ElNumero Posted March 18 Posted March 18 On 3/16/2026 at 1:26 PM, DetroitBlues said: Asked the seller a couple questions to help the OP out… Anyone spot something interesting?
ElNumero Posted March 18 Posted March 18 On 3/16/2026 at 12:42 PM, DetroitBlues said: Its rather unique for sure. Reminds me of my H535 from 2016. What happened to your 535 from 2016?
ElNumero Posted March 18 Posted March 18 2 minutes ago, ElNumero said: What is interesting to me is the sloppy scribbling on the yellow tag - either the employee was drunk or hung over from the night before? You would think they would take a little more care in writing on a tag that would be on that guitar forever.
BillyTwang Posted March 19 Author Posted March 19 (edited) On 3/16/2026 at 12:26 PM, DetroitBlues said: Asked the seller a couple questions to help the OP out… Anyone spot something interesting? The listing is for an Original Sunburst but the control plate indicates Vintage Wine Burst (VWB ?). Based on the solders, it was the end of the day and the iron should have been cleaned before the job. Edited March 19 by BillyTwang
BillyTwang Posted March 19 Author Posted March 19 Thank you DetroitBlues for the additional photos from the seller and Skydog53 for reaching out to Marv. It is a unique instrument, but I'll continue on my fourteen year search for the elusive H-140 25th Anniversary. I just missed one and have been feeling very emotional lately. Thanks again everyone. 1
DetroitBlues Posted March 20 Posted March 20 On 3/18/2026 at 7:30 AM, ElNumero said: What happened to your 535 from 2016? Its still in my care.
DetroitBlues Posted March 20 Posted March 20 On 3/18/2026 at 11:05 PM, BillyTwang said: Thank you DetroitBlues for the additional photos from the seller and Skydog53 for reaching out to Marv. It is a unique instrument, but I'll continue on my fourteen year search for the elusive H-140 25th Anniversary. I just missed one and have been feeling very emotional lately. Thanks again everyone. In all the years I've been with the HOC and PSP's, I can safely say I've never seen a H140 25th Anniversary. Either in person or on this forum. Other than the example for the catalog, I don't know if they actually made any. Back in the day, the ledgers were all handwritten notebooks, so the ability to look one up is nearly impossible. I remember looking at the catalog and wondering who'd pay for one of those when an H150 was just a tiny bit more.... Good luck with your search though. Glad we could help you out, the seller of the OP H150 didn't know what he had but priced it pretty high.
DavesNotHere Posted March 20 Posted March 20 I found the pics I took at the factory. It was PSP IX (2016?) It's a different head stock than the one on Reverb. It looks better executed. The Reverb 150 is located in Muscle Shoals which is about 30 minutes from Moulton, JP's home town, so it's possible JP received it after his retirement and his family let it go. The shop that has it for sale also had a Terminator for sale a couple of years ago. I picked up a HFT-480 from a guy in Moulton, about an hour from me, a while back who told me his father was friends with JP and he got the guitar from him. It's not inconceivable that head stocks were in in the works before JP left. Anyway, a bit of a caffeine induce ramble. Here's the shots from PSP
DavesNotHere Posted March 20 Posted March 20 Can't really see the finish but it's the best angle I have.
DavesNotHere Posted March 20 Posted March 20 Ah! The caffeine just hit the last two working brain cells. The one I posted was a commemorative model to commemorate , funny how that works, the passing of the Heritage torch from the founders to the new owners.
ElNumero Posted March 20 Posted March 20 On 3/18/2026 at 11:05 PM, BillyTwang said: Thank you DetroitBlues for the additional photos from the seller and Skydog53 for reaching out to Marv. It is a unique instrument, but I'll continue on my fourteen year search for the elusive H-140 25th Anniversary. I just missed one and have been feeling very emotional lately. Thanks again everyone. Jay Wolfe may be able to find you one if it exists.
Spectrum13 Posted March 20 Posted March 20 2 hours ago, DetroitBlues said: In all the years I've been with the HOC and PSP's, I can safely say I've never seen a H140 25th Anniversary. Either in person or on this forum. Other than the example for the catalog, I don't know if they actually made any. Back in the day, the ledgers were all handwritten notebooks, so the ability to look one up is nearly impossible. I remember looking at the catalog and wondering who'd pay for one of those when an H150 was just a tiny bit more.... Good luck with your search though. Glad we could help you out, the seller of the OP H150 didn't know what he had but priced it pretty high. Saw one at a PSP can't remember which one but I should appear in the group photo. Could have been 2012 or 2013. That was the reason I asked Marv to build my 147
Gitfiddler Posted March 20 Posted March 20 6 hours ago, DetroitBlues said: In all the years I've been with the HOC and PSP's, I can safely say I've never seen a H140 25th Anniversary. Either in person or on this forum. Other than the example for the catalog, I don't know if they actually made any. Back in the day, the ledgers were all handwritten notebooks, so the ability to look one up is nearly impossible. I remember looking at the catalog and wondering who'd pay for one of those when an H150 was just a tiny bit more.... Good luck with your search though. Glad we could help you out, the seller of the OP H150 didn't know what he had but priced it pretty high. Here's an H-140 25th Anniversary that was sold on Reverb a while back. https://reverb.com/item/91740095-heritage-h-140-cm-25th-anniversary-with-case-in-excellent-condition 1
FredZepp Posted March 22 Posted March 22 Found this... at the bottom of the page. Passing of the torch! https://the-guitar.com/a-heritage-of-guitar-making/
FredZepp Posted March 23 Posted March 23 Do you see six signatures? Jim, Marv, JP ,Bill I assume that one of the other two is Archie.. not sure who else.
BillyTwang Posted March 23 Author Posted March 23 On 3/20/2026 at 1:39 PM, Gitfiddler said: Here's an H-140 25th Anniversary that was sold on Reverb a while back. https://reverb.com/item/91740095-heritage-h-140-cm-25th-anniversary-with-case-in-excellent-condition A little over 10 years ago, I contacted the owner of this #5, who was a member of HOC, to see if he would be interested in selling it. He shared that it was purchased during the PSP trip and was not ready to sell. I had taken a hiatus recently for a few months from the forums and market due to life changes. I checked back in and saw #5 on Wolfe Guitars and immediately purchased it. The next morning I was contacted by their staff and notified that the guitar had previously been sold but kept reappearing due to a technical glitch on the website. So I was refunded. It may have been before this banner appeared on their site, but I didn't notice because of the excitement of finding the instrument; the same one I had tried to purchase several years before. 😢The elusive Heritage H-140 25th Anniversary 😭
TalismanRich Posted March 23 Posted March 23 22 hours ago, FredZepp said: Do you see six signatures? Jim, Marv, JP ,Bill I assume that one of the other two is Archie.. not sure who else. I assume it would be Jeff Nicholson, who was Archie Leach's partner at Plaza Corp.
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