Gitfiddler Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 I think the name "Hypothetical Heritage Museum" is perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavesNotHere Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 These two would be in the hairspray and spandex wing X Terminator and The Terminator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavesNotHere Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 STAT, Parsons Street, and H-162. I still have the STAT, the other two flew away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavesNotHere Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Korina H-357. The first one with a wood pick guard and wood control cavity cover. I'm still not certain how I sweet talked Marv into that one ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavesNotHere Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 H-480 Marv told me he built the entire guitar. Solid carved, one piece, mahogany back, mahogany, neck and solid sides and top. Marv said he built about ten of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DetroitBlues Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 19 minutes ago, DavesNotHere said: H-480 Marv told me he built the entire guitar. Solid carved, one piece, mahogany back, mahogany, neck and solid sides and top. Marv said he built about ten of these. One on Reverb now... https://reverb.com/item/30100911-heritage-480-1985-1986-natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavesNotHere Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 9 minutes ago, DetroitBlues said: One on Reverb now... https://reverb.com/item/30100911-heritage-480-1985-1986-natural Yes, we had quite the kerfuffle here over that one a while back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavesNotHere Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 One more. I had a brief yet passionate affair with this blonde beauty about two years ago. She eventually returned to her one true love. HFT-485, solid maple back and sides, mahogany neck. I believe this particular one was a one off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DetroitBlues Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 On 1/17/2020 at 11:30 PM, DavesNotHere said: One more. I had a brief yet passionate affair with this blonde beauty about two years ago. She eventually returned to her one true love. HFT-485, solid maple back and sides, mahogany neck. I believe this particular one was a one off. Is that one one Brent had? I remember a one-off that was crazy cool, but it had arguably one of the thinnest necks I've ever played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steiner Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 2 hours ago, DetroitBlues said: Is that one one Brent had? I remember a one-off that was crazy cool, but it had arguably one of the thinnest necks I've ever played. Didn't @KBP810 own that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavesNotHere Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 I'm not certain of the chain of custody of this one. I picked it up in a pawnshop in Nashville. I had met the former owner at NAMM a few years earlier, he was (is?) a Heritage endorsed artist. I was quite surprised when I saw it in a pawnshop. I wondered what had befallen him to part with this beauty. We had a long conversation about Heritage acoustics when we spoke at NAMM, and I knew he loved this guitar and gigged it frequently. Well, I brought it home and was starting to bond with it. Then one day several months later, I was perusing Craigslist and saw a WTB ad for the 485. He was trying to buy it back. I pondered what to do for a day then realised rather quickly that I couldn't do it justice and I knew he made a living with it, so I contacted him. Life had happened and he had to make some sacrifices. He was thrilled to get it back, he thought it was gone for good. We made arrangements to meet and he got his baby back, and I got to play another unique custom Heritage. It had a "made for" label indicating the original owner on the inside. I won't DOX him here, but I will say it did not appear to be built for anyone currently active in the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitfiddler Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 1 hour ago, DavesNotHere said: I'm not certain of the chain of custody of this one. I picked it up in a pawnshop in Nashville. I had met the former owner at NAMM a few years earlier, he was (is?) a Heritage endorsed artist. I was quite surprised when I saw it in a pawnshop. I wondered what had befallen him to part with this beauty. We had a long conversation about Heritage acoustics when we spoke at NAMM, and I knew he loved this guitar and gigged it frequently. Well, I brought it home and was starting to bond with it. Then one day several months later, I was perusing Craigslist and saw a WTB ad for the 485. He was trying to buy it back. I pondered what to do for a day then realised rather quickly that I couldn't do it justice and I knew he made a living with it, so I contacted him. Life had happened and he had to make some sacrifices. He was thrilled to get it back, he thought it was gone for good. We made arrangements to meet and he got his baby back, and I got to play another unique custom Heritage. It had a "made for" label indicating the original owner on the inside. I won't DOX him here, but I will say it did not appear to be built for anyone currently active in the club. Very cool back story on that H485 acoustic. Good Karma on you, Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwinking Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 So what was the “kerfuffle” about with the H-480 a couple of years back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalismanRich Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 If there was a museum, I'm sure that the recently found Gibson employee list would certainly be there! It's been posted on the Save The Stack facebook page. I found a couple of familiar names in the list. Its interesting that Jim Deurloo was hired a month after Ted McCarty! I also saw Aaron Cowles, and Ren's names, but haven't seen Bill Paige's yet. Between 1919 and 1953, there are less than 120 total employees on the list. And talk about hiring spurts. In 1962 alone, they hired about 170 employees! I guess the guitar business was really booming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbp810 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 On 1/21/2020 at 4:24 PM, Steiner said: Didn't @KBP810 own that? Yeah, I owned it for a while, bought it from Brent I believe. Or at least one just like it (if it were not a one-off). I really regret letting it go, would buy it back in a heart beat given the opportunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitfiddler Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Any hypothetical or real Heritage Museum would need the full back story of the Parsons Street facility. That would include their WWII switch from making guitars, to munitions, and hiring about 200 'Gibson Gals' According to the following article, approximately 25,000 guitars were also made during the war, many made by these women. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-old-gibson-guitar-factory-kalamazoo-michigan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skydog52 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 I found this to be a Great article on the history of the beginnings of Gibson. https://www.kpl.gov/local-history/kalamazoo-history/biographies/gibson-orville-h/ https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/06/02/Gibsons-historic-Kalamazoo-guitar-plant-to-close/6631454996800/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DetroitBlues Posted January 28, 2020 Author Share Posted January 28, 2020 13 hours ago, skydog52 said: I found this to be a Great article on the history of the beginnings of Gibson. https://www.kpl.gov/local-history/kalamazoo-history/biographies/gibson-orville-h/ https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/06/02/Gibsons-historic-Kalamazoo-guitar-plant-to-close/6631454996800/ Excellent find Paul! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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