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I suppose these could be just as good (or bad) as the IBG Epiphones.

the best part was this old English Bulldog snoring away on the tattered old couch while folks came in and out and played guitars. People were talking so you can barely hear him snoring due to the chatter in the room (if you listen closely at the end), but trust me- it was classic.

some nice gtrs there!!

seems like a nice product for the money for sure, and yes- SOP now. makes me a little sad, but gotta remember: "Its not personal Sonny, its strictly business." I was in London recently and I always go down to Denmark Street and Soho when there to check out the old historic (and new) guitar shops and studios. Dawsons had both US and Ch. made Heritages. They told me that they are owned by the same company that owns Heritage Kalamazoo, so they are the London distributor for both factories. The Chinese ones were downstairs in the main showroom. The good stuff was upstairs in the “private” room that was roped off. Some very nice new production instruments from both places.

yep summed up pretty good above There is a dynamic between particular speakers & particular amps. Always good to play around with combinations but use caution. Unless you can afford recones or don't have any rare vintage speakers. I have an old ~15w tube amp I put an ancient Bell & Howell alnico film speaker in it, very light resonant cone. That thing RAWKS when it's cranked up. I bet it's just on the verge of the speaker's power handling

yes good points Waverly tuners are amazing. $$ though

thanks guys. I knew i was asking the right crew. much appreciated.

they look good I tried a belly cut on a 535 once. It didn't end well.

Holy 357 mania!! is that 3 of them in there? what kind of bass is that guy using? looks unique, lipstick pickups too?

I bet the dumbass who wired the gtr up made a mistake

Congrats!! and welcome to the club 535's are amazing. One of these day's I'd like to try a CC I echo the chorus on "pics or it never happened" :D

The wattage on a speaker is an indication of how much power you can put through the voice coil without it heating up to the point that burns out. The suspension, cone material, available voice coil travel will determine if it breaks up, and sensitivity will tell you how loud the speaker will be at a reasonable power level. The speaker will distort if you exceed the rating, especially if you try to exceed the cone travel. If you play highly distorted, then you should have a higher power speaker capacity since those distorted squared off waves are actually higher in power than a sine wave of equivalent amplitude. Something like the Celestion Peacekeeper handles 50W but only puts out 86dB for 1 watt of power. A Vintage 30 will handle 60W and puts out 100dB for that same single watt. Also, it depends on where you set the amp. A Twin can put out a lot of power, but if you only turn up to 2, you might only be putting out 3 or 5 watts.

Eh, lots of variables and generalizations in play... but in a nutshell; if the amp wattage is higher than what the power/watt handling of a speaker is, it's going to lead to 1 of 2 likely outcomes - 1) the speaker will easily distort... which in some scenarios could be a desirable effect and compliment the amp distortion (especially when paired with another higher power/sensitivity speaker); in other scenarios, it could just sound muddy, "farty", or bad. 2) The speaker could just fail...blow the cone out or toast the voice coil. In the reverse role; if the speaker watt/power handling is way higher than the amp output... usually this will make very little difference. It depends more on the design and sensitivity of the speaker at this point. For example, I love to pair the 300 watt EVM-12L with all sorts of amps, including little 5 watters; fairly transparent speaker pairing that let's more of the amps own voicing be heard (minimal speaker distortion/coloration). Usually the only negative scenario is where it's a speaker with a very heavy cone and low sensitivity; that could be a speaker that needs a whole lot of power to make it move in order to sound good. There's not many guitar oriented speakers out there that fall into this grouping though. It's more in the extreme cork sniffers high end of car or home audio (or cheap garbage speakers from temu or something). TLDR - Low power amp with high power speaker; okay. High power amp with low power speaker; may cause death of speaker, or could get you that cinnamon girl sound you've been searching for all your life (if one was to ever search for such a sound).

Their H-535s are excellent guitars. I've had mine for years, and it's still one of the 3 guitars that will be "first call" if I'm leaving the house to play.

FWIW, just saying that something is made in China doesn't necessarily mean it's a piece of crap. There are things made in the US that are crap, and stuff that is high quality. The same happens over there. I used to deal with a few Chinese plants and a few were consistent, and more than willing to go the extra mile to make a quality product. Others couldn't make the same thing twice if their lives depended on it. China is a massive country with lots of different companies. Anyone over a certain age will remember when Made In Japan was the sign of cheapness. Now the majority of things out of Japan are world class.

Welcome to the cult! We have a saying, photos or it never happened.

Hello Heritage! I am new to this forum-I just bought my first Heritage Custom Core H 535 Blonde! It is different than any other guitar I have played. I’m used to Gibsons, Fender, arch tops etc, but this feels/sounds so different. I love the QUALITY of the build. The neck is comfortable, pickups sound great. Very versetile. Playing Jazz, Blues, Bossa Nova and Swing on it right now. I love it! It has lots of flame in the wood-front, back and sides. The tuners work really well. I’m using Thomastic Strings, flatwound 11’s.

Yes! Greg is such a unique player, and person! He has combined several guitar styles into his own signature sound. He is a very funny guy! I am new to this forum. Looking fwd to discussing all things guitar!

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Not for CJ. He is known to own at least 1/3 of the Marvbird's made. I talk to him every once in a while. He is an interesting guy with a lot of stories. Met a lot and played in front of legends. That's his son on the right playing the red one.

Isn't it against all known laws of nature and the universe to play a right-handed guitar lefty?

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i’ve always heard that amp wattage and speaker wattage capacity “shouldn’t” be too far apart. For a rough example and rule of thumb (subject to what you like to hear) a 35 watt tube amp would call for a speaker capable of 50-75 watts. just my non-tech understanding of the prevailing view. I have multiple amps mated to speakers (either in combo or cabinet) that will take up to 250 watts. I have a 2x12 cabinet with a pair of 250 watt 8 ohm speakers that sounds amazing with a 50 watt amp. So what am i not understanding here? I just put the same 250 watt rated speaker in a 35 watt combo amp (3rd Power Wooly Coats Extra Spanky). Sounds pretty good so far (needs to break in). Very touch sensitive, but really good first five or so hours on it. Thinking about experimenting with something lower wattage. I’m a big believer in Duke Ellington’s saying that “if it sounds good, it is good”, but curious about what difference it might make to more closely match the amp wattage to speaker capacity, e.g., try a 60-70 watt similar speaker. thanks, Tad

The Kalamazoo made Harmony guitars are probably the lowest cost solid body guitars made in the US. I briefly owned a Comet (semi hollow) and it was a great guitar. I only sold it because I needed to fund my purchase of a CC H-530. I'm curious to know how well done these Ascent models are going to be but I don't think I'll buy one. That's not to say I look down my nose at them or anyone who buys one. Not all of us can afford US made instruments.

C J Stanley band. He owns a bunch of them. https://youtu.be/oahyiijnjwQ?si=H2MRO7llLOYSSNl9