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A great choice!

I have one of the tele things you are talking about, Christopher. It is the Leon Rhodes signature model....set neck, tele body with three pick ups, pelham blue, and it is cool as shit. I am a fan of the strat type models too as I have (one of each) the 160 and 162. My all time fave is still my H-170.

My H140 "C" date So what is the mini switch on your H 140? Was it stock or added later?

And here is my all time favorite guitar.... my H170 with a C serial number. It's not my go to guitar, but my favorite. I got this one and the afore H140cm at the same time back when nobody really cared about Heritage guitars except maybe you folks. There were in a mom and pop store. I traded a Greco Les Paul copy (which was actually pretty cool....) and $400 for both of them. Both sound great but there is something about the H170....feel and sound. I did take out the Schallers and put in some Dimarzio PAFs, probably anniversay series or something. Maye the 140 has Seth Lover's....I can't remember nor do I care as they both sound so great.

Here is my H140 with an F seriel number.

I want!

The guy in the video must be from the east coast. I couldn't understand him.

Therein lies the issue....What exactly is the original PAF tone? I mean which PAF tone? I have a friend with a 58 Burst and it is more the guitar than the pick ups. The guitar acoustically is just that much different. He also has a dot neck 335 and the pick ups are different sounding than the burst.

YOu gotta love capitalism.....

If anyone on here bought a set of the pick ups let me know. After you install them I will give you $20 for the cool box.

So I am guessing that they cost bout $20 to make. But you do get a nice boxe to store your old pickups in.

Still unsure what the H-574 was. Any pix?

People around here seem to be all about boutique pick ups. I have some but I don't notice them being any better than Duncans or Dimarzios, just another flavor. Tha being said, I am not sure what an H-574 is. Is it similar to an H-575? I have an H-576 which is simialr to the 575 so I think my recommendation would be in the ballpark, especially for jazz playing. ANy of the Dimarzio PAFs sound great int that style guitar. I settled for his 36th Anniversary PAFs but I also liked his 59 or 57 PAFs. All low output and really smooth. The Duncan Seth Lovers also work well in there....basically any well built Vintage style PAF clone should do well. Again, I tried the snob jazz pickups (price was no object at the time) and liked them a lot but,I like the Duncan and Dimarzios a lot too and they are a lot cheaper. There is that congnitive dissonance thing going on a lot: I paid more for these pick ups so they must sound better. I did a shoot out with a dimarzio and a Jim Wagner Filmore. They tested out as similar on paper and I could not tell the difference sonically. But there was a $225 price difference. Of course my ears have paid a price of years playing guitar so I may be wrong here. And around here, a lot of people like the stock Schallers for jazz. but I really don't.

Mark, that stinger is way cool!

My 80s H-140 is Blue Transluscent. Really nice looking guitar.....

Congrats. I have a couple of pre 1990 heritage's and yes, I found the pickups really muddy. There are a couple of people who like the Schaller's around here but I am not one of them. I put some Dimarzio 36th Anniversary PAFs in them and it changed everything. My favorite guitar of all times is an 86 H-170. It felt good right away but the pups sucked. Change them and you will have a really nice guitar for sure.

I like the Seth Lovers in mine too.

Found this: How does the sound compare?

I know that he designed the Metro Plex tube module for Synergy. After hearing you rave about the amp I may have to pick up one of his modules. https://www.synergyamps.com/shop/modules/metropoulos-metro-plex/

If you want to play it and have it look like it was played, take it off. Scratches add character.

Prospects are way cool. I have a Prospect 12 string and it is amazing. Someday I will find a matching six string.