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Yes, the heels are different. For most it won't make much difference. I like the smaller heel for a little better high fret access. OTOH, some great blues players do fine with the larger heel. The stinger is a different story. It improves tone right off the charts! Actually I don't know what the point of the stinger is except to hide the wood beneath it. Also, sometimes the stinger is off center, which makes it worse than not being there.

How about stinger vs no-stinger, wowsers.

Wow. Both of them look spectacular!

Those are gorgeous! I always loved the semis in Natural, second only to the classic red. It's interesting to see the difference in the cap on the heals of each.

These are not quite identical twins and are old-school H-555s. One of them was made for Vince Lewis. That one I once owned and can tell you it plays perfectly. I'm told the other one is about the same. I'm trading one of my Heritage ghost built Gretsch Synchromatics plus some dough for these two with a long-standing friend and trading partner. Heritage wasn't run as tightly back in the days these were made, but the Vince one is perfect. I believe the other one is as well based on my friend's experience. The Vince build has Schallers, which I wouldn't change. The other one is stated to have HRWs, but I'm not sure. I recently got a newer build H-535 that has PRS pickups. It is extremely nice. I like the general formal of the semi-hollow.

Paul @ Green Oak has been serving HOC members for over 20 yrs as a very straight guy. I also have some incredible pieces of unsold, full warranty one of a kind Heritages. https://www.gbase.com/stores/american-classic-guitars I REALLY stepped back from selling during my divorce and I should get on getting about 50 guitars out in the real world!

some of the very coolest hippest Heritages ever have come through this shop. One of the ones I wish I'd never ever sold.....ahhh yes, the Duaneburst Custom H150....Even as an archtop hollow body loving jazz guy - I still pine for that one. I've never seen or played anything like it. One of our own here at HOC designed that masterpiece.

Snagged a new Strymon Flint for a good deal this past week. It offers a nice simple Reverb circuit as well as a Tremolo circuit with three flavors each and just enough knobs to tweak your sound without it turning into a science project.

Yes, I confess, I did it, it was me...... And yes, great to be back!!!!!! I've heard great things about the new Custom Core 150's, but also apparently the Ascent line, which I understand it's Heritage's budget versions, is supposed to be incredible and way better than Epiphone and the likes...?

Green Oak for sure!

As I recall (and that's a shot in the dark anymore), L. Paulverizer was a semi-regular here many moons ago. Good to see you back! The new Custom Core 150's are incredible! So good, I put my '61 PAF's in it!

Give Paul at Green Oak a shot first. One stand up guy!

And a Glorious “over 50” it is at that.

Acquiesce to pressure.

And if you don't have Irfanview (or don't want it on your computer) File Explorer in either Windows 10 or 11 has a photo resize function.

At last count it was over 50. 🙂

If you're working with a Windows computer, you can use Irfanview (a free photo editor) and simply resize it to half or less and save the smaller file. You don't need to be posting a 4800x3600 image. Something around 1280x960 is perfectly fine for viewing on a computer. There are free photo apps for Android and Iphone.

Try Green Oak Guitar.

I had the exact same problem uploading mine, and it really bugged me, but eventually I found a way around it…

So if I do the contact to order thing there would be a reasonable chance they could be able to sell me one? I just figured I’d buy direct but can I expect a good experience from a retailer such as Sweetwater? I’ve never bought a guitar that I didn’t get to play first so I’m a little weary of buying online but figured straight from the source would be good.

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They have some guitars available at the factory, but they also have a wide selection at dealers like Sweetwater, Daves or Chicago Music Exchange. Custom Core 150s are being made daily, as are Eagle Classics.

That's why you got the Fender ToneMaster Deluxe, right? 🤣