Marvin lamb and his H150/H157?

[hopkinwfg]

Howdy i was just thinking how lucky will we be able to find a Marvin lamb built H150 or H157 ? Any clue if we are on the hunt ? 

Does he particularly built a handful batch of these H150s or 157s? And which year was it are we looking at? 

 

 

[MartyGrass]

I know he was involved in the H-157 staple single coil model.  I think they made a few dozen.

[skydog52]

17 minutes ago, MartyGrass said:

I know he was involved in the H-157 staple single coil model.  I think they made a few dozen.

They made 40 of these.

Edited Monday at 06:00 PM by skydog52

[bolero]

I bet Marv built tons of Heritage guitars

along with the other owners. And other builders.

good luck documenting any of them

I recognize his handwriting on a lot of labels

[hopkinwfg]

7 hours ago, bolero said:

I bet Marv built tons of Heritage guitars

along with the other owners. And other builders.

good luck documenting any of them

I recognize his handwriting on a lot of labels

Would you show any of his handwrittings or signature off his built Heritages?

[pressure]

I had the privilege to have custom Heritage guitars built for me. Here are a few. This is the first Millie they built for me. Marv, me and Jim with the unfinished Millie.

[pressure]

Here I am discussing the Prospect build with Marv. 

[pressure]

Here is the cavity of the H170 Heritage built for me with all the Heritage signatures on the label.

[pressure]

And last but not least the Heritage Millie SuperLight. Hand built by Master luthier Mr. Pete Farmer at the Heritage factory with the new guard.

Edited Tuesday at 12:15 PM by pressure

[LK155]

Pressure, you haven't changed a bit.  And those are pretty decent guitars, I'd say.

My 1996 H535's label has Marv's signature, along with all the other owners of the day, and Ren.  Don't know why they all signed that one, but it's a neat feature.  Thoroughly lousy pic below...

 

 

[DetroitBlues]

You can bet any guitar from 2015 or earlier that has a huge neck, it was most likely neck carved by Marv with his famous "Marv-Carve".

I know there was a unique H157 that Marvin did several years ago from the neck carving to the paint.  

Maybe others would know this, but I also believe any unique custom one-off may have been worked by Marv.

[big bob]

[big bob]

This one has a monster neck 

[skydog52]

This one does not have a huge neck. Very comfortable medium C.

[Gitfiddler]

I know ya'll have seen this pic before, but in the spirit of this thread I'll share once again.

Marv built and sprayed my #1 (H-525 Custom) that includes his 50's stye thick neck carve.  Man, I love this beast of a guitar!

[Heritage1970]

Marv built the Terminators!

[rockabilly69]

4 hours ago, Gitfiddler said:

I know ya'll have seen this pic before, but in the spirit of this thread I'll share once again.

Marv built and sprayed my #1 (H-525 Custom) that includes his 50's stye thick neck carve.  Man, I love this beast of a guitar!

great looking guitar!

[TalismanRich]

I almost poked my eye out just looking at it!    I'm scared of pointy guitars.  😱

[MartyGrass]

I know someone who came from a distance to be there when Marv carved the neck of his new guitar.  They had a conversation going about how much more to take off until it was just right.  That was a Florentine GE.  The customer sent some of the hardware he wanted used plus the billets for the spruce top.  Amazing results in the end.

[Heritage1970]

6 hours ago, TalismanRich said:

I almost poked my eye out just looking at it!    I'm scared of pointy guitars.  😱

😂 Terminator was definitely a different breed! Especially for Heritage.

[hopkinwfg]

On 4/10/2025 at 4:02 AM, Gitfiddler said:

I know ya'll have seen this pic before, but in the spirit of this thread I'll share once again.

Marv built and sprayed my #1 (H-525 Custom) that includes his 50's stye thick neck carve.  Man, I love this beast of a guitar!

Indeed sweet !!! Nice picture !! I wonder does the earlier Heritage anniversarys H150 were built by Marvin too? Or he just supervise ?