New Heritage Custom Core Owner

[TamiGuitar]

Hello Heritage! I am new to this forum-I just bought my first Heritage Custom Core H 535 Blonde! It is different than any other guitar I have played. I’m used to Gibsons, Fender, arch tops etc, but this feels/sounds so different. I love the QUALITY of the build. The neck is comfortable, pickups sound great. Very versetile. Playing Jazz, Blues, Bossa Nova and Swing on it right now. I love it! It has lots of flame in the wood-front, back and sides. The tuners work really well. I’m using Thomastic Strings, flatwound 11’s.

[Spectrum13]

Welcome to the cult!  

We have a saying, photos or it never happened.

[TalismanRich]

Their H-535s are excellent guitars.   I've had mine for years, and it's still one of the 3 guitars that will be "first call" if I'm leaving the house to play.

[bolero]

Congrats!!

and welcome to the club

535's are amazing. One of these day's I'd like to try a CC

I echo the chorus on "pics or it never happened" :D

[TamiGuitar]

Bolero, thank you for reply! Yes, this is my first Heritage guitar! I had seen several YouTube videos of the factory, owners, tours, demos, etc, so I knew it would be a quality build. I heard it might take almost a year, so I decided to get one I saw at Truetone Music in LA. I knew them from when living there-had guitars repaired. This one was a 2024 build, blonde, extra flame, not a scratch on it! I had their repair guy lower the action, and put the Thomastic flat-wound 11’s on. I couldn’t believe how nice it was to play. I love it! I will have husband take a picture & post it on here. It covers Jazz, Blues, Swing, Bossa really well with those pickups. 
Thanks again!

[rockabilly69]

Congrats on your new guitar. Sounds like you found a good one! And I love blonds (guitars that is). I have a H535 with P90s and I love the way that it feels. And, I'm also a fan of Thomastik flats, I use them on my Gretsch DuoJet. Thomastik makes the best flats, and that's from experience, I've tried them all. They are just so slinky

As everyone else has said, let's see some pics.

[TamiGuitar]

Rockabilly, thank you for reply! I bet those P90’s sound good! I have them on my ES TDC, ES 125, and my Gibson hollow body. I have really been enjoying my new Heritage! The pickups sound different than any other guitar I have. Husband & I play through our Fender tube Hot Rod Delux amps. I love tubes! He has a couple of Gretch guitars. Great for that Chet Fingerstyle sound! Photo coming soon!

[rockabilly69]

4 hours ago, TamiGuitar said:

Rockabilly, thank you for reply! I bet those P90’s sound good! I have them on my ES TDC, ES 125, and my Gibson hollow body. I have really been enjoying my new Heritage! The pickups sound different than any other guitar I have. Husband & I play through our Fender tube Hot Rod Delux amps. I love tubes! He has a couple of Gretch guitars. Great for that Chet Fingerstyle sound! Photo coming soon!

I am both an ES125 fan (I've had 4 of them, but only kept one single pickup version, because it's a beast, it's nicknamed the '69 Chevelle because of the rumble it makes) and a P90 fan in general. I think P90s are the sound of rock and roll! Here are all of my P90 guitars.

The Heritage H525 P90 (Lollar P90s)

1965 Gibson ES125T (vintage original Gibson P90)

2024 USA Les Paul Special (Gibson P90s), 2010 Gibson Historic SG Special (Wolfetone Mean And Meaner P90s)

2024 Gibson Historic 1954 Les Paul Reissue (Gibson P90s)

 

As for tubes, that is what the good lord intended for all electric guitars to be plugged into
 

 

 

Edited 12 hours ago by rockabilly69

[TamiGuitar]

Absolutely beautiful guitars! We have the ‘66 ES 125. It really packs a punch! Great little guitar for Blues. I bought husband one. We both have one! Ha! I also love my ‘67 Gibson 330, cherry, with the chrome covered P90’s. That 1st photo is a beautiful burst! Classy! What a nice collection of amps! Wow! The gold re-issue is amazing! It’s so interesting how different guitars sound and feel-like unique personalities. I just bought husband a vintage Epiphone Casino, cherry. He loves it, but it needs a pro setup. Thank you so much for the photos! I bet they all sound great!

[rockabilly69]

4 hours ago, TamiGuitar said:

Absolutely beautiful guitars! We have the ‘66 ES 125. It really packs a punch! Great little guitar for Blues. I bought husband one. We both have one! Ha! I also love my ‘67 Gibson 330, cherry, with the chrome covered P90’s. That 1st photo is a beautiful burst! Classy! What a nice collection of amps! Wow! The gold re-issue is amazing! It’s so interesting how different guitars sound and feel-like unique personalities. I just bought husband a vintage Epiphone Casino, cherry. He loves it, but it needs a pro setup. Thank you so much for the photos! I bet they all sound great!

One of the first great guitars I ever played was a late sixties ES330. Those are GREAT guitars! Post a picture of that with your Heritage!That'll be a great gigging pair!!!