1993 Heritage Super Eagle

[Gab A.B.]

Beautiful Heritage Super Eagle equipped with a floating Charlie Christian pickup built by Pete Biltoft and a custom celluloid pickguard with 5-ply binding made by Fox Guitars.

The guitar's construction is very light and the floating pickup allows the top to vibrate fully, giving it a very rich sound with plenty of volume. Visually, it is also one of the guitars with the most beautiful pieces of flamed maple that I have had the chance to see.

Comes with the original pickup and pickguard as well as the original hard case.

5500$ + shipping

[deacon Mark]

What area of country are you in?

[Gab A.B.]

I'm in Montreal but I could ship it from Vermont if it makes things easier

[Hammertone]

Gorgeous guitar! Heritage made very few acoustic Super Eagles and they really sound great. GLWS. My x-braced 1995 (w/swapped bridge):

[58flame]

That is super nice.

[Marty Grass]

There was a time when jazz players were skeptical of the company that took over the Gibson factory in Kalamazoo. But several key workers remained and started Heritage Guitars. That company did a lot of custom work the first decade or two and has settled down to doing very few one-offs. One model they had a lot of fun was the Super Eagle. That had the wood sources, the equipment, the ideas and the buyers. The body depth was by default 3", but they would make some deeper if ordered that way. The body is slightly shorter than the Super 400, which was carefully thought out to improve player comfort without degrading amplified tone.

They gave special care to building these. But they were also practical. Once I asked Marv Lamb about making me a Super Kenny Burrell. He asked me why I wanted one of them. I told him that I liked the Florentine cutaway. He said they can do that in a Super Eagle, which he pointed out is the same guitar but costing much less. He told me he'd make either one, but the SKB would cost much more because Kenny gets a cut. What other company would tell you that?

They made the Super Eagle both parallel and cross braced, depending on how it is ordered.

Here are my "Super Eagles". Three of them are ghost built Gretsches and one is an 18" Johnny Smith with a 3 1/4" depth. All are cross braced.

I strongly endorse the Super Eagle that's listed, although I've never seen it in person. They are pretty easy to play and are of equal quality on average to the Super 400. There are those who might disagree, but they are wrong. It's the same wood sourcing, the same build techniques, and often the same builders that did both. There are subtle differences, the body dimensions being the most obvious. The slightly smaller dimensions don't matter in the negative in an electric guitar in my opinion but do improve comfort.

[deacon Mark]

Great post MG! I agree 100% the acoustic SE are quite nice they went for true acoustic sound, unless you ordered something a bit different.

[jim777]

Gotta love those big girls! And I LOVE the bridges on those Gretsches That's a cool touch

[Gab A.B.]

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[Gab A.B.]

Here's an old transcription of Kenny Burrell on "Sunny Side of the Street" just so you can get an idea of the sound.

[Mick-7]

Here are my "Super Eagles". Three of them are ghost built Gretsches

What exactly is a "ghost built" Gretsch?

[2bornot2bop]

What exactly is a "ghost built" Gretsch?

A Gretsch built by Heritage. I believe Heritage built about 22 18” Gretsch’s. It’s essentially a Super Eagle in Gretsch trim, including headstock style.

Heritage also built several New Yorker in 18”. You never see them for sale.

[jpuhm]

Nice playing! Is this instrument still available? Cheers

[Gab A.B.]

Yes it is! You can send me a private message for more details.