MartyGrass Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 This 1994 natural blond was sent to a Heritage dealer a couple of decades ago. The dealer, an archtop aficionado, sold it to his friend, another archtop buff. That guy traded it back for a pre-WWII Epiphone Emporer (that tells you what kind of a nutty archtop connoisseurs these guys are). The guitar was minty in condition until the cold spell hit us. The humidity dropped to 30% in this store. This seems to have led to some flaking of the finish at the neck joint. I was on the fence about buying it, worrying about the neck joint being unstable. Ren Wall looked at the pic and asked for some more shots. I got more pix A local guitar tech as well as the shop owner found that the action is unchanged, the neck is straight, and the neck joint doesn't open with moderate stress. So the cool thing is that both Ren and Marv looked at all of the pix and said the neck joint and said "the neck joint is glued well". No worries. It's normal with age and retraction due to low humidity. I have seen this on more than several Heritages and Gibsons myself. But I wanted to be sure since it's an Internet purchase. Once it gets proper water, I may have the nitro touch up there just for looks. More pix below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyGrass Posted January 14, 2014 Author Share Posted January 14, 2014 Nice spruce! Ultra wood. Antique natural top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyGrass Posted January 14, 2014 Author Share Posted January 14, 2014 Here's the quiz question. Find the mistake Heritage made with the hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanschoyck Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Wow! That's fabulous. I'm also drawn to the red sunburst guitar behind it - wonder what that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pressure Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Fab Johnny Smith. The black tailpipe is no longer available. Volume and tone control, excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pressure Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Damon that auto correct. Should be "tailpiece". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pressure Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Damn that auto correct. Should be "Damn". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanschoyck Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Damon that auto correct. Should be "tailpiece". See, I though tailpipe was a cool new vernacular for tailpiece. I was going to start calling it that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bornot2bop Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 She's gogeous Mark! Hardware? Mmmm Maple instead of Ebony pickguard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyGrass Posted January 14, 2014 Author Share Posted January 14, 2014 See, I though tailpipe was a cool Noe of you guys can spell wirth a danm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyGrass Posted January 14, 2014 Author Share Posted January 14, 2014 She's gogeous Mark! Hardware? Mmmm Maple instead of Ebony pickguard? Look harder, my friend. Even the owner never noticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bornot2bop Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Wow! That's fabulous. I'm also drawn to the red sunburst guitar behind it - wonder what that is. Wow! That's fabulous. I'm also drawn to the red sunburst guitar behind it - wonder what that is. I saw that. But I was more drawn to the Campellone Deluxe behind it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kap Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Lovely looking, but what is that connection in photo 5? It is an odd one, is it stable or would it 'clunk' around inside the cavity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bornot2bop Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Look harder, my friend. Even the owner never noticed. The pearl block inlays appear rather normal, as compared to the abalone inlays i've seen on every other Heritage JS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kap Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Is it the tailpiece? Two of the fingers/pipes/pieces are the same length? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitfiddler Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Here's the quiz question. Find the mistake Heritage made with the hardware. Is it the Six Finger tailpiece being out of sync? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuz Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 No rose on the finger-rest (pickguard)? Or No inlay on the base of the bridge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bornot2bop Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 No rose on the finger-rest (pickguard)? Or No inlay on the base of the bridge? Nahhh....I've seen many more without a rose on the pickguard than with - same for bridge inlays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Flying Bird Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 I say it is the tailpiece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsck1 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I say it is the tailpiece. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58super Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Murch Music in Cambridge Ont. I've played that guitar. Very nice acoustic tone and the Campellone behind it is no slouch either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genericmusic Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 That! is one mighty fine looking instrument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyGrass Posted January 15, 2014 Author Share Posted January 15, 2014 Lovely looking, but what is that connection in photo 5? It is an odd one, is it stable or would it 'clunk' around inside the cavity? That's an RCA connection. Those are pretty common in archtops with floating pups. They allow the PG to be removed and the pup to simply be unplugged. That way another "acoustic" PG can easily replace the one with the pup on it. The connection can rattle in the body. If it does, a simple solution is to put a velcro strip around the connection area. It muffles any banging. You can also easily tack the wiring down in the body. I've done that only once. It's considered a good thing to have an RCA plug in the body in this style of guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyGrass Posted January 15, 2014 Author Share Posted January 15, 2014 Murch Music in Cambridge Ont. I've played that guitar. Very nice acoustic tone and the Campellone behind it is no slouch either. I'm glad you met it in person. I dealt with Fred primarily but Glenn and two ladies as well. They were all very courteous and straightforward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kap Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Thanks MartyGrass. Explains a few things.But you still haven't given us the answer to the quiz question.........? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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