brentrocks Posted March 9, 2023 Posted March 9, 2023 1993 Heritage ALVIN LEE H535 1 of 24 made. One of the rarest Heritage Artists guitars ever produced in history of the Heritage Guitar Company! Someone swapped out the original Schaller humbuckers for a set of Gibson 57 classics. (Definitely an upgrade) They sound wonderful in this guitar!! Original Schaller bridge and tailpiece swapped out for Gibson style hardware. Original frets are in great shape. There is some residue from stickers on the top, where the stickers reacted with the nitro. It’s not terrible. It’s been play, but played with care. It sets up with a nice low action. The neck is a medium C carve, not super thin. A very light and toneful guitar !!!
Spectrum13 Posted March 9, 2023 Posted March 9, 2023 Wow, first sighting on the forum. That an ebony board and the fifths pot is what? master volume or middle pickup. Please do not replace the TRC.
brentrocks Posted March 9, 2023 Author Posted March 9, 2023 31 minutes ago, Spectrum13 said: Wow, first sighting on the forum. That an ebony board and the fifths pot is what? master volume or middle pickup. Please do not replace the TRC. You are correct about the fifth knob
davesultra Posted March 9, 2023 Posted March 9, 2023 OMG- Just stop it Brent, this $hits just getting out of hand!!! I’d call dibs, but don’t think I could muster the price should it become available! ?
TalismanRich Posted March 10, 2023 Posted March 10, 2023 I think I would rather have that than a Gary Moore. The semi hollows are just so nice. Love it!
kennyv4 Posted March 11, 2023 Posted March 11, 2023 I don't know how you do it, but you always come up with the coolest guitars.
MartyGrass Posted March 11, 2023 Posted March 11, 2023 Alvin Lee knew how to use such a guitar. The middle pickup was not just to fill a space.
111518 Posted March 11, 2023 Posted March 11, 2023 The middle pickup looks like a Duncan quarter pounder --not sure what maker/model pickup was on the originals, but, a logical replacement choice to better match output, although perhaps at the expense of some contrast in high end. (I played a strat with one of these pickups in the neck position for a long time). Always curious about these guitars --pretty much exactly what I thought would be ideal for most gigs when I was playing out, since I mostly played a semi but ended up feeling I needed a strat or tele on stage for a single coil sound on certain tunes. Not to mention I've always had a weakness for ebony boards.
bolero Posted March 13, 2023 Posted March 13, 2023 Congrats that is awesome!! Always wondered how they routed the middle pup, what's it look like under the guard?
bolero Posted March 13, 2023 Posted March 13, 2023 Hey the pickguard is flush to the top, too! I guess playing at 100mph you don't want to catch your fingers I suppose that 5th knob would be awkward with a raised guard
y2kc Posted March 18, 2023 Posted March 18, 2023 I was just listening to his music the other night. Killer guitar!
bolero Posted March 26, 2023 Posted March 26, 2023 To Alvin Lee! RIP I found a clip of Alvin playing his sig H535. Keep on rocking!
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