A beautify 335-style offering from Heritage in for a setup. One concern was the truss rod threads were extended well past the adjustment nut. The truss rod nut was previously tightened so much that it had compressed and lifted the area around the access cavity. So I started off with stabilizing this area with glue and flattening the nut slot.

The original nut was now sitting too low due to the nut slot repair so a new bone nut was made. This would also help with the tuning issues the player was having with the old nut.

The player bought this guitar used so he was interested in checking out the pickups. I'm not a Heritage expert, but I believe these are the originals (though I'm not sure on the signature).

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1960's Silvertone 1488 Silhouette [7.4 lbs] :: bum switches & broken truss rod.

A bunch of work went into this guitar. The removable truss rod was broken (and missing the adjustment nut), a small crack near the nut between the neck and the fingerboard, the original rocker switches were shot and the pickguard had shrunk and become distorted.

First the truss rod was repaired and the neck crack glued. The switches were replaced with a Jaguar setup, and the pickguard mounting holes in the body were plugged and the guard re-mounted with new screws (I also added a few screws between the pickups and the neck to hold down the puffed up pickguard). The tuner bushings were replaced as I could not source a replacement for one that was missing. A neck shim along with a new bone nut finished off the setup. These DeArmond Silverfoils sound incredible.

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on the bench

1994 Heritage H-535 ASB [7.7 lbs] :: new bone nut

1960's Silvertone 1488 Silhouette [7.4 lbs] :: bum switches & broken truss rod

Made in Mass, not mass made.

LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS