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Eyeeee Laddie…. ON THE BENCH…..1998 Heritage H170 in Emerald Green!!! Rare color. The owner wants… New pickups New bridge New tailpiece Fret polish Fretboard conditioning Cleaning and detailing Poker chip added New pickup rings New strings and full setup Should be a fun Saturday project.

ALL DONE!!! Playing and sounding great!!!

Very nice! I question the description of the neck. It appears to be a three piece consisting of Korina and Maple. When I was at a PSP and picked out a neck blank, I chose a three piece Korina / maple they had lying around. Could be an employee build which IMO is better than a production with choice of wood and attention to detail. So there is that.

You have a MetroPlex? I bought the very last MK I. Took delivery in Dec of last year. It only took 2 years, but I completed the collection of all MK I & MK II models (MetroPlex, SuperPlex, GPM 45 and my desert isle DVL-1). George is a multi-faceted person. Deep sense of humor, curiosity, will to experiment and document the 60s Marshalls. He created the first master volume that, instead of coloring the tone like the rest, it behaves akin to a stereo’s volume; you get the same sound regardless of the volume. The only factor that changes is the drive of the speakers. He included a lossless loop that is the industry standard (designed by George’s friend Steve Miller - not the Fly Like an Eagle guy). They are the only amp I found that allow the player to stand in front of a 4x12 cranked to soak it all in. He obsessed with circuits that sound and react identically to his 1960s amps. As @greatmutah2112 can attest, switching back and forth between his and the original is undetectable. I believe he has a dozen or so pre-orders to fulfill and then he’s out. Those lucky people will find it worth the wait. As George said “Once you hear it, you’ll never unhear it.” I wish him the very best and still believe he will be back in, at least, a circuit designer position. You can’t turn off that level of curiosity and genius.

It’s been a massive bummer. I still read the Friday blurbs from George. I’m sad I wasn’t able to jump on one of the Mk IIs but my Mk I is going strong still. George loved building amps. When I took mine back in to have the free upgrade done to give it 3 modes instead of 2, George was so geeked to tear into mine just to make sure I had the latest updates and best sounds available. That amp is my desert island amp. It can do anything I want it to do. And I’ll always be thankful that I got to meet the man before I bought it which cemented me buying it. Playing the prototype alongside his 68 Superlead sealed it.

My 30-something yrs old H150 came with Schaller pup's, "Golden 50s" I think, which I swapped for Seymour Duncan Antiquities, the a SD '59 in the neck, then I put a first production Gibson '57+ (the Tom Holmes ones!) and it always sounded wonderful. Not for nothing it's called a pick-up, after all the acoustic sound of the guitar is what every pickup has as the basis for the sound it will eventually produce, unless one goes through extreme processing, then the guitar becomes "almost" irrelevant because 99% of what we hear is the effects: Anyway, few years ago I fitted a set of OX4 "Beano" pups on my H150 (I also have a set of OX4 "Jimmy Page" on my Gibson '58 Reissue) and oh my God, who ever said that perfection is not of this world has never tried this combo! It's just "that" sound and it has everything, sustain, thick while extremely dynamic, sensitive to the touch and changes in Volume or Tone controls on the guitar, a perfect EQ with just the right balance of bass - mids & treble....as I said perfect, and these are the only pups that hit me like that, love at first chord. I have to say that I tend to go for a very simple set up guitar - 1 or 2 pedals - Marshall on crunch, however I am a professional musicians hance at time I h=found myself playing though elaborate set up, both live and in the studio (I used this guitar straight to the console when laying down parts for a Netflix soundtrack...) nevertheless the results have never been short of impressive! That's my experience anyway...

Nice! I think i like the look of the back better than the top.

Love me some green guitars!

The "description" is just the standard description for a generic H-150. It's not a "standard" 150, with the bound headstock, it's more like a Deluxe. The neck does appear to be korina with a strip of perhaps mahogany or maple. The pickups also look like aged pickups, perhaps SD Antiquities. Most likely not stock 59s. It's surprising to me that a "boutique guitar" dealer trying to sell a guitar as being unique doesn't put a bit more time into the research instead of just pulling junk off the web. As an AG serial number, it would date to 2016 which is a full year after JP passed away. I'm sure Jim, Marv or Ren could fill in the details. The obviously have the other 3. There's no reason that the owners couldn't have decided to commemorate the 4 original owners in guitars. It was still their company at that point, just when Plaza was buying into the company (spring of 2016).

Yeah I got my Mk I in the wave of the first 25. Funny story… earlier that year I won an auction on eBay for 4 Greenbacks and asked if I could meet the guy in Saginaw. He sent me George’s address and told me to meet him there. That was Danny Ardouin and he introduced me to George and they sold me an amp by having me play his prototype and 12380. I made an order shortly thereafter and got #22. This was when it only had the 68 and modded 68 modes. He later did the 66 mode and offered free upgrades to anyone who wanted to send theirs in. So I drove back up and he happily ripped my amp apart to get it up to date lol. Last time I saw George in person was before my son was born in 2018. Took my amp up just to have it looked over and checked out and say hello. He gave it a clean bill of health but while he had it on the bench he let me try the clipping diode he was using for the DVL-1s. Offered to put it in too. We A/B’ed that a couple times against the stock and I stayed with the stock because I liked it better. More classic plexi chime in that one. I could have had a DVL-0.5 hahaha. George is a salt of the earth human being and I’m bummed his business went this way but I hope he’ll be back in some capacity. Why a company like Boutique Amp Design or someone else hasn’t offered to buy and produce his designs and have him on as a consultant is beyond me. Yeah, I know folks will say Dave Friedman’s stuff is already in their portfolio and I get that… but Dave’s stuff sounds like a recording of a perfected modded Marshall. George’s amps sound and feel like real 60s Marshalls. George’s amps capture the raspiness and raw edginess of the old Plexis.

Never heard of this particular special run, but I spotted this 2025 listing on Facebook... https://www.facebook.com/shoalsguitarboutique/posts/just-arrived-like-new-heritage-h-150-one-of-four-built-by-heritage-in-the-origin/1424474409683848/