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Thanks Scott!! That is REALLY LIGHT!! Hopefully it’s in the cards for me to keep it

Made a couple small changes…

Thanks! And yeah that was great to know Ren invented the 101 and 105 paint! Incredible!

Of course, this is amazing too!

This explains that odd finish on some Heritage guitars... "I got a hold of 3M in Minnesota and we worked out the formula for 18% gray. We sprayed it on a card. We ended up spraying a lot of them here at Heritage for several years and sold them to all the photography stores. That 18% gray was also what we used for the finish on the 101 and the 105 Heritage guitar and bass. You didn't even have to sand it. You just made the body, sprayed it with an 18% gray and that was it. " So now we know (for those of us like me who didn't know) what that paint was on the 101's. The paint was actually a Ren Wall invention!

Maybe a collectors item to Roy Clarke fans, otherwise, not really a collector's guitar. Very few if any Heritages are collectors instruments unless they were celebrity owned (and documented of said ownership).

Thanks so much! And oh wow, awesome! Really appreciate it - thank you!

Great article. I read every word. BTW, I enjoy your YouTube channel too!!!

Crank the AC15! That’s their beauty, you get that luscious, cranked beauty of a stressed circuit without blowing out the windows. Hence the recommendation: Play Loud!

There is a Roy Clark Special edition, H-535 natural , number 11 of 25, currently for sale at Musicians Friend. The price seems extremely low. Is this guitar a collectable item? Thanks, Rick (New to Heritage Guitars.)

This IS music to my ears! Big week coming up; guitars And amps! Thank You Jaguarguy.

^^ Thanks everyone! ^^

Very cool. Thanks for posting.

To Rich's point, I'm using my Princeton Reverb clone as my reference standard and it rocks! Trying to sell the AC15 I bought a month or so ago, just not a Vox amp guy, I guess.

Yup, the most important part of any quest for tone. While the amp is the most important part the speaker is the most important ingredient in the amp. I love amps more than guitars at this point. Once I started to understand how they work I started to see guitars as limited and amps as limitless, though that is probably an overstatement.

Here is what I know about the famous HRWs. I have discussed them and other inventions attributed to Ren with Ren. Some things he's very open about. The HRWs he's not. He had a hand in the tailpiece with fine tuners on it. I'm not sure if he just liked it or he influenced it. He did explain that using it is a more precise way to tune. Another project of his is the balanced string sets. He took several commercials sets and noticed the pull for the string to be in tune required varying poundage for each spring. He showed me how he tested this by hanging weights on each string until it achieved pitch. He worried that the unbalanced strings would cause neck twists. The string maker in Battle Creek, GHS, created "balanced sets" for Heritage and may have begun this for Gibson since Ren was innovative at Gibson also. Yet another project is the 4 mount pickup bezel. This lifted the mount off the wood by small washers under the corner screws. That purportedly freed the top to vibrate more freely. The HRW remains shrouded in secrecy. It does sound different than the parent Schaller pickup. The best explanation is that a Schaller coil and magnet is emptied from the casing and placed in liquid nitrogen. It then is put back in its case and soldered. If true, the HRW is not the first cryo treated pickup. The toggle switch is drilled with the same bit used for neck side holes, and the same dot is put in place. The dot is sanded down and buffed. That I have watched being made. AFAIK, there is not patenting to cryo treatment. https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/is_it_cool_or_not_cryogenically_frozen_gear_explained-108422 https://www.guitar-list.com/guitar-science/cryogenic-pickups

hey amazing! great article the truss rod history with his father Rem chamfering the nut was fascinating, I never knew about that! And it's funny: I never knew the development history of Bigby's, but after I got my first one I wondered why they didn't just drill holes in the roller bar. Now I know the answer: they did originally, but strings were breaking and Ren came up with the fix they still use. Thanks for writing/posting that. Here's to The Honorable Ren-aissance man!

It's always a good day when you you have an email from fretfiler42 in your in basket! Great conversation! Thanks for sharing.

You're welcome! Thanks so much!

Great interview! Thanks for sharing it with us!

This comes up a lot in my conversations with guitar playing friends. We all agree the amp is the biggest factor in great tone. When you've got a great amp almost any decent pickup will sound good. But... those Lollar Imperials in my Teye sound good with any amp of mine that I've plugged that guitar into. I've recorded it with both of my Boogies DC2 6V6 tubes and Fillmore 50 6L6 tubes, my Marshall EL34 tubes, and my Dirty Girl 6973 tubes. That Imperials just sound great. I also had another Teye with those pickups, and they sounded great in that one too. I wonder if Teye spec'd those Imperials specifically for his guitars. I've had mixed luck with Lollar pickups, and his P90s never really did it for me. But them Kuz sold me that H535 P90, and those sounded great.

Hi All! I write for Buddy Guy's Legends "BG Blues and Music News" here in Chicago and my recent interview with Ren Wall went up today. Thought many of you would enjoy reading it. Thanks everyone! https://www.bgbluesnews.com/post/ren-wall-ren-aissance-man-of-music

We're starting at 9 am and will probably be running until 7 (or later). If you can get any time we'll be here for you! Mike

That is just a superb guitar Brent! You need to take the oath to never sell that one, 8lbs 6oz is insanely light for an LP custom style guitar, and as we age that becomes more and more important. Enjoy your new beauty!

Cool lights in the guitar cubby! Silver burst is definitely unique and had your name all over it.