Heritage Guitar love

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Boogie Bill said:
I've played a couple of 535s and a 555 that were nice, but most of the Heritage guitars I've played have had finish and binding issues that really had me scratching my head. They were bad enough to make most Gibsons look perfect. The inconsistency bothered me. I really wanted to like these guitars.

Another issue is that the guitars are hard to come by; there are no dealers that I know of in this neck of the woods.

And so, I choose to buy and play Gibson.

Bill
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I've played a ton and looked at many. Man, I don't see what you are taking about at all. But I also don't doubt you. I wonder how long ago that was.
 
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Scott_F said:
I've played a ton and looked at many. Man, I don't see what you are taking about at all. But I also don't doubt you. I wonder how long ago that was.
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It's been several years; as I said, they are rare here in the Pac. NW. I will say, I did play a Golden Eagle about 3-4 years ago that was exquisite and about as perfect as a guitar can be. I'm not a jazz guy though, and it was definitely out of my price range, but totally GAS-inducing.

I get where you are coming from--don't get me wrong. They do make some very beautiful guitars.

Bill
 
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All good Bill. Yes Rand first thing is the guard gets unscrewed or don't let them install it in the first place. Usually just covers up some beautiful wood.
 
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:)

There's a guy in town who's got a beautiful LP Standard-style,but I haven't been able to get my mitts on it...(yet)...
 
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I had a late 80's (87 I think) H150 it was a nice enough guitar. It played really well, sounded good and weighed an f'n ton! The Schaller pups went asap and it got SD's. This was early 90's I guess, I had bought it new but it had been in the shop awhile.

I also own an '86 H170. It's very cool but has a reasonable bump where the neck meets the body that I need to square away. I like the guitar alot, very thin fast neck simialr to some of the Hamers from that era. Good friend of mine has a nice early H150 in CSB that plays and sounds killer but it looks the top was matched up by a one-eyed drunk and sprayed with ketchup and mustard LOL. I'd still take it though.

I've never found Heritages to be any better or worse than their equivalent Gibsons other than those wonky Schaller bridges but I don'treally keep up on them.
 
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I had a late 80's (87 I think) H150 it was a nice enough guitar. It played really well, sounded good and weighed an f'n ton! The Schaller pups went asap and it got SD's. This was early 90's, I had bought it new but it had been in the shop awhile.

I also own an '86 H170. It's very cool but has a reasonable bump where the neck meets the body that I need to square away. I like the guitar alot, very thin fast neck simialr to some of the Hamers from that era. Good friend of mine has a nice early H150 in CSB that plays and sounds killer but it looks like the top was matched up by a one-eyed drunk and sprayed with ketchup and mustard LOL. I'd still take it though.

I've never found Heritages to be any better or worse than their equivalent Gibsons other than those wonky Schaller bridges but I don'treally keep up on them.

'92
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I hate to be a snob but a high end Gibson on the used market is always a better buy than a Heritage or Hamer, unless they come at a used giveaway price. It's just a fact, not a bias.
 
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Gearjoneser said:
I hate to be a snob but a high end Gibson on the used market is always a better buy than a Heritage or Hamer, unless they come at a used giveaway price. It's just a fact, not a bias.
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No one can argue that point. My only point if I can buy a well made brand new 335 with SD Seth Lovers and TonePros bridges for $2000, then yeah, I'm buying Gibson. That's a $4K purchase from Memphis.

So then for me it become a new Heritage 535 vs a used Gibson Memohis (still more exoensive) that may or may not still need some upgrades. Trust me, I get it.

What puts me over the top is my current Heritage is such a fine beast and a value for what I originally received for the $$$.
 
Heritage Guitar love

I feel the same on certain design aesthetics on many other brands of guitars. Headstock is strange at first but it grew on me.

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