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Congratulations on your new 'Sweetie'! Play that beauty in good health. 👍

Some of the best Heritage archtops I've experienced have been the Sweet 16. The 575 is nice too, but the Sweet 16 with it's longer scale works really well. The Armstrong single is a super pickup. They have 7k and 11k options on tap. I've set them up with a small slider switch under the guard to make it selectable. Both settings sound and work good. The woods on your 16 are very nice. Enjoy.

Beautiful, enjoy.

Sweet! Congrats. That is a good looking guitar.

That's a sweet, sweet 16! Congrats on your NGD!

Very nice, congrats!

One of their best sounding platforms. Congratulations on that Beauty!

Regarding the bridge, I have a little experience in replacing a similar bridge on an Eagle Classic that I purchased in 1996. In my case, I found that the original bridge posts were simply placed in some drilled holes on the base of the bridge and were not anchored down in any way. I suspect that what we're seeing in the above image is likely the same scenario, for the posts will tend to wobble around a bit in the holes. Whether or not that's the fault of Heritage I won't venture to speculate, but I did replace the original rosewood bridge with a similar ebony model where I was able to screw the posts directly into the bridge base, which resulted in a solid anchoring of the posts. I haven't had a problem with it since. If by chance you're looking to repair your bridge, I would suggest replacing it.