This production continued as late as 2018 when the company was sold to BandLab of Singapore, who currently owns and produces versions of the original <1975 instruments such as the Stratotone, Meteor, and Bobcat. Just showing everyone the progress in the work I still need to do on this Vintage Harmony H802 From Taiwan I hope you enjoy the video. Penney, Sears Roebuck and Co., and Montgomery Wards.ĭuring the 2000's the company was sold yet again and started producing variants of their well known "36 Student Electric Guitar", also known as the Harmony H-801/802/803/804/805 models as the model 218x - with X being a number that determined what paint color the guitar was. Most people remember these instruments as being sold from various Wishbook catalogs such as those offered by J.C. In 1975, Harmony in America folded, and instead, was sold to various Asian outfits, and had their guitars made in multiple "building houses" all across Asia including Saehan, Yako, and Samick, just to name a few. To further familiarize you with these instruments and their time period. The guitar has a volume and tone control. Although most Harmony guitars were made in the USA this is one that was imported, as best as we can tell, in the 1980s. This model has 2 single-coil pickups and a bolt on neck. Many sites cover the original Harmony guitars from the 60's and older, but almost none on the internet discuss this "lost era" of Harmony guitars. 27 Dislike Share TheFMBG 745 subscribers For this second blues session, another vintage guitar with Florian Maleville's Harmony H-802 from the seventies. You are bidding on a vintage Harmony H802 electric guitar in sunburst finish. The neck needs a truss rod adjustment (done), shim, possibly Nut and zero fret adjustment, dry colorado fret sprout cracked the binding on one. Original 'no foil pickups' Mahogany neck puts it to the earlier 70's. This is a website talking about that period between the cease of American production in 1975, and the revival after the buyout from BandLab in Singapore in 2018. I couldn't resist a 40 time capsule, the paper on the pick guard is the original protector paper. Welcome to the "Lost Era" of Harmony Guitars.
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