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Isn't this just like guitar people. If you have humbuckers you're putting in P-90s. If you have P-90s, you gotta replace them with humbuckers!

I actually have a Seymour Duncan mini-humbucker with a P90 dogear pickup ring. Love how it sounds.

OK, here's the deal. Next PSP, you bring your 530, I'll bring mine. You pick a song and let me know and we'll jam on it! When mine showed up, it had been sitting in the Fed Ex truck and temps were in the mid 90s. It took a few days for things to settle in. The low E string was buzzing, but a truss rod tweak and bridge adjustment to get it back to 5/64" pretty much cleared that up. It rings nicely now. Interestingly, it sounds quite different from my H-525, even though both are maple laminate tops with Lollar P90s. I don't know that the pickups are the same version, as the guitars were built many years apart. I took the 530 to jam with some friends, and it pretty much sat on the neck pickup the whole day, just some knob twisting and hitting a couple of pedals over 3 hours.

Yup! Bottom middle! If it helps... 😉 I am indeed really enjoying it! (your sacrifice was not in vain). The light weight is the first thing that really stood out when I picked it up in the showroom, and I definitely appreciate that it's easier on my back as well as being delightful to play. There was a bit of rattle on some high notes, and while there I asked Mike, ":...maybe it's just my imagination," I said, "but does it sound like there's a bit of a rattle or buzz or something there?" (or something like that), and he noticed it as well, saying that it wasn't my imagination, and that they would have no problem correcting the issue if I was interested. They were either going to tighten something up on the existing bridge, or replace it with a newer style bridge. I think in the end, he said it had something to do with saddle(s?) initially being filed too low, but in any case, they fixed the issue in-house before sending it out, and I enjoy playing it immensely. I suspect it has something to do with feeling the vibration of the hollow body and hearing some of the acoustic sounds while also hearing it through the amp, but there's something almost... somewhat ethereal that isn't present when playing other guitars. If it hadn't been for the extra discount on it, I am quite sure I would not have gotten one (spending money is not an easy thing for me, even if I have some saved up for just that purpose), so... for what it's worth, my sincere thanks for your delay. I'd originally only intended to consider getting one of the H-150s with P-90s, hoping to play one of them while there and get a feel for it. It was a surprise that the 530 (with the buzz fixed), turned out to be my first choice, and it's not something that I would have ordinarily considered. Yes, super cool and all that, but not even really on my radar for ownership since even the 150 seemed a bit of a stretch (back to the whole thing about spending money not being easy for me). The crazy end of the story (and full disclosure?) is that with the recent rollbacks on prices, and additional discount, I felt like it was just too good of a deal not to also get the H-150 P-90 that I'd tried out in the showroom as well (back to the "even if I have some saved up for just that purpose" part). Maybe it's a learning experience for me, but I can honestly say I'm very glad I got them both, and I feel it was well worth it. Also, after thinking a bit about it... I'm fairly optimistic/hopeful that the announcement would be something other than a discontinuation of the Standards. I mean... there's plenty of other stuff that they could announce, right? 🙂 Hope you are enjoying your 530 at least as much as I am enjoying mine!

good info, thx!

TKL makes them in Richmond Va. Gator makes cases in Columbia City, Indiana, just down the road from Sweetwater in Ft Wayne. G&G cases are made in Los Angeles. I think that's probably why Fender used them.

Yeah, that's part of the new "sustainable sourcing" initiative.

At first I thought it might have been due to the recent tarrifs, but I guess not Who makes cases in the USA?

Maybe they are going back to using wood pickguards?

That’s big business for ya

and I popped for a brand new 530 in red!

Good decision. It's much easier to convert a humbucker equipped guitar to P90 than the other way around. There are many quality humbucker-sized P90 on the market. Sometimes the best solution is to buy another guitar. At least, that's what I've been telling my wife over the years. 🙂

Mini hums swap out perfectly into P-90 routs.

Thanks, everyone! My guitar repair guy told me that a P90 guitar should stay a P90 guitar, way too much hassle to change to HBs.

Ah! so you're the guy who snagged that guitar. When I talked to Mike on that Wednesday, he said it was gone. I got the Antique Sunburst that was hanging next to it. I thought about the possibility that they might suspend the standard series and concentrate on the Custom Cores. In that case, I'm glad I grabbed my 530 when I did. I'm enjoying the lighter weight when I standing for 2+ hours, and it's very comfortable to play, just like the 535. I've play a few times through my Princeton, and it really sounded good going through my Strymon Iridium when I was jamming with some friends.

This is probably not it... but... I also got a very sweet 530 not too long ago that had been hanging on the wall at that same Pickin Parlor mentioned above. It was discounted a bit more than other recent discounts because there was no pickguard (being a slightly older iteration... maybe previous year's model, I think), and I was told that one reason for the extra discount was because they no longer wanted to send that model of guitar out without a pickguard. I suspect that's a pre-existing change or policy that has nothing to do with whatever may happen on the 25th, but who knows. I'm very much hoping that the announcement is not a discontinuation of the Standard series.... (I've read some speculation on Facebook and/or here that they might be considering doing that, but I think it was just speculation by fans like us). The 530 that I got is absolutely delightful, and probably my new favorite guitar.

Maybe you should have gone with the Custom Core version rather than the standard. For the extra $2000, you do get a much nicer case, among other things. Or you could have ordered two TKL cases for $400 and sold the Heritage cases. A Collings will be a nice guitar. For $8000 it should be.

All the Do Dah Day..... Boomers know!

Just curious, but did your guitars arrive today? And if so, what headstock came with them?

I don't know the headstock dimensions of the CC, but I measured my H-535 and the top was 1 3/4" and 2 5/8" at the widest point. My '25 H-530 is 2 1/8" at the top but still 2 5/8" on the bottom.

If anyone cares… I just heard back from my friend. She said that the dealer that she purchased her guitar from confirmed that Heritage has indeed started to ship their guitars in the Chinese cases. Kind of a bummer.

I don't know what exactly Heritage is using, but Lollar recommends 500K pots with 0.022uF caps, same as for humbuckers. If I had to guess, the wiring would be the same. But doing wiring on a Semi or Hollow body with f-holes is never a quick and easy project. One last comment.... the neck pickup has one spacer, so the height is not drastically different from a humbucker.

Others have reached out to Heritage about the 25th. They were told that certain iterations of models have been discontinued and stated something along the lines of "stay tuned for an announcement on the 25th." My friend contacted Heritage about her case. I am not sure if she has heard back yet. I decided to refuse shipment of the two guitars that I ordered. Now I am looking into a Collings. I am still interested in the announcement. I bet they are changing up the headstocks.

It will take some work to get Seths into an H-530. It comes with dogear P-90s, so you would most likely need to reroute the pickup holes. Plus you have two holes from the P-90s. I don't know if you could get SD to make a pair of Seths in dogear.

You first consideration might be how the top was routed to fit the pickup rings and where the holes for the screws were placed. On second thought the first consideration might be the neck angle as the height of a humbucker with adjusting screws vs a p90 that has just two screws to attach to the top and no vertical play other than pole pieces just might be problematic.