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NGD: My first Heritage!


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Hey guys!

 

I've mostly been a lurker around here for quite some time. Always been a fan of Heritage but never pulled the trigger. I'd been on a long hunt for a 225 type guitar and was mostly fixated on finding the elusive Guild Starfire iii-90 they made in the 90s, but shifted gears and got this guy: https://reverb.com/item/1037510-heritage-h525-2007-custom-shop

 

Excited to pick it up!

 

 

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Thanks, guys! My intention is to put a Bigsby on it. I'd waffled between this and a ES-135, but the Heritage looks to be a much higher level of quality and the finish is killin'. Add the fact it comes with Lollar's for a good price and I figured I should jump on it.

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congrads. That is much better guitar than a gbrand 225. And made by the same guys who made all those classic gibson 225, in the same factory, s from the late 50's early 60's. welcome to the owners group and enjoy that 525. I see some George Thorogood in your future (perhaps) and the bigsby is a good choice for this model. Keep us posted on your adventures with the 525

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Congratulations on a beautiful guitar. And welcome to HOC. Among the handful of guitars I wish I had not sold was my father's tobacco-sunburst Gibson ES-125 (circa 1959 - went back to school). My H-575 is a good substitute - heavier but thin and dual pickups. Better for jazz chords. Play and enjoy!

 

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Here is my first Heritage. Johnny Smith Sunburst - G07502 - October 17th 1990, a Wednesday. It was the 2nd guitar built that day.

I had wanted a Johnny Smith since Gibsons came out with their version in 1961. I found this one at a small guitar shop in Island Lake Illinois, Island Music. It must have been 1991. They had 2 Johnny Smiths and

2 Gary Moore H150s. The other Johnny Smith had a natural finish and had already been sold. I found that natural finish Johnny Smith at a guitar dealer in Boston last May 2014 and I bought it.

I took the Sunburst JS to the factory in the summer of 1991 and had it adjusted by Mr. Ren Wall and had everyone sign my copy of “The Gibson Super 400”. While at the factory I met Wild Bill Durkin,

a Heritage endorsee, and he gave me a tour of the factory.

 

 

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