Harmony Vintage Guitars – Some Extraordinary Models

In the year 1892, Wilhalm Schultz started the Harmony Guitar Company; it was then bought by Sears in 1916 which became one of the largest producers of guitars in the US by 1928. Harmony was at the climax in 1965 when it had to cut down its production due to unhealthy competition from the low-end competitors, however, company had pondered itself in the production of student guitars and sold them through J C Penny. The goodwill Harmony was lately sold in 1975 marking the end to the road of Harmony vintage guitars.

The name is now used by “The Original Hamony Guitar Company, Inc” based in Palatine, IL. Though there are plenty of vintage guitars like the vintage Danelectro guitars, below are some of the Harmony guitars you may come across while looking for a good vintage guitar.

H44 Stratotne, a constituent of the Stratone solid body family, a kind of a Spanish electric guitar was able to find buyers at around $75, from 1953 to 1957. The H44, having a slim-body with copper-bronze coat finish, had a glide switch to switch in between bass and treble emphasis.

Sold at around $150 from 1958 to 1965, H49 Startotne Jupiter is an electric hollow body guitar. The Jupiter for its double pickups tendered a 3-dimension switch, volume control, tone control, and blender control. In appearance it had a natural elegant top, ultra-trim neck, rosewood fingerboard, celluloid edges, and 7 inlaid positions.

H50 Jazzbox, is an electric guitar of Spanish origin, was put on the market for around $95 from 1947 to 1951. This archtop guitar was carved with a hard natty crown and had a maple body. The Kluson tuner was the only one of its kind.

H54 Rocket 2, marketed for around $120 between 1959 and 1967, is a piece of hollow body electric guitar. It comes with the variant of single cutaway, however, over a period of time it had under gone a few alteration. Initially it was obtainable only in sunburst finish but it was later available in red color from the year 1963. Moreover in the year 1966 the golden tone pickups were designed once again.

H54-1 Rocket 2, an improved edition of H54 with an additional feature of dual cutaway, was sold at an average price of $140 from 1968 to 1971.

H58 Jazzbox, was amongst the other models of Roy Smeck, found buyer at a price of around $130, from 1958 to 1962. Roy Smeck (1900-1994) had an endorsement to this guitar; it was an auditorium magnitude archtop electric guitar having a natural and black body.

H59 Rocket 3, marketed from 1960 to 1967 at the standard rate of $150, was an electric guitar with an empty body. Similar to the Rocket 2, the Rocket 3 was also a single cutaway and was altered into red from sunburst in 1963. The only difference was that the Rocket 3 offers 3 pickups unlike 2 pickups as offered in Rocket 2.

H59-1 Rocket 3, was the double cutaway translation of the H59, sold in the year 1968 at the regular price of $150.Additionally it has the feature of 3 pickups.

10s of millions of Harmony vintage guitars were crafted by the Harmony Guitar Company, not only that it had produced more than 100 different models, and has provided its guitar in more than 50 brand names throughout its life span. However, only few models were such which were in the list of my liking.

There are a variety of guitars to choose from and countless reasons to choose any particular model. So when you are ready to find a vintage guitar just do a quick search for Peavey guitars for sale or whatever brand you are looking for and good luck.

These are just a few of the available models out there. For information, articles, and a selection of vintage guitars for sale visit BlueTreeVintage.com.

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