High Profile H-555 sighting

[kidsmoke]

The Grammy's. Haven't watched intentionally ever. Caught a few minutes back in the day when my kids were teens. Since getting re-married, I share my home with a 17 yr old HS senior, so it was on. I stayed in another part of the house, came into the kitchen, noticed Noah Kahan was playing, who I know and appreciate, and wouldn't you know, it's a music video prominently featuring a SB triple nickel with the pickguard in black. A rare guitar even amongst us fanboys. You figure there were 15 - 20 million viewers and Kahan is selling out stadiums these days. He's known for his semi fetish, but his go to is typically a Guild Starfire of Fender Coronado, with the occasional Fender Starcaster, or 335 thrown in, this is when he's not playing high end acoutstics.  edit to add: looking at this I'm thinking it's an older custom? has block inlays and a headstock inlay but neither the headstock or neck are bound and the hardware is silver. Pawn shop find?

It was a music video, not a live performance. He's lounging in the back of a Volvo stationwagon as it makes its way.

 

 

Edited February 2 by kidsmoke

[kidsmoke]

error: neck is of course bound. 

[kidsmoke]

did a little digging. This may be a custom H530???

Turns out his touring lead player relies heavily on a H-530.

https://guitar.com/features/interviews/fretbuzz-noah-levine/

[TalismanRich]

It sounds like he's a convert!    He walks in to a store, plays a 530, and buys it on the spot and then adds a CC 535 later.    

Way cool!

[kidsmoke]

and now he has 3. added another with a bigsby.

I'd say he's a convert. Playing sold out back to back shows at 100,000 people a night. Not bad. 

 

Edited February 3 by kidsmoke

[DetroitBlues]

Looks like a new Custom Core to me.

[kidsmoke]

I confess i'm not up to date on the details of the latest model distinctions. I've got mine and I'm decidedly NOT looking to expand! Nice to see such a high profile artist putting them out there though. Not aware of many. 

[TalismanRich]

He needs a Millennium!

[ElNumero]

Ahhh, well never heard of the guy. 

[Gitfiddler]

To me it makes perfect sense for working musicians who don't have an endorsement deal with a major legacy brand to gravitate to Heritage.  They need the best tool for their trade.

And that's not to say they're looking for a 'knock-off' or 'discount brand'.  Heritage of late has greatly improved its QC, build consistency and bang-for-buck value.

Professional musicians need the best tool for their trade.  It's great to see more and more of them using Heritage guitars.