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Thanks much. I had a hard time choosing a finish for it but the dark almond burst turned out quite to my liking. I checked out your gallery while I had a minute, wow, all eye candy for sure, and no doubt ear candy as well.

Gitfiddler, I received the new H535 and have now had a chance to set it up, get acquainted with it at home, and play it on stage. It's been many years since I've acquired a new guitar I've liked so well so quickly. As you know from my first post I wanted a guitar to replace my old 335 for the rigors of life outside home and studio, but for that to happen it had to be pretty special or else I'd never be able to leave the 335 back. I could go on and on about specifics but to keep this brief I'll simply say the artists at Heritage nailed the feel and sound of my old 335 closer than I ever hoped or expected. I played the H535 on stage this past weekend exclusively and never once yearned for the old 335. I was able to be content knowing it was safe at home in it's case, now allowed an easier life of semi-retirement...lol. If you knew me, and if you knew how much I truly love that old 335 you'd know better the level of high praise the previous statement portends. Without doubt I am now a huge fan of Heritage guitars. I will be displaying mine proudly. It wouldn't surprise me at all to see a few more Heritage guitars purchased around my area just on the beauty, playability, and sound of mine. I host a blues jam on Sunday evenings that attracts most of the musicians in the area from one Sunday to the next so it will be seen and heard by many. I created an album with a few pics of it but being new to this forum I'm not certain I set it up correctly to be viewed by others. I am also gonna attempt to attach the photos to this post. Let me know if you can view it. If not I'll take another stab at getting the pics up in a public manner.

Don't mind at all and Jay never acted as though it was any secret although I'm sure there might be price differences from one guitar to another, and this price was quoted and agreed upon six months ago...it was a custom order however with block inlays instead of dots and the pickguard finished to match the guitar, some of that bumped the price up some from a stock guitar....$2242 including shipping....to get it precisely like I wanted it, a great price I thought....much less than the stock LC335

OK Gitfiddler, my name is also Tim and I joined HOC about six months ago, when I ordered my first Heritage. This is my first post. "Hello" to you and all of the Heritage owners/experts on this forum. That guitar, H535, is now due to arrive in two days. Although I've played one or two owned by others I confess it will be my first Heritage. For many years now my stage and studio mainstay has been a 1967 ES335TD I bought used in 1972 for $225. Long gone are the original pups, replaced with Seth Lovers, but it still remains my favorite feeling/sounding guitar. For some time now I have been trying to find an instrument I like well enough to retire this old girl to studio use only. She has accumulated quite a bit of wear and tear over the years and has earned some lighter duty I hope will help preserve what's left of her cracked and worn finish. Up to now I haven't found a suitable replacement. I hope that problem will be solved with the arrival of my new Heritage. Prior to ordering the H535 from Jay I had purchased a Larry Carlton 335 from a big box store. It is, to my knowlege, the only 335 style guitar made these days with a 1 9/16 nut width the same as found on 335's of the late 60's such as mine. I kept the LC 335 for less than a week and returned it, very disapointed due to the very shoddy fretwork/fretboard binding work it displayed. Failing to cap the ends of the frets with the binding to give it that smooth feel as was always a Gibson trademark feature of the past, or even making a decent attempt at smoothing the bare fret ends as Fender, PRS, and others do on non-bound fretboards was a shortcut I just couldn't tolerate on an instrument in that price range. If not for that lapse in quality with a switch to Seth Lover pups the LC 335 might have filled the bill, but to make it playable I'd have had to have it refretted properly. Replacing pups is one thing, to me mostly a matter of personal preference, but I just couldn't bring myself to spend an extra $400 to correct deliberate low quality workmanship. All of that led me to get in touch with Jay who assured me Heritage would make me an H535 with the nut width and profile I wanted, with my preferred pups, with the fretboard properly bound, and most likely at much lower cost than the LC 335. It was an offer I couldn't resist. I await delivery of that guitar now with high hopes it will meet my needs. It better...lol...it's a special order item. Wish me luck, and any special break in tips from H535 experts on HOC that might help smooth my first Heritage ownership experience would be most welcome. Thanks much.....