rwinking Posted August 21, 2015 Posted August 21, 2015 About a month ago I picked up a couple of Heritage guitars. I had heard about them but never seen one. I dearly love them both and they will soon be in my top three go to guitars. I was able to figure out from the seriel numbers that they are both from the 80s. One is an H-170. The other I am not sure of. I am assuming it is an H 150 as it is like a les Paul but a little thinner. It is a beautiful blue color with a matching pick guard. What confuses me is that it has dot inlays and all of the H 150s I see have bound necks with Trap inlays. Any ideas on what this is? thanks and damn glad to be here! rick ps the H 170 also has an unbound neck and dot inlays.
mars_hall Posted August 21, 2015 Posted August 21, 2015 Sounds like a 140 or 150 special. Read the label inside the control cavity.
CJTopes Posted August 21, 2015 Posted August 21, 2015 Is the bottom cut out pointy? If so I'd say it's a 140. If it's like a 150 cutaway I'd say it's probably a 150P. (p= poplar body)
Gtwibs Posted August 21, 2015 Posted August 21, 2015 Not to hijack, but I saw an older 150 the other day with block inlays instead of trapezoid. It wasn't a 157 or anything, just a 150 with blocks. Have people seen many of those either?
TalismanRich Posted August 21, 2015 Posted August 21, 2015 Gtwibs, Â Heritage will build whatever you want. Blocks on a 150 are not uncommon. Likewise for bound headstocks. A lot of guys go the opposite route, necks with no dot or block markers at all.
rwinking Posted August 22, 2015 Author Posted August 22, 2015 Thanks for all of our replies. When I get home I will open up the control cavity and have a peak. What is the difference between an H 140 and H150?
mars_hall Posted August 22, 2015 Posted August 22, 2015 Typically the thickness, the inlays and the pointed horn
FredZepp Posted August 22, 2015 Posted August 22, 2015 Sounds like a 140 or 150 special. >> Read the label inside the control cavity. Â This should be the first thing you do... Â Â
rwinking Posted August 22, 2015 Author Posted August 22, 2015 Thanks again everyone! I took off the plate and the Blue guitar is an H 140CM and according to the seriel number, it is an F, which translates to 1989. The H 170 has a C seriel number which means it is a 1986. I really love these guitars. You guys, of all people would understand the "love at first playing" deal. I have a lot of guitars and a lot of them take time to get to know. These Heritage's seem to talk to me right away. I do like the pick ups in the H 170 a lot more, so I may be experimenting with the H 140 a little. The Blue curly maple top is really pretty and acoustically, it sounds great which is why I am searching for the right Pups to translate this. rick
rwinking Posted August 24, 2015 Author Posted August 24, 2015 So I took the back plate off the 170. It said H170CM ASM. So I know that CM = curly maple, but what does ASM mean?
FredZepp Posted August 24, 2015 Posted August 24, 2015 So I took the back plate off the 170. It said H170CM ASM. So I know that CM = curly maple, but what does ASM mean? It should indicate the finish... http://www.heritageguitar.com/finishes.html
rwinking Posted August 24, 2015 Author Posted August 24, 2015 Thanks so much, FredZepp! It is ASB which I now know stands for Antique Sun Burst. It is cool that this guitar has a C serial number which makes it pretty old in Heritage years.
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