IF YOU'RE GETTIN OLDER

[StrummerJoe]

A genuine Well-Hung guitar strap will also mitigate a Les Paul weight. Look em up on Reverb. Super custom, great price fantastic service and no, I am not affiliated.

You're Canadian, and Well Hung are out of Canada.

Something fishy...

 

[StrummerJoe]

Really, Well Hung makes excellent products.

 

[Jethro Rocker]

Really, Well Hung makes excellent products.

BUt remember the dash. Well-Hung. Well Hung likely gets different search results!!

 

[ampeq]

I'm not really sure what a Les Paul sounds like- to me they can produce lots of different tones but Uncle Tedly used those Byrdlands and they sounded huge- eg.

I went to look at a used Heritage H-535 just the other day. Didn't love the aging. Semi-hollow intrigues me though.
Congrats to OP- nice looking guitars.

Heritage makes some very nice guitars. I have a Gibson ES335 Figured that is very nice, great playability. (Rounded C neck with Plek’d frets.) Well worth checking out and a sweet guitar. However, order a set of Lindy Fralin vin. PAF’s if you find one, those Calibrated T - type pups didn’t cut it for me. Kinda muddy sounding.

https://www.gibson.com/en-US/p/Electric-Guitar/USAS7F953/Iced-Tea

 

[fitz]

A genuine Well-Hung guitar strap will also mitigate a Les Paul weight.

Yep. My 10+ lb. LP Deluxe feels like it's just floating on a Well-Hung.

Really, Well Hung makes excellent products.

I have 8 of Brad's straps and I'm working with him on designing a custom one for my V.

 

[Rudy***]

After I win the lottery, I'll buy some of those beautiful Gibsons y'all have on this post.

 

[BakedBeans]

And don't want the weight of a Les Paul but still want the tone. Look at these.
I think I just started a new collection.
CS-336 Wildwood
Custombuckers, 6.5ish lbs. and tone for days.
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PRS McCarty model for me. '59 neck. All specs are LP except thinner mahogany under the maple cap. There is a hollow sound with the weight relief LPs that I don't like. I swapped out the PRS pickups with Fralin PAFs and put in 59 style wiring. Feels like and sounds like my old LP, but my back and shoulder thank me after a couple of hours.

 

[Lo-Tek]

Heritage makes some very nice guitars. I have a Gibson ES335 Figured that is very nice, great playability. (Rounded C neck with Plek’d frets.) Well worth checking out and a sweet guitar. However, order a set of Lindy Fralin vin. PAF’s if you find one, those Calibrated T - type pups didn’t cut it for me. Kinda muddy sounding.

https://www.gibson.com/en-US/p/Electric-Guitar/USAS7F953/Iced-Tea

The Heritage that's for sale locally had Lollar humbucker sized single coils installed- sounded good but if I get that style of guitar I want humbuckers. It was also "Artisan Aged" ; The finish was kind of cool but imo they went overboard aging the chrome parts.

I'm kind of a homer and the fact that Heritage is Michigan based and a small maker is appealing to me. Some people don't like the headstock shape but I think it's fine.

 

[dro]

Yeah, I played so many PRS guitars over the years. Never liked the tone.
I own two now. A Santana Retro, and a Custom 24. I chose Seymore Duncan 59's for the Custom 24. My tech told me, he's changed more pickups in PRS guitars. They should start selling them without pickups.
Sorry if that may upset some of you. I have very specific things I look for in tone. The custom 24 is a 2023 Fire Red. Fit and finish are second to none. But the tone just doesn't "make me want to play," like my Gibson's do. When I play my Les Pau's and now my 336's. I don't want to put them down. If the 59's in the Custom 24 don't do it. It'll be going on the block.

 

[ampeq]

The Heritage that's for sale locally had Lollar humbucker sized single coils installed- sounded good but if I get that style of guitar I want humbuckers. It was also "Artisan Aged" ; The finish was kind of cool but imo they went overboard aging the chrome parts.

I'm kind of a homer and the fact that Heritage is Michigan based and a small maker is appealing to me. Some people don't like the headstock shape but I think it's fine.

The Heritage H-535 is about a grand less than my ES335 and comes with a set of Seymour Duncan '59 humbuckers. The 2 guitars are every bit as good as each other, it would come down to which one speaks to you. As for aging a guitar, I find that pointless. It would be like saving up for a brand new car and saying “how about sanding a couple spots on the rear quarter to get some rust going, kick the front fender in, and break the window crank”. I want it to look like a used car my aunt gave me. I’ll give you an extra grand. I don’t even want me to ding it up!

 

[ampeq]

Yeah, I played so many PRS guitars over the years. Never liked the tone.
I own two now. A Santana Retro, and a Custom 24. I chose Seymore Duncan 59's for the Custom 24. My tech told me, he's changed more pickups in PRS guitars. They should start selling them without pickups.
Sorry if that may upset some of you. I have very specific things I look for in tone. The custom 24 is a 2023 Fire Red. Fit and finish are second to none. But the tone just doesn't "make me want to play," like my Gibson's do. When I play my Les Pau's and now my 336's. I don't want to put them down. If the 59's in the Custom 24 don't do it. It'll be going on the block.

I tried to like PRS guitars because I love the looks of them. But I never liked any of their pickups, even though I see others play them and they sound great. Of course I can change them out, but the necks, I just can’t jive with the necks. I tried them all but can’t talk myself into them. Same with Kiesel guitars, they make some nice stuff but they just don’t fit my hand I guess.