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Thanks for that.

Look up some Joe Pass videos on YouTube. Listen to his chord voicings and watch his fingers. And be amazed. The man was a genius.

If you want. Duct tape fixes everything. I would use the sticky side of packing tape or masking tape. But Will, you do you.

that was great playing it reminded me of a steely dan song

I thought Roy Clark died like 10 years ago. And who is Joe? Well, R.I.P. to both of them.

I have both the H-160 Stat and this one which is an H-162. I gigged with the 162 for about 8 years after I got it. Back when nobody knew what Heritage guitars were worth I could find them dirt cheap. I think I got the 162 for $400. The Stat was a bit more, like $700 and had been sitting in a music store for years. Both had Schallers and if you have read my posts, I have always found Schallers to be lifeless. I put some kind of Dimarzio's in each of them and they became great guitars. The Whammy bars on both stay in tune. THe 162 is really light and the Stat has a rather fat neck and is pretty heavy. The Stat has a weird kind of switching system that took a while to get used to it. The 162 has a coil tap. This post has inspired me to take them off the wall again..... I posted this video of me playing my stat a few years back. I got hired to do the guitars on this session and then he wanted me in the video. In looking at it I have no idea what that neck pick up was as I have a different one in there now. The solo starts at around 2:30..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3pvhTUgXEo&loop=0

Duct?

I had some difficult times starting out. I began with a cheap flattop with very high action. My fingers hurt even after I had some callouses. I stepped up to a Firebird V. But that had heavy flatwounds with a high action. The breakthrough came when I went to my second teacher for a lesson. He stopped me cold and set up my guitar. He had me buy a set of Slinky strings. That really opened the doors. Previously, the guy behind the guitar store counter sold me the flatwounds because they were the best strings. They were in fact the most expensive. I stuck with that teacher. He said he was surprised I had been practicing despite heavy strings with a high action. But I did have callouses. I may go back to getting in person lessons from time to time from a seasoned player. I have gained much by having single lessons on technique.

I love mine and probably would have a preference for the hardtail (Schaller fine tuning), as I am not much of a whammy type. I prefer to keep the energy in the strings and not damped by a spring. Both Stat Customs have very low action and the necks and bodies with the extra carve are comfortable. Neither have stock pickups. with the exception of the middle pickup on the Transparent Blue. The other two pups are Dimarizio Andy Timmons in the bridge and neck. The Tranparent Cherry has a Duncan APH-1 in the bridge and a pair of Duncan Vintage SSLs, if I recall right. I was going for a more traditional voicing with it. If you do a comparison between the two guitars, you will notice the pup spacing to the bottom of the fretboard is identical for the two, but the bridge to bridge pup on the Cherry is wider than you typically see. This would move its voicing away from brighter notes you would expect than if it were butted up close. Both Stats have the hockey stick neck tips bunged and I have threatened to carve and attach new tips on both with a darker natural grained lamination. I figure I have time.

Facebook shows a few Heritage Stat models with comments from owners and lookers... https://www.facebook.com/groups/56102934732/posts/10161563743204733/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1512934312328828/posts/3759989507623286/

Post pick of them or tell me about the ones you have. I've been looking on Reverb etc and there aren't a lot out there. Im kinda curious. Cheers

Memory might be failing me now, it was a long time ago, but I think a Bill Lawrence pickup and passive are the only ones I have heard about.

Do 101s have an active pickup?

I'm fortunate. Back in the early 80's when I was studying guitar at the local community college, Joe Pass played 2 shows in one night. Prior to that, he hosted a student seminar. I met him. I sat in on the seminar, and watched 2 solo shows that night. It's a night that I won't ever forget. Joe was such a nice guy who went through a lot in his life. He was incredibly blunt, honest, and inspirational.

I would use tape.

After posting that I have owned a H101 since the eighties, and not used it much, I've decided it's taking up too much room. It's all original, but the grey suede type coating has fared well. It's seems to have just collected dirt for no obvious reason. Does anybody have any idea about how to clean it before it goes up for sale?

Beautiful!! I always wanted to try one of these.

I've had two Roy Clark models. The first one was fully hollow and a thinline. That was a one-off. I have a standard model now which is just fabulous. It's gorgeous and plays very, very nicely. It's basically a 555 single cutaway. The cutaway is deep.

First guitar I learned to play was my step-dad's old Kent,

My favorite movie

I suppose you’re correct Rich.

There's nothing like 1/4"+ action to build the strength in those 12 yr old fingers! (hey what's that adjustment thing at the base of the neck???? Could it have been a truss rod But look at all them PICKUPS! And it was a better guitar than the first one, made from the finest pressed paper tonewood. (masonite) I think I would take an Ascent H137 instead!

My dad, a failed guitar player, had a cheap Kent acoustic guitar that I learned my first few chords on, eventually the neck popped off of it from me tuning higher than it should have been Well then for christmas that year, my mom told my dad to buy me a guitar and amp. I got a Teisco Checkmate guitar with a matching little amplifier (in a plastic case). That was equally as bad as the Kent acoustic. The action on that guitar was so high I risked damage to my fingers everytime I tried to play a chord on it. After that, I took matters into my own hands. I saved up all the money that I could from my caddy job at the local golf course, and bought my first real guitar, a 1959 Fender Musicmaster in Desert Sand, and a Danelectro Cadet amp. I was off and running from there. But even in the early 70's, that little guitar and amp cost me $400. For nostalgia's sake, a few years back, I bought a 1960 Musicmaster that is pretty much identical to my old '59, and the same DanElectro Cadet amp just to see if I could make music with it, and here's a song I recorded with it. The Danelectro amp is a toy, but the Musicmaster is really a great sounding guitar, here it is through a proper amp, my Victoria Regal II...

I think Kent had a deal with parents. Buy your kid a Kent guitar and they'll never want to play guitar again, you can thank us later.

I had a Kent when I was a kid. They sucked.