Re: Its a damn close to official as possible

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5/19/2006 5:37 PM

Gtarman

Re: Its a damn close to official as possible Hi Guys, I had a friend who worked at the Kalamazoo plant way back when and they indeed use whatever they could get in quanity when they needed them. Most of the originals were A2, unfinished. When they were low and needed more the supplier didn't always have enough for a complete order, so a deal was made for as many A2's they had and the rest was made up of A4 and A5. And yes, no one thought to keep track of any of those pickups, as far as what mag was used because no one ever thought about the whole collectible angle, all they wanted was to get the products out the door. If any of you are old enough to know, back then gibsons were relativley   cheap and were all the rage so sales were booming and it was quite hard to keep up production, hence, use whatever they could get as far as parts on the smaller less noticeable things like pickups etc..     Hope this helps this thread.

 

5/20/2006 10:51 AM

Steve A.

Mick said:     I have a Heritage 535 , its the one with the 2 nickel covered 59's, a beautiful guitar and plays better than any of the 335's I tried before laying my hands on this , its just so easy to play , bends are super easy , great neck shape , the solid bodies , are they the same?           That's pretty much how I'd describe the one I got used about 6 years ago, which was made in 1991. Does yours have the Heritage style bridge and stop tailpiece? Mine did, and I hated it, so I finally replaced it with Gibson style hardware. (I like to rest my hand on the bridge and it just wasn't comfortable. )         I looked at one of the Heritage Les Paul copies, and it was really nice. But when I went back to buy it, it had already been sold.     Steve Ahola     P.S. I usually replace the pickups on my guitars anyway so it is great that you can order one from the factory without pickups.

 

5/25/2006 4:10 PM
Mick	No , it has the gibson style TOM and stop tailpiece , I probably wouldn't have bought it if it had the Heritage thing on it , that thing is damn ugly   Mick

 

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