Heritage Guitars was founded in 1985 by three former employees of the Gibson guitar factory, Jim Deurloo, Marv Lamb, and JP Moats. Although most Heritage guitars were, and continue to be, based on Gibson designs, a few of their early electric guitars were based on modified Stratocaster and Telecaster designs.

Is Heritage guitars still in business?

After selling Heritage Guitar in April 2016 to a partnership that includes Archie Leach and Jeff Nicholson, co-owners of PlazaCorp Realty Advisors Inc., Lamb and his group of guitar-builders are no longer involved in day-to-day guitar-building.

Are Kalamazoo guitars good?

These are ladder braced, but very lightly built and very nice guitars for the kind of guitars they are. They are a nice compliment to a more complex x-braced guitar because they are so fundamental. Many people swear by them for blues or ragtime. I have a Kalamazoo arch top and I absolutely love the guitar!