HRW Mystique

[MartyGrass]

I have always liked HRWs sometimes!  The right guitar and amp settings can bring out a very pleasant brightness and sparkle.  The secret about making these pickups, as best I can guess, is a cryo treatment of the magnets.  I've asked Ren Wall a couple of times over the years about cryo treatment.  He just smiled and wouldn't comment further.

I'd like to put this to rest.  What's the truth?

 

[DetroitBlues]

The truth lies with Ren.  Just like the secret sauce of the 357, so does the HRW mystique will go down in history as a great unknown.

Only way is for someone to sacrifice the HRW and see what is different about them.

They pop up here every now and then, but no one has ever dissected one of them.

[MartyGrass]

We've gone down this path.

 

 

[ElNumero]

My 2004 555 has HRW’s. I even got a black dot on my pickup selector switch!!  

[Steiner]

24 minutes ago, ElNumero said:

My 2004 555 has HRW’s. I even got a black dot on my pickup selector switch!!  

Me too!
It’s a black switch though…

[Heritage1970]

46 minutes ago, ElNumero said:

My 2004 555 has HRW’s. I even got a black dot on my pickup selector switch!!  

They put those on all guitars that left the factory with HRWs. It's a side fretboard marker dot. Ren told me that was Marv Lamb's idea, so any time someone would see a Heritage with that marker, on TV, live, etc, they would know it had HRWs in it. 

[MartyGrass]

You're right about the dot.  I've put HRWs in my guitars a couple of times and did this. Clever guys!

Edited February 12 by MartyGrass

[ironmike]

unbalance the  coils by unwinding one a handfull , and slide in an alinco 2 magnet.

[MartyGrass]

47 minutes ago, ironmike said:

unbalance the  coils by unwinding one a handfull , and slide in an alinco 2 magnet.

Where did this idea come from?