"The Heritage" guitars?

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JOLLY said:
I don't know why people still continue to say this. I'm not saying that it's not true, but I just can't buy into it. If a dude was 20 years old in 1959 (and working there) then he'd be 70 right now. I just personally can't see that there would be that many 70 year olds still building guitars there. If they are, then they must have one heck of a crappy retirement package.
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Check out this page on the Heritage website ....

http://www.heritageguitar.com/company/owners.htm

Two of the founder members started with Gibson in the 50's and are still working in Heritage. Another of the founding members, JP Moats, only retired about a month ago.
 
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Back in '85, I worked for Hilton Music in Upstate NY. The chain was owned by the infamous Art Hilton

Anyway, he had a Hilton special edition Deluxe Les Paul commissioned (noted at 12th fret), one for each store and I believe there were around 10 stores at the time. I worked at the Amsterdam, NY location, main store was on Central Ave in Albany

I remember is was a very pretty looking mahogany back and thick cap, thick binding and good sounding pickups whatever they were. I did not care for the headstock at all and still don't. I believe it sold for $1000, maybe a bit more back then
 
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The few I've played have sounded better than almost every Gibson les paul I've played. But they feel a little weird.
 
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