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Heritage Guitars Inc. officially opened their doors April 1 1984.
Thier first singlecut solid body guitar was the H140...thinner body with a Florentine cutaway
HERITAGE H140
original by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr
It wasn't until 1988, when Heritage started building a "traditional" singlecut LP style guitar....the H150. 1988, 1989 and early 1990, the H150 body was exactly like a Gibson Les Paul. Rumor has it, that the first batch of H150s were built using leftover Gibson bodies. In 1991 Gibson threatened to sue Heritage over the H150 and the H357 (firebird)...so Heritage altered the design slightly to avoid the lawsuit. The H150 horn cut was altered to its current design.
CURRENT H150 BODY
IMG_9792 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr
1988 H150 BODY
IMG_0061 - Copy by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr
I recently found one of these early H150s...a 1988. It was built in March of 1988, so its one of the early ones. Its a clownburst with a monster top. A nice extra is that it has a pearl inlayed logo...was probably a custom order. It has a 60s neck and weighs 10 lbs. It came to me with gold hardware and no pickups...so I upgraded it to Tonepros locking bridge and tailpiece, locking grovers and a set of VanZant PAFs.
IMG_0058 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr
IMG_0059 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr
IMG_0063 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr
IMG_0064 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr
IMG_0065 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr
IMG_0066 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr
IMG_0068 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr
IMG_0075 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr
Thier first singlecut solid body guitar was the H140...thinner body with a Florentine cutaway
HERITAGE H140
original by brent HENDERSON, on FlickrIt wasn't until 1988, when Heritage started building a "traditional" singlecut LP style guitar....the H150. 1988, 1989 and early 1990, the H150 body was exactly like a Gibson Les Paul. Rumor has it, that the first batch of H150s were built using leftover Gibson bodies. In 1991 Gibson threatened to sue Heritage over the H150 and the H357 (firebird)...so Heritage altered the design slightly to avoid the lawsuit. The H150 horn cut was altered to its current design.
CURRENT H150 BODY
IMG_9792 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr1988 H150 BODY
IMG_0061 - Copy by brent HENDERSON, on FlickrI recently found one of these early H150s...a 1988. It was built in March of 1988, so its one of the early ones. Its a clownburst with a monster top. A nice extra is that it has a pearl inlayed logo...was probably a custom order. It has a 60s neck and weighs 10 lbs. It came to me with gold hardware and no pickups...so I upgraded it to Tonepros locking bridge and tailpiece, locking grovers and a set of VanZant PAFs.
IMG_0058 by brent HENDERSON, on FlickrIMG_0059 by brent HENDERSON, on FlickrIMG_0063 by brent HENDERSON, on FlickrIMG_0064 by brent HENDERSON, on FlickrIMG_0065 by brent HENDERSON, on FlickrIMG_0066 by brent HENDERSON, on FlickrIMG_0068 by brent HENDERSON, on FlickrIMG_0075 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr
