NGD—1985 H140

[ESchmidt]

Hello! 
I picked up an early piece of Heritage history this week. It is a 1985 H-140 finished in May.  I’ve never owned one so early. It has suffered a headstock break and repair, but it was done properly and feels like glass running my hand over it. It came with black plastics and cheap generic Chinese humbuckers. I put a set of Gibson Burstbucker 1 and 2 I had laying around in and it sounds so much better.  The only downside is that I had to over pay a bit for it. The seller was tough but the fact that it was built so early on plus it plays so well and has a stunningly gorgeous top means I had to get it. Enjoy the pictures! 

[bolero]

wow that's a beauty!

B serial & a stinger

drool

[Steiner]

That is drop dead cool.  There’s a ton of mojo in that beast.  Happy NGD.

[tsp17]

Nice!

[Jimbob]

The headstock repair looks to be a pretty solid and clean job, too! Nice score!

[ElChoad]

Damn! Nice find!

[DetroitBlues]

Nice score.  What did you change on it or what did the previous owner change?

Those old 140's have a seriously deep dish carve on the top, so much so, the pickup rings would crack.  

Hard to tell if the pickups were swapped, but the rings are new(er) and I think the top-hat knobs are also a replacement part.  Only other thing I saw was the screws for the tuners were black.

Nothing wrong with any of that, but if you paid a higher price then you'd like, I hope it wasn't sold as an all-original with a repaired headstock.