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Here are the pics I promised . . .

"Hey honey, I was thinking to get junior this guitar for Christmas." (shows picture of Ascent)

Pics? It doesn't sound quite right to me. I do own a special order H150 from 1998. It was a dealer special order, they made a run of them, maybe a few runs of them. It is a standard H150 but it came with SD 59 pickups and a Nashville tune-o-matic bridge and a zinc stop bar, instead of the typical Schaller pickups, bridge and tail at the time. But it bears a regular serial number and it has the normal sticker under the control cavity cover.

Thanks! No wonder they sound so great!

I recently purchased an older H-535 that is really interesting. I was thinking the community might want to help unravel some of the mystery. The serial number starts with AE, so this is likely a 2014, but the seller told me this was a 2006. I think he believed that because the model number on the hang tag is H-535.'06. Any ideas on what the '06 in the model number designates? There are no screw holes for a pick guard, so it definitely left the factory this way. There is also no label or glue residue for a label inside the body. There are no indications of this being a factory 2nd, so I'm thinking this was a special order. Here are some more details on the specs. The bridge is a Gibson branded ABR-1 and the stop bar has a set screw, so I'm thinking it might be a tone-pros. The part number and date stamp on the pickups show they are Duncan Seth Lovers from 2015. This may be an owner mod or it may be that the guitar was serialized in 2014, and not completed until some time later with newer factory original pickups. The seller believes that this was built for or by an employee for his personal collection. This theory was based on who the previous owner was and how he came to own it. I'd prefer not using anyone's real names to help protect their privacy, but this is another reason why I think it was a special order and a possible explanation for the newer pickups. I can add some pics shortly. I need to reduce their size. Right now they are too big and exceed the 1.5M limit. I have emailed Heritage to see what sort of documentation they may have on it, but I also thought it would be an interesting conversation to share with the community. Anyone want to chime in with thoughts?

For what they were selling the Standard I guitars for a while back you could buy a couple of Ascent 137 or 150s. The prices on the Standard II line has risen back to the original Standard l pricing.... $2600 for the H-150 and $3000 for the H-535 and 530. The Ascents that were in Ren's Picking Parlor felt like pretty decent guitars. Even our own Yoslate seemed impressed with the one he was picking on. I don't know if it was an Ascent or Ascent+. He might remember.

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All the original P90 Heritages that I'm aware of have Jason Lollar pickups. Unless it was a custom order, or the pickups were changed, those would likely be the stock ones. The control cover may even say the pickups. Check there.

That is unreal! He has some great stuff on his channel. Here is more with that Heritage Kenny Burrell gtr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s37ks9pecJc

So I pulled out my trusty H-137 and as usual was blown away by how cool it sounds and plays.....just the right amount of twang and grit coming from the P90s. What did Heritage use for the stock pickups? Mine has an AA SN# which would put it around 2012? Did they use different pickups over the years? Like any great P90 they have a bit of hum but the sound is really cool.....real similar to my 58 LP JR P90 for sure!

Living In The Past.

WOW!!!!!

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...