Hi Heritage Fans,
I'm Jack Hicks, a musician and morning personality in Bemidji, Minnesota. Yes, it's cold up here!
I've been playing guitar for years and years. Always loved Gibson and have owned a bunch. Custom shops, historicals, 25/50s, regular production models, etc. Buy and sell. I've also owned a fair amount of Heritage guitars over the years: 575, 555, 2-157's, and a 150.
Recently I decided I was going back to a Les Paul after spending a lot of years playing a Howard Roberts Fusion. (I've had 3 of them.) I was going to get a 59 reissue.
Before I bought, I made a list of all the Les Pauls I've ever owned and ranked the guitars (from memory) based on quality of build, how they played and how they sounded. The two Les Pauls at the top of the list were the 25/50 (made in Kalamazoo, I believe) and the Heritage H-157.
Eventually I decided and I'm back to being a Heritage player.
The 157 I bought is a beautiful guitar... I bought it at Eddie's (Awesome place)... Old style sunburst.
Not without a few issues however. It had a cold soldered joint on the bridge pot, and no output from the pickup! Kind of surprising.
The other issue is setting the intonation. Most of the saddles are all the way back. I know, turn them around. But, I actually have another bridge with that already done, so I can pop that on and not mess with the original bridge. No other complaints... only praise.
The Seths sound amazing. Plays wonderful as well.
That's my story!
Jack
