Heritage XP-1 or something like that

[jrmintz]

I caught a quick glimpse the other day of a Heritage model called an XP-i or XP, or something like that. It looked like a semi-hollow body with no F holes and humbucking pickups. Does anyone know what model I mean? I've never seen another one. Just curious

[Spectrum13]

Skunk works?

 

Don't know

[jrmintz]

Here's a picture of the guitar. It's not a great photo, the guitar is not small across the lower bout, maybe 16 inches. It's a thinline type body.

[Gitfiddler]

That looks like a one-off "Heritage SAE Custom" model.

https://bluebookofguitarvalues.com/products/heritage-sae-custom

[bolero]

there's a red one just like that white one jrmintz posted, in one of the old catalogs

I think it was a variation of the SAE model as mentioned above

Edited March 17 by bolero

[TalismanRich]

The guys seemed to be playing around with a lot of ideas the first few years before settling down into their core of archtops,  semi-hollow and solid bodies.   They tried quite a few stripped down models, without pick guards,  basic pickups,  and simple one color paint jobs.

The Mark Slaughter,  HB 1 and 4 bases,  Parsons St III and Stat come to mind.   I don't think they sold a lot of them.   Unfortunately, while they might be rare,  they don't seem to be commanding a premium in the used market.