Assistance with Serial number

[Poiuytrew]

Hi I'm considering buying this guitar...can someone assist..looks like an 1988 H-150 based on what I see, but if you know more than I do, please confirm or let me know what it is...Thanks for your help!

E32704   

[DetroitBlues]

It’s Heritage H140 and it’s a factory B-stock.  Pickups appear to have been swapped, rest look original.  Cool guitar.

[skydog52]

BGN stood for bargain, a designation that Heritage used.  Probably some minor flaw in it.

It is definitely a H-140. 1988 is the year made.

[TalismanRich]

It's very much like my '87 H-140, but a touch less "clowny".    I swapped the pickups for Alnico Pro IIs because there was an issue with one of the original pickups.   It's a really solid guitar, plays and sounds very good, especially for a 38 year old guitar!

I have heard people say they got guitars with BGN and couldn't find any reason why it was so marked.   Often it was a minor finish flaw.

[rwinking]

2 hours ago, TalismanRich said:

It's a really solid guitar, plays and sounds very good, especially for a 38 year old guitar!

Especially for a 38 year old guitar?

[TalismanRich]

3 hours ago, rwinking said:

Especially for a 38 year old guitar?

Yeah,  it's "VINTAGE" now.   Some guitars hold up better than others.   It's in good shape,  not even up the the realm of "light relic".   I don't see any checking, but the finish is slightly dulled.   Hardware is still shiny.   I did noticed a slightest bit of wood showing by the binding between the 2nd, 3rd and 4th frets.  In another 38 years, maybe it will look like one of those famous guitars with no finish on the neck.

[bolero]

Those are both nice H140's. I hope the OP ends up with it