houndhome Posted February 26, 2015 Posted February 26, 2015 Mine is late 1988 (30th December?) and is serial E00201,number 103 of the first 1000
bigsbytp Posted February 26, 2015 Author Posted February 26, 2015 Mine is late 1988 (30th December?) and is serial E00201,number 103 of the first 1000 Care to post a pic? Not needed - but fun just the same. How does your sound? Mine is pretty loud without the floating pick up. I should check if it was tap tuned....of course I could just be lucky. I wish mine was just a little wider at the nut...while many tell me it is just fine.
bigsbytp Posted February 26, 2015 Author Posted February 26, 2015 So glad you're getting reacquainted with this beauty and letting it breathe. Enjoy! Me too. My goal is to play more - own less - in every way.....(I am sure the own less will pass....maybe......)
Quietflame Posted February 26, 2015 Posted February 26, 2015 Stunning guitar. Glad to see it out and played. I'd hold off on the "own less" part, if this is what you may "own less" of.
houndhome Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 Tried loading pics but these days they seem to be too big a file for this site to accept.There are pics on the site from about a year and a half back (a sunburst acoustic GE) or perhaps if he reads this Southpaw guy might add photos since I know he has copies of the photos of this guitar.In the past he has been a hero in sorting out correct size pics for me for this site.
bigsbytp Posted February 27, 2015 Author Posted February 27, 2015 Tried loading pics but these days they seem to be too big a file for this site to accept.There are pics on the site from about a year and a half back (a sunburst acoustic GE) or perhaps if he reads this Southpaw guy might add photos since I know he has copies of the photos of this guitar.In the past he has been a hero in sorting out correct size pics for me for this site. If you are a pc user, open pic that is too large in Microsoft Office Picture Manager, and there is a tool in there to re-size for "web".... pretty easy if someone can show you once.
bigsbytp Posted March 14, 2015 Author Posted March 14, 2015 Really nice looking GE. Is that the SE in the avatar? Are there photos of that one we can see? Yes, I will get photos of the carved top that I play mostly instead of this one.,...it still may "go" after all because the other necks fit my hand better.
bigsbytp Posted March 14, 2015 Author Posted March 14, 2015 Mine is late 1988 (30th December?) and is serial E00201,number 103 of the first 1000 Nice. I did not realize these were serialized (first 1000) until years after buying it. I am told by smarter people than me to keep it for that reason...cool factor and all....
Shoman Posted March 15, 2015 Posted March 15, 2015 With the picture file sitting on your desktop, right click, select Open With Paint, Select Resize. There you will see Horizontal {100} Vertical {100} Change that to 50 for each. Click Save. Now upload to your Photobucket or file sharing site and you will be good to go. Paint is always available to resize or rotate pics. Works a treat.
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