Guitar Rescue- 1940's Harmony Archtop
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You're being unrealistic. The value of these old production guitars doesn't warrant the expense of a pro rehab. If one doesn't personally have the luthier skills to do it themselves, it's ridiculous to expect them to pay $800 to repair an guitar that might only sell for $200 when restored. Performing a basic fix is reasonable and keeps the guitar living to see another day, so when the time comes and it *is* worth the full luthier rehab, it isn't sitting in a landfill somewhere.
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Harmonies were the furthest thing from being 'standard'. The Chicago guitar industry at that time produced a huge array of parts for Harmony, Kay and a couple other smaller outfits. After the standardized production runs for the mail order and large retail outlets were done, they'd assemble guitars with whatever parts they had left over... So, model designation doesn't always mean X, Y and Z on these old guys. You'll find low end models with high end inlay on the fretboard, etc.
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I wont send my guitar for you to fix. My grandpa always said if your gonna fix it, fix it right. Adding a shim didn't fix it . It made it playable. Grandpa don't roll over in your grave I gave him the message for you.
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I have a Harmony Renown H942, I identified it on the Harmony .demont site. But it differs on the tail piece and the head stock has the treble clef motif. The old bridge was replaced because it was in pieces when I bought it. It also has the tape you mentioned in the inside, any idea regarding the age?
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After visit on MyRareGuitar, nice to meet you
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I have a OLD GUITAR similar, it has N 2 inside, the DOTS in the Neck are BIG and RED. It actually plays REALLY GOOD! It has a Rattle, though, when I play with Steel Finger Picks.
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Hows the neck on that old harmony? The necks like to come loose on old harmonys.
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Cool! Another lost child saved!
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Very cool cool find Buddha! Lookin' forward to your next installment, dude.
See you in a few months at our symposium!
Rick
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Reply to woodwkr33-It would have cost more than the guitar is worth to have a luthier fix it. I did a "mini-rescue". Shane Dar, Great Wisconsin singer/songwriter, saw vid, bought guitar and is fixing it properly. It would have hung on my wall. Grandpa would probably be glad to see that the guitar was truly RESCUED.
Buddhanthepests 6 months ago