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These are Lollar Imperials in my Teye, I don't think they sound HiFi at all...

It’s here!! OMG ITS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL But I have to go to a 50th birthday party Maybe I’ll get it switched over to 9s and setup tomorrow night? STAY TUNED…..

Yeah, I agree about ThroBak's consistency. I've had several sets of them without any issues, and the SLE-101s are the ones that have remained. Between Tom Holmes' pickups and ThroBaks, I haven't felt a need to look any further. Wolfe's Legends can't be beat for the price, either. I did have one set of Imperials about 10 or 11 years ago but, frankly, they just didn't do it for me. If I remember correctly, they had sort of a "hi-fi" type of high-end that just didn't sound very vintage-like to my ears. I do understand why some folks really like them, though, for they do have a certain tonal quality about them that's appealing to many. As far as ThroBak's customer service goes, thankfully I've never had to deal with it, but I do have to admit that it would certainly put a bad taste in my mouth if a company didn't honor its lifetime warranty for a defective product.

Mahogany

This looks fantastic. Interested to hear the tone report. @brentrocks mahogany or maple top?

Well you've always loved Silverbursts, so there you go. Way to go on the score Brent!

Thanks for the kind words! Hopefully you can make it! Doc will have some new stuff there so it should be a fun day!

It’s okay Brent, I’m sure you’ll break even in a month or two when you sell it.

Hi Jaguarguy, thank you for the generous offer! I intend to do my very best to join you and the Z mavens. For the HOC - this represents an opportunity of a lifetime. The Z people that attend this festivity are akin to the HOC members. They are welcoming, knowledgeable and passionate about their amps. Jaguarguy has assembled a collection of amplifiers, mostly Dr.Z but certainly other premium models, that can rival Sweetwater. While a tad overwhelming at first glance, the majority of attendees will help walk you through them; just like the HOC assists newcomers with Heritage models. Over, above and beyond that, Jaguarguy provides a comfortable setting for the event and is the most gracious host I’ve encountered. His muZeum even rivals PSP for fun and friendly interactions. Highly Recommended.

I'm glad you got it. It has been tempting me for a few days, and I have been pretty close to pulling the trigger on it. I even had it in my cart a couple times. You have saved my life. Many thanks, and cony!

Why not post the photos in color? 😀Post a report when you receive it please.

Back away from the keyboard.

Very nice ! Congrats !!

Great score Brent! Every one of us knows what you just experienced, we've been there many times ourselves. Enjoy!

I was DEFINITELY NOT in the market for a new guitar!!! I had just sold an extraordinary H157 to a good friend of mine a couple months ago, so I knew how awesome these new Custom Core H157s are. Then I go poking around on the Sweetwater’s website, looking at what new Heritage Guitars they’ve got in….and I see it A beautiful SILVERBURST H157!! And is was a demo! Normally a $4400 guitar, marked down to $3200!!! Only 8.5 lbs!!! ”I really can’t afford this”. “I really don’t need it” Throw common sense into the wind….i had to get it. More pics and a full review to follow!!

I wish I could stick around, but I'll be heading back to attend a memorial service for a good friend's wife.

I hold a gathering of around 20 people every summer at my place in Ann Arbor for members of the Dr. Z Forum to come and try out my Dr. Z amps. I just might have the largest collection of Dr. Z amps in the country (according to Dr. Z). I've had several of members of the HOC that have attended prior get-togethers here. I'm making the same offer this year. We usually get started around 10 a.m. and shut down when the last person leaves (last year it was after midnight). Dr. Z (Mike Zaite) himself will be attending this year and bringing at least 2 of his new amps - the recently released Z-40 and the soon to be released "PHD" (a mash-up of vintage Fender Princeton, Fender Harvard and Dr. Z tones (hence "PHD"). It's a 10 watt KT66 single ended power tube, a 6SL7 octal pre-amp tube, and 5U4GB tube rectifier. I'll provide a lunch, snacks, and soft drinks/water. If you're a Heritage purist, you can either bring your own guitar or use one of my Heritages. If you're interested just drop me a note here and I'll send you more details.

I have a 2001 H535, with HRW's. The switch tip has a black dot (and black tips have a white or cream dot). The pickups have the double height adjust screws, as do the regular Schaller humbuckers. (HRW's are made with the same hardware from Schaller). They are also marked on the back of the pickups as HRW in ink.

Unlike most people that have posted above, I have seen the quality issues on my own Heritages, and I've heard about many quality control issues wih pre bandlab Heritages. One of my good friends was a dealer for Heitage. and he told me some stories about how many bad ones came through his store. And of my 3 H150s that I own(ed), two of them had nut and fret issues that had to be addressed before I could get the action down low enough to where I like it. And I had to sand out more than a few file marks. When I see the term "Golden Age" referring to pre bandlab Heritages, I just roll my eyes. For the people that got good pre band lab ones, that's great, but for those us who have had to deal with the issues on the older ones, it was a pain. I originally got into Heritages, because I'm a serial modder with pretty good guitar repair skills, and I figured they were so cheap at the time, if I had to do a little work on one, it was worth it. And I really liked the wood on them, they sourced some nice Honduran mahogany, Eastern flamed maple, and Indian Rosewood. And if you were patient, you could find a good one with a decent low weight. But those low prices are history now, so if I was to buy an older Heritage, I would demand a return window. That said, the H150s I have now are good to go, and with the way I modded them, they are great guitars. And he H535 P90 that Kuz sold me was set up really great, and I knew it would be a good guitar, because it was Kuz, who's a straight shooter, and he would never sell me a guitar that was sub par.

That says it all!

I'm not sure if this is unusual or business as usual. When Marv wanted to show me how the figuring would look when my guitar was finished, he spit on the flame maple top and rubbed his spit in. Flamed maple top looked Fab, ha.

I read a ton of stuff about the newer ones having better quality control and from what I've seen I guess that is true. But like others have said on here, I just feel a real heart and soul connection to the guitars that were built pre-2015. There's just something about that group of guys that came out of Gibson building those, and it's just a whole different thing. I'm not saying the new ones are bad. They're incredible actually. I have played several and every one of them is top notch and stellar! But the old ones definitely have more of a "hands-on" feel, versus a "automated, quality controlled" feel in 2025. Again, I'm not saying that's a bad thing, but everything pre-2015 just feels like it was more of a "hands-on" kind of a thing, even if there are some bumps and bruises along the way on some of them. I guess I'm calling that character! LOL. Kind of a different topic, but I am still upset that the "Ascent" line came out and has the full-on Heritage logo on it, just like all of them have for years. I totally get creating a line made overseas to compete with that market, but I wish "Ascent" would have been at the top of the headstock in big letters and maybe just put "By Heritage" on the truss rod cover or something. But it is what it is at this point.....

My record is zero defects out of the five I've owned. Nothing whatsoever. All products of the previous management.

I've had many Heritages over the years, one had a twisted neck and one had a truss rod that was maxed out. But that is two out of about a dozen I've had.