Harmony Guitars - "The People's Guitar"

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Comment by Kerry Spitzer on December 19, 2010 at 6:29am

I started out on a beautiful 3 pickup 335 style electric.Years later I scored a really sweet sounding Sovreign I used until someone broke the headstock while I was on the road. By the time I got around to having it fixed it had been tossed. What a waste! I still browse Ebay for one

Comment by Edward Sparks on November 9, 2010 at 2:35pm

How about this "new-fangled" 'lectric pickup for a Harmony...

Comment by Edward Sparks on November 9, 2010 at 2:34pm

Check out these two magazine covers! harmony Sovereigns, also like mine! I wonder if that's the same Harmony Jimmy Page is holding on both covers...old and new! Edward

Comment by Edward Sparks on November 9, 2010 at 2:30pm

Hey just found out that Brandi Carlile playing a Harmony Patrician...I remember reading in Acoustic Guitar Mag that she played old Harmony archtops...but she has the same one I have! She took the pickguard off! Edward

Comment by Edward Sparks on October 19, 2010 at 5:41am

Hey anyone, The Philly Great American Vintage show is November 20th and 21st...I will be there on the 20th...anybody else live close enough to come?

GREAT AMERICAN GUITAR SHOW (FALL)
Valley Forge Convention Center
PA Turnpike, Exit 326
1160 First Ave., King of Prussia, PA 19406
November 20 & 21, 2010

It is definitely worth the effort! Edward

Info: http://www.bee3vintage.com/south_philly.html

Comment by Michael S. Jackson on June 23, 2010 at 10:03am

I got the guitar. Sounds great but needs some attention which I plan on doing as soon as I can. Since this guitar is probably not a Harmony, I won't post pics here but I have described her and posted pics on the archtop forum. If anyone has an idea how to find out if Harmony made this guitar, I sure would like to know! Thx -m

Comment by Michael S. Jackson on June 10, 2010 at 4:24pm

Ed - I have not ruled out the possibility that Harmony made this guitar. For example, why is the model number exactly the same as the H-973 Ridgeway? Could it be that Harmony made the Stadium model for Egmond? I hope so. Even though the tailpiece is a bit different, this Stadium looks exactly like an old Ridgeway posted at the Harmony site you mentioned earlier. I really hope Harmony replies and can shed some light on this. Thanks all for your input!

Comment by Edward Sparks on June 10, 2010 at 2:26pm

Very interesting and that's some good detective work you have done! Harmony did make guitars under other names, or supplied bodies and/or necks to other companies, so it is possible the Stadium is a Harmony product...but it looks like you have it figured as not... Post pics of your Harmony Rocket here too if you want...I will look for the Stadium in the Archtops Group too of course.

I did not know that Harmonys are not in the Gruhn Guide...shame on him! Edward

Comment by Michael S. Jackson on June 10, 2010 at 12:03pm

Thanks, Jim. I found that site earlier today but, as you probably found out, when you click on "vintage" all you find are electrics; no acoustics. I sure hope this guitar is good. I sent them an inquiry but I find that these places seldom reply. I got took earlier this year by an ad for a "Gibson 1932 Resonator Guitar - in good condition; plays good." When it arrived it was not a Gibson but an "ARTISXXX" (the headstock label is torn off at the Xs). The top is a fake resonator (a metal plate with holes in it screwed onto the top of a flat top guitar with f holes). The top has been caved in with two longitudinal cracks running the length of the top. It is missing frets and some are worn completely down. I just hung it on the wall as a $262.00 piece of art. Thanks!

Comment by Jim Rives on June 10, 2010 at 11:07am

I believe the current Harmony can be found at http://harmonyguitars.com/about.asp. I don't know anything about them, but their products don't seem to connect to the old acoustics. I've seen the Harmony name connected to Korea, too. You can see a similar history on Wiki. Harmony made some nice guitars, but there were some stinkers, too. I remember a model or two back in the day that felt like my original instrument - a Kay that sounded bad and would have made anyone's fingers bleed. I can only speak with authority about one Harmony model - my 1963 H1260 Sovereign - and it's a wonderful instrument made out of quality wood.

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