jljesse Posted August 20, 2019 Posted August 20, 2019 Hey guys, I just bought my first Heritage guitar and am really digging it! Sounds and plays significantly better than many of the Gibson 335's and Dot's I've tried on music row. Ironically, it was Gibson's "Play Authentic" video that brought me here - didn't know about The Heritage guitars until then ? FWIW, the seller told me that the guitar had belonged to R. Lee Ermy, the drill instructor from Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, and after doing a Google search for "R Lee Ermy guitar" I found this pic of the Gunny jamming with another gentleman who appears to be playing a Heritage; whether it is this specific one I'm not sure. At any rate I thought it was a cool story as I really enjoyed that actor. Cheers, Jordan
Gitfiddler Posted August 20, 2019 Posted August 20, 2019 Welcome to the HOC! That is a beautiful Blues Deluxe (aka Prospect) you've got there. Those are great guitars!
Spectrum13 Posted August 20, 2019 Posted August 20, 2019 Congratulations! Prospects are super semi guitars!
HANGAR18 Posted August 20, 2019 Posted August 20, 2019 2 hours ago, jljesse said: Hey guys, I just bought my first Heritage guitar and am really digging it! Sounds and plays significantly better than many of the Gibson 335's and Dot's I've tried on music row. Ironically, it was Gibson's "Play Authentic" video that brought me here - didn't know about The Heritage guitars until then ? FWIW, the seller told me that the guitar had belonged to R. Lee Ermy, the drill instructor from Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, and after doing a Google search for "R Lee Ermy guitar" I found this pic of the Gunny jamming with another gentleman who appears to be playing a Heritage; whether it is this specific one I'm not sure. At any rate I thought it was a cool story as I really enjoyed that actor. Cheers, Jordan THAT IS OUT F***ING STANDING! Carry on!
High Flying Bird Posted August 20, 2019 Posted August 20, 2019 Very nice! I guess the Gunny knew his guitars too.
jljesse Posted August 20, 2019 Author Posted August 20, 2019 LOL @HANGAR18 I've been trying to figure out what exactly a Blues Deluxe is - I initially thought this guitar was a 535. After seeing the model referred to as Prospect and Blues Deluxe I searched the forum a bit. In a nutshell, my takeaway was that due to Ed Roman's order volume he was allowed to order "off the menu", so to speak, and create his own model based off of the Prospect but with a solid center block and some cosmetic differences. Is that accurate? Thanks for the warm welcome!
Vanschoyck Posted August 20, 2019 Posted August 20, 2019 Part of the fun is figuring out what it is, and why it is. Congratulations! Enjoy it.
big bob Posted August 22, 2019 Posted August 22, 2019 On August 20, 2019 at 4:48 PM, Spectrum13 said: Congratulations! Prospects are super semi guitars! They did make some full how from what I've heard.
TalismanRich Posted August 22, 2019 Posted August 22, 2019 On 8/20/2019 at 6:57 PM, jljesse said: LOL @HANGAR18 I've been trying to figure out what exactly a Blues Deluxe is - I initially thought this guitar was a 535. After seeing the model referred to as Prospect and Blues Deluxe I searched the forum a bit. In a nutshell, my takeaway was that due to Ed Roman's order volume he was allowed to order "off the menu", so to speak, and create his own model based off of the Prospect but with a solid center block and some cosmetic differences. Is that accurate? Thanks for the warm welcome! https://web.archive.org/web/20050211195535/http://edroman.com/avail/guitar/heritage/bluesdlx.htm This is from the old Ed Roman web page (2005).
tsp17 Posted August 24, 2019 Posted August 24, 2019 On 8/20/2019 at 1:40 PM, Gitfiddler said: Welcome to the HOC! That is a beautiful Blues Deluxe (aka Prospect) you've got there. Those are great guitars! +1
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