HERITAGE GUITAR COMPANY - the REAL Gibson legacy - Guitar Discoveries #5

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Robert Cassard discusses the guitar building tradition in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Find out how the Heritage H-575 is the handcrafted heir to the Gibson ES-175D and L-4.

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Partial Transcript:

Today I want to share with you one of my very special guitars,
an H575 from The Heritage. It's modeled after a Gibson ES-175D. Pretty iconic guitar in the jazz arena. Wes Montgomery played one, Joe Pass, Pat Metheny in more recent years.

It's an archtop, it has that jazz look with F holes. It's basically a Gibson 175; in fact in some ways it's more of a Gibson than a Gibson. That's because this guitar was built in the very factory that Gibson originally opened its doors in 1902, in Kalamazoo, Michigan. 225 Parsons Street, a legendary address where the first Les Pauls were built and other absolutely classic guitars came out of.

Here is a guitar that was built in that factory. Who by? Well when Gibson moved manufacturing operations from Michigan down to Nashville in 1984, a group of dedicated plant managers, QC people, and crafts persons, all decided to keep the factory open as a new corporation, employee-owned, and to continue building amazing guitars in the hand-crafted tradition of the original and vintage Gibsons.

They kept up the tradition of everything being hand-crafted. They used the highest quality tone woods, the best parts and equipment, and they just worked every guitar until it was just delicious. This is a perfect example of that: an H575, from 1991. There's a bunch of things that I just love about this guitar.

Number one, this is a solid maple top, in fact, the whole body of it is solid curly maple. Even the pickguard is actually made of maple. That is different than a Gibson 175 which is a laminate top, so we're talking about an actual, solid piece of wood here. Double binding, mahogany neck, Grover Rotomatic tuners, headstock is kind of pitched back. Schaller humbuckers on here, a rosewood finger board, rosewood bridge, adjustable, and it's got this little trapeze at the bottom here.

Scotty Moore played a 175 on the early Elvis stuff from the Sun sessions. One of my favorite guitarists, one that I admire as a virtuoso is Steve Howe from the band Yes. Even in the 80's, Izzy Stradlin from Guns N' Roses, was also a 175 player. This guitar could be used as a rock guitar.

I still have the original paperwork from this including my Heritage Limited warranty, the case key and everything else. I bought it at ABC Music back in 1992, and paid $1345 for it. I also bought a strap and capo at the time. Including tax, it was south of $1500.

Why is this a guitar discovery? Well, the Heritage really is the continuation of the Gibson handcrafted tradition, coming right out of the same factory with the same tools, with many of the same luthiers and artists making those instruments, and the same quality control and the same plant management.

If you really want a Gibson that was made by those folks, you really want a Heritage! The other thing is, the price of these is interesting. If you buy them new today, they can lose value pretty quick, mostly because people don't know what the Heritage really is. If you buy a Heritage USED though, you can get smoking deals. I've seen this guitar going for $1500-$2k, where a comparable Gibson 175, similar era etc., would be a third again more. Maybe more than that.

If you find a Heritage that's the body style you want and that plays the way you want, you're going to be happy with it.

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