TalismanRich

My bad.... I know... I know. Block inlays, headstock inlay, although it has chrome hardware. I posted the darn pic. Maybe I should have looked at it!!! 🤪

Our friend Tulk won the white 535 in 2010. No Bigsby was seen.

That's one of the complaints all the haters have on that other forum.

You're a good Grandpa, MG. Passing along a love of music and fine instruments to make it is a fine legacy.

I did a bit of gamma correction to give a better view of the headstock itself. Now, is this going to be a commercial product, or is someone just making a personal guitar, or something to show at an upcoming NAMM show? Heritage has always done a bit of customizing for the shows to show their abilities. I wonder if NoSnowBlower has any insight. He seemed to have an inside track on things.

In the picture posted on Facebook, you can see that the headstock does say Heritage. Interestingly, the headstock appears to have an outward flare.

That's the big brother of my H-140. The more I see them, the more I like a classic cherry burst finish! I don't know why they get so much hate.

Hey, some of just buy some guitars and then.... KEEP THEM! I've been looking at several guitars, and then I decide instead to just go pick up one of the guitars I already have, and the need to buy something fades away. Buy some new strings and make it sound fresh and new! I have seen a few on Reverb, and actually saw one on the local Craigslist. They're out there.

The cure for that is to pick up a guitar every day. It's a "use it or lose it" thing. Now you just need to let your hair grow out about a foot so that fan can blow it back... rock star style!

It looks like you're having a good time!

I have one from every PSP starting with #2. I don't know if there was one for the 1st PSP. One year wasn't a tee shirt, it was blue with buttons, if I recall. I would need to go up and root through the closet to see. A few years we even had hats.

Obviously building acoustic guitars wasn't a priority with the original company. I remember lots of discussions about someone like Godin making the bodies, and adding Heritage necks. SweeLee has a number of Harmony acoustics on their website, at prices similar to the Ascent guitars. That suggests to me that they are Asian builds. https://www.sweelee.com.sg/search?query=harmony&vendor=Harmony&product_type=Acoustic Guitars

That's what the guitar was built for. I like the fancy strap you have on that thing.

That guitar takes me back to my guitar lessons in the mid 60s at Dee Wells music studio. They had one in the display case for sale (WAY more than we could afford), but seeing that, as well as guys like Johnny Rivers on the cover of his album Live at the Whiskey a Go Go just fired up my first case of guitar lust. You can have your Les Pauls and Strats. That's what a guitar should look like!

It was 1975. I wanted that orange Kawasaki. I had a old Fender Jag (like 10 years old!), and a new Guild S100. WHO needs two guitars? I can only play one at a time, and I like the Guild's sound better. As Tina Turner sang "what's love got to do with it?"

I don't sell guitars. I buy guitars I want and keep them. So this is easy to answer - my 60s Jaguar! It was the last guitar I sold. I bought it for $200 used around 1969, and I sold it for $225 to buy a motorcycle in 1975. It wasn't the greatest guitar in the world, but I used that a lot when our band was very active. I've looked at some Jaguars, but the closest I can find is a Vintera 60s Jag. All the new Fenders are Kurt Cobains, Johnny Marrs, Players and the Vintera 70s which has the block markers. Alas, I can't find any pictures of it, but I remember it fondly.

Mark, good to hear from you again. Glad to hear you're enjoying your time. I missed reading your tales (sometimes good, sometimes tales of woe). Should there come a day that you get the bug, you'll surely find some like-minded mates to scratch the itch. Don't stay away so long next time.

Lordy Mark, Do you have a black cloud floating somewhere over your head? I remember what it was like when my leg was in a cast for 6 weeks. UGH! Hope you heal up quickly!

Wow, you were looking to replace a guitar player, and you end up with a rotation of drummers! That stinks that your man had to bow out because of arthritis. This aging stuff just sneaks up and bites us when we're just having fun. Hopefully the days of drama and drunken spouses are far behind you. Perhaps you can grace us with some videos of the new band.

I can't think of a more eloquent way of putting the HOC and PSP in perspective. Yes, this is a hobby for most of us, but the friendships are what make it all worthwhile. Well said!

You mention the neck/body junction, but I don't see a photo of that joint. Perhaps I am not understanding the nature of the problem. Is the problem only with the binding, or is there a more structural issue with the neck joint? While I personally would not have an issue with the offcenter dots, it clearly is a fault. Your best recourse is to deal with the seller. If he is an authorized dealer, he should act as the bridge between you and the factory. Having modified the guitar with the Bigsby may present a problem. Changing the binding on the neck would be one way to remedy the situation, and I fear that it could result in more visible flaws. The dots are knocked in by hand, so the dot could be drilled out by hand, filled and redrilled for the new dot.