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Not So new Guitar Day Harmony H 62 Archtop 1955
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 11:21 am
by kapepepper
Hi everybody
Few months ago picked up a Harmony H 62 from 1955-1956
It is one of the first series, since it does not have a trussrod. Looks all originall
Guitars plays excellent, sounds beautifull... Pick ups are old (1940ties) P13s from Gibson. Bridge pick up has an issue and needs some work I guess...
I still dont know if it is a keeper or not.
I always am playing my coronado (and I am kind of a fender man)
enjoy!
K.
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 11:34 am
by ekwatts
That's fucking brilliant.
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 11:35 am
by cooter
That's one beautiful hunk of guitar.
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 11:39 am
by Gabriel
Very cool, would scare me not having a truss rod though.
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 11:50 am
by James
mrperson wrote:Very cool, would scare me not having a truss rod though.
If it's not a problem after this long it's unlikely to become one soon unless you leave it next to a radiator or some other environment that won't do the wood any favours.
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 11:57 am
by kapepepper
James wrote:mrperson wrote:Very cool, would scare me not having a truss rod though.
If it's not a problem after this long it's unlikely to become one soon unless you leave it next to a radiator or some other environment that won't do the wood any favours.
thanks everybody
the neck is also like a baseball bat and up to know the neck is straight as it should be. and tha after almost 60 years
They started puting thrus rods in these from 1959 or something like that
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 11:59 am
by Gabriel
Thats very true I suppose as long as its in a stable environment it'd be fine. Are those pickups single coil? They look very interesting.
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 12:02 pm
by ekwatts
You could conceivably have a truss rod installed if you really wanted to. But as has already been said, if it hasn't become a problem yet then it'll probably be fine.
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 12:07 pm
by kapepepper
mrperson wrote:Thats very true I suppose as long as its in a stable environment it'd be fine. Are those pickups single coil? They look very interesting.
They are indeed single coil, and are Gibson made.
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 4:11 pm
by Billy3000
That guitar looks awesome! I love those old harmony hollow bodies!
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 4:15 pm
by Nick
I like it!
I had an old Harmony Stratotone once that didn't come with a truss rod. The neck was straight as an arrow and had no dead spots. At the same time I've had guitars WITH truss rods whose necks were warped beyond reasonable repair. That said, I think truss rods are over rated if the neck is fat enough.