Guest mgoetting Posted June 2, 2010 Posted June 2, 2010 My collection is now complete. Really. As a kid I played a ES 345 for years that I picked up used at a great Kalamazoo price from a Gibbie employee. I sold it long ago. This 555 has all of the good points of the 345. The 345 also had a Varitone, which I never used, and a Bigsby, which to me had the same net effect of tying a pound weight to the guitar since I never used it. Many look back at guitars they let go with regret. And I do too. But not in this case. It was a fine guitar (1967) that would sell for many thousands now. But the 555 suits me better.
High Flying Bird Posted June 2, 2010 Posted June 2, 2010 Very nice. That should do you for a few months.
FredZepp Posted June 2, 2010 Posted June 2, 2010 STUNNING... You have to love a Heritage that looks like that one.... You must be having a very happy new guitar day.... that is a great example of what Heritage can produce. Which pickups are in this one..?
brentrocks Posted June 2, 2010 Posted June 2, 2010 Mark...did you get that at Guitar Denter in kalamazoo?
tulk1 Posted June 2, 2010 Posted June 2, 2010 STUNNING... You have to love a Heritage that looks like that one.... You must be having a very happy new guitar day.... that is a great example of what Heritage can produce. Which pickups are in this one..? Fred - From the looks of it, HRWs. Double screws, white switch tip. mgoetting - Nice guitar. So, what's your next one? An H150? .......
big bob Posted June 2, 2010 Posted June 2, 2010 My collection is now complete. Really. Let me know how that works out for ya... Oh and NICE 555... Keep up the good work.
Guest mgoetting Posted June 3, 2010 Posted June 3, 2010 STUNNING... You have to love a Heritage that looks like that one.... You must be having a very happy new guitar day.... that is a great example of what Heritage can produce. Which pickups are in this one..? These are HRWs. I got this from an Ohioan transplanted to Nashville. He's the lead guitarist of a band called YarDboys. You can hear them on YouTube doing a Thunderbirds cover. But I digress.
Guest mgoetting Posted June 3, 2010 Posted June 3, 2010 My collection is now complete. Really. Let me know how that works out for ya... I'm wondering that myself. Oh and NICE 555... Keep up the good work.
yoslate Posted June 3, 2010 Posted June 3, 2010 Really nice one, Mark! I mean really, really nice!!! Lovely color. Beautiful lumber!
FredZepp Posted June 3, 2010 Posted June 3, 2010 - From the looks of it, HRWs. Double screws, white switch tip. Good Call... I should have looked closer.... It will be interesting to hear a description of their sound in this one... a semi with HRW's should rock.
ronalr Posted June 3, 2010 Posted June 3, 2010 Congratulations ...that is a fine specimen!!....but not your last...no I don't believe that for a minute
Thundersteel Posted June 3, 2010 Posted June 3, 2010 My collection is now complete. Really. Like we've never heard that before! Congrats!
erictheweasel Posted June 3, 2010 Posted June 3, 2010 Like we've never heard that before! Congrats! LOL! A couple of months ago I swore that my (then) new 157 Classic would be the last guitar that I would buy, ever. But it is heavy. And some of those semi-hollows look awfully sweet. And of course their tonal characteristics are decidedly different from a heavy 157...
fxdx99 Posted June 3, 2010 Posted June 3, 2010 Man, you are on a roll, mgo. Isn't this 2 guitar in 2 days now? Congrats on that beauty of a 555!
Hfan Posted June 3, 2010 Posted June 3, 2010 Really beautiful and good luck with it. makes me jones for a 555, love the fingerboard w blocks and ebony. Beautiful body as well, what finish is it?
barrymclark Posted June 3, 2010 Posted June 3, 2010 Complete? If by complete, you mean started, then, yes, I agree. Your collection is now complete. Nice catch by the way!
koula901 Posted June 3, 2010 Posted June 3, 2010 Beautiful guitar! Someone wondered what the finish was . . . it looks like almond sunburst Good luck on your "complete" collection . . . really! : ) As one famous program states: We admitted we were powerless over guitars—that our lives had become unmanageable. We hope that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to a higher power, after we receive our next Heritage purchase. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of all our gear, complete with photos, and uploaded them to HOC. Admitted to our wives/husbands, to ourselves, and to other HOC members, the exact nature of our GAS. Were entirely ready to have our tax refunds earmarked for the next guitar. We know GAS is our shortcoming, but are unwilling to change it. We're shameless in spending our money on guitars, and unwilling to make amends. Sought through prayer and meditation to win the lottery for more gear. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we carried our guitars to the annual Pilgrimage, and rocked the house down! It's a SICKNESS -- accept it! ; )
Guest mgoetting Posted June 3, 2010 Posted June 3, 2010 I think it's called an amber sunburst, but I'm not sure.
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