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That guy knows his **** I was talking to him at a PSP

It used to be that I couldn't stand weight relieved guitars like these but in recent years my back has persuaded me to reconsider that opinion. I like the 3rd generation of weight relief that Gibson came up with because it kept a desirable tone and distributed the body weight evenly so that the guitar didn't feel fake and lopsided when you picked it up. I wouldn't mind taking one of these on a test drive but my local Heritage dealers all vanished.

this website's unwieldy edit property wrecked my efforts to polish the preceding post . . . The short of it is that Heritage works with Sweetwater for the "Exclusive" releases. Heritage goodness with some one-off variety. My new one has Seth Lovers which was a key consideration in pulling the trigger. H's 225 humbuckers don't garner universal praise and I don't want to gamble with tone since tried-and-true pickup choices are out there. Quick aside, my Sweetwater Exclusive H-150 from earlier in the fall has Lollar Imperials and they're the cat's meow. Good job, H and SW!

This bad boy joined the herd over the weekend . . . I'm not normally one for factory aging but the one in this thread

So…. After getting this baby setup for 9s, and getting it all dialed in, I have come to the conclusion that…. This H525 is friggin awesome!!! Holds tune like a champ!! The 2 Lollar p90s sound absolutely amazing!!! I’ve never had a Faber bridge on a guitar before. I really like it. It’s a locking bridge. The neck is a very comfortable medium C carve. Sets up with a medium/low action. Frets show minor wear. The guitar is nice and light. It has a slight bit of neck dive, but it’s hardly noticeable. Overall, a very nice playing Heritage guitar with great tone!!!!

Thanks Scott!! My go to guy is Dave Teski. One of the finish guys at Heritage

I've played a few of the H150's with the weight relief and I think Heritage got a good balance of weight distribution that some of the earlier weight-relieved Les Pauls from Gibson didn't. I have a 1998 H150, that once I changed some of the hardware on, tips the scale at about 8lbs and 14oz, definitely one of the lighter ones. Unlike most H150's of the era, it had from the factory, a standard Nashville bridge and a heavy zinc tailpiece, and was just over the 9lb mark. Swapped the Grovers out (super heavy they are) and put a Faber aluminum tailpiece and ABR1 on it. That knocked a lot of ounces off. That guitar always had a ton of acoustic resonance. Which is was why I bought used so many years ago. Just a few years ago, I got a Gibson custom shop 1960 Les Paul reissue (60th anniversary model). That one is solid, one-piece mahogany body, and total weight is 8lbs and 1oz. It is a joy to play, light and resonant.

If you check mine, it doesn't have a fixed bridge!

https://youtu.be/3Y1BBMVfTXo?si=Ri50Y29PJOlpsOLR I had one long ago. I bought it new. The dealer did not know about the LW treatment. I should have kept it. Back then there was a bias against it, saying it steals tone and sustain. Gibson got bad press about the Swiss cheese butchery. In theory some of that may be true. Yet I have great sounding small and medium sized semi-hollows. The LW H-150 did not have neck diving, was about 7 lbs, and sounded excellent. I'm glad Heritage is promoting such an instrument.

Great find Brent! Who do you use now for finish work?

I’m thinking about having a Silverburst finish shot on just the top and then leaving the back and the rim satin black. To match my 157 custom core.

That's a beauty! I rather like the satin look, gives it a rather vintage vibe. Congrats!

And the center block with which they attach the fixed bridge.

There's nothing inside except air!

I'm pretty sure he says "patch wood" there, explaining the filler section, not "bass wood" He says it again a bit later too

According to Pete: 99% of centerblocks are maple, but there are mahogany & even some spruce centerblocks out there

more juicy tones 🤘

btw do they have a centerblock at all?

I remember talking to Bill Paige about them, it must have been when they first came out: I was telling him about my Gibson ES-135 & saying they should make a thinner H-575 style, as it is more manageable to play & doesn't feed back so easily Bill said " have you heard about our H-525? " and pointed to one on a rack Well there ya go!! Congrats Brent, that looks really nice!

I've had this model on my mind ever since I bought my H-530 and wonder how the tone compares to the 530? The body depth is a bit more than a 530 so I assume it would be a bit warmer than a 530. Can anyone confirm or shoot down my thoughts. Oh, and congrats on the NUGD!

Congrats. I still have the one you sold me. Love it!

CVS, This is mine. I picked this up one night at Brents house. LK155 had it at PSP one year and I really liked the guitar. When it became available, I jumped.