DetroitBlues

I really don't remember. I did put one in a Gibson Les Paul I bought from Brent, sounded pretty good, best when uncovered.

Good deal, it’s a rare model and a timeless design.

Yes. It safely guards my plectrums from the evil galactic empire.

Wampler does all that.

Just to build off my previous thread, here’s a before and after of my pedal board adventures. With exception to the noise suppressor, I am able to achieve the same tonal options with less pedals… The Wampler has a pre/post input/outputs, similar to an effects loop. I have programmed some effects like Phaser and Univibe to be in front of the amp/gain pedals. Others such flanger, chorus, etc are post gain that I have running through the effects loop of my amp. The Delay and Reverb combos also run from the post output so they are also outside of the gain stages.

I think you'd still need a bigger board! That's a lot to fill in!

Heritage brought back the H137 in a Custom Core model. Very similar to mine except the no neck binding, in-house built P90's, and separated bridge/tailpiece. Someone was selling an HOC 137 a while ago, can't remember who. But its a great deal, especially if you're a fan of the monstrous fat necks. A Custom Shop guitar without the price tag of a Custom Core.

I was lucky enough to do a tonal/sound comparison between these pickups and a SG Special Custom Shop. There was little to no difference in tone but a significant difference in noise. I don't think they are necessarily humbuckers in a traditional sense as there still was the growl and bite of a normal P90.

Bit of a teaser. I don't have any video yet, but I used my Heritage H137 HOC LE at last Saturday's gig, almost 2 full sets. Always concerned when using it for live use previously being it has P90's, a wonderfully sounding pickup, but prone for the worst of 60 Cycle hum. Although, this particular model has Mojotone Quiet Coils. Supposedly a normal P90 that has been wound in some way to reduce noise. I decided to just use it anyway. Very thankful that I did. Guitar sounded great and, being a lighter guitar, it was easier on the back. Being so well made, it felt great to play. Best of all, no noise! So glad I made this guitar happen.

Nice snatch, but I think the best looking Korina was the natural finished 357 you used to have. That was amazing!

I think I have a lot covered here without compromise now.

Right, but if I have to adjust to the venue, deep dives to change settings is difficult.

I have no doubts those are amazing, but needing a computer to set them up and if how to quickly adjust on the fly seems challenging if you aren't intimately familiar with the units. But I'm not dragging around a computer for live play. I've gone back to analog (mostly), this time I have my drive pedals going to the front of the amp and a pair of digital pedals, Wampler Terraforma (chorus, flanger, phaser, etc) and a Universal Audio Del-Verb (delay/reverb pedal) through the effects loop (there is an interesting path where as I have the phaser go in front of the drive pedals).

I've never saw the poker chips on a catalog model. Obviously, I wasn't old enough to know back when they sold new in a shop. My assumption is dealers and individual owners added the poker chip. My 1985 H140 did not have one.

I've been trying to get more versatility from my pedal board without going overboard with dozens of pedals. Thought I'd go the route of a multi-effects route so I can get different reverbs, delays, modulation, compression.... Instead I ran into option paralysis. At first I was going to use a TC Electronics Plethora X3 or X5 as it has 3 to 5 different effects you can switch on and off like an individual pedal. However, that version requires a 600mA output and the most my power supply offers is 300mA. I returned it in favor for a Boss M3 Effects Switcher. This was even worse! You can load hundreds of banks, run you own individual drive pedals in/out, decide if you want to put anything in/out before your drive pedals. But as I discovered, creating you own banks is a challenge, sorting the pedal order, avoiding switch banks if you only want to switch a pedal/effect on/off. Limited to 2 Modulation effects and 2 internal drive effects. It became too much to use. There was no way I could effectively use this pedal live. I've gone back to regular pedals. I am going to try a Wampler Terraform for different modulation effects as it seems to function a lot simpler for live use. May investigate some different Reverb/Delay units that offer more options. We'll see I guess

Would a magnet swap make a difference?

Common thing to do to Heritages. That 137 is killer, rare to see them with a single pickup.

Tasty! That's the style I had installed on my 535, except my reflectors were gold.

And you got a good deal on that Collins 290, from what I can find, the asking price for used models is over $4K. There is a dealer near me selling the exact same model as yours for $6300. Collings 290 Candy Apple Red – Detroit Guitar

Mine is a Gibby pickguard from new old stock from the 1970's. Adds a little vintage mojo.

DOh, you had me looking hard at the double bass....I believed you for a hot minute! The other guitar looks like a Super Eagle? Older one with the gold H tailpiece....

The tuners on the HOC LE were the closet I could get them to use for to resemble the originals. The tooling for the holes required a standard hole configuration unfortunately. I can say, four year later, the guitar still rocks. Heading back to the stage in a couple of weeks.

I did see these in person, the color is actually the same as mine. Looks really close to an original as I had the fortune to see one of those in person too. However, the price just isn't right. And where is the binding on the neck? The Historic version is $4100 while the Standard Line is $1800. I think, and only guessing here, is the 137 is limited production, so they won't mass produce them along with the standard core line. My assumption is they will only make them upon request, driving up the cost. So making them a custom core model would make sense I suppose.

I actually just replaced the knobs on my 2023 H150. I used a clean cloth to go underneath the knob, twist it up a little bit to get a good grip and pull. Took a little time and it worked great. I've always liked the look of the traditional control knobs, but I found for live playing, the speed knobs give me quicker response to the controls. What are you replacing the stock control knobs with?

Gibson does have an historic run of the Jr/Special.... Priced comparatively to this Heritage model. I am assuming, but this new design is closely related to my design inputs for the HOC Limited Edition H137. I'll be thankful I have my H137 HOC LE, to me its the closest thing to an original from Kalamazoo.