MartyGrass Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 For those not familiar, Heritage made an artist model designed by David Paul. This is a H-550 that is 2" deep and has a Bigsby and full center block. Some were cherry but most were blue. I got one a few months ago. Yesterday I pulled one of the pickups to make sure they were HRWs. I tried using a scope instead, but the center block wouldn't allow it. The photo I include shows an HRW. It also shows creator Ren Wall's "floating 4 point mounts". These are small brass spacers that reduce the pickup bezel contact and, in theory, allow more frequencies to come forth through the pickup. I asked him long ago if they work. He smiled and said some people say they can hear the difference. On this guitar it is hard to imagine, but they made me smile. My guitar is the final prototype. It doesn't have David Paul's signature on the headstock or pickguard. Below is my favorite David Paul tune. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-XeMwpCNzY Here is his more typical style. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAwGG2MY-kg David quit playing years ago as far as I can tell. If anyone knows what happened to him, I'd like to know. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyGrass Posted December 31, 2023 Author Share Posted December 31, 2023 The guitar has smudges and prints on it. I've since given it a bath! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyGrass Posted December 31, 2023 Author Share Posted December 31, 2023 I found a photo of David at Heritage. Also, here's another of his tunes on the blue Heritage.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxTvYP5SYBY Also, I read an old HOC thread that purported the guitar to weigh 16 lbs. I put mine on two scales. Both showed a little less than 9.5 lbs. I have a couple of Heritage H-157s weighing more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolero Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 Gorgeous!! And congratulations. I remember reading about the 16 lb weight, and being surprised. 9.5 lbs is more ideal for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heritage1970 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Love these models - and Ren and HRWs! Thanks so much for sharing! Happy New Year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalismanRich Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 They were guitars that were nicely spec'd. I like the thinner body (closer to my H-525. I didn't realize they had a center block. I guess that's where the weight comes from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skydog52 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 On 12/31/2023 at 1:31 PM, MartyGrass said: For those not familiar, Heritage made an artist model designed by David Paul. This is a H-550 that is 2" deep and has a Bigsby and full center block. Some were cherry but most were blue. I got one a few months ago. Yesterday I pulled one of the pickups to make sure they were HRWs. I tried using a scope instead, but the center block wouldn't allow it. The photo I include shows an HRW. It also shows creator Ren Wall's "floating 4 point mounts". These are small brass spacers that reduce the pickup bezel contact and, in theory, allow more frequencies to come forth through the pickup. I asked him long ago if they work. He smiled and said some people say they can hear the difference. On this guitar it is hard to imagine, but they made me smile. My guitar is the final prototype. It doesn't have David Paul's signature on the headstock or pickguard. Below is my favorite David Paul tune. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-XeMwpCNzY Here is his more typical style. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAwGG2MY-kg David quit playing years ago as far as I can tell. If anyone knows what happened to him, I'd like to know. I found this. Guitarist's fingers singing again (heraldmailmedia.com) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyGrass Posted January 16 Author Share Posted January 16 10 hours ago, skydog52 said: I found this. Guitarist's fingers singing again (heraldmailmedia.com) That was 7 years ago. I wonder what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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