Sweetwater has
Heritage Standard H-150 Electric Guitar (various colors) for
$1,999.
Shipping is free.
- Note: All 4 color options are on backorder w/ delivery expected in May 2025.
Thanks to community member
SplendidMorning215 for finding this deal.
Available colors:
About this item:
- Resonant mahogany body is topped with exquisite curly maple
- Seymour Duncan humbuckers re-create the magic of the original PAFs
- Comfortable rolled Standard "C"-shaped neck with rosewood fingerboard
- Bone nut and medium-jumbo Jescar frets supply optimal feel and sustain
- Precision Plek'd for maximum sustain and heightened playability
- Set neck construction with long tenon provides exceptional sustain and response
- Non-locking Tune-o-matic bridge and Grover 18:1 tuners ensure rock-solid stability and intonation
- Cream-colored body binding, "The Heritage" sticker headstock logo, and classic-style trapezoid fingerboard inlays
- Light-reflecting gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish
- Handcrafted in Kalamazoo, Mich
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I would have agreed before Heritage was sold this last time to the private equity firm. Now both the Heritage H-150 and the Eastman SB-59 use CNC combined with handmade craftsmanship. The Eastman SB59/v offers Lollars. The Eastman is generally lighter and the headstock is better IMO. I have owned both brands and, to me, the perceived value in Heritage is the Kalamazoo thing, but as the brand has struggled with profitability, they've had to modernize to compete, which takes away some of that. Eastman does hand crafting well. I'm not sure the difference is easy to see.
I don't know about an Ascent line. I'm talking about the Eastman SB59 line, a Les Paul style single cut which is comparable in price to this Heritage H-150. I don't know how US-made guitars are viewed today, but with the Fender and Gibson quality issues in its American lines, it's not a sure thing that American quality is better. To me, the SB59 meets or exceeds the Heritage, and I know Eastman hand makes its guitars in this line in the same way as Heritage. I tend to take the opposite approach. A Chinese brand can afford to put more hand craftsmanship into the guitar. But I'm open to feedback if players have played both and can point to specifics.
That said, I've heard great things about Eastman. Woud I spend $2k on an Eastman guitar? Maybe...maybe not. At that point, if I'm going to spend that much on a guitar though and we weren't talking about Heritage either, I'd rather just spend a little more and look for a used Suhr or deal on a nice Fender or Gibson
That said, I've heard great things about Eastman. Woud I spend $2k on an Eastman guitar? Maybe...maybe not. At that point, if I'm going to spend that much on a guitar though and we weren't talking about Heritage either, I'd rather just spend a little more and look for a used Suhr or deal on a nice Fender or Gibson
Fair enough. I fall along the same lines. To me, Eastman is an outlier case and I wouldn't give any guitar maker in China the same consideration without doing research. I happen to own the Eastman single cut and 335 variant and an acoustic. I used to have a Heritage hollowbody jazz. They're all good guitars. I'm price sensitive north of 2K so I'm happy to buy a guitar I know is well made that doesn't have Gibson or Suhr on the headstock, but I certainly wouldn't turn those guitars down either, lol.
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