What a difference 37 years makes…

BRENTrocks

BRENTrocks

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The Heritage H150

Production of the H150 started in 1988.

The first generation of the H150 (made in 1988 and 1989) had a body design that MIRRORED the Gibson Les Paul standard!!! It was rumored that some of the early H150s were actually built with leftover Gibson bodies from when Gibson left Kalamazoo in 1984, that were bought at the auction, bought by the original Heritage Guitar founders.

Heritage was threatened with a lawsuit by Gibson in 1990 and Heritage changed the body design….basically changed the slope of the horn cut.

….and the H150 has basically stayed that way to this day!!

It fun to see the evolution of a local company like Heritage, the history and the instruments from that historic building over the years!

Pictured is a 1988 H150 (L) and a 2022 H150 Custom core (R). See the differences!!!



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Both the headstock and the burst (more flamed maple visible through the red outer sides) are definitely an improvement on the newer one.
 
I spot some difference in the stop tailpiece and bridge PU placement. Look like the PU moved a tiny little bit towards the neck and the tailpiece moved away from the bridge.
How do they sound and feel unplugged? Is there any truth to guitars getting better and more resonant when aged and played?
 
BesaMoogie said:
I spot some difference in the stop tailpiece and bridge PU placement. Look like the PU moved a tiny little bit towards the neck and the tailpiece moved away from the bridge.
How do they sound and feel unplugged? Is there any truth to guitars getting better and more resonant when aged and played?
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The 88 weights 10.5 lbs. so it sustains forever. The 22 only weighs 8.5 but still has great sustain. I have very different pups in each
 
BRENTrocks said:
The 88 weights 10.5 lbs. so it sustains forever. The 22 only weighs 8.5 but still has great sustain. I have very different pups in each
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Usually first thing I do when picking up a guitar is to hit the strings (G major) once and feel the vibration by grabbing the upper horn of the guitar. It kind of gives me a first idea, how the vibrations travel through the guitar. If anything of this translates to the later overall tone is written on another page, but at least it gives me a good feeling and connection to the instrument ;)
 
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