Harmony H22 Bass Demo: World's Oldest Living Bass

[azboomer1950]

got some unnecessarily brutal, over-the-top comments here! what is wrong with you people?

[manrose58]

rubbish

[AlexConley]

"Here's another bass guitar that we are replicated."

I am disappoint.

[Cleatusbodean]

I own an original harmony bass. It was my first bass which I learned on and made enough money to buy my second bass which was a Fender 1973 jazz bass. Third bass was a Ibanez road star ll. And finally my homerun bass was a 1970s Hofner bass. Still have them all, YEAH!

[ClassicsShow]

Ac15?! Fail...

[sneha1965]

If you care about selling this bass redo this review with a real bass amp and a real bass player. It's a classic and deserves better.

[mindbodylightsound10]

can we please get real bass players to demo bass guitars?

[adamr63]

You really should put this through a bass amp to demo it. As it is now it just seems like a guitarist's afterthought, not the best way to market yourself to bassists.

[San5a]

It has a single coil or an humbucker?

[CameraMan4000]

i hate harmony. i had a harmony guitar and it need to go back to to harmony 2 because of bad craftsmanship.

[bass0111]

This reissue seems good, but is quite overpriced. The look is wonderful. The improved tuners are a good idea, if inauthentic. Not so sure about the glued neck; bolt-ons are easier to service. Sound? Hard to tell: roundwond strings have no place on this instrument.

Mike Harrison

Toronto Canada

[buggywhip1]

Had one in 1968 and loved it. Nobody else had one, and it was low priced, I think less than 2 or $300. Ran it through a Vox Essex bass amp, sometimes a Dual Showman or a Kustom with 2 15's.

The neck was fast and easy to play. I ended up stringing it with nylon flatwounds and then it was perfect.

I kept it until 1970, when some bastard stole it out of my VW Bus in San Francisco. I haven't thought about it in years, but now I want another one!

[kenomi13]

pointless review to compare it to an original, he's not even using flatwounds. i've got an original 1961 one and it shits all over what i can see of this here. don't spend $899 on one of these, you can pick up an original for half that price and its definitely worth the effort of finding one.

[bass0111]

@kenomi13: Reality check -- if you can find any at "half that price", let me know! I WILL BUY ALL OF THEM!!!

An original H 22 in excellent condition will fetch $1200.00 to $1500.00.

[alsal88]

My first bass was a harmony just like this one. I learned and earned enough money to buy me a fender jazz 1973. Still have both of them with original parts.

[siroliver1]

it's alive?

[CarlosvsGodzilla]

does he even know how to play bass?

[bloodocean07]

clearly he does

[mewrth]

Thank god they reissued this bass. It's my dream bass

[jonny1251]

I have an original h22, and it's simply amazing and does sound A LOT like an upright. Very powerful and bassy; just listen to some Small Faces or Spencer Davis Group stuff and you'll see what I mean.

[tbcass]

Sounds good but not really like an upright. An upright has harmonic sound characteristics not present in this bass. I would say it sounds similar to an upright.

[YEE941]

wow thats amazing

[ELVXIM]

ALSO IF U PLEASE a would like a demo with an amp and even effects on this bass. Thanks!

[ELVXIM]

AWESOME! LONG LIVE THE OLDS!

[norin02]

That was pathetic. 1:27 compared to the guitars 4:14 review? They didn't even bother to put the bass into its respective amp.

What a load of shit.

[codyjt5150]

@norin02 well the guys a dumbass

[vufido]

How does it sound using a bass amp ?