Are Artisan Aged guitars always Custom Core?

[eljay]

Hi, everyone!

I have my eye on this: https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/H535AADLB--heritage-artisan-aged-h-535-electric-guitar-dirty-lemon-burst-sweetwater-exclusive

The SW price and the headstock make me think the guitar is a standard, not a CC.

It has Seth Lovers, which is what stirs my interest apart from the kool finish.

Information is welcome! eljay

[Spectrum13]

Yes it says it is artisan aged NOT custom Core  so AA not CC

Don't know about the scratch guard.

 

 

[DetroitBlues]

17 minutes ago, eljay said:

Hi, everyone!

I have my eye on this: https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/H535AADLB--heritage-artisan-aged-h-535-electric-guitar-dirty-lemon-burst-sweetwater-exclusive

The SW price and the headstock make me think the guitar is a standard, not a CC.

It has Seth Lovers, which is what stirs my interest apart from the kool finish.

Information is welcome! eljay

The aged Heritages started four or five years ago, long before the CC lineup existed.  So you can find both Standard and CC that are Artisian Aged.

This particular example ss a standard core H535, you can tell by the lack of inlays in the headstock and dot inlays on the neck.  As early as 2023, Heritage changed the headstock size for the Standard Core to be the same as the custom core.  

Plus CC only have hand-wound pickups from the factory.

This one was $3499, the CC H535 starts at $3999

Looks like you cannot buy this one now anyway, and if rumors are true, you won't be able to at all