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ha. well you can blame me if you need a scapegoat

Sure, and I'm actually thinking about getting an H157, which for all intents and purposes is Heritage's own Les Paul Custom... A Custom is actually what I've been playing the most recently, it's just the perfect guitar for a show that I've been part of for the last couple of years, but having rediscovered my H150 and only yesterday jamming with a friend who has an H157 made me think. This guy bought it inspired by my own Heritage so in a weird way seems like the whole thing is going full circle!!!!

An update.... after letting things settle down, I've done a bit of setup work. A 1/4 turn tighter on the truss rod, and some adjusting on the bridge and it's playing nicely. 5/64 for the low E string, about a business card worth of relief around the 8th fret. It's much closer to my 535 now in feel. RE: the sound. I'm actually surprised it's darker/deeper sounding that the 525, even though they both are maple and have Lollar P90s. I brought the poles up on the G B and E of the neck pickup and took the low E down a bit. Sound is more balanced between strings now. It rings very well. And just like the 525, if you have the amp up a bit, you can get it to howl on a nice A or D string! Eternal sustain!

Fantastic collection!

Welcome! You have some great Heritage guitars there, so you will fit right in here!

@CVS...Welcome to the HOC. You certainly have all of the sonic basses covered with that amazing trio. In my view the versatile H530 fits perfectly between the 137 and 575. 👍

Hello everyone I am fortunate enough to own 3 Heritage guitars - H530, H137 and an H575. The H137 was purchased 5 years ago and the other 2 guitars were purchased last year. All 3 are great high quality guitars. The H137 is a real blues rock monster of a guitar. I get stoked every time a play it. For the most part I play clean (some reverb/delay) with a sight bit of OD when necessary. I use the H530 primarily for western swing blues (still learning). The H575 is for jazz (ie George Benson etc.). I gig about 2-3 times a year and have been playing guitar for many years (modest talent). For those of you who have a H530, I am curious to hear what types of music you play with it. I don't take great pics, these are from the dealer - they are pics of my guitars.

We like to hear all about our members and their Heritage guitars! Fill us in!

Yes. Let the good times roll!

Welcome, CVS. Right here. Let it fly.

Where is the best place to say hello and tell people a bit about me and my Heritage guitars?

les paulverizer that's a beautiful H150! nice top figuring too I agree every time I grab one of my Heritage's I get wowed by the quality, feel & sound of the instrument. Last night I had a similar epiphany with my H157: pulled it out & thought "damn, I need to play this more often!" It's a mahogany top that has aged enough that the woodgrain is now textured into the nitro lacquer. Or the reverse. Whatever, it looks great. This thread has me inspired me to pull out the H150

Having just been through the factory 2 weeks ago, things are a bit more modern, but it's still a relatively small operation compared to a Fender, Gibson, Cort or World Music. There aren't any conveyor belts carrying a hundred guitars around the building. What you see is people at benches with a guitar, maybe 2 people in the spray booth with a rack of 15 or 20 guitars hand spraying the guitars as they did for decades before. On one side, there's a guy hand wrapping binding with a half dozen guitars hanging next to him as the binding. My oldest Heritage is an 87 H140, and my newest is a 2025 H-530 that I got yesterday. I play all my old ones, I'm sure I'll play this one just the same. I love 'em.

Beautiful 530! Congrats again Rich

That is what I thought, but others were referring to it as a 535 when I suspected it was a 530.

Thank you! Yes, certain guitars are, as you say, "just right". I have a Telecaster, an American Ultra one, that is just perfect and even when other people play they just go "oh yes...!" Heritage guitars are very much a cult thing, at least here in the UK they definitely are, and when I pull it out some guys are always amazed and captivated by it, one esteemed luthier in particular even asked me if I really knew what I had there!!!! Of course I do! Now Heritage has changed hands so I don't know how things are, but back then when my H150 was made it was still very much a small, almost family-type operation, and the care, craftsmanship and expertise were second to none, and it definitely shows...

That is really nice! congratulations

Yes, hollow (notice the trapeze tailpiece) and P90s.

Hope you polished it up. Looks a bit grungy. Congrats anyway.

Congrats Rich! She is a Beauty! She is a fully hollow 530, correct?

I don't need to! FedEx said that it was scheduled between 12:40 and 2:40. I got to the doctors office a bit early, and got in right away. I was out and home by 1:20. The truck showed up at 2:08, so it all worked out. I gave it a couple of hours to cool down from the FedEx truck (it was almost 90 around 1:00). I've tuned it up and made a slight adjustment because the low E was buzzing from fret 5 to about 12. Give it a day or two at tension, and I'll check the relief and set the final action. The rest of the strings were fine. I gave it a quick workout with some Sultans of Swing and Come On Part 1. So far, so good. It's a nice weight, and well balanced.

Play yer delightful Millie🎸 to pass the time!

I’m reading this and agreeing with all. The irony is when I try to describe high-gain guitar to guitar muggles, I use Doobies’ China Grove as an example. I additionally dime the gain to play Without You. The brown Fender in TR’s picture above looks to be the same one Ronnie Montrose used on his first album. The songs you’re approaching eljay are cleanish that can be approached by lowering amp gain levels together with guitar volume. And as far as the NGD goes: Nice Snatch!

Thanks, Josh, I appreciate your input

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