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Yeah,I know I said I'm done buying guitars but when I went to my friend's store today(gotta stop going there!) he ushered me into the back room to show me "something cool" he just got in:
a 1966 Harmony H-78.I asked how much and he was going to sell it for and said $800.I told him in was very cool and it's a guitar that I had wanted since I was little kid drooling over the Silvertone version in the Sear catalog. But I told him about my vow never to buy another guitar and he said "well how bout if it were $600?". Aww man...I would have to be tied to the mast like Ulysses to resist that sirens song!

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Looks in great shape. Love those tort headstocks and really like the divided f-holes. How's it sound?

Ah you only took that vow because you got jaded , the thrill is back now that it's forbidden. nice guitar too

Chris Fleming wrote:Looks in great shape. Love those tort headstocks and really like the divided f-holes. How's it sound?

Sounds great! Has the original Gold foil DeArmond pickups.

Some pics I took of Dan with his at Bimbos 365 in SF

Very cool. It's got a Hagstrom bridge too.

Congrats! So many kool things going on with that guitar ya just gotta love it!

Thanks. It belonged to the son of the original owner. It was an H-77 when his dad bought it but it's original tailpiece was changed to the Bigsby.

I love this guitar. One of my favorite records when I was in college was Kevin Ayers "Bananamour".I bought it at "Peoples Place" in 73.



Kevin Played a Harmony H-78 on the original recording of the song "May I". Love that song,it has a real VU vibe(like "I'll Be Your Mirror").

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Kevin recorded a live album with John Cale and Nico(Brian Eno too!) in 74.

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yowza, that thing is tits. nice one!

Thanks! I found out so more info on this guitar. This is actually is an H-76 made around 1970-1972 not 1966. I could find no date stamped inside the guitar,it just says 0095H75."The Harmony Guys" told me you The Bigsby was probably installed at the factory making it an H-76. The The H-75 and H-76s have a Sunburst finish.The H-77 and H-78 has a Cherry Sunburst Finish."The Harmony Guys" told me that you could tell it was a latter version(70-72) because of the plastic F-hole inserts and the white knobs.

Photo below is from the 1965 Harmony catalog

You can get a good look at Dan Auerbach's guitar in the vid below(at about 13:30). You'll notice the headstock on his says says "Harmony by Heathkit".
It was originally sold as "Build it yourself" kit at Radio Shack.

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Somebody buy this Airline guitar on Ebay and sell me one of the knobs!

Was wondering about that... crap they are attached to something

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Hey kids...build your own electric guitar for $219.95 !

What is the year of this catalog?

sunshiner wrote:What is the year of this catalog?

The one above was 1967.The one below is 1968



Here is a kit built "Harmony by Heath" TG-46

It sold on Ebay for about $2000

westtexasred wrote: "well how bout if it were $600?"

Well how about $300?
Don't want to be a total dick, but someone have to buy this one. ebay

Actually it is not the same model, but they are almost the same eggs. I made some research and think that it is an offer of the century. cause all twin models like Aria, Norma, etc. cost two or three times more expensive.