Heritage H-575 1998 WHITE & RED

Heritage H 575....PLEASE NOTE AS OF 03/25/2021 my health is not so good..therefore I have reduced the price for fast sale...my health is THE ONLY REASON I have reduced the price..this is a fantastic musical instrument...

Heritage Guitar Inc. of Kalamazoo, Michigan was incorporated on April 1, 1985. The company has achieved the status of one of the premier guitar companies in the world today. It is, in many instances, the only new guitar line handled by countless vintage shops throughout the world and is thought of by many as the collectible guitar of tomorrow.

The idea to start Heritage Guitar began when the Gibson Guitar Corporation closed its Kalamazoo, Michigan factory in September of 1984 and moved all production to its other plant in Nashville, Tennessee (in operation since 1975). When this took place, some of the employees were asked to move to Nashville. However, since their families had spent many years in Kalamazoo, it made it difficult to uproot and move. Therefore 3 men, Jim Deurloo, Marvin Lamb, and JP Moats, decided to start a guitar manufacturing business. In 1985 when the company was incorporated, 2 other former Gibson Guitar Corporation employees, Bill Paige and Mike Korpak, joined as owners. Mike left the company in 1985.

The founder’s biggest resource is and was the group of craftsmen they could draw from to begin operations. The owners themselves each had in excess of 25 years of hands on experience in making guitars. To this day each of the owners is directly involved in the manufacturing of each instrument.

Heritage started operations in the oldest of five buildings formerly owned and operated by Gibson Guitar Corporation. That building was completed in 1917 and has been a center for guitar manufacturing ever since. Much of the machinery that Heritage uses today was purchased from Gibson Guitar Corporation.

The H-575 is modeled after Gibson’s venerable ES-175, and features a 17 degree peg head pitch; one-piece mahogany neck, 24 3/4” scale rosewood fingerboard with 20 frets with mother of pearl dot positions markers, a single cutaway solid carved curly maple top and back, solid curly maple rim, cream bound top and back wood pick guard and f-holes. NOTE..INDIAN ROSEWOOD..NOT BRAZILIAN ROSEWOOD...THEREFORE OK TO SHIP WORLDWIDE  CITES PERMIT NOT REQUIRED

The guitar features two chrome hum bucking pickups, two volume and two tone controls, selector switch, individual nickel-plated machine heads, nickel plated Heritage tail tailpiece and an adjustable rosewood bridge. Bronco Bob’s H-575 features a custom Dakota Red and Olympic White motif.

I love guitars..this H 575 with Bigsby has loads of character..custom painted with white pinstripes ...never played out..never..it is a work of art..feels terrific.. Includes Hard Shell case..always an attention getter.

Note: I did not like the head stock that Heritage uses..so I had Dan Shinn of Lay's Guitar shop in Akron Ohio modify  a Gibson Super 400 head-stock...I prefer the look of the Gibson head stock...the Heritage head stock was not damaged..I just preferred the Gibson style....ask all question..and purchase with confidence//Bob

I have cancer and am selling my collections..visit (your device must have adobe flash) once there you can view my collections of guitars & basses & hot rod cars & trucks & motorcycles & listen to my 8 cd recordings

Note: current Cites regs (see Reverb for CITES restrictions selling outside the USA I will not ship outside USA..however once CITES regs are modified then I will ship worldwide..supposedly soon CITES will no longer be required...Reverb will send a notice when CITES is changed

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