[Heritage Overseas]

8 hours ago, MartyGrass said:

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

Also a wonderful song by Jimmy Webb. A couple of years ago I had the great pleasure of seeing him in concert; just him, a piano and so many great songs.

It's been covered by many people including Joe Cocker, Glen Campbell and my favourite, jazz great Sheila Jordan. Pat Metheny and Charlie Haden did a lovely instrumental version...

 

[H-170 Volume Knobs/Pots Question]

13 hours ago, EricGR said:

Thanks so much for the info! Yes I forgot to mention that they are P Rails. 
 

I am bringing mine in here on Tuesday and going to see if I can’t get triple shots in.  I love the tones I get but interested to see what I’ve been missing. 
 

so for the tone knob pot I can just use the standard then correct? 
 

I can’t find matching knobs so guess I’m gonna just need to replace all those. 
 

thanks again!

I found this video which shows how to install the P-Rails with the Triple Shots - 

As I said, you can use regular volume pots with the Triple Shots, but if you had a push-pull pot you could wire it for the Peter Green out-of-phase sound. Even more options!

[H-170 Volume Knobs/Pots Question]

From the pictures it looks like you have SD P-Rails with the volume pots for each pickup having a push-pull arrangement, though I can't tell from the picture if it's for coil splitting or series/parallel wiring. A good way of getting the most out of a set of P-Rails is to use the Triple Shot mounting rings. I used them in my H150 Special, and they give you the following options from the two little switches on the ring - humbucker (coils in series). P90 coil, Rail coil. humbucker (coils in parallel). Something to be aware of is that you might have to shorten the pickup lead quite a lot to get it to fit in the pickup cavity. If you use the Triple Shots you can use a regular volume pot.

I found I was using the P90 setting most of the time so I eventually replaced the P-Rails with a set of Phat Cats. I still have the P-Rails, all I need is another guitar to put them in... 😁. Here's a pic of the H150 Special with the P-Rails and Triple Shots.

 

[MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!]

"Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda!" as we say in Wales. If you're wondering how to pronounce that apparently random arrangement of letters here it is...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imL-oAFr6ZU

Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year!

 

[Heritage Siting]

I'm part of an organisation (Jazz Steps) that promotes jazz in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. One of our projects is to jointly promote gigs with Inspire (who run the libraries in Nottinghamshire) in three of their libaries, most recently singer Zoe Gilby's quartet. I was pleased to see guitarist Mark Williams was using a 1990 H535.

[Special Invitation To New Members]

Welcome to the HOC , Bob

You found a 535 with some nice specs there. I imagine that it is really sweet. Join in and tell us about your Heritage... . nice 535 pic there

 

I cheated a bit with the pic, it's from the High End Guitars website, though it is the actual guitar. The service from Jason at High End Guitars was excellent, it was more like getting a bespoke suit than buying a guitar! Make an appointment, go along and talk about music, favourite guitarists and life in general and he will find the right guitar for you! They also stock Santa Cruz acoustics - I didn't dare try one out, otherwise I might have left with two guitars instead of one...

 

Apparently most people prefer the guitars without scratchplates, but I really like the stained flame maple - a touch of class.

[Special Invitation To New Members]

Hello all,

 

I have more guitars than is strictly necessary, but a couple of months ago, when I found out that the UK distributor for Heritage Guitars was a few miles away from Nottingham, I had to investigate... I now have a very nice Almond Sunburst 535 with HRW pickups and Tone Pros bridge and tailpiece. It makes sense to join the owners club, so here I am!

 

I gig occasionally with a local blues band and as the other guitarist uses a Strat, I've used a Les Paul or 335. For the last couple of gigs I've used the 535 and have been very happy with the sound I'm getting! My main amp is a Mesa Maverick 1x12, pedals include a Zendrive 2, Cry Baby, Fulltone Super Trem and a Tech 21 Boost DLA.

 

Cheers,

 

Bob Meyrick