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Gitfiddler

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  1. Welcome to the HOC, Rick. Consider yourself bitten by the Heritage mojo bug. Many of us here can relate to your great story. I remember walking into a GC while on a business trip one evening and after many hours of back and forth, walking out with a 'player' 150 Ultra. It sounds corny, but that guitar simply had way too much mojo to be left behind.

     

    Enjoy your 535. I'm sure it is a killer axe...and please post a pic when you get her home.

  2. Thanks for the welcome Fred. I sure hope I can get my hands on one these beautiful guitars eventually.

     

     

    Welcome aboard, Tempest.

     

    All of us were somewhat in your shoes at one time. It took me years to find my first Heritage, and that was after a close friend pulled me away from my first G brand archtop (an ES165 laminate body) and go for a solid wood archtop. I could not believe the substantially lower price of a much superior Heritage! After that first Heritage, the addiction set in.

     

    So I wish you luck with your search and saving for just the right guitar that works for you. I wish this cool site was around when I was looking for my Heritage.

     

    Hang around and enjoy some of the fun here at the HOC. Feel free to ask any questions you have about Heritage.

     

    Tim

  3. Welcome, Fernando!

     

    First of all, congratulations on scoring your first of three Heritages. I agree with you that Cryoman is a peach of a guy. I'm glad he was able to sell that sweet 150. It had the 'Cryoman-Mods' that made it a much better gitfiddle.

     

    Secondly, to ALL of the lurkers out there, COME OUT OF THE CYBER-CLOSET! Drop us a post once in a while, if only to say HELLO. This is a great forum to hang out at.

  4. Hey, a belated 'WELCOME' to all of the :glasses10: members.

     

    Hopefully more of the :puke: lurkers will pop in and say hello too.

     

    It is always cool to see pics of anything Heritage related. We are a very literate group, but BIG PICTURES always get our attention and approval. Plus, new members get free mileage points for the airline of your choosing for every Heritage picture. :P

     

    OK, maybe not, but we still like to see your stuff! ;)

  5. Welcome, White Beard and GBOWL! Thanks for taking the time to introduce yourselves. Two more fantastic members.

     

    GBOWL, what a story you've told! It should be posted directly on the Heritage website...(if the guys could stop making guitars long enough to update it). But speaking directly to the OWNERS of ANY medium-large sized business these days is so rare. Try to speak to one of the managers or mucky-mucks at other guitars companies. Go ahead, try it!

     

    Anyway, glad to have you and all of the others that have joined this special club. We know we are into something very special with Heritage Guitars.

     

    Tim

  6. Welcome to the Club, Tim! Just a suggestion, but whatever you're feeding that 535 doesn't seem to agree with it...it puked out a pickup!

     

     

    Dick, thanks for my morning coffee-through-the-nose laugh!!!  ;D ;D

     

    Tim and Morbidrockgod~Welcome to the HOC institution, where the inmates run everthing!

  7. According to the Heritage website (my favorite site of ALL time, by the way!) they state that they were incorporated on April 1, 1985.  Gibson left Kalamazoo in September 1984, so if they made their first 'A' series guitars, it would have been within three months of the exodus?!  The first H-140 wasn't shown to NAMM until June 1985.  Has anyone seen an 'A' series Heritage? 

     

     

     

     

                         

     

                                            How it all began.. 

     

    Heritage Guitar Inc. of 225 Parsons Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan was incorporated on April 1, 1985. The company is going on 19 years old, it has achieved the status of one of the premier guitar companies in the world today. It is, in many instances, the new guitar line handled by countless vintage shops throughout the world. This indicates it is thought of as the collectible guitar of tomorrow.

