I went back through my records of instruments that passed through my hands certain I'd had a W in the past. I had not. Everything I've owned a few dozen was marked S or F. Harmony apparently shut down for two weeks every July and there would be a rush to complete instruments by the end of June.
I see that is the most likely explanation for the date code. There has also been a conventional wisdom that Harmony did not put serial numbers on their mandolins. The answer there is they kind of did. It appears that the number after the H is the model number and the number prior is the serial of that batch, made in that time period.
In other words, you can't date a Harmony instrument from the serial number alone. You can begin to identify a guitar by its type. Harmony made Archtop named because of its convex body design and Flattop styles. The Archtop guitars were made from either mahogany or spruce, depending on the model, and featured either an f-hole or round sound-hole design.
Flattop guitars consisted of Folk models that had ladder bracing and sometimes steel-reinforced necks, and Classic models that included the Sovereign, with its triangular-shaped pick guard. If you look through the f-hole or sound hole of a Harmony guitar, you will see two stamps. The date stamped on the back of these pickups is the exact date the electrical harness was assembled. Read Our Story.
Join Now. By signing up, you agree to receive our emails and promotions. You can unsubscribe at any time. See our Privacy Policy for more details. Thank You. Comes with new strings, hard shell case. Local pickup preferred, will negotiate shipping if needed Up for sale, a Harmony Rocket model H54 in excellent condition and in perfect working order.
Airline-branded, as this particular Rocket was sold via Montgomery Ward's in-house brand, this Harmony is fully hollow and featherweight at only 6lbs 5oz with a bright and crisp acoustic tone that translates well through the pickups. The cleanest I've found, 56 years old, subtle checking, only a few marks, I tried to show them in the photos This was listed for sale and now it's relisted as an auction straight neck, good action, new 10's Age verified by stamp on the bottom of the pickups.
Vintage 's Harmony Rocket single pickup electric guitar. Normal wear for age. Missing the pickguard and a small piece of neck binding on the treble side. Sounds great!!!!!! No case. Thanks for looking!
Great Player! If your seeing something of concern not described below, please ask Condition Description This Vintage Harmony Rocket is a great playing and sounding guitar. Overall its in great condition, but missing the pickguard. The fingerboard and frets are in great shape with some minor wear, but plays just and is not in need of attention see pics.
The guitar has DeArmond gold foil mustache pickups which has that warm vintage tone. The neck is close to a modern C-shaped neck and is very comfortable to play.
The frets show very little wear and the guitar has a very nice setup and intonation. I had him him install new tuning pegs, a new bridge, and Find more Harmony Rocket for sale at vintageguitarsforsale. There are 0 comments on this page so far. Add your comment. Comment on this article. Email address. Your comments. Anti-spam question - to catch web robots How many legs does a tripod have? Recent posts on vintage guitar and bass Epiphone bass ET By the end of the s, a decision had been made to move Epiphone guitar production from the USA at the Kalamazoo plant where Gibson guitars were made , to Matsumoto in Japan, creating a line of guitars and basses significantly less expensive than the USA-built models actually less than half the price.
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