mtpatty Posted June 1, 2010 Posted June 1, 2010 Hi everyone! I am new to HOC and have just bought my first Heritage...it is a H150 Black translucent/ Ebony fretboard/ Schaller pups/bridge tailpiece...What model is it "officially" called since it has the ebony fretboard? It dates to 1999 )April 18- 5th guitar)...I am having some work done on the guitar and will post on Thursday (when it returns) I am replacing pickups with Bare Knuckle Miracle Man pups and Tone Pros bridge and tailpiece and Sperzel Locking tuners, and also an earvana compensated nut... thanks for any info (I aks bc I see guys say mine is a H150 Ultra or H150 ***) Just wondering...thanks Mark
FredZepp Posted June 1, 2010 Posted June 1, 2010 Welcome to the HOC, Mark. Heritage takes pride in making handmade, not mass-produced instruments. And because of that, will offer customizing of woods, finish and hardware, etc.. as they handmake the guitar. So if your guitar is a 150 with an ebony board, that may have just been a request to customize it when originally built. It would still be a 150.. maybe a 150 Custom to denote the changes made... Are you sure that it is not an H-157 that normally comes with an ebony board, block inlays, and multi layer binding. Often some answers are found in the control cavity , on the Heritage label... handwritten on it.
mtpatty Posted June 1, 2010 Author Posted June 1, 2010 Welcome to the HOC, Mark. Heritage takes pride in making handmade, not mass-produced instruments. And because of that, will offer customizing of woods, finish and hardware, etc.. as they handmake the guitar. So if your guitar is a 150 with an ebony board, that may have just been a request to customize it when originally built. It would still be a 150.. maybe a 150 Custom to denote the changes made... Are you sure that it is not an H-157 that normally comes with an ebony board, block inlays, and multi layer binding. Often some answers are found in the control cavity , on the Heritage label... handwritten on it. yes, it has trapezoid inlays (starting at 3rd fret)- attached it s picture of when i first received guitar...it is having changes made (listed above)...
golferwave Posted June 1, 2010 Posted June 1, 2010 Welcome to the HOC Mark! As Fred said your guitar is most likely an H-150CM with the ebony board as an option. Take the pot cavity cover off when you can and there will be a Heritage label on the inside of the cover with the model and other info listed. Enjoy your Heritage!
Tim Posted June 2, 2010 Posted June 2, 2010 yes, it has trapezoid inlays (starting at 3rd fret)- attached it s picture of when i first received guitar...it is having changes made (listed above)... Whatever it is...it is SWEET!!
FredZepp Posted June 2, 2010 Posted June 2, 2010 Whatever it is...it is SWEET!! I agree... nice 150 there ... and when you get it back with upgrades , even better..... nice one.
ronalr Posted June 2, 2010 Posted June 2, 2010 great looking guitar and welcome to the HOC...let us know when she gets back..
shook494 Posted June 2, 2010 Posted June 2, 2010 Very nice and welcome to the HOC. I'm jonesin for a new one really bad.
jmac Posted June 2, 2010 Posted June 2, 2010 Nice guitar.. Welcome to the club. Would love to hear how your upgrades change the tone.
GroovieGuitarGuus Posted June 2, 2010 Posted June 2, 2010 Nice Guitar... I see you're an Apple Mac user... Tip! Instead of making a picture of your screen... Make a Screendump - Control / shift / 4 - And you can make a Cut Out of the part from the screen you want! ;-)
mark555 Posted June 3, 2010 Posted June 3, 2010 Hi and welcome to the best guitar forum on the net where the nicest people hang about... that's a very nice guitar.
mtpatty Posted June 7, 2010 Author Posted June 7, 2010 Here's the updated version of my 1999 Heritage H150- Sperzels, Tonepros and Bare Knuckle Miracle Man Pups... Mark
FredZepp Posted June 7, 2010 Posted June 7, 2010 Here's the updated version of my 1999 Heritage H150- Sperzels, Tonepros and Bare Knuckle Miracle Man Pups... Mark Very nice indeed....
barrymclark Posted June 7, 2010 Posted June 7, 2010 Hi everyone! I am new to HOC and have just bought my first Heritage...it is a H150 Black translucent/ Ebony fretboard/ Schaller pups/bridge tailpiece...What model is it "officially" called since it has the ebony fretboard? It dates to 1999 )April 18- 5th guitar)...I am having some work done on the guitar and will post on Thursday (when it returns) I am replacing pickups with Bare Knuckle Miracle Man pups and Tone Pros bridge and tailpiece and Sperzel Locking tuners, and also an earvana compensated nut... thanks for any info (I aks bc I see guys say mine is a H150 Ultra or H150 ***) Just wondering...thanks Mark Hey Mark. Beauty of a 150! Let me make a recommendation to you on your upgrades if you haven't already done it: pass on the Earvana. I am not saying it doesn't do what it says it will do, but they make more of it than it is. All it does is take the work typically done by the adjustable bridge and does it with a NON adjustable nut. When you change the string size... even a little, you lose the advantage of the Earvana until you spring for another $35 nut. If you have an acoustic and will never change strings, then you are awesome with the Earvana since acoustics tend to have the shaped bridge. With that tune-o-matic, you are just spending way too much for a nut. Get bone or something if you really just wanna do 'er up. If you notice, on the Earvana equipped guitars, the adjustable bridges are all set even. Again, beauty of a 150!
mtpatty Posted June 7, 2010 Author Posted June 7, 2010 Hey Mark. Beauty of a 150! Let me make a recommendation to you on your upgrades if you haven't already done it: pass on the Earvana. I am not saying it doesn't do what it says it will do, but they make more of it than it is. All it does is take the work typically done by the adjustable bridge and does it with a NON adjustable nut. When you change the string size... even a little, you lose the advantage of the Earvana until you spring for another $35 nut. If you have an acoustic and will never change strings, then you are awesome with the Earvana since acoustics tend to have the shaped bridge. With that tune-o-matic, you are just spending way too much for a nut. Get bone or something if you really just wanna do 'er up. If you notice, on the Earvana equipped guitars, the adjustable bridges are all set even. Again, beauty of a 150! To Be honest, I am less than crazy about the earvana nut...I think i may remove it and reinstall the original or a tusq or something...also, the pickups ARE AMAZING! Killer tones- only problem is the guy i used to install, didnt get it correct with regard to the pickup selector switch- consequently the up position is much hotter than the down toggle-LMAO- so crazy I may not change that, not sure (I do have OCD, so I may)...This is my 4th guitar with Bare Knuckles Pickups and they are AWESOME....thanks for the info! Mark
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