So this happened (Heritage Eagle Classic)

**jzucker** · 10-19-2024, 05:48 PM

wasn't really looking for this but it popped up on my feed and was 120 miles from me at a really good price. Sounds great. I like it better than my L4. More classic sounding and the 3" wide body is way more comfortable. It's got that old guitar sound too...

So this happened (Heritage Eagle Classic)-image2-1-jpg

So this happened (Heritage Eagle Classic)-image2-1-jpg

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**jazzshrink** · 10-19-2024, 06:11 PM

So, good things do happen to good people. Congrats!

**Mick-7** · 10-19-2024, 06:38 PM

Originally Posted by jazzshrink

So, good things do happen to good people.

Or at least good guitars do....

**deacon Mark** · 10-19-2024, 06:40 PM

Heritage makes great guitars I love the sunburst they do. I think you will find it really nice.

**Boze** · 10-19-2024, 06:43 PM

That's greater looking. Love the brown burst and love the flamy back, congratulations.

Just curious, do you dig those tunomatic style bridges? While I haven't owned many archtops I always end up swapping that bridge for rosewood.

**pingu** · 10-19-2024, 07:52 PM

that’s real beautiful

**mr. beaumont** · 10-19-2024, 08:13 PM

That's a beauty!

**ccroft** · 10-19-2024, 08:16 PM

Nice one Jack! It's a beaut. If you ask me, driving a couple hundred miles to actually handle the thing beats the hell out of playing 20 questions with some faceless goofbag on Reverb.

**Gitfiddler** · 10-19-2024, 08:36 PM

Awesome Eagle!!!
Congratulations.

**2bornot2bop** · 10-19-2024, 10:26 PM

That back! Congrats Jack!

**jzucker** · 10-19-2024, 10:51 PM

Thanks, the guitar sounds amazing. Very similar to CTI era george benson body talk...

**2bornot2bop** · 10-19-2024, 10:58 PM

Originally Posted by jzucker

Thanks, the guitar sounds amazing. Very similar to CTI era george benson body talk...

Body Talk? Well, now we’re talking. Absolutely one of my favorite Benson albums!

Can’t wait to hear it!

**Stringswinger** · 10-19-2024, 11:15 PM

Congrats and may she inspire your playing for many years to come. I am a fan of Heritage guitars and I even like their headstock. One thing though, the retired lawyer in me wonders how they have avoided liability through the years with that pickguard? Those sharp edges are an injury waiting to happen. I would fit a Gibson style pickguard on that guitar if it were mine. A right hand injury on the gig would suck. Just sayin'....

**Marty Grass** · 10-20-2024, 04:20 AM

So far, no serious injuries are reported with the pickguard.

The flaming is grand. The heel is nicely compact.

Congrats.

**Woody Sound** · 10-20-2024, 08:25 AM

The plain ebony board is to die for.

**jzucker** · 10-20-2024, 10:39 AM

Originally Posted by Stringswinger

Congrats and may she inspire your playing for many years to come. I am a fan of Heritage guitars and I even like their headstock. One thing though, the retired lawyer in me wonders how they have avoided liability through the years with that pickguard? Those sharp edges are an injury waiting to happen. I would fit a Gibson style pickguard on that guitar if it were mine. A right hand injury on the gig would suck. Just sayin'....

agreed, I just ordered an L5 pickguard. I also like the pickguard a little higher, sitting on the pickup rings and cut out around the pickup, not the mounting ring. Slight problem in that the heritage mounting rings have 2 screws. I'll probably just have the bottom of the pickguard notched for the 2 screws and not try to put a cutout for height adjustment.

**jzucker** · 10-20-2024, 10:40 AM

interestingly, the center seam in the back is not really centered. It's off by about 1/8". I had a golden eagle that was off by 1/2" so I guess this one isn't too bad. Must have been a rough night the day before the back was cut...

**Oscar67** · 10-20-2024, 11:23 AM

Congrats! Wish you two lots of happy hours together. Be sure to let us hear how she sounds at some point.

**ccroft** · 10-20-2024, 02:36 PM

Originally Posted by jzucker

interestingly, the center seam in the back is not really centered. It's off by about 1/8". I had a golden eagle that was off by 1/2" so I guess this one isn't too bad. Must have been a rough night the day before the back was cut...

Pfffttt! Only noticeable by the most fastidious of guitar appraisers :)

Most of us would be too busy trying not to drool all over that gorgeous finish and figure to notice.

**Stringswinger** · 10-20-2024, 02:47 PM

Originally Posted by jzucker

interestingly, the center seam in the back is not really centered. It's off by about 1/8". I had a golden eagle that was off by 1/2" so I guess this one isn't too bad. Must have been a rough night the day before the back was cut...

It is all good. That is proof that your guitar was made by hand and not by a machine. Those Heritage guys were some of Gibson's best luthiers ever. When a Heritage archtop is good, they are as good as any archtop ever.

**vinnyv1k** · 10-20-2024, 06:01 PM

Sweet score Jack ! Bengal tiger

**Jabberwocky** · 10-20-2024, 08:34 PM

This would really complete the look. Courtesy of Joe Bonamassa, no less. OK, OK, I'm just fetching my anorak.

**Max405** · 10-20-2024, 08:46 PM

Jack, that is a seriously beautiful guitar.
I love the color. And I happen to like a fretboard without dots. Something classy about it.
JD

**DMgolf66** · 10-21-2024, 10:39 AM

That is a beauty, Jack. Im with Joe, no dots on an ebony fb looks classy. Im so glad to hear it sounds as good as it looks and really love that it has an "old sound". If the day ever comes that it goes up F/S on the Forum, that WILL move.
Cant wait to hear a demo

**sgosnell** · 10-21-2024, 02:20 PM

I like the Benedetto method of mounting pickguards. It uses the screws for the pickup rings, just remove them, put the pickguard in place, and replace the screws through the pickguard. The back of the pickguard is routed to fit over the pickup rings, with the edge against the pickups. It does require some semi-precise routing and drilling of 3 screw holes (two for mounting screws, one for access to the pickup height adjustment screw), but it's secure, removal is easy, and there is no modification of the guitar. It's a genius method.