brentrocks Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 1993 Heritage ALVIN LEE H535 1 of 24 made. One of the rarest Heritage Artists guitars ever produced in history of the Heritage Guitar Company! Someone swapped out the original Schaller humbuckers for a set of Gibson 57 classics. (Definitely an upgrade) They sound wonderful in this guitar!! Original Schaller bridge and tailpiece swapped out for Gibson style hardware. Original frets are in great shape. There is some residue from stickers on the top, where the stickers reacted with the nitro. It’s not terrible. It’s been play, but played with care. It sets up with a nice low action. The neck is a medium C carve, not super thin. A very light and toneful guitar !!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Spectrum13 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Wow, first sighting on the forum. That an ebony board and the fifths pot is what? master volume or middle pickup. Please do not replace the TRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brentrocks Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 31 minutes ago, Spectrum13 said: Wow, first sighting on the forum. That an ebony board and the fifths pot is what? master volume or middle pickup. Please do not replace the TRC. You are correct about the fifth knob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davesultra Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 OMG- Just stop it Brent, this $hits just getting out of hand!!! I’d call dibs, but don’t think I could muster the price should it become available! 🙃 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heritage1970 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Beautiful guitar!! Nice one Brent! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalismanRich Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 I think I would rather have that than a Gary Moore. The semi hollows are just so nice. Love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golferwave Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Such a rare and beautiful guitar! Congrats! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scatterbrain Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 (edited) Great find. When does it go up for sale? Edited March 10 by Scatterbrain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsp17 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Lots of soul in that one. Brent - you are the man. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyv4 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 I don't know how you do it, but you always come up with the coolest guitars. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyGrass Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Alvin Lee knew how to use such a guitar. The middle pickup was not just to fill a space. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
111518 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 (edited) The middle pickup looks like a Duncan quarter pounder --not sure what maker/model pickup was on the originals, but, a logical replacement choice to better match output, although perhaps at the expense of some contrast in high end. (I played a strat with one of these pickups in the neck position for a long time). Always curious about these guitars --pretty much exactly what I thought would be ideal for most gigs when I was playing out, since I mostly played a semi but ended up feeling I needed a strat or tele on stage for a single coil sound on certain tunes. Not to mention I've always had a weakness for ebony boards. Edited March 11 by 111518 additional thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolero Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Congrats that is awesome!! Always wondered how they routed the middle pup, what's it look like under the guard? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolero Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 (edited) Hey the pickguard is flush to the top, too! I guess playing at 100mph you don't want to catch your fingers I suppose that 5th knob would be awkward with a raised guard Edited March 13 by bolero pleading the 5th 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2kc Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 I was just listening to his music the other night. Killer guitar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenK Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Killer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolero Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 To Alvin Lee! RIP I found a clip of Alvin playing his sig H535. Keep on rocking! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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