1960 Harmony Arch-top

This old "catalogue order" Harmony arch-top acoustic from 1960 is one of my favourite guitars of several Harmony examples in my collection. It is rigged with an after market 1968 DeArmond pick-up made for arch-tops. I purchased the pick-up just a couple of years ago (brand new old stock) still in it's original box with the cord and installation instructions. The guitar was purchased used many years ago and was very inexpensive. At some point in it's exsistance the guitar has been refrettedwith big frets and has been set up to play very well. It also had significant and appropriate wear on the fret board, back of the neck and elsewhere indicating that it was well played and well loved before I acquired it. I use bronze phosphorous acoustic strings for an extra big archtop sound. The pick-up works exceptionally well with warmth and great big fat rolling tone.

Plugged into an old Kay amplifier it is the first guitar you hear on my new CD Echo Broadcast. It provides the electric guitar sound for the rhythm part on the title track (the solo on the song Echo Broadcast was played on a solid body Silvertone guitar, to be featured in an upcoming post). This Harmony guitar is also heard as both the rhythm and solo guitar on Hoodoo Man as well as the jump blues sounding solos on Things to Do and Lookin' for a Good Time.