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Originally Posted by Flat
Since they are marketing terms, in reality, they mean whatever the seller wants them to.
Beautiful guitar, btw.
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04-22-2024 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Rickco
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I haven't checked recently, but Pete Farmer is the Master Builder at Heritage, and has made some gorgeous Custom Shop guitars in the years following the sale of Heritage. Examples of custom guitars are on their website, but they appear to be sold out:
Limited Edition Collection | Heritage Guitars
This one (below), in particular, is a fabulous guitar - a gorgeous, excellent sounding, excellent playing instrument. I played it for quite awhile at NAMM. Pete and I had an interesting discussion about some liberties he took with the size of the Heritage f-holes on it, heh. It was available until recently.
Custom Shop Winter NAMM 2018 Golden Eagle Electric Guitar, Original Su – Heritage Guitars
Last edited by Hammertone; 04-23-2024 at 09:55 PM.
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Originally Posted by Flat
Retro is stuff that came after I was born.
Simple as that.
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It's good to hear these are carved. Makes the price tag a lot more reasonable considering there really aren't that many places you can buy a carved guitar anymore. Side note: somebody should tell Heritage to put 'hand carved, solid' in their ad copy.
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Originally Posted by 2bornot2bop
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Originally Posted by MAJackson
so there....
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Originally Posted by Rickco
Heritage has a bespoke program. Not sure how much more custom one would need.
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Originally Posted by MAJackson
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The only thing uglier than heritage’s pickguards is the ridiculous pickguard on a Gibson Johnny Smith “D”
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Originally Posted by omphalopsychos
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Originally Posted by omphalopsychos
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Certainly not in line with the OPs thread but since this has digressed to who thinks what is ugly on a guitar mabey we (most of us) would agree that this is the most butt ugly git Ive seen. Unless of course I was in a Heavy Metal band in which case I d have to have it I think it said it weighs 17lbs.
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Originally Posted by Rickco
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The pickguards I think are the worst are like on the Gibson Citation, with one big ol Les Paul knob on them. 30k for a guitar and they couldn't come up with a more elegant solution?
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I like that guitar. The metal one.
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Originally Posted by jazzshrink
I dunno-good for stopping home invasions at 3:00AM!
Doug
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Originally Posted by Doug B
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Originally Posted by wintermoon
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Originally Posted by Rickco
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perfect for "head banging" music
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Heritages, Gibson Citations, etc, can't say I've ever seen a figured wood guard I like against spruce tops, they just stick out and look out of place aesthetically. I tend to think if Gibson had used plain maple or similar on their guitars from the beginning no one would've used celluloid. maybe Gibson was anticipating the wood getting worn from heavy strumming etc and that's why they settled on plastic. swirly celluloid is nice but as we know caustic and a ticking time bomb, but it's really not aesthetically pleasing either imo, we're just used to seeing it over the last 100 years. but if it has to be plastic maybe one day someone will come up with an accurate inert material that truly looks like the old celluloid.
ps as far as Gibson JSD's, they do look silly and bulky. built in twin pickup carved archtop guitars serve a purpose but I wonder why Gibson ever used double floating pickups on them.
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Originally Posted by wintermoon
It was winter and the steps were wet. And i took the full flight down on my ass. Beer spills everywhere, stand goes flying, and my tele pops up and cracks me hard in the chin, splitting me open. The guitar continues down a few more stairs, hitting the wall too. I end up at the bottom, dripping blood, wet, and defeated. My tele? I think the high E was a little out of tune.
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
I couldn't even look at the headstock until I got home but luckily it was only a few small chips of the lacquer over the binding at the top.
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[QUOTE=Hammertone;1331971][SIZE=3]I haven't checked recently, but Pete Farmer is the Master Builder at Heritage, and has made some gorgeous Custom Shop guitars in the years following the sale of Heritage. Examples of custom guitars are on their website, but they appear to be sold out:
Limited Edition Collection | Heritage Guitars
This one (below), in particular, is a fabulous guitar - a gorgeous, excellent sounding, excellent playing instrument. I played it for quite awhile at NAMM. It was available until recently.[FONT=verdana][SIZE=3]
Custom Shop Winter NAMM 2018 Golden Eagle Electric Guitar, Original Su – Heritage Guitars
That guitar looks great, the description says the top and back were lightened and it was tap tuned. I have heard several (or more) experienced players say that they didnt care for the " thin carve" on the Golden Eagles, Im assuming both for tone and feedback. My GE is very light and acoustically responsive. If it was any thinner I think it would really be hard to control in a feedback situation (Im assuming a floater) So what would be the advantage in "The top and back are lightened to increase the acoustic values and properly voice the instrument. Tap tuned carved Spruce (Top)" and what does "properly voice" mean since there seems to be no agreement on what that would sound like? Since you (Hammertone) have the Heritages most of us would lust for and others how did this one compare? I love the sound of my GE acoustically and thru the floater (KA custom single coil) and have compared it to similar archtops, not better or worse just different. So what Im wondering is was that marketing jargon or are these new ones thinner and lighter than the original numbered 1000 and if so wouldnt they lose some of their buyers because they're to thin? and were the ones you showed ordered with specific carve request? I know this is way off the subject but...
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