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JazzNote,
Originally Posted by JazzNote
Mine is an 18", IIRC, Big Mike's is a 17".
A forum member sent me a message that he owns a 16" fully carved D'Angelico replica made by Heritage and that it is for sale (He did not say what his asking price was, perhaps he should advertise it on this forum's classified section?) He also said that he knew of another 16 incher that sold for over 6K and went to Europe.
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07-17-2017 10:55 AM
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I think the 16" guitars are the D'Angelico II models (laminated-maple top, sides, back) that Heritage made. I've seen one. They are excellent. They are a vamp on the guitars that John D and Jimmy D made that featured Union (United?) bodies and hand-carved necks, with set-in pickups. Jim Hall, Joe Pass, etc. played these guitars.
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This guy claimed that his 16 incher was fully carved.... Originally Posted by Greentone
Perhaps he can chime in directly and clear this up?
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Here's a D'Angelico II (Heritage-made) for sale on Reverb. It could well be all solid, but it's clearly maple top, sides, back.
Looks like an excellent guitar, to me.
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Yep that is the one that I was messaged about. Here is his reverb ad:
Last Week on market! The Heritage D'Angelico II 1995 circa | Reverb
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I own that guitar and have it listed for sale. It is a wonderful 16" Heritage. If someone is interested I would be happy to go over every detail with them. I plan on putting her back in playing rotation next week if she is still unsold. This guitar is not laminated. She is 100% carved solid wood. Rare as rare can be. I also have a Heritage ghost built Gretsch that will be offered for sale soon--formally owned by Aaron Cowles. Thanks!
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What a great looking axe! Wish I was in the market. Originally Posted by heritage
Your label has the original Heritage owner's signatures. Very cool piece of Heritage history! GLWYS.
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Hey, Heritage:
Cool guitars. The D'Angelico is very nice. I bet Aaron's "Gretsch" is also something else. (Aaron was a BIG Chet Atkins fan. His own style of playing ran to Chet/Thumb pick and fingers playing. The electric he made for himself was a tribute to a red Gretsch.) Here is a picture of Steve Cowles--Aaron's son--playing Aaron's guitar:
GT
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Steve actually pulled the Gretsch from "the rafters" for me. He is a great guy and he and his father have/had great skills on the guitar. The 16" D'Angelico is a wonderful guitar as well as a great historical piece. It is crazy how low a price some of these guitars fetch right now. I decided to move a number of great guitars over the last year and can't speak highly enough of this one. She is one of the last guitars I put up for sale on the chopping block. There really is no ploy..I just figure if it doesn't sell this week I have a sign to keep her.
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Don't get me wrong, BB. When I bought my Ibanez semi-, I was actually on a mission to score a used Sheraton ... headstock and all. I'm a player, not a collector and not a fanboi, and I don't play the headstock. Originally Posted by Brian B
I should add as well that I think the Epi Elitist headstock is a graceful thing, aesthetically.
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and long live the Snake head design!
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Heritage, that looks like a great guitar at a great price. With any luck all of the buyers out there will pass up that great deal (I paid more for my fully carved Heritage build D'Angelico II) and you will get to enjoy her for the foreseeable future! Originally Posted by heritage
Steve actually pulled the Gretsch from "the rafters" for me. He is a great guy and he and his father have/had great skills on the guitar. The 16" D'Angelico is a wonderful guitar as well as a great historical piece. It is crazy how low a price some of these guitars fetch right now. I decided to move a number of great guitars over the last year and can't speak highly enough of this one. She is one of the last guitars I put up for sale on the chopping block. There really is no ploy..I just figure if it doesn't sell this week I have a sign to keep her.
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Thanks! I parted ways with a ton of unique Heritage, and other custom archtops. There really is some magic in the 16" body H575 design. Triggs and I talked many times about the magic of a 16" carved jazz guitar--this one has it in spades. Some folks think the bigger the body the better the acoustical response, but I can't say enough about the 575/sweet 16 line from Heritage. I would put a well built 575 in the line up against anything else out there. I won't be sad to keep her.
. My Heritage Gretsch is a 18" body guitar. Thanks for the kind words!
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Forgot to add: a few guys from here asked if the guitar has the original tortoise pick guard--she does. The guard is thick, and built just like a vintage D'Angelico guard. It has started to age just a bit, but in great shape. I decided to pull it off the guitar to keep it from gassing during storage. I had the guard on the guitar built for her...The finish didn't match but I was not going to ask the builder to go through the process again. Both are included. I will try to take pictures of the original pick guard and update the listing.
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Aaron met Chet Atkins quite a few times during Aaron's Gibson years and after.
The guitar below was put together by Aaron but has a Heritage body and possibly a Heritage neck. The body is a thinline H-550.
Aaron told me it was a lot easier for him to have Heritage do that work than for him to do it all.
The guitar sounds just like a very good Gretsch, especially when Aaron played it.
Originally Posted by Greentone
Hey, Heritage:
Cool guitars. The D'Angelico is very nice. I bet Aaron's "Gretsch" is also something else. (Aaron was a BIG Chet Atkins fan. His own style of playing ran to Chet/Thumb pick and fingers playing. The electric he made for himself was a tribute to a red Gretsch.) Here is a picture of Steve Cowles--Aaron's son--playing Aaron's guitar:
GT
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Had one of these in the 70's, loved that guitar, but almost sawed the "M" off of that headstock whenever Originally Posted by neatomic
it caught my eye whilst drinking.
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Heritage Headstock Critics Has Win!
Despite its design flaws, mine doesn't bother me too much.
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True - but BC Rich was going for Radical not Traditional. Originally Posted by Greentone
Luthiers are not necessarily the best at 'Branding'.
They are targeting mostly 'Traditional 'Thinking Guitarists. They have the 'Gibson Heritage'.
These are just Robert's Opinions but you can see some Logic...
"Why are you referring to yourself in 'Third Person ' Robert ?"
Exactly.
Why does the Guitar say ' THE Heritage '.
It is referring to Itself in 3rd Person..
Or maybe these Guys REALLY want to emphasize that they WERE Gibson before the Corporate Sale.
I would too...but I would write the Story on the back of the Headstock - making fine American Guitars since _______ and come up with a ' H ' that wraps around the whole Headstock and make it SHORTER.
With 'Heritage ' in fine letters and NOT lengthen the Headstock.
And the ' H' Could be really large - visible from the Audience - without lengthening a Traditional Headstock.
I' ll buy one if it's fatter and darker sounding than a 335
OR if they'll make an H-S-H Studio Model for $2500.
Regardless of the Headstock.
They don't care...lol.
Hey If I play one of their Models and it sounds like halfway between a 335 and a 175....
I will not care much about the Headstock at all.Last edited by Robertkoa; 07-20-2017 at 04:34 PM.
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