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1985 Heritage H140CM Guitar 

SN:   B07001

This guitar was produced during the first year of incorporation for the Heritage Guitar company (1985). 

A few guitars with serial numbers starting with the letter "A" were produced prior to their incorporation.

The H140CM guitars used hand picked Michigan curly maple wood.

Heritage guitars are all hand made by some of the best luthiers in the business. 

After Gibson abandoned many of its workers in the 1984 move from Kalamazoo, Michigan to Nashville, Tennessee, a number of the original craftsmen stayed right in the same building at 225 Parsons Street making guitars. Those guitars, known as Heritage, are all hand made and some of the best in the business. 

If I was shopping for a new guitar, I would likely consider a new Heritage before a new Gibson due to the workmanship and attention to detail. The guitars Heritage offers are gorgeous to look at and amazing to play. 

They do not do much advertising... most of their clientele is via word-of-mouth.

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 BELOW: A few pictures of the Heritage factory in Kalamazoo, Michigan

Above left: The front door to the Heritage Guitar factory in Kalamazoo, MI.
Above right: Master craftsman and musician Rendal Wall

 

Above left: Master craftsman Russell showing off some of handiwork, a handcrafted Millennium-edition guitar

Above right: Heritage co-founder and craftsman Bill Paige

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Heritage on You Tube    (Click on pictures to see more)

Click on picture to see Heritage on You Tube  Click on picture to see a demo of a Heritage H140 guitar 

Heritage Owners Club

Heritage Owners Club 2008 Inaugural Parsons Street Pilgrimage
  Video Part 1    Video Part 2      Video Part 3

(Below) John Sebastian playing with Les Paul (Trio) at the Iridium Jazz Club 2003

John Sebastian (Loving Spoonful) on stage with Les Paul 2003

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