peerless Posted January 6, 2008 Posted January 6, 2008 I dearly love Heritage Guitars. I have been playing them for almost 10 years now since I read about the company. My latest and favorite Heritage instrument is a CM 140 2nd Edition I purchased from Jay Wolfe a little over a year ago. Man this is the nicest most well crafted guitar I have ever owned or played. Whenever I get the GAS for something outrageously expensive and vintage this is the guitar I goto for the cure and so far it works every time. I am surprised you do not see more 140 owners? I love the traditional 150 but never played one consistently enough due to its weight and balance. Not really the weight or size really, just that a 150 is not a good lap guitar for several reasons and 80% of my actual offstage (yeah right) playing is sitting down. Anyway I thought the 140 was a cool compromise and it was actually upon the advice of those few and far between 140 owners who talked me into it. While you do not find many 140 players, those who do, can give amazing testimony to the feel and playability of the guitar. Now I must agree. These guitars feel and play great. They sound just like their heavier counterparts. I find the variability in tone among 140's falls well into the variance among 150's. That is to say, you can't distinguish a 140 from a 150 blind. The feel of this guitar (yeah, even when standing) is awesome. The 140 is very well balanced. Oh well...All I am saying is that given the amount of folks who say the LP isn't for them due to its weight you should see more 140 players. Maybe the original 140 is not as tonefull as the 140 2nd ed which I have. All the good stuff on 140's I heard was on the original. I am the only person I know of with a 2nd edition. So I find no reason to believe the original 140 was inferior in sound quality to the 150. IT looks like although a few 140's made it out there before being discontinued, as far as I can tell very few 2nd editions were sold. This is so sad given the quality of this instrument. I think the 2nd ed is discontinued now too. Oh well, I will not sell mine. It's too cool of a guitar. Anyway, I am glad to have finally found you guys on the web. I did not know Heritage had a forum and the quality of posts here seems top notch. ...and I wanna hear from you proud 140 owners!!! peerless www.peerlesstone.com
Thundersteel Posted January 6, 2008 Posted January 6, 2008 Welcome to the club! However, it's MANDATORY that you post a picture of your guitar! ;D
golferwave Posted January 6, 2008 Posted January 6, 2008 Hi and welcome to the HOC! I think all of the Heritage guitars are great and the H-140 is no exception. I have an H-150 Special which is also thinner and lighter than the regular solidbodies and it sounds superb and is great to have on your shoulder for a gig. My favorites however are my H-150CM guitars. Fabulous tone!
skydog Posted January 6, 2008 Posted January 6, 2008 I agree the 140's are a nice model and hopefully will remain in the lineup for a long time.
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