Duff
February 3rd, 2010, 12:37 AM
"The Heritage" H 150 Kahuna, used, with special vintage Gibson type pups designed by the Heritage guy that worked for gibson on the PAFs,compared to a brand new ESP LTD EC1000 Deluxe with EMG 81/60 pups.
"The Heritage" about four years old, honeyburst, great shape, 1000dollars.
The ESP LTD EC1000 Deluxe, new, blinged out gloss black w gold hardware 700.
Never played the Heritage and don't read much about them. Played the EC1000 many times and dig it for a lot of reasons. Best LPs I have are Epiphone Standards with SD pups, so a Heritage might have that specific traditional gibson LP sound at half the price.
These are two guitars I'm considering buying but only want to get one.
Pros: I really like the ESP LTD; tone, feel, playability, bling - hey what can I say, I don't, however, usually like blingy guitars, so this would be my mega bling guitar. "The Heritage" would sound like a gibson LP probably.
Cons: ESP LTD will not sound like a gibson LP. "The Heritage" is used and is not a gibson and does not appreciate in value and I already have a few LP tribute type guitars with passive pups that approximate the general gibson LP sound. "The Heritage is probably overpriced although it is a very limited run called the "Kahuna", co-designed by my personal friend Chris Bovard and the model has been discontinued for some time but is basically a H 150 with vintage pickups. Heavy, real solid mahogany body, unlike gibson's chambered semi hollow, so called solid body LPs. Ever seen inside one of those? I would be worried about cracks and definitely would freak out if I dropped it. Those things are mega chambered, unless you get a gibson custom shop, then you get high quality mahogany and a solid, non weight relieved, unchambered body.
Anyone have any experience with "The Heritage" H 150? Is 1000 dollars a lot for a used version of this in great shape, like I think it is? I don't see too many advertized. This one is mint.
Money is money, and aside from personal preference, value is value; if you know what I mean - avoiding the "it's all personal preference" ambiguity, and "we are comparing apples and oranges" paradox.
Straight up; can anyone estimate the relative material, objective value of these two? General idea of course.
I'm asking about value here, considering both guitars sound great. The deal on the "The Heritage" comes from a need for immediate money perspective; but I question if it is really a great deal and assume the guitar retailed for about 1500 new but could be very wrong, not knowing anything about Heritages except that they are made in the old Michigan gibson building by, reputably, some old gibson employees, originally.
"The Heritage" about four years old, honeyburst, great shape, 1000dollars.
The ESP LTD EC1000 Deluxe, new, blinged out gloss black w gold hardware 700.
Never played the Heritage and don't read much about them. Played the EC1000 many times and dig it for a lot of reasons. Best LPs I have are Epiphone Standards with SD pups, so a Heritage might have that specific traditional gibson LP sound at half the price.
These are two guitars I'm considering buying but only want to get one.
Pros: I really like the ESP LTD; tone, feel, playability, bling - hey what can I say, I don't, however, usually like blingy guitars, so this would be my mega bling guitar. "The Heritage" would sound like a gibson LP probably.
Cons: ESP LTD will not sound like a gibson LP. "The Heritage" is used and is not a gibson and does not appreciate in value and I already have a few LP tribute type guitars with passive pups that approximate the general gibson LP sound. "The Heritage is probably overpriced although it is a very limited run called the "Kahuna", co-designed by my personal friend Chris Bovard and the model has been discontinued for some time but is basically a H 150 with vintage pickups. Heavy, real solid mahogany body, unlike gibson's chambered semi hollow, so called solid body LPs. Ever seen inside one of those? I would be worried about cracks and definitely would freak out if I dropped it. Those things are mega chambered, unless you get a gibson custom shop, then you get high quality mahogany and a solid, non weight relieved, unchambered body.
Anyone have any experience with "The Heritage" H 150? Is 1000 dollars a lot for a used version of this in great shape, like I think it is? I don't see too many advertized. This one is mint.
Money is money, and aside from personal preference, value is value; if you know what I mean - avoiding the "it's all personal preference" ambiguity, and "we are comparing apples and oranges" paradox.
Straight up; can anyone estimate the relative material, objective value of these two? General idea of course.
I'm asking about value here, considering both guitars sound great. The deal on the "The Heritage" comes from a need for immediate money perspective; but I question if it is really a great deal and assume the guitar retailed for about 1500 new but could be very wrong, not knowing anything about Heritages except that they are made in the old Michigan gibson building by, reputably, some old gibson employees, originally.