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Amazing!

Beautiful!

Charlie Brown approved.

Wow! I think I can do the chord stuff on in the arrangement and will try this afternoon. However, he has that harmonic thing down like Lenny Breau or Eric Johnson that i will not even attempt! Thanks for that! Maybe my favorite xmas song!

Just got an email this morning from Heritage.com. If you order a Standard II model, you get an Ascent Heritage for free. No idea what model that might be, but it was rather interesting to see such an email: So if you're in the market for a new Standard II model, buying direct gets you a freebie Ascent (assuming its the bolt on model) https://ctrk.klclick.com/l/01KC6TWZHKGRCT3TNFM75GST03_14

Marty Grass might have some insight on this.

Apologies if this has previously been posted previously. Nice guitar. Nice playing. Topical and Seasonal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH8gwla9THg

The white one looks like it is frowning at you, or it has a fu-man-chu mustache! 😆

cue Ian Anderson

they are indeed! I took the liberty of posting the images here in the thread

It's the same reason that G&L and now Fender are still showing pictures of Leo Fender, and Gibson is still touting their latest "59 Les Paul". It's about lineage, history, a familial connection. Guitar people are enamored with the past, whether it is reality or not. Otherwise nobody would be trying to recreate the past!

Yes, that is somewhat curious. They're obviously playing on the look and feel of the old workspace, but we know that the real factory floor looks nothing like that now. And I suspect the photos of the new models with a background of the old plant required some photoshop work. Ah, marketing...

Those are real nice looking guitars!

While looking around at the Joe Walsh auction, I threw "heritage guitar" into the search bar & found these guitars with descriptions like: "A Gretsch Model G410M Synchromatic archtop guitar, solid maple top, one of 10 made by Heritage in Kalamazoo MI, natural maple finish, serial number 96410M5, one pickup, split hump block inlays, Imperial tuners, Chromatic tailpiece, Synchronized bridge and gold hardware." "A Gretsch Synchromatic GGP415M electric guitar, Carved maple top, blonde finish, one floating pickup, Chromatic tailpiece, Synchronized bridge, gold hardware, split hump block inlays and no case. One of only 10 guitars made by Heritage Kalamazoo, Michigan." Here's a link to 6 of the 10: https://www.juliensauctions.com/en/search?query=heritage+guitar&page=1 All are listed as sold. Randy Bachman probably had his dirty fingers on them :D Does anyone here own one of them, or the other 4? They were built in the early 90s apparently.

And of course Katie in finish sanding.

Yeah, I got one of those ES-135 too. It's never really "taken" to me. I guess after 30-years, I could sell it. But it was a birthday present to myself, long ago.

How many of the folks in the video have we met? Ren, Pete, Curly, Marv, Arnie, Bill. There are several that I've seen through the years but didn't get names. The rack from the prototype room should have been donated to the Kalamazoo Valley Museum. Here's an article I ran across a while back. I never saw the "passing of the torch" headstock before. https://the-guitar.com/a-heritage-of-guitar-making/

$50,000

That makes sense: those others would have been custom orders I have a Gibson ES-135 that has balsawood center block

Its rather interesting that although the factory no longer looks like this, they still use footage on their webpage showing the old factory. If you look closely, you'll notice the setup tables, wiring tables, tooling and fixtures all in the original basement floor space used to make the guitars. Ascent Collection | Heritage Guitars If you're looking at that link, it's for Heritage import Ascent lineup which is offering a 10% discount.

All, I've confirmed from the source that Heritage as of today only used Maple center blocks. Enjoy your PSA of the Day!

Yup

My Heritages from the pre-Meng era are all custom shop.