Heritage VIP2

[SouthpawGuy]

A 1986 Heritage VIP 2 with a strat body shape and set neck. Construction is a two piece all maple body with a mahogany neck.

Twin humbuckers, Heritages own HRWs, with dual volume and tone controls, with a three way selector switch and a Kahler flat mount double locking trem.

The extra switches are for humbucker / single coil and variphase for each pickup. The middle mini is a kill switch.

Heritage only made this model for a few years back in the '80s, it is an odd mix of influences and styles to say the least ! Considering it has an all maple body it's not heavy at all. The pickups are hot, and in this model they're very close to the strings, I have them below the top of the pickup rings and they still have lots of power.

[captain.bondage]

First time I see this strange creature !!
As you've said, odd is the right word, not beautiful nor ugly, just weird... But very interseting for people obsess with guitar oddities !!

[SouthpawGuy]

Yes if the black 157 is "Beauty" the VIP2 is definitely "The Beast". It's an odd mix of '50s and '80s styles in the same guitar, very unusual.

I like that, don't really like being stuck with the usual strat, tele, or les paul style guitar, sometimes something different is called for.