1987 H170. NGD

[brentrocks]

1987 HERITAGE H170…

 

 

1st generation H170 double cut.  

 

 

Honduran mahogany body and neck 

 

Bound and Carved flame maple top

 

Bound Indian rosewood fretboard 

 

Bound and inlaid headstock 

 

 

This one has seen some action in its life.  It suffered a headstock break/repair some years ago. 

 

 

It currently has a Lollar Imperial pickup in the bridge and a SD Seth Lover in the neck.  Volume/Volume/Tone with a 3 way toggle.  

 

 

It’s a great playing and great sounding Heritage from their Golden Age!!!

[brentrocks]

[Spectrum13]

Heritage's answer to the SG

 

History

 

Nice one Sir B

[golferwave]

Nice one Brent!  Gotta love the bound headstock and stinger!  Enjoy!

[brentrocks]

So I wasn’t really happy with the poorly modded Schaller bridge.  It wouldn’t intonate very good.  So I decided to put a set of locking Tonepros on it.  

 

And I took the covers off the pickups (which did help with the squealing, a little). The bridge Lollar still squeals when I step on the RAT…but with the OCD it is fine.  The neck Seth is great now.  

 

The intonation is perfect now. 

 

 

[bolero]

Beautiful!!

[rwinking]

I have one of these but mine does not have the bound headstock. Other than that it is pretty much a clone of yours. Mine is a D serial number also. It was my first Heritage. I bought an H-140 of the same vintage along with the H-170 and fell in love. The music store didn't know anything about Heritage and I traded a japanese LP and maybe $400 for both. The H-170 is my favorite guitar. Period. I have a few Heritage's as well as the usual suspects (Gibsons, Fenders, etc) but the 170 just feels and sounds right to me in every way possible. The Schallers were not awful but I put a set of Dimarzio Anniversary PAFs and it just opened it up. Same with the H-140.

Everyone who has played it instantly falls in love with it and wants to buy it.

Enjoy it Brent!