NHGD 40th Anniversary Model

[skydog52]

Received this when the sight was down.

Honestly underwhelmed. I would have thought Heritage would have done some more special items on it.

I have already talked to Custom Inlays about doing a few additions to it. I'll make it Special.

 

[ElNumero]

3 hours ago, skydog52 said:

Received this when the sight was down.

Honestly underwhelmed. I would have thought Heritage would have done some more special items on it.

I have already talked to Custom Inlays about doing a few additions to it. I'll make it Special.

 

Looks like my 555

[tsp17]

Custom inlay does nice work.   That will spruce it up..

[RJLII]

On 7/10/2026 at 2:08 PM, skydog52 said:

Received this when the sight was down.

Honestly underwhelmed. I would have thought Heritage would have done some more special items on it.

I have already talked to Custom Inlays about doing a few additions to it. I'll make it Special.

 

Having the fingerboard inlays changed? I’ll say I’ve never cared for the 3rd to 15th fret inlay style. Wasn’t that the original H555 inlay motif? Blocks are much classier to my eye. 

[skydog52]

12 minutes ago, RJLII said:

Having the fingerboard inlays changed? I’ll say I’ve never cared for the 3rd to 15th fret inlay style. Wasn’t that the original H555 inlay motif? Blocks are much classier to my eye. 

No, I've always liked those markers. 

I'm getting a special truss rod cover and Jason is going to do something nice on the pickguard.

[RJLII]

4 hours ago, skydog52 said:

No, I've always liked those markers. 

I'm getting a special truss rod cover and Jason is going to do something nice on the pickguard.

Doh!

[Steiner]

16 hours ago, skydog52 said:

No, I've always liked those markers. 

I'm getting a special truss rod cover and Jason is going to do something nice on the pickguard.

If the TRC is mushroomless, it’s not a real GOG Heritage!

[DetroitBlues]

If memory serves, we all debated on what made it so special from a standard 555 model.  Thought it had a larger archtop headstock being the only major difference?

[Jimbob]

I tend to think that it's a very nice-looking guitar! However, I've always felt that the two different inlay schemes in general on the H-555 fretboard looked to be a bit odd. I can't help but to wonder why Heritage couldn't have designed a more consistent scheme throughout the board so, if I have any gripe at all, that's probably it. 

[pressure]

I agree that the half & half fretboard inlays were not the best design.

I had Heritage correct that with a Millie custom build in 2011.

Sunburst Spruce Millie from 2011 on the right Millie SuperLight from 2017 on the left. 

I had a change in guitar philosophy in my later custom builds preferring more wood less shell.

Edited July 13 by pressure

[brentrocks]

Beautiful 

[Jimbob]

3 hours ago, pressure said:

I agree that the half & half fretboard inlays were not the best design.

I had Heritage correct that with a Millie custom build in 2011.

Sunburst Spruce Millie from 2011 on the right Millie SuperLight from 2017 on the left. 

I had a change in guitar philosophy in my later custom builds preferring more wood less shell.

Yeah, the fretboard on that custom sunburst Millie is more like it! That would definitely be my preference for the H-555 models!

[LK155]

4 hours ago, pressure said:

 

I had a change in guitar philosophy in my later custom builds preferring more wood less shell.

 

Pressure, I hear you.

Here's the piece of Mun Ebony I chose for the fretboard of my Doug Harrison custom archtop.  He was allowed to put a maximum of two MOP inlays on the top of that lovely slab.  (Fortunately, he did put inlays along the side as well.)

 

[MartyGrass]

My favorite Heritage inlays are the abalone blocks.  I haven't seen an example come out of the factory for a very long time.

The H-555 inlays are less than subtle.  The design came from the same guys who produced the controversial headstock.  Both have grown on me.  I don't even notice.  If I do, it's part of old Heritage's personality, and I smile.