Hello to all! My name is John and I play in a band called This Side Up in the Dayton, Ohio area. I have a Heritage CM-140 Custom. It has block inlays. I bought it at Good News Music in Traverse City Michigan in 1989. I was stationed at Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Eastern Michigan and had driven over to Traverse City because when I was a child, that was where we went every year on vacatiion. We used to rent a cabin on Lake Leelanau and just spend a couple weeks fishing and swimming. I also had read in Guitar Player Magazine that Good News Music was one of the best guitar stores in the eastern half on the U.S. Well, we stopped at Good News and they had 2 of these for a really low price, one was Cherry Sunburst and the other was Honeyburst. I played both and thought they were both quite nice. My wife was impressed by the guitarand wanted to buy one then, but I already had 5 or 6 guitars at the time and decided not to buy. We started the drive home and my wife just kept asking if I was sure I didn't want one of those guitars. I gave in and we turned around and went back. I bought the Honeyburst and it has been my main guitar ever since. When it was new, the neck used to move quite a bit and required truss rod adjustments and setups every couple months. Now that it has aged, the neck has settled down and I just have to tweak the neck every couple years. I still have quite a few guitars and basses. The bassist in This Side Up plays one of my basses. I am currently on a cheap guitar kick. I like buying cheap guitars and giving them a makeover. However, I mostly use the 140. I did replace the Schallers with GFS pups. I have a GFS "59" in the neck and a FAT PAF at the bridge. The pups are really much better than most people give them credit for. One thing I did notice about my 140 was that there was an excessive amount of solder on all the joints and pots. That was one thing I did early on was to re-solder all the connections and it seemed to quiet it down quite a bit. I do have a question for all here. When I replaced the pups I found the pup rings are smaller on my Heritage than a standard pup ring. Where do all of you get your pup rings? I really enjoy learning about my Heritage from reading all of your posts and am considering attending the "gathering" up in Kalamazoo. My other 2 main guitars are a G&L Asat Classic that came with a certificate that both George and Leo had worked on my guitar. My other main guitar is an Oscar Schmidt Semi-Hollow. It was one of the cheap $150 guitars sold on one of the Catalog/ website music stores. It really has one of the best necks I've ever played. I have decided to replace the pups on that one. Anyway, after all that, I love my Heritage the most, I have 9 guitars now. I only have one Heritage. I think I've written enough to count for a couple posts. If you want to see my Heritage you'll have to go to my bands website. www.thissideup.us I can't seem to get pictures to upload to this site. I've tried a couple times.
