Harmony Steel Reinforced Neck Guitar

Archtop the harmony monterey guitar and the harmony hollywood guitar are both examples of this semiacoustic guitar commonly.

Harmony steel reinforced neck guitar. Where was the harmony steel reinforced neck f 60 nk archtop guitar made. Stamps if you look through the f hole or sound hole of a harmony guitar you will see two stamps. Preowned vtg 1960s 60s stella by harmony h933 small scale 6 string acoustic parlor guitar made in usa. These steel rods were inlaid into the necks of the guitars they came out of and are the only thing fighting against the tension of the strings to keep the neck straight.

Parlor this is a small harmony acoustic guitar that travels well and is still big enough to provide volume and a quality tone. What year was my stella harmony steel reinforced neck made. Old dearmond single coil pickups gracing the solids and rocket thin lines which can sound great into a cranked up amp. The stellas made by harmony were cheaply made and not to be confused with the older oscar schmidt guitars.

I still use one today for my camping guitar. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for vintage harmony steel reinforced neck acoustic guitar w case made in usa. Look inside for lots of glue. Instead the graphics on the head stock announce steel reinforced neck many harmony guitars have retained a straight neck.

Some of these guitars from the sixties had tortoise binding and pickgaurds. The harmony stellas were marked steel reinforced neck and made in the usa on the headstock. 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. The string tension always wins and so you end up with warped necks due to either the wood compressing under the rod or the rod bending or even a little of both.

The term steel reinforced neck means that while it is stiffened to help prevent over bow and warpage it doesn t have an adjustible truss rod running the whole length of the neck and so often you ll find the action is pretty high. At the best online prices at ebay. The sovereign is an example of a vintage harmony acoustic guitar that is a jumbo model. The necks on many of the harmony guitars did not have adjustable truss rods.

The graphics on the headstock varied from plain harmony in script with steel reinforced neck to the addition of a musical staff. Free shipping for many products. Still a far cry from their gibson or martin counterparts they were nice little guitars.