Heritage Guitar Inc. of 225 Parsons Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan was incorporated on
April 1, 1985. The company is going on 25 years old, it has achieved the
status of one of the premier guitar companies in the world today. It
is, in many instances, the new guitar line handled by countless vintage
shops throughout the world. This indicates it is thought of as the
collectible guitar of tomorrow.
The idea to start Heritage Guitar began when the Gibson Guitar
Corporation closed its Kalamazoo, Michigan factory in September of 1984
and moved all production to its other plant in Nashville, Tennessee (in
operation since 1975). When this took place, some of the employees were
asked to move to Nashville. However, since their families had spent many
years in Kalamazoo, it made it difficult to uproot and move. Therefore 3
men, Jim Deurloo, Marvin Lamb, and JP Moats, decided to start a guitar
manufacturing business. In 1985 when the company was incorporated, 2
other former Gibson Guitar Corporation employees, Bill Paige and Mike
Korpak, joined as owners. Mike left the company in 1985.
The founders biggest resource is and was the group of craftsmen
they could draw from to begin operations. The owners themselves each had
in excess of 25 years of hands on experience in making guitars. To this
day each of the owners is directly involved in the manufacturing of
each instrument.
Questions? Please call 847-432-6350 or E-Mail Us
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