"...COME WITH ME IF YOU WANT TO LIVE..."

[brentrocks]

A quote from "THE TERMINATOR"




This is the Heritage guitar of the same name....a little Heritage History!




From 1985...Heritage's effort to get into the "Hair Metal" scene. They made the Terminator and the Exterminator....both guitars designed by Marv Lamb and Jim Derlou.




These guitars did not stay in production very long...very few were made. Maybe 15-20 of each?




This one is the Terminator...




Mahogany body

Mahogany neck

Rosewood fretboard....this one, looks like Brazilian?

2 humbuckers, master vol, master tone, 3 way toggle

24.75 scale

Kahler 3200 tem system, factory installed




I picked this one up from Carters Vintage, in Nashville. I was very surprised to see the factory case. Its been played a lot...modded with active EMGs. The frets have been dressed down to almost fretless wonder status. (i may have it re fretted)




Surprisingly, the EMGs dont sound terrible...I kinda like em.




The fretboard on this guitar is incredible!!!!




It plays really good for a low/flat fret setup...it think it would play much better with some medium jumbos!!!







IMG_4556 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr




IMG_4554 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr




IMG_4553 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr




IMG_4552 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr




IMG_4551 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr




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IMG_4541 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr

 

[Chris Pile]

What a cool battle-scarred warrior! Dittos on the fingerboard - it's glorious.

 

[Adieu]

That shiny Kahler is factory original?

Damn... nice metalwork. Mr Rose should learn from his defeated rivals.

Btw you know 90+% of those battle scars can be reversibly retouched with a simple black permanent market right? Would take <15 minutes to make it look near-mint from 3ft away.

 

[Chris Pile]

Black fingernail polish provides more protection. It won't fade and works well with more lacquer or even black super glue for touch-ups.

 

[Adieu]

Black fingernail polish provides more protection. It won't fade and works well with more lacquer or even black super glue for touch-ups.

Yes and no

Thing is, you can screw it up

Can't screw up black marker on a black guitar...and if you somehow do, some rubbing alcohol on a napkin cleans it right off. Without the finish following.

 

[UnderTheFlame83]

That's a nice guitar! Congratulations on the cool find!

 

[Chris Pile]

Yes and no

Thing is, you can screw it up

Can't screw up black marker on a black guitar...and if you somehow do, some rubbing alcohol on a napkin cleans it right off. Without the finish following.

Yes, you can screw it up - with MARKER. That stuff never comes completely out of the wood. Fingernail polish is soluble in acetone or lacquer thinner - and acetone will clean off super glue. Those two ARE reversible.

 

[brentrocks]

Ditched the EMGs....got into the parts drawer for a facelift




IMG_4564 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr




IMG_4563 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr

 

[Chris Pile]

Better!

 

[brentrocks]

Better!

Im getting it re fretted next week

 

[Adieu]

Yes, you can screw it up - with MARKER. That stuff never comes completely out of the wood. Fingernail polish is soluble in acetone or lacquer thinner - and acetone will clean off super glue. Those two ARE reversible.

uhm, unless you get it on bare maple and leave it to seep in - not really

And since you can slap colored nail polish or automotive touchup paint over it to heart's content and a marker screwup doesn't generate new texture....


Anyway, marker touchups are a lot more forgiving