Heritage H-516 2003 Natural, Coil split option, OHSC, Mint

Heritage H-516 with the coil split option, OHSC, 2003 Mint + VIP Wiring

Very VERY Rare.....Natural The Heritage H-516 guitar made in Kalamazoo Michigan made in 2003.
It's a versatile guitar that sounds great clean. The sonic capabilities are impressive with the Schaller Pickups. Although this instrument has some collector value, it’s also a fine player with a very sweet hollow archtop tone. Very few H516’s were made because the Burrell model replaced it. The late great Al Caiola played a black H516 for years and loved it. Here is your chance to own and play a piece of Jazz Guitar history that will appreciate in time.

Features
Schaller pickups. The guitar pickups are just amazing.
Low action & play-ability.
Beautiful vintage craftsmanship, fit and finish. The feel is superb. Plays & Sounds Amazing!
 
Neck - 17 degree peghead pitch; one-piece Honduran mahogany neck.
Fingerboard - 24 3/4” scale Indian rosewood finger board 20 frets; mother pearl position markers.
Body - Single cutaway natural hollow body with laminated arched curly maple top and back; single white bound top and back; solid curly maple rim; black plastic pickguard; with f-holes.
Body size:
     rim thickness - 2 3/4”
     body width - 16”
     body length - 20 1/4”
Electronics - Two chrome plated Schaller pickups (double screws in the pup rings indicate Schaller pickups) with two volume and two tone controls; selector switch with the coil split option. Also, VIP wiring. More than coil tap. The mid position is full humbucker, the up position is standard coil tap, down is "out of phase" ; the upper knobs vary the in and out of phase for neck and bridge respectively. The lower knobs are a volume and tone for both pickups.
Hardware - Individual nickel plated machine heads; nickel plated Heritage H pattern tailpiece; adjustable bridge.
Color - Natural
End pin jack and Heritage logo on the original Heritage hardshell case.

FYI
Heritage is more like a large custom shop where guitars are made to order rather than a high production guitar factory like Gibson. The Heritage factory is the filled a history of quality. The historic 225 Parsons Street workshop in Kalamazoo Michigan was the original location of Gibson Guitars from 1917 until 1984. This is the same workshop where the iconic guitars like the Gibson L5, Super 400, es-335, es-175 and Les Paul were developed and crafted for decades.

When Gibson corporate heads decided to move to Nashville many of the Gibson luthiers didn't want to uproot and decided to pool their resources to start the Heritage Guitar Co. Staying true to the previous handcrafted workmanship of Gibson, Heritage's quality and attention to detail makes them the one of the finest guitars most of us will ever play.

Non-smoker.
FYI...I'll be listing a few more guitars in similar condition.

Shipping:

I'll pack (carefully) and ship from UPS.
Please, no international shipping.