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Picked this up yesterday This is a custom ordered, one off 2011 H137!!! I bought it from the original owner that custom ordered it from Marv and Jim and Vince. It’s a one piece Honduran Mahogany body and neck. The neck is a big 50s carve! Rosewood fretboard with pearl dots. Belly cut. Wrap tail bridge. Single humbucker. Grover tuners. And an old school Heritage case. This H137 was built by the original Heritage Crew. Marv, Bill, Jim, Ren and Vince. It’s in near mint condition. He didn’t play it very much. No fret wear. The neck sealed the deal for me. It is so rare to see a heritage from this era with a big 50s neck!!!! It feels great!! It weighs in at a skinny 7 lbs 6 ozs!! Plays and sounds great!! It has a killer rock tone!!!

yep- that's what i think too. good match for this guitar. i've used the B6 is a couple of 16" inch archtops and liked them a lot. looking forward to seeing what it does for this one. I had one fail once, but ever since tthen I've been really happy with it. will let you know how this one plays out (pun intended).

Your gonna love that Benedeto b6,I put one in place of an hrw on one of my sweet 16, which has a tap tuned top and it is magnificent..I put a puch pull pot on the volume so I can sing coil it too..its really an outstanding pickup for an x braced archtop.

Thanks Mark. X-Braced. Great to know that the tops are same as GEs. I suspected as much. It is my understanding that the two models share DNA, but the Classic is a simpler statement, mostly aesthetically. Suits me better anyway. I do like the standard plain fretboard without markers visually, nice and clean look, but yes- having the dots is a good and clear visual cue to where you are and where you are going. Benedetto B6 pickup is on back order so I wont get it back from the shop for another 10 days or so. Will report back.

He was joking obviously….

Nice, a Mimi Fox!!

That looks like an H575 Mimi Fox signature model.

That's an interesting question. As a kid I played a Gibson 225 for a year or so and gave it to my sister. Much later I had a 525 soon after they came out. The instrument was comfortable for me and was loud enough that it didn't need to be plugged in for bedroom practice. You should prepare how you want to manage the P-90 hum. The pickups are reverse wound, so when both are at about equal volume during amplification, hum is not an issue usually. That's what I did. There are pedals also that take out the 60 Hz hum. The second issue some of us have had is the feedback tendency, common to all hollow bodies. That can be managed as well. The upsides are how light the guitar is and that P-90 hollow body tone. It also has a cool retro image. It's a niche instrument that I like. How much it is worth and what you'll need to pay for it is unclear. They are collectible.

Grand Rapids Symphony; Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Great looking guitar! I’ve had an H-525 for years now and I’ve been thinking about selling it. Could I ask how much these H-525’s usually sell for?

I have a couple of more comments on the Eagle Classic. I do like the fret markers. My Classic did not have any. Usually they are not necessary I suppose, but they can prevent a noticeable gaffe. Unless you use a bridge pickup, this guitar has it all. It's a true beauty. The finish is a masterpiece. Around the time this guitar was built I was at Heritage with a couple of guitars, an Eagle and an Eagle Classic, with some questions. In the conversation with two of the owners, I asked whether the choice of spruce top billets (blanks) differed between the Classic and Golden Eagle. Bill and Marv said in general no. That almond burst finish looks perfect. That is not easy to do well. I don't know if this guitar is parallel or X-braced. The latter is a little trickier with a mounted pickup. Either way is good.

Sweet!!

Having grown up in Kalamazoo, I've experienced a lot of claims about what makes the difference in a good sound and have known several people who designed and built pickups on a larger scale. Many of you have heard many opinions also. Decades later these observations keep pouring in. A couple of days ago a long standing friend suggested a set of strings that made a big difference. I can only conclude that for many of us this tonequest has no end. I have been humbled several times when I was unhappy with the sound of a set up or pickup only to hand the guitar to someone very good and was amazed at the tone. My impression of Schallers is that they are decent. The tilt engineering is clever. Here's a relevant video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mURVofPTnY&t=222s I'll venture briefly into another realm- the Strat. I have one with the original pickups and a David Gilmour EMG set. There is a huge difference that to me is worth the investment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ozl28iKM0E

Let us know how much of a difference the Benedetto pickup makes vs the Schaller. It should be a pretty big change given the difference in the winding.

I would guess they were lost during one of the upgrades, maybe 5 years ago. As I recall, there was a system crash that had to do with a duplicate alias naming of gallery files. Been a good while now and the files were not able to be recovered.

Very, very nice!

Can't pull up photos of my 6 heritage guitars in my members gallery. Kind of blacked out. Are they lost forever?

Arrived Thursday. Gorgeous and plays beautifully. Played it for a couple of days now. Took it to my luthier to install a Benedetto B-6 (built in version of Benedetto’s S-6 floating pickup). I love this pickup and i think it will suit this guitar beautifully to bring out a little more acoustic voice. Especially since this model has only a neck pickup so it retains a little more of that woody/acoustic vibe. Deserves to be heard that way. Feedback is definitely a bigger issue with the single pickup and all solid woods, but part of the allure of this one was that it came with custom Doug’s Plugs for the F holes. A little less acoustic feeling with those in, but feedback is not an issue. Very excited to get it back from the shop this week.

Thanks man!

Looks awesome and sounds great!

Thanks man!