     

    The idea to start Heritage Guitar began when the Gibson Guitar Corporation closed its Kalamazoo, Michigan factory in September of 1984 and moved all production to its other plant in Nashville, Tennessee (in operation since 1975). When this took place, some of the employees were asked to move to Nashville. However, since their families had spent many years in Kalamazoo, it made it difficult to uproot and move. Therefore 3 men, Jim Deurloo, Marvin Lamb, and JP Moats, decided to start a guitar manufacturing business. In 1985 when the company was incorporated, 2 other former Gibson Guitar Corporation employees, Bill Paige and Mike Korpak, joined as owners. Mike left the company in 1985.

     

    The founders biggest resource is and was the group of craftsmen they could draw from to begin operations. The owners themselves each had in excess of 25 years of hands on experience in making guitars. To this day each of the owners is directly involved in the manufacturing of each instrument.

     

    Heritage started operations in the oldest of five buildings formerly owned and operated by Gibson Guitar Corporation. That building was completed in 1917 and has been a center for guitar manufacturing ever since. Much of the machinery that Heritage uses today, was purchased from Gibson Guitar Corporation.

     

    The first guitar Heritage introduced was the H-140 solid body single cutaway electric guitar. This model was shown at the NAMM show in June of 1985.

     

    Since that time Heritage has added many instruments. Currently Heritage manufacturers Custom Carved Hollow Body Guitars, Semi Hollow Body Guitars, and Solid Body Guitars. This is to say nothing of the countless number of custom instruments made in each of the groups previously mentioned. Banjos, Mandolins, Flat Tops, and Basses, are no longer being produced because of the demand for the guitars mentioned in the above 3 categories.

     

    Heritage is proud of it's older employees’ with 25 years of average experience and what it has accomplished in 19 years. Heritage is

    also training  younger luthiers to learn this fine art of craftsmanship. 

     

     

     

     

     

  8. Welcome, Mr. Thumbs.

     

    Is your name a tribute to Wes?  If so, you've got the perfect axe to cop his licks with.  Gorgeous...and another OSB member.  8)

     

    I've never seen a Golden Eagle with an input jack on the outer rim.  Most are in the end pin.  I much prefer the former. 

  9. Hi Gitfiddler

     

    I have a H 575 made in 1991. Do you know what the guitar is worth now? It is in very good condition. I do not want to sell it - but I just want to know its value. Thank you and Merry Christmas!!

     

    Hi there, Harold, and welcome to the HOC!

     

    As for your H-575's value, see if you can upload a photo of it here and describe its condition, features and pickups.  There are a number of 575 owners (and one 'Wheeler Dealer) here who will gladly give you a range.

     

    Another option is to do an Ebay search for sold Heritage H-575's.  Then you can see actual instruments to compare yours with.

  10. Hello Chris.  Welcomd to the HOC.

     

    It sounds like your H535 could use a full-on fret level job.  Hopefully you've got a local guitar tech who can do a proper set-up of your guitar.  Heritage has improved on its quality control and set-ups in recent years.  Yours sounds like one that never had the TLC it deserved.  Glad it made it to a happy home.

  11. Welcome aboard the Good Ship 'HOC', Jim777!

     

    Always good to see a fellow Ibanez fan as well.  I'm as much a nut for their high end semi-hollows as Heritages.  Never played a dud from Ibz.

     

    Do you also post over at the Ibanez Collectors World?  I've been there off and on for many years.

     

    And your 555 is the shizzle!  Chestnut Burst is one of my favorites...next to Golden Amber on 555's. 8)

  12. Bobpell~  Welcome to the HOC!  How did you come to know about Heritage guitars in Italy?  The web?  Or did our crazy support group's reputation for mischief reach the Vatican again?  :angel:

     

    I've owned Ibanez semi-hollows from the 80's and their action is consistently low and fast.  You might consider having your 575 set up in a similar manner.  The action on my 575 is similar to my old Ibanez AS200!

     

    And watch out for the trouble makers that insist on pictures of your H575 Custom.

     

     

    They'll blast you with  :this_thread_is_useless_withou  . 

     

    I hope you post often and enjoy yourself here.

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