Show & Tell: Your Heritage Hot Rod is...??

[Gitfiddler]

Time for a little Heritage SHOW & TELL!

I've always been into guitars and fast cars.  However, being a working stiff most of my life, the only 'hot rods' I've been able to afford are made by Heritage.  After playing darn near every type of guitar made by Heritage, a couple of them I would call 'hot rods'.  Why?  Because of their sleek design, custom features, high performance pickups, great sounds and light weight...the exact thing custom car builders look for when building sleek, fast automobiles.

My favorite Heritage 'Hot Rod' is a light weight (8.1 lbs) H-150 with Korina body and Seymour Duncan Black Back pickups.  Every time I play that guitar I smile from ear to ear and my fingers fly across its sleek fretboard.  A close second is my H-137 Custom HOC model, but the H-150 wins by a nose.

  

 

What's YOUR Heritage 'Hot Rod' and why?  Show & Tell your story.

[Millennium Maestro]

The one that got away! Those are pretty cool, 14.4k bridge pup. I was playing one of my Korina 150s today... I won't even bother sharing mine everyone's already seen it.

 

[Gitfiddler]

Come on, Guy.  Show it, brother! 

[Steiner]

22 minutes ago, Millennium Maestro said:

The one that got away! Those are pretty cool, 14.4k bridge pup. I was playing one of my Korina 150s today... I won't even bother sharing mine everyone's already seen it.

 

Don't be shy, Guy.  Show us your Porn!

[Millennium Maestro]

My hot rod!

Vrod https://imgur.com/gallery/8Z9HvcC

[DetroitBlues]

6 hours ago, Millennium Maestro said:

My hot rod!

Vrod https://imgur.com/gallery/8Z9HvcC

Is that link safe for work?

[brentrocks]

I’ve shared this story before, it always seems to be well received...

I bought this H535 custom from Eddies Guitar in St. Louis.   It had been broken in 3 pieces.   
 

I bought it AS IS with all the hardware and case for $650.   I took a big risk.  All I had to go by were pictures, to evaluate weather I would be able to bring it back to life.   
 

Long story, short, it turned out absolutely incredible!!  It’s easily my best player.   Incredible tone as well!!

[Gitfiddler]

Excellent, Brent!  Nothing better than a hot rod that you personally rebuilt. 

 

OK HOC'ers...I'm sure there are more Heritage Hot Rods out there.  Don't be shy.  Show em!

[tulk1]

 

It's in excellent shape. And a darn fine player. I don't have any pics of it, but it now sports a custom wound mandolin pickup. Making it Hot Hot Hot!!! 

[y2kc]

I do not know if this is a Hot Rod or not but I do find it Hot. This is my variation of a H-125, the Kenny Rambow Model. After seeing the prototype of this

guitar I inquired about buying it. They declined. 

Months later while walking through the factory with Marv, he told me if Kenny would make the body they would make it a Heritage. They allowed me to re-design the body

to my specs and they also gave me an ebony fret board, headstock and inlayed "The Heritage". Many thanks to Kenny and Marv. This is a killer.

As I have said before, this may not be your cup of tea. This is a no frills basic guitar that produces extremely satisfying big blues tone. This is my "Hot Rod"

[y2kc]

Here is the Prototype of the H-125. I still dig that blue guitar and wish they would make me one with P-90's.

 

 

[DetroitBlues]

This is my hot rod mojo machine.  

[big bob]

[loudtubeamps]

22 hours ago, brentrocks said:

I’ve shared this story before, it always seems to be well received...I bought this H535 custom from Eddies Guitar in St. Louis.   It had been broken in 3 pieces.   
I bought it AS IS with all the hardware and case for $650.   I took a big risk.  All I had to go by were pictures, to evaluate weather I would be able to bring it back to life.   Long story, short, it turned out absolutely incredible!!  It’s easily my best player.   Incredible tone as well!!

 

brentrocks  Is that a big ding on the upper bout? If so how did you get the top back in shape? Nice clean breaks, you scored there!

[Genericmusic]

[skydog52]

I have a few Heritage's but I always end up with this one for my Hot Rodded model.

Custom Academy with Thro-Bak MXV Plus pickups and RS Guitarworks control package. 

Bound headstock with extra MOP accents, multiple bound front, nice figuring and solid maple block keeping it under control. 

This one has some Mojo and just fits me as one of the most comfortable to play. She seems to handle any noise I produce. 

I love all my Heritage's but this one is a special Lady! 

[DetroitBlues]

29 minutes ago, skydog52 said:

I have a few Heritage's but I always end up with this one for my Hot Rodded model.

Custom Academy with Thro-Bak MXV Plus pickups and RS Guitarworks control package. 

Bound headstock with extra MOP accents, multiple bound front, nice figuring and solid maple block keeping it under control. 

This one has some Mojo and just fits me as one of the most comfortable to play. She seems to handle any noise I produce. 

I love all my Heritage's but this one is a special Lady! 

Curious why you wouldn't chose an LP control layout....

[skydog52]

12 minutes ago, DetroitBlues said:

Curious why you wouldn't chose an LP control layout....

Stayed true to the original Academy.  

[Millennium Maestro]

I don't know why my imgur links don't work anymore???   As per original poster personal request... 

[Yooper]

My H150s have what it takes. Goldtop with P-90s and burst with ThroBak SLE101s.

But they've been spending more time in their cases this Fall.  

This 535 with ThroBak ER Customs has sweet jazz tones and rocks like anything. Jon of ThroBak has a set in his 535, so I took a chance and put them in mine. Glad I did.

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What's up with Imgur??

[Gitfiddler]

Amazing guitars in this thread!!

Any more Heritage hot rods out there?

[JeffB]

5 hours ago, Yooper said:

My H150s have what it takes. Goldtop with P-90s and burst with ThroBak SLE101s.

But they've been spending more time in their cases this Fall.  

This 535 with ThroBak ER Customs has sweet jazz tones and rocks like anything. Jon of ThroBak has a set in his 535, so I took a chance and put them in mine. Glad I did.

[img]https://i.imgur.com/5MInPhRh.jpg[/img]

[img]https://i.imgur.com/eiYFZwIh.jpg[/img]

[img]https://i.imgur.com/y9pq57Ah.jpg?1[/img]

What's up with Imgur??

I think the [img] and [/img] things were preventing the images showing. Just copying and pasting the address to a post works.

[Yooper]

Thanks, mate. 

[JeffB]

Just occurred to me that my H150 has been hot rodded.

I'm not sure what the exact details are of what was done but it seems to go alright.

I exchanged it for a R7 and R8 for about a month and when it came back it was different.

It now has:

SD antiquity in the neck and SD JB antiquity in the bridge.

New pickup surrounds.

New pots, wiring and caps, 3way etc.

 Bone nut.

New bridge and stop tail.

It also came back with 11's instead of 10's.

It was a great sounding beast before the changes and now after the changes its more of a beast, but somehow more controllable. Even a slight adjustment of the tone and volume controls  has a noticeable affect compared to how it was, and I already thought it was good. Its all together a more open sounding guitar.

It took a bit of getting used to at first but after dropping the p/up height and playing with amp and guitar tone controls Ive come to quite appreciate what it is now compared to what it was. Its a great sounding guitar regardless of what p/ups, bridges etc are on it.

Took me a few shots to get a decent picture of it. A piece of fluff kept blowing across the top. Here it is latched onto the 3way.

[goSteelers]

Here's a couple.  Replaced all the plastic with rosewood.  H150 now has black pickup covers (not in this photo).  P90s are kinman zero hum.