Talk:Heritage Guitars

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Sorry to be cynical, but this article reads like a commercial! 71.209.255.102 19:47, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
 * What are your thoughts now, and don't be sorry. Maybe it did, but thanks to a collaboration during an AfD, it ain't 'alf bad now, n'est pas? Btw, have added Heritage Guitars to "See also" section in Gibson Guitar Corporation article for anyone who cares. :) Bubba hotep 23:12, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

I just thought this page would be listed on the "American musical instrument makers" page — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.86.55.18 (talk) 20:21, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

This page needs updating. Heritage guitars has gone through many changes.
The Heritage 535 and the Gibson ES-335, 345 and 355 are all Semi Solid body guitars. They are mistakenly referred to AS SEMI HOLLOW BODY. They have a solid core but the wings are hollow. A Semi hollow body has a block and that is all. The Heritage 535 is more like the Gibson ES-345 but with out the veritone and not wired in stereo. Both almost useless features. The 535 has an ebony fret board like the ES-345 and 355. The ES -335 has a rosewood fret board. Heritage guitars can be ordered any way you wish. I have a Golden Eagle that has a 24.5" scale like a Johnny Smith. It also features a Buscarino ebony tail piece and ebony floating pick guard. I ordered my top hand carved and tap tuned with X-Bracing. I also put my pickup on afterwards. I used a Benedetto with rotary button knobs under the pick guard. I have an endorsement deal. You can have more flexibility in how you would like your guitar built. It is very hard to do that with Gibson. To find out more about Heritage ask Greg DeLorto who is their artist rep or Susan, his wife who does history on both Gibson and Heritage. Heritage appeals to the more serious performer and many jazz guitarists. While not called hand made, they are hand crafted. Frankly no body builds a guitar with out tools. And no one can be successful with out an assembly plan. Jose Oribe the famous builder of classical and flamenco guitars has a setup much like Taylor but on a small scale. He builds necks one day and puts them through an aging process between cuts. He builds back and sides another day and tops another. These parts age for years and when guitars are to be built the parts are selected and assembled. He has humidity control and vacuum lines on cutting and routing machines. Heritage has to do the same thing. Musicmart in Solana Beach is perhaps the largest and best heritage dealer in Southern California.

About the H-575
Pairing the H-575 to the Gibson ES-175 is a common misconception: their closest sibling is the L-4 CES. As matter of fact, they share the same key details: Fpasello (talk) 07:06, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
 * The carved top, instead of a laminated one;
 * The pickup positions.