Binding repair with excellent outcome- H-575 Custom

[MartyGrass]

My H-575 had binding separation on the back.  It wasn't subtle.  I took it to one of the Heritage guys who has a shop in his house.  He is a friend.  I don't think he usually does commercial repairs.  Anyway about a month later it's done.  He had to head the binding and reapply it, which took several steps and a lot of patience.  Once it was on well he had to touch up the lacquer.  It is very hard to tell anything happened there anymore, although there are subtle indicators that I wouldn't have noticed much if he hadn't shown me.

I've had binding work done before elsewhere but never better.

Here are gratuitous pics.

[MartyGrass]

After the repair.

 

 

[Spectrum13]

I like looking at your pretty guitars.   The implied lesson here is don't buy some gorilla glue and do it yourself. But finding an excellent repair guy in Kalamazoo is considerably easier than many other cities. You are one lucky guy!   

[Blacker80]

That is a beautiful 575 - turned out well, too. I had a blonde H-575 about 10yrs ago that was gorgeous. I currently have a guitar that could potentially need binding work, but not entirely sure that is the remedy in my case yet.

[zguitar71]

Yes that is an excellent outcome! They didn’t good job on a beautiful whip. 

[Steiner]

Stunning!  Love the CNSB and the 575.  Enjoy!

[MartyGrass]

Heritage began with an arrangement with Schaller for pickups and hardware.  I assume they got some discount for bulk purchases.  But there were some complaints about the pickups, not the engineering but the tones.  Decades later, I believe that they are pretty decent and have more options for adjusting the heights.  I think that many had a prejudice against them or simply wanted to personalize their guitar with the pickups of their choice, often expensive ones.  Nowadays I don't hear as many complaints.  Of course everyone can have an opinion.

Here's a comparison with Seths v. Schallers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mURVofPTnY

[Spectrum13]

3 minutes ago, MartyGrass said:

  But there were some complaints about the pickups, not the engineering but the tones.     

I think that many had a prejudice against them or simply wanted to personalize their guitar with the pickups of their choice, often expensive ones. 

Nowadays I don't hear as many complaints.  Of course everyone can have an opinion.

 

Agree, there are a tremendous number of factors when considering - desired tone, style of music, fingers and touch, wood and build, amps, ears, (hearing is MAJOR as frequency range decreases with age ((except for one of our members who has dog ear 20 -20,000 HZ range) Marketing and brain perception