bolero Posted February 16, 2018 Posted February 16, 2018 anyone here have an old Harmony guitar? I have always wanted an acoustic ( since Heritage has bought the Harmony name I guess we can post this here? or mods feel free to move this to off-topic ) JJ Cale's "Troubador" album cover has always seemed like a nice nod to Harmony, as well:
FredZepp Posted February 16, 2018 Posted February 16, 2018 11 minutes ago, bolero said: ( since Heritage has bought the Harmony name I guess we can post this here? or mods feel free to move this to off-topic ) Did they? I saw Harmony mentioned in another post here, I didn't know they had bought the name
Budha Posted February 16, 2018 Posted February 16, 2018 I had a Harmony Soverign back in the 1960's. I wish I still had it today. I paid $65 for it new in 1966. Martin D-28's at that time were about $400 without a case. I seems like a saw a video of JJ Cale playing an old Harmony that had been so heavily modified it was a Harmony in name only.
FredZepp Posted February 16, 2018 Posted February 16, 2018 36 minutes ago, bolero said: those are nice!! Thanks. The archtop is in unplayed condition, the guy that sold it to me called a couple of months later asking if I wanted to sell it back.. ha. The acoustic is the model that Jimmy Page used in early to mid Led Zeppelin.. it is the model used on Stairway to Heaven.... ( Does anyone remember laughter? )
TalismanRich Posted February 17, 2018 Posted February 17, 2018 A bit of clarification, It isn't that Heritage bought the name. Bandlabs bought both the Harmony and Teisco names with the goal of relaunching both brands. They are partners with Heritage. In any case, it looks like there are major marketing efforts afoot. As for Harmony guitars, I never had one. They were never on my radar.
Gitfiddler Posted February 17, 2018 Posted February 17, 2018 Never owned a Harmony acoustic, but a used Harmony Stratotone was my first electric as a 13 year old kid. Still have it...but over the years its been modded up and barely recognizable as a Harmony. My first NEW electric was a '67 Harmony H52 w/Bigsby. $199 out the door w/case. I played that thing for many years in every kind of venue known and unknown to man. If that old p.o.s. gitfiddle could talk!
bolero Posted February 17, 2018 Author Posted February 17, 2018 3 hours ago, TalismanRich said: A bit of clarification, It isn't that Heritage bought the name. Bandlabs bought both the Harmony and Teisco names with the goal of relaunching both brands. They are partners with Heritage. In any case, it looks like there are major marketing efforts afoot. ah, thanks for the info Rich; I thought it was Plaza Corp
Steiner Posted February 17, 2018 Posted February 17, 2018 Very first guitar was a harmony acoustic. 'Twas a total POS with action higher than a kite; all laminate/plywood body. Years later, my first electric was a Fenderish harmony with a harmony solid state amp. The combo sounded so bad that I quit guitar for the next couple years and stashed it in the back of the closet.
holyroller Posted February 17, 2018 Posted February 17, 2018 Very cool! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
JeffB Posted February 17, 2018 Posted February 17, 2018 JJ Cales Harmony. He wrote recorded and performed some pretty good tunes with this. Pulled some cool tones out of it as well.
TalismanRich Posted February 17, 2018 Posted February 17, 2018 Hmmmmm... I wonder if that was factory stock? Maybe a bit of custom shop?
rwinking Posted February 18, 2018 Posted February 18, 2018 I have a Harmony H 162 jazz box in pretty damn good shape with OHSC. I will part with it. PM me if interested. Probably around a 1958 an d I was told that at the time they put Gibson pups in them. I like to say that it was the top of the line of the bottom of the line guitar company. I’ll trade it straight across for an H 357 by god. I
High Flying Bird Posted February 18, 2018 Posted February 18, 2018 1 hour ago, rwinking said: "I’ll trade it straight across for an H 357 by god." Damn decent of you. ;^)
Gitfiddler Posted February 18, 2018 Posted February 18, 2018 For all of you Harmony fan boys... http://harmony.demont.net/guitars/H162/87.htm
rwinking Posted February 18, 2018 Posted February 18, 2018 Ooops.... my mistake....... the guitar I have and will part with is an H-62 arch top. Not the H-162 flat top. It is the blond model and still willing to trade for an H-357. http://harmony.demont.net/guitars/H62/170.htm
bolero Posted February 19, 2018 Author Posted February 19, 2018 haha...well my H357 is dear to my heart there may be others who have H357's to spare, however
houndhome Posted February 19, 2018 Posted February 19, 2018 The man who taught me how to play back in around 1962 had a H75 electric and for the past 25-30 years my partner and i have had matching H75s complete with Bigsbys. The bodies were made in Germany but the pickups were DeArmonds which give an amazing '60s sound.Everytime I see one in good condition i want to buy it (i think I need to see a psychiatrist !!!)
Hfan Posted February 20, 2018 Posted February 20, 2018 I had a pretty horrible Harmony semi hollow (335 ish) back in my high school days. And I had a really bad SS amp at that time as well. I had a classmate, kind of an artistic guy, kind of out there really. He had a brand new Tele but no amp. He did not know how to play guitar but he did want to make weird noises. This SS amp could do that ha ha. I traded him the amp and Harmony for the 73 Tele, we were both happy. I sold the Tele at one point to a friend but got it back and still have it. Some of those old Harmonys look cool and it sounds like there are good ones out there. I imagine in the 70s they were mass producing them. So Heritage now owns the Harmony name eh? May they exist together in harmony. "Herigomony". Or is it "Harmitage? Never mind. It's kind of funny, all those years of the old Heritage boys sticking to a simple, beautiful, old school process. It wasn't broke and they didn't need to fix it, they did it their way. Old school and very cool IMHO. Mojo in spades. Now there are all kinds of changes afoot, Gibson CS boss involved, Harmony etc etc. It's interesting for sure. I am glad for all those old Heritages that will remain available, just in case. Hopefully under the radar to some extent. It's interesting for sure.
rwinking Posted February 20, 2018 Posted February 20, 2018 Wow! One more correction on my Harmonay Jazz Box.....it is an H-65. It is like the H-62 but only has one pickup.
big bob Posted February 20, 2018 Posted February 20, 2018 We could do the trade if you can throw some cash in. Like say 5400.00
Singerman Posted February 21, 2018 Posted February 21, 2018 Here's mine. I think the black ones were called Jet Sets or something like that.
meng Posted February 22, 2018 Posted February 22, 2018 22 hours ago, Singerman said: Here's mine. I think the black ones were called Jet Sets or something like that. Love this!!!!
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