I was between a Heritage H-150 Custom Core Artisan Aged and an Eastman SB59v in antique burst. Ultimately went with the Eastman with no regrets. But my next guitar purchase will probably be that Heritage, soon as I sell my 1995 National Style O Deluxe Resonator.
This impresses the hell out of me that they can offer such a guitar at that price! It has a amazing top(i would say that is a AAAA) has the Long neck Tenon and Duncans! Color me impressed as hell! My only gripes are the same you made the Pickguard(which like you did i would just remove) and i wish the bottom horn was a little more exact gibson Les paul there. other than that this is a real bargin since Gibson is charging $2800 for a standard with a AA top, no Long tenon and Burstbucker 1 and 2(or 61r+t's) even with that tilted tailpiece post issue i would say this has a lot more to offer at its price than the Gibson standard.
Wow! What a great top! I would think it was as Custom Core with a top like that. I just bought my first Heritage. A 2005 H-137 I found at my local GC. It’s become my favorite LP.
I just got a plain top Dirty Lemon Burst 150 STD. It’s on par with any Gibson LP standard I’ve ever personally tried. Not blown away but it def pulls its weight. It’s got more of a VOS/Vintage vibe than any Gibson Standard I’ve held but in terms of overall quality, I’d compare it to a Gibson LP Standard. I don’t love the Duncan 59s but I also don’t love BurstBuckers, heh. Mine didn’t set up as easily as some Gibsons I’ve owned. The truss rod was nearly impossible to turn but I got it set. Overall, it set up fine it just didn’t fall into place like good guitars typically do. No crooked inlays or crooked studs, here, tho. It’s a solid guitar just doesn’t blow me away at any point. Sucks yours had so many quirks. Main PRO in my experience is that it has a louder and nicer acoustic ring than any Gibson USA LP I’ve owned. Has a generally better fit & finish compared to Gibson USA, to me. Main CON is that it doesn’t seem to have the resale or reputation it potentially should have as a brand so there’s a mental hurdle to overcome in owning a Heritage over a Gibson USA LP.
I bought a CC H150 last summet, and I love it. Heritage has the best tops, and their pickups are unmatched. The pickups have 3 voices, most pickups have only 2. By "3 voices" thr pickups sound different at volume levels 3, 7 and 10
Did they fix the finish flaw caused by the pickguard screw? BTW, I just bought a Custom Core Artisan Aged H-150 Plain Top in Cherry Burst. So far, I really like it.
I absolutely love my h150. I also have a 2022 gibson lp 60's standard and a gibson lp custom and i find that my h150 plays on par with my custom. Dont get me wrong, my 60s standard is an amazing guitar but this is still better.
I have 3 Gibsons LP and bought a Heritage H-150 (‘22). I have the following Gibsons ‘22 Classic ‘23 Slash November Burst ‘23 50’s Standard The Slash guitar is fantastic to be honest minus issues that I’m having with the finish (checkins and just super delicate finish) Other than that I love the guitar. But honestly I think the Heritage is a better quality guitar and I’m blown away by how good it looks, the finish and it’s not sensitive like the Gibsons finish!! So to me The Heritage wins it!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🫶🏻
Alpt of people have been having issues with stripped tuners on their custom core models . Every company producing large numbers of guitars wil have quality issues . Some people have gotten perfect custom core guitars while others have not. They are great sounding guitars. Post 2018 there is alot more CNC involved heritage Construction .
Sometimes suppliers ship bad batches. It happens from time to time. I worked at a place where a batch of failed parts ended up being shipped instead of discarded.
The whole long tenon thing seems like cork Sniffery to me I have long tenon and short tenon guitars and there is no consistent difference to my ears and some of my short tenon guitars have more sustain than a couple of my long tenon guitars . Also there are too many other variables at play to definitively say a long tenon is a guarantee of more sustain. Consider there are people out there who think pickup Bobbin color has an effect on tone.
Mine had zero issues. Also, the original owners of the company are no longer owners. Maybe the quality has gone down. Don't know. I have a 2023 and it has been great.
Yap. I ordered mine H-150 together with insonesian made Yamaha Revstar RSS20. The H-150 came withthe lack of laquer on the headstock, The neck had a different curvature on either side of the fingerboard so I assume that it was a little bit twisted. Frets were not polished. Inlays had also a lot of black filler around them. I didn't expect that in 2500€ guitar that have been promoted as a best quality instrument made in USA. The Revstar was 4 times cheaper but made with better precision. I can't imagine how the quality looks like in RSP20 made in Japan.
I have no doubt this is a high quality guitar, but soundwise, it sounds just like Harley Benton sc-450 plus, or pretty much any other cheap Les Paul copy.
You just have to buy yourself a guitar that makes you wanna play and feels comfortable to play. Aside from pickup type (single coils/humbucker or active/passive) there won't be much difference in any of those. At least nothing major that you can't resolve by tweaking your amp's/pedals' knobs.
It's the amp, mostly, in my opinion. If you run this guitar through an early '70s V series Ampeg, or through a Fender Twin, or a Marshall half-stack, then the guitars tonal potentials have their best shot at being maximized. That said, the Harley Benton and the Firefly Les Paul tupe guitars are really good sounding in and of themselves. Btw, the Monotone Stageright amp will also do any decent guitar some justice.
