davesultra

I agree with Rich, but damn it still makes me miss the old days!

H-357 is pretty labor intensive (IIRC). If they made them, I’m sure they’d cost a pretty penny. I wouldn’t mind the return of the H-157 though.

The 498T has an A5 magnet and is wound around the 14.5k range.

Not much of a pedal user myself, but I have tried and liked some of his dirt-pedals. Can’t comment on any of his personal dealings/opinions.

My “E” serial H-140. (Needs a fret dressing).

Wow, talk about a great disturbance in the force!!!

Yup, I find it odd to think of someone attempting to make exact science of an “un-exact” process.

My understanding was that there were no absolutes regarding what type of magnets were used. Gibson was notoriously cheap and went with whatever magnets were the best deal from their supplier.

https://reverb.com/item/40774088-heritage-h-574-1990-vintage-orange

Measured mine last night. .91” at the 1st & 1.00” at the 12th. Yeah, they’re chunky.

I’ve had 2, but currently have only one. The plaintop had what appeared to be a slightly slimmer neck than my Goldtop does. Not terribly different, but noticeable. The GT is definitely closer to an R6/7/8 neck. I’m not home at the time of typing this, so I can’t measure the thickness. As far as the bridges & tailpeces are concerned, the PT sat a little lower than the GT. But as is typical for Heritage, in order to crank the stoptail down, I would have to topwrap. I don’t care for topwrapping so I left it where it is.

They’re made in house. I thought it would have been cool if they had ThroBak make them, but it would have pushed the price up a fair amount.

That sure is a looker!