Incoming. Heritage H157 Custom one off. Out for delivery!!!

[BRENTrocks]

This is a Heritage that I’m VERY excited about. (I don’t get too excited about much anymore. Lol)

It’s a 2006 H157? I think? I say that because it does have binding on the back of the body….but…doesn’t have multi ply binding on the top. It does have an Ebony board (with abalone blocks) and it does have a bound and inlayed headstock.

I haven’t seen the control cavity sticker yet. Lol

This guitar was sold by the original owners brother…his brother was a gigging musician in Georgia. Unfortunately he had passed away recently. He told me that his wife custom ordered this guitar for her husband in 2006.

I really don’t know much about it. Don’t know how the frets are, don’t know the neck size, don’t know what pickups are in it, don’t know how much it weighs…..

Look at that top though….nice bubble quilt, definitely a custom order!!!

The fella I got it from seemed very honest and trustworthy, so I decided to take a chance on it.

These were the only 5 pics I had to go by…

Its on the UPS truck for delivery today!!

STAY TUNED!!!!

 

[Jccobb2]

Heritage makes a great single cut!

 

[ChurchHill]

That top is gorgeous!!

 

[BRENTrocks]

2006 Heritage H157

Custom order one off.



*AAAAA Quilt top

*Single ply binding on both sides of the body (it’s usually 5 ply)

*Abalone blocks (usually pearl)

*Ebony fretboard

*One piece mahogany body

*One piece mahogany neck

*Bound and Inlayed peghead

*Gold locking Sperzel tuners

*Gold hardware

*8lbs 14ozs

*Really nice 59-ish neck carve



Just got this today from a gentleman in Georgia. He was selling it because it belonged to his late brother, who was a gigging musician. He said his wife custom ordered it in 2006



The original pickups, SD Seth lovers, were poorly wired into a rats nest harness…the tone pots didn’t even work. So I rewired it, new pots, Russian PIO caps and different pups. I wanted something with more bit…so I went with a SD JB/Lollar Imperial combo…and it sounds great!!!!!



The original nut is pretty worn. The D and the G buzz just a bit. I’ll probably take it in for a new bone nut soon.



The frets are original. With minor wear.



You can tell it was played. There’s a bit of buckle rash on the back. A few dings n dents. Nothing more than a Murphy lab relic. Lol.



The neck on this guitar is perfect, IMO. To me it feels like a custom core neck that went on a little diet. Lol.



It’s not a boat anchor ️. Basically 9 lbs. for a 157….thats not terrible.



It plays and sounds so dammm good. Wow!!

 

[ChurchHill]

I bet pictures don't really do that justice. Looks like there's a ton of movement in the top. Those inlays... Congrats!!

 

[japetus]

I personally do not like the top, but knowing what it is, I bet it plays and sounds like a million bucks

 

[BRENTrocks]

I bet pictures don't really do that justice. Looks like there's a ton of movement in the top. Those inlays... Congrats!!

You are so right dude!!!! Thanks bro!!!!

 

[BRENTrocks]

FIXED MY NUT

FIXING THE NUT…on the 2006 Heritage H157 Custom Quilt!!!

The D, G and B slots were VERY LOW!!

Now, I could have paid someone $100 for a new nut job??? I could have done the ol superglue and baking soda fix??? I could have made a new nut myself (although it probably wouldn’t have been too pretty).

NOPE. I decided to use multiple layers of copper shielding tape to “jack up” the factory nut.

There were two main reasons why this set up with this nut did not work for the Guitar… 1…Those three slots were too low and they were giving a little bit of buzz on the first Fret. 2….The trust rod needed to be tightened a little bit to straighten the neck out a little more and of course, if you do that that lowers the strings closer to the first Fret, so that certainly was not going to work with the way the nut was setting.

So, shimming the nut up just a few thousands of an inch, was the least aggressive solution to the problem!

And it worked perfectly, as I knew it would! The guitar actually played pretty good as it was but now it is even better!

 

[fusedbrain]

That sir, is a brilliant idea!
I have a beater old sg with a D string slot that is cut too low.
Ima gonna try this.
Thanks for posting

And congrats on a beautiful axe. Really nice top on that one.

 

[BRENTrocks]

Took it outside yesterday…beautiful day in SW Michigan

 

[phillybhatesme]

If it’s stupid
And it works,
It’s not stupid.
Great fix on the nut height.

 

[Wayniac3]

That is gorgeous. Congrats on the acquisition.

 

[Music&Chaos]

The nut thing- I would have just filled and filed the slots instead of breaking and clouding the nitro in that area, to each his own.

The finish on this one looks nice, hopefulyy you won't have to do the 'relic/faded' sand job on it.

This one has a stunning top!!!

 

[BRENTrocks]

The nut thing- I would have just filled and filed the slots instead of breaking and clouding the nitro in that area, to each his own.

The finish on this one looks nice, hopefulyy you won't have to do the 'relic/faded' sand job on it.

This one has a stunning top!!!

I thought about filling the slots, but the problem with filling the slots is the filler is not as tough as the original material and because it is softer, strings tend to hang up in filled slots, but that’s with using the superglue and baking soda trick. Maybe there’s something out there that is better than that? The baking soda and superglue trick was something that Pete Moreno taught me many many many years ago! God rest his soul. Pete was a legendary Luther in the Kalamazoo Michigan area.

 

[Music&Chaos]

I thought about filling the slots, but the problem with filling the slots is the filler is not as tough as the original material and because it is softer, strings tend to hang up in filled slots, but that’s with using the superglue and baking soda trick. Maybe there’s something out there that is better than that? The baking soda and superglue trick was something that Pete Moreno taught me many many many years ago! God rest his soul. Pete was a legendary Luther in the Kalamazoo Michigan area.

I have performed this many times, and have an old luthier buddy who has as well and haven't had the issue you describe, maybe someone didn't actually let the material dry or filed the slot wrong. I keep old/extra nuts around and do tend to just file dust off of one of those instead of baking soda though, as I seek to have the product as close to original materials as possible. I am certain the bone is probably also harder/more dense than the baking soda overall as well. Shims work, no shame in that, but with the Nitro, I would have sought that as a last option, whereas on a Strat or many others, the shim would have been a quick easy install with no mess. You got it done, and it works - that's all that is needed.