skydog52

Nice get. Congratulations! The 575 has been on my radar for awhile.

https://web.archive.org/web/19981201071755/http://www.heritageguitar.com:80/company/model_history.htm

Local article https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2017/09/heritage_guitar_partners_with.html

Plaza Corp first bought the property and Heritage Guitar. https://plazacorp.net/ https://plazacorp.net/commercial/kalamazoo-enterprise-center/ BandLab came in and bought a share of Heritage later. Principal there is Kuok Meng Ru. He has his hands in many companies. https://www.bandlab.com/ https://www.bandwagon.asia/articles/kuok-meng-ru-interview-singapore-swee-lee-bandlab-rolling-stone Article https://bluegrasstoday.com/changes-at-heritage-guitar-roils-staff-luthiers/

I've seen him play this one quite a bit. H-535/555? https://youtu.be/8xNbtnQb31c

Welcome aboard BJ. Love your story. Good to see the younger generation digging the blues. Rich is right. Do the tour if you can. If you like guitars you will dig it. Post some pictures when you get a chance. We all love dreaming of the other ones!

https://web.archive.org/web/20020610195550/http://www.heritageguitar.com:80/products/

Same body as the Prospect in a single cutaway. I had 4 made before the company was sold. Jim Deurloo supervised the builds.

It's there.

Ren sent me this link. Great Guy! http://www.encorekalamazoo.com/features/guitar-guru-Rendal-Wall

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Definitely personal preference. I've read a few articles that he believed it gave his guitars more sustain. It also said he set his action slightly higher to facilitate his slide playing. He still played a lot without slide. Billy Gibbons top wraps. I believe Jimmy Page did also. Here he is playing the SG he traded Dickey for. Of course a completely different animal. Not top wrapped. http://www.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Gear---Tech/en-us/There-s-More-Than-One-Way-To-String-An-Axe.aspx

With the tone that this man had it’s hard to argue top wrapping.