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An Exquisite Limited-run Semi-hollowbody





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The Heritage Factory Special Standard H-535 is a special-run semi-hollowbody electric guitar with gorgeous limited-edition appointments. This magnificent H-535 boasts a laminated curly maple top, back, and sides, arming it with a bright tone with lots of bite. Vintage-output Seymour Duncan Seth Lover humbuckers offer a harmonically rich tone that recalls those coveted '50s-era, Kalamazoo-built instruments. You'll also appreciate the comfortable playability of this guitar's set mahogany neck and its rosewood fingerboard with 22 medium-jumbo frets and a bone nut. The Factory Special Standard H-535 is replete with high-end hardware, including a locking bridge and tailpiece and 18:1-ratio Grover Rotomatic tuning machines. The Heritage Factory Special Standard H-535 sports a limited-color top with a contrasting back, sides, and neck, ensuring that the spotlight will be on you every time you open your guitar case.





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Stunning curly maple construction





The Factory Special Standard H-535 features a beautifully figured laminated curly maple top, back, and sides, giving this semi-hollowbody electric guitar a bright tone with plenty of attack, bite, and natural acoustic projection. This H-535's top boasts a limited-run color, which is set apart visually by the guitar's contrasting back, sides, and neck. The Factory Special Standard H-535 is among the most spotlight-ready guitars we've seen here at Sweetwater, and we're confident that it will make a spectacular centerpiece for any collection.





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Period-correct humbucking pickups





When you plug the Heritage Factory Special Standard H-535 into your favorite tube amp, you'll be met with glorious vintage-tinged tones, courtesy of Seymour Duncan's Seth Lover humbucking pickups. These pups are handbuilt to Seth Lover's exact specifications, using a butyrate bobbin mold created by the same factory that built the original PAF mold. Seth Lover humbuckers are unpotted for a period-correct sound, and they contain 42AWG plain enamel mag wire, nickel-silver covers, 2.5-inch Alnico II bar magnets, custom machined metal and maple spacers, and nickel-silver bottom plates. Players craving the warm, smooth, articulate sound of a vintage PAF humbucker will be blown away by the Factory Special Standard H-535's Seth Lover pickups ? they're the real deal.





A Heritage of quality handcrafted guitars





For 68 years, 225 Parsons Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan, was home to one of America's premier guitar manufacturers. In 1984, the company moved its operations. The next year, desiring to carry on the tradition of handcrafting electric guitars in Kalamazoo, three former senior employees with a combined 84 years of guitar-building experience founded Heritage Guitar Inc., buying space and much of the original equipment in the iconic factory. Since then, Heritage has established its own tradition of quality by handcrafting guitars with flawless playability, tone, and visual appeal.





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Heritage Factory Special Standard H-535 Semi-hollow Electric Guitar Features:


A special-run semi-hollowbody electric guitar with gorgeous limited-edition appointments


Laminated curly maple top, back, and sides deliver a bright tone with lots of bite


Vintage-output Seymour Duncan Seth Lover humbuckers serve up authentic PAF-style tones


Sturdy and comfortable set mahogany neck


12-inch-radius rosewood fingerboard with 22 medium-jumbo frets and a bone nut


Robust locking bridge and tailpiece


Reliable 18:1-ratio Grover Rotomatic tuning machines


Limited-color top with a contrasting back, sides, and neck


Limited to 36 guitars built worldwide