«Heritage Guitar: Американдық дәстүрлі аспап шеберханасы»

Heritage Guitar is an American musical instruments manufacturer company based in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The company produces a range of electric guitars that includes hollow body models.

Heritage Guitars was founded in 1985 by three former employees of the Gibson guitar factory, Jim Deurloo, Marv Lamb, and JP Moats. In the early 1980s, Gibson, faced with excess production capacity, closed its historic Parsons Street factory in Kalamazoo, Michigan and relocated much of its production to its factory in Nashville, Tennessee. Some of the Gibson employees who did not want to move their homes and families to Tennessee started production of guitars under a new name, "Heritage," which was likely meant to stake a claim to their guitar making tradition. The Heritage line initially consisted of electric and acoustic guitars, electric basses, mandolins, and a banjo. The line was eventually narrowed to electric guitars only. 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.

In 1989, jazz guitarist Johnny Smith withdrew his endorsement from Gibson and awarded it to Heritage, which began production of the "Heritage Johnny Smith". The Gibson model continued in production as the "Gibson LeGrand". Smith had since moved his endorsement from Heritage to the Guild Guitar Company. was the second endorser of Heritage Guitars, beginning in 1985. In 1986, Johnson's first solo recording came out on Impulse/MCA records and was met with popular acclaim, including a Grammy nomination. Johnson's recordings were popular throughout the 1990s, which raised the visibility of Heritage Guitars into the mainstream forefront of TV, music magazines, and news publications. Because of a court order, Heritage was unable to talk about themselves or tell anyone of their true identities. Because Johnson did a large number of interviews and TV shows, he was able to promote Heritage Guitars more than other artists who were endorsing them. Business flourished after Johnson revealed the identities of the luthiers behind Heritage Guitars. Johnson has been an endorser for almost 30 years, and his Heritage Signature model has been in production since 2008.

Guitarist Alex Skolnick, of the band Testament, formerly endorsed Heritage Guitars. He is known for his jazz oriented playing. For jazz, Skolnick played an H 575, and for rock he played an H 150. For a short time, the Heritage Guitar company offered an "Alex Skolnick signature model H 150". In 2013 Skolnick announced his endorsement of ESP Guitars. Skolnick is now an endorser of Godin Jazz guitars.

Jazz guitarist, composer and two time Grammy nominee, David Becker, has been endorsing Heritage Guitars for more than 30 years. He was one of the first artists to join Heritage in 1988. The "David Becker H 575 Signature Model" features a solid spruce top, maple sides and back and a humbucker and piezo pickup.

Country musician Roy Clark endorsed Heritage guitars, which makes a signature model.

Jazz guitarist Mimi Fox's guitars are a "Golden Eagle" and H 575 custom with a spruce top.

American jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell plays a "Heritage Super KB" hollow body through a "Heritage 1 x 12 Kenny Burrell" combo amp.