Stock poker chip?

[rwinking]

So in the thread regarding customizing a Heritage, the poker chip came up. I thought I might start another thread on this. I never gave it much thought until I looked today and found that my 80s H-170 and H-140 both have the much malligned poker chip. Were these stock back then and later removed as my newer H-150s never had them? I bought both of these guitars used a long time ago and now wonder if someone "customized" them or was this how they were back then?

If they were not stock in the 80s I need to get rid of them pronto before any of you poke fun at me.

[rwinking]

Spoke too soon.....my H-150 from 2008 (V serial number)has a poker chip too. Both it and My H-170 also have a more angular pickguard whereas the other two H=150s have pickguards that follow the rounded contour of the body. Wow, that last phrase made me hot....

[TalismanRich]

My "D" serial # H-140 has the old style pickguard and poker chip.   I've left it stock except that one of the Schaller pickups was bad.   I put in a pair of SD  Alnico Pro IIs in it. 

[zguitar71]

No poker chip on my 2011 150. 

[bolero]

No poker chips.

No cigarettes.

No matches.

I've got no fire on me.

[rwinking]

Interesting! So they must have gotten rid of the poker chip and changed the pickguard at some point. I just looked at my 86 Les Paul Custom Lite and it has the same style pickguard as the earlier Heritages like mine and TalismanRich's H-140. My 86 H-140 has no pickguard at all.

[High Flying Bird]

4 hours ago, bolero said:

No poker chips.

No cigarettes.

No matches.

I've got no fire on me.

Trailer's for sale or rent - Rooms to let, 50 cents - No phone, no pool, no pets - I ain't got no cigarettes...

[tsp17]

15 hours ago, High Flying Bird said:

Trailer's for sale or rent - Rooms to let, 50 cents - No phone, no pool, no pets - I ain't got no cigarettes...

Well done.

[bolero]

Heh, yep you got a like from me...

Probably none of you guys south of the border would ever get my reference: they were a great band