LK155

My 1996 H535 has been stellar since I bought it many years ago. It can do anything. Always easy to play, always sounds great. The only Heritage still in my personal cache today. However, my H150 20th Anniversary is the beauty of the family. And it happens to be the best playing, best sounding solid body I've ever owned. Excellent in all respects except one. I couldn't get used to the weight, and this one now resides with son Chris. I've had other Heritages over the years. Sold two of them (H155 Millie and H137) and bought them back shortly thereafter. Had Kuz's H525 for a while but couldn't get comfortable with its physical size and let it go to TalismanRich, who apparently is very happy with it. But the H535 and H150 are the standouts.

DB, I won't quote your entire post here. But I'll say this: well said.

I disagree, Will. That clearly IS Rob. You need to make allowances for the passage of time. If he says that photo was taken 20 years ago, that means he was only, um, 26 at the time.

Nice find, Rich. Always good to see (and hear) him.

Great story. Great photo.

Pressure, I hear you. Here's the piece of Mun Ebony I chose for the fretboard of my Doug Harrison custom archtop. He was allowed to put a maximum of two MOP inlays on the top of that lovely slab. (Fortunately, he did put inlays along the side as well.)

Good to see the site back up and running. There are lots of us that missed it. Hats off to whomever did the recovery.

Well, there was no dragging, kicking, or screaming. She enjoyed those PSPs as much as I did.

Today was designated as a work-around-the-house day, so I went to my T-shirt drawer and pulled one out at random. Haven't seen this one in a while. From the very first PSP! That led to an unbroken string of PSPs Marg and I attended, until Covid interrupted things. I recall that first PSP very well. Only something like 16 or 17 of us HOC members there. Plant tour by Ren. As Pressure would say, good times. But good grief, that was 18 years ago! Were you there?

Well, Brent, we know you'll keep it for while. Beautiful piece of maple for that top!

Beauty, Brent. Can't make out what the label has below 'Custom Made'. Any idea what it says?

Josh, I think JeffB's comments refers to some posts our friend Will (ElNumero) made several years ago about scoring a job as a gate guard at a retirement home in Florida. Or something like that.

Got a kick out of this line... "Although the plant is equipped with the latest woodworking machines like this belt sander...." After all, that was only 70 years ago.