Eagle on Heritage SE Headstock

**tomvwash** · 09-07-2021, 07:15 AM

Has anyone seen a Heritage Super Eagle without the actual Eagle on the headstock? Looking at this:

Heritage Classic Super Eagle Natural Second Hand | Fanatic | Reverb

**ThatRhythmMan** · 09-07-2021, 07:20 AM

I’m no Heritage Expert, but I thought the Super Eagle ALWAYS had a carved spruce top. I guess anything could be custom ordered though. It look kind of like a fancier H-550. The listing also says semi-hollow though.

I’m sure someone with more knowledge will weigh in.

**tomvwash** · 09-07-2021, 07:25 AM

Originally Posted by ThatRhythmMan

I’m no Heritage Expert, but I thought the Super Eagle ALWAYS had a carved spruce top. I guess anything could be custom ordered though. It look kind of like a fancier H-550. The listing also says semi-hollow though.

I’m sure someone with more knowledge will weigh in.

Yes, something not altogether right here.
I haven't heard from the seller / store yet.

**dconeill** · 09-07-2021, 07:28 AM

That's an H-550, not a Super Eagle.

Among other things, the bridge on an H-550 is on studs set into the top (i.e., is not movable), while the bridge on the Super Eagle is on a typical wooden archtop bridge base and just sits loose on the top, held in place by string pressure.

**tomvwash** · 09-07-2021, 07:30 AM

Originally Posted by dconeill

That's an H-550, not a Super Eagle.

Among other things, the bridge on an H-550 is on studs set into the top (i.e., is not movable), while the bridge on the Super Eagle is on a typical wooden archtop bridge base and just sits loose on the top, held in place by string pressure.

Great to see this. Thank you very much. They're a little confused, then. Too bad.

**Marty Grass** · 09-07-2021, 07:32 AM

The guy is confused. It's a H-550. It's a laminate 17" guitar. The specs he has listed are wrong in many instances.

It's a beautiful instrument.

**Woody Sound** · 09-07-2021, 08:44 AM

And if you wanted something fairly close to an ES-350, this would be close.

**dconeill** · 09-07-2021, 11:53 AM

Originally Posted by Marty Grass

The [seller] is confused. ... The specs he has listed are wrong in many instances.

I would be harsher.

"Confused" is when you don't know whether to take the left or right fork in the road.
"Mistaken" is when you get your facts wrong.
"Negligent" is when you get easily verified facts wrong.
Harsher adjectives are available.

I see the seller has edited his/her post by now. [edit, line added]

My Heritage guitar shows the model number on a label visible inside the bass-side F-hole. If the label's there, the seller could have looked.

**tomvwash** · 09-07-2021, 11:56 AM

Originally Posted by dconeill

I would be harsher.

"Confused" is when you don't know whether to take the left or right fork in the road.
"Mistaken" is when you get your facts wrong.
"Negligent" is when you get easily verified facts wrong.
Harsher adjectives are available.

My Heritage guitar shows the model number on a label visible inside the bass-side F-hole. The seller could have looked.

Yes. The seller finally changed it to H-550.

**cmajor9** · 09-07-2021, 12:59 PM

That’s a great-looking 550!

@tomvwash, are you planning to get the guitar, now that its not a Super Eagle?

**tomvwash** · 09-07-2021, 01:03 PM

Originally Posted by cmajor9

That’s a great-looking 550!

@tomvwash, are you planning to get the guitar, now that its not a Super Eagle?

No, thank you for asking. I will wait it out for something similar, all solid, front and back. It is nice-looking, though! If someone goes for this, it is also offered on their website, no taxes.

**cmajor9** · 09-07-2021, 01:19 PM

Do you actually see it there? I don’t find it under Jazz Guitars, or searching for Heritage.

**tomvwash** · 09-07-2021, 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by cmajor9

Do you actually see it there? I don’t find it under Jazz Guitars, or searching for Heritage.

Xavier at Fanatic shop said it was now live on their site--that was more than 6 hours ago. Right, I still don't see it. Try him again on Reverb, or from their store site, not sure why it's not posted there by now.

**Gitfiddler** · 09-07-2021, 01:49 PM

Anyone trying to sell a laminate H-550 for over $4k, and totally misrepresenting it in their ad to support the high price is simply wrong.

Caveat emptor!!

**tomvwash** · 09-07-2021, 01:59 PM

Originally Posted by Gitfiddler

Anyone trying to sell a laminate H-550 for over $4k, and totally misrepresenting it in their ad to support the high price is simply wrong.

Caveat emptor!!

Agreed. Price is way high, even by Reverb standards. "Sold" listings went for half that amount.

**339 in june** · 09-07-2021, 02:12 PM

Originally Posted by cmajor9

Do you actually see it there? I don’t find it under Jazz Guitars, or searching for Heritage.

Looks like the link in the OP still works
And it states it already is in someone's basket.
I would not pay for such an amount for a H-550, even if it's in great shape, even in Europe