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Edit 1/17/2019: 8.8 lbs, Medium/Medium Thin rounded "C" neck carve.
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From the original Gibson factory on Parsons Street in Kalamazoo Michigan, the story of “The Burst” continues with this 21st Century Heritage Guitar interpretation of a famous 1959 Les Paul which is known as The Brockburst.
This is the story of the 2013 Heritage H-150 Deluxe “Brockburst”. Our story begins with a Duane Allman superfan extraordinaire and Heritage guitar dealer, Paul Fallert. Making regular appearances at the Heritage factory, Paul would routinely commission a number of especially nice guitar builds in person. Paul wanted a guitar made which looked like Duane Allman’s guitar and someone told him that Duane’s guitar looked a lot like The Brockburst.
In the book “The Beauty of the Burst” by Yasuhiko Iwanade, pages #74 & #75 show us the “Legendary ‘Brock/Dapra’ burst”. The guitar was owned by Brian Brock and later by Vic Dapra. What made this particular guitar famous was mostly for how incredibly good it looked. Arguably, this Duane Allman and Brock Burst inspired guitar looks as good or better than the original. Note the multi-ply body binding, bound headstock and exquisite fade of the finish.
Keep in mind that unlike the other attempts by Gibson to make “re-issues” of guitars like this, this guitar was actually made in the same place as the original Brock Burst. Paul Fallert approached Dave Teske at the Heritage guitar factory and together they looked through the Burst book. Looking at the pictures of the Brock Burst, Paul asked Dave if he could reproduce that finish, to which he replied that he would get it close.
Two guitars were made as a result of this effort, which were officially called Heritage H-150 Deluxe models with series numberings of #258 & #259. The first was made without a pick guard installed while this one, #259 had a matching flame Maple finger rest (as they call them) mounted to the guitar. The appearance of the finished guitar is nothing short of stunning! Seth Lover pickups were then added to this guitar for a proper, period correct vibe and tone.
Enter Marvin Lamb, aka “Marv”. One of the original founders of Heritage guitars and shop boss was Marv Lamb. Marv started working for “Gibsons” (as they pronounced it back then) in 1956 and eventually retired from Gibson when they closed the Kalamazoo factory. Marv was there when all of those legendary Burst Les Paul guitars were made, and to this day he still owns the very last Gibson Les Paul guitar that was made at the Kalamazoo factory.
Marv personally oversaw the build quality of all the Heritage guitars made. Custom orders were very common then, but the caveat was, as Marv would put it, “It better look like a Heritage guitar!”. By the time the year 2013 rolled around, the one and only stamp set that they had at the factory got dropped and broken. Rather than replacing the stamp set, they started hand writing the serial numbers on the back of the headstock, often with a common Sharpie marker. What you see on the back of this headstock is Marv’s sloppy handwriting and his misspelling of the name “Dapra” on the information label which is located on the inside of the back plate.
This particular Heritage H-150 Deluxe #259 then went on to be sold by Heritage dealer Paul Fallert to Danny Boes who then became the original owner of this guitar. Clearly, there is no telling what the future value of this guitar might be, but if you are a fan of The Burst and you would like to own this little piece of Burst history, this guitar is for sale.
Edit 1/17/2019: 8.8 lbs, Medium/Medium Thin rounded "C" neck carve.
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