FS: 1998 Heritage Golden Eagle - SOLD

Neck : 17 degree peg head pitch, the standard five-piece flamed out maple with mahogany neck, a multiple white bound head veneer inlaid with mother of pearl eagle and branch, and the back veneer inlaid with mother of pearl eagle and registration number. MOP truss rod cover.

Fingerboard : 25 1/2″ scale ebony with multiple white bound with MOP cloud inlays. 20 frets. 12" radius fb, and 1 11/16 nut width.

Body : Solid carved spruce top, solid carved flamed maple back and sides, multiple white bound top and back, multiple white bound flamed maple pickguard and bound f-holes.

Body Depth: 3″

Body Width: 17″

Body Length: 20 1/4″

Electronics : Bartolini/Heritage jazz floating pickup mounted on pickguard. Custom Factory V/T controls. Beautifully clear and natural woody tone 1000%.

Hardware : Gold Plated Grover Imperial machine heads and Gold Plated Heritage tailpiece with Ebony "Golden Eagle" insignia. Adjustable ebony bridge with MOP inlays and MOP truss rod cover.

Insured Shipping and Tracking included.

SOLD!

Thank you.

Wow, I’m very sorry to hear about your loss. I’m not into cutaways on hollow-body guitars, but otherwise, I’d buy this in a heartbeat. Wishing you the best with the sale!

Thank you, truly.

There are a few guitars of my Dads that I'll never sell: the ones I learned to play on - specifically the 1963 Martin 0-16NY, a couple of vintage Fender Telecasters, and that old Epiphone Emperor I mentioned. He bought this one as a "bucket list and I want it!" guitar after the tornado that ripped through St Peter, MN in 1998 that destroyed his home, paid for with insurance $. I have no emotional attachment to it, other than that he loved it and babied it.

Killer Guitar. All I'm good for is rawking and some Jeff Beck style freak-show tricks. This is simply too good for me and it deserves to be with someone who can actually play.

Can't get more top of the line. In the end, Heritage will be remembered for their hand-carved jazzers. Eastman can follow as a distant second.

I hope this goes to someone who will truly appreciate it. Sorry for your loss, Josh, but your dad's spirit will live on with the new owner.

So sorry for you loss Josh. 

Way back when I had gone through several Heritage archtops, including a pair of Super Eagles. (Essentially a "Super 400" rather than "L5"). They were great guitars. Beyond my ability to do them justice. of course. Probably the equal of the actual Super 400 I once had.

This one is real beauty and will be a nice addition to someone's arsenal.

Good to keep the ones that do have sentimental value!

Those are incredible guitars, and I don't know if Heritage has any plans to make that type of guitar in the future. In that era the tops were hand finished and tap tuned. If someone is looking for a fantastic archtop acoustic, that will fit the bill.

tbonesullivan said:

Those are incredible guitars, and I don't know if Heritage has any plans to make that type of guitar in the future. In that era the tops were hand finished and tap tuned. If someone is looking for a fantastic archtop acoustic, that will fit the bill.

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I had a nearly 2 hour long conversation with Ren Wall last week about this guitar. For those of you who don't know, he's 2nd generation Gibson employee and kind of a super-star as far as Gibson history is concerned. Both He AND his Dad Rem Wall! He holds a number of patents that Gibson continues to use to this day and it was an absolutely fascinating conversation.

The information you put forth regarding hand-carved and tap-tuned tops is correct. He also stated that of this year, it was still experienced "career" Gibson craftsman who took part in all aspects of the guitar. We talked about that production year, why Heritage stopped making them, his father Rem and his affiliations, pickups, Seth Lover, Bill Lawrence.. and he engaged me too regarding my life, music career, pickup career ..

What a cool human. A new friend.

And yes, you're right. It's a fantastic guitar. WAY too nice for this rock'n roller bass player that I am.

BTW/An Addition:

Ren is still with Heritage, working Customer Support. When I got in touch I absolutely didn't expect any of it but.. wow!

https://player.vimeo.com/video/39337583?app_id=122963

JGravelin said:

I had a nearly 2 hour long conversation with Ren Wall last week about this guitar. For those of you who don't know, he's 2nd generation Gibson employee and kind of a super-star as far as Gibson history is concerned. Both He AND his Dad Rem Wall! He holds a number of patents that Gibson continues to use to this day and it was an absolutely fascinating conversation.

The information you put forth regarding hand-carved and tap-tuned tops is correct. He also stated that of this year, it was still experienced "career" Gibson craftsman who took part in all aspects of the guitar. We talked about that production year, why Heritage stopped making them, his father Rem and his affiliations, pickups, Seth Lover, Bill Lawrence.. and he engaged me too regarding my life, music career, pickup career ..

What a cool human. A new friend.

And yes, you're right. It's a fantastic guitar. WAY too nice for this rock'n roller bass player that I am.

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Oh wow! I've been up to the Heritage Factory a few times and met Ren. He's truly a treasure trove of information. Did you talk shop at all? He used to do special rewinds of Schaller Golden 50 guitars for Heritage, which were called HRW pickups. There's disagreement over whether it means "Heritage Re Wind" or "Heritage Ren Wall". I have a guitar with them, and they are definitely good pickups, very articulate, and I like them a whole lot more than Golden 50s.

tbonesullivan said:

Oh wow! I've been up to the Heritage Factory a few times and met Ren. He's truly a treasure trove of information. Did you talk shop at all? He used to do special rewinds of Schaller Golden 50 guitars for Heritage, which were called HRW pickups. There's disagreement over whether it means "Heritage Re Wind" or "Heritage Ren Wall". I have a guitar with them, and they are definitely good pickups, very articulate, and I like them a whole lot more than Golden 50s.

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So cool that you met him! Yes we did talk shop. I won't go into details but I can say this: He respects Hamer Guitars, is well-aware of Mike Shishkov, and was very supportive of my work.

JGravelin said:

So cool that you met him! Yes we did talk shop. I won't go into details but I can say this: He respects Hamer Guitars, is well-aware of Mike Shishkov, and was very supportive of my work.

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I did the "Parsons Street Pilgrimage" 3 or 4 times, can't really remember. I have one guitar that had the HRW pickups, and they always had a pickup selector with an inlaid dot on the top. My guitar no longer had it, but Ren had a few left, so he gave me one. I also know a few of the workers who were there, and one named Katie, her father had worked at the factory as well, and during the event she met a guy to look at and purchase his "F-style" heritage mandolin. She already had an "A-style", but this would have completed the set. I think it was also signed by all the workers at the time on the certificate, which is something they would do sometimes, so her late father's name was on the case candy. All the Gibson / Heritage people there took a look at it.

I took a bunch of pictures in 2014, and the first picture is Katie (lower right holding the certificate). Second is Ren lookin at the Mandolin, and third is Ren with people that were playing acoustic stuff over at "the bridge". I think Ren may still play out sometimes in Kalamazoo, and maybe his son does too? It's been a while

This openness and real humans just being Us and hanging out photos are so good!! Thanks for sharing these and I love it so much. That same feel was at 100% level once Ren and I got going and he is, as you know, a real Class Act of a guy.

I'll ask about the Schaller rewinds shortly.

A fella here was hot on it! But the deal didn't work out. So here's more photos. These are rare and Heritage doesn't make them anymore. Fresh strings, totally cleaned top to bottom, plays excellently! A lot of guitar here.

Nearly sold, payment pending. WOW!

SOLD!

Yay

Thank you!

Sweet! Glad to hear that it is going to a good home.