10 Harmony models - 15 other brands (Harmony made) models

H50 - Spanish Electric Guitar - 1947-1951 - Electric Archtop - Sunburst
1 pickup - "Grand Auditorium" size - One of the first Harmony electrics - Solid spruce top, solid maple body, 3 ply w/b/w heavy binding on body. Kluson tuners are rarely seen on Harmony guitars, but it seems many H50 were equiped with Kluson tuners from origin. Early models (pre-50) had f-holes in one part.
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H51 - Spanish Electric Guitar - 1947-1955 - Electric Archtop - Sunburst
1 pickup - "Auditorium size" - Check also Silvertone S1320, S1322, and Wards/Airline W8884.
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H52 - 1956-1959 - Electric Archtop - Sunburst
1 pickup - replaced the H50, but with the new thin body and trussrod neck
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H56 - Roy Smeck - 1954-1959 - Electric Archtop - Midnight Blue
Trussrod from 1956 - Solid birch body and top. Blue finish, with added "stardust gold" on later models (1958-59). H56 model number was later used for a very different Rocket model.
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H57 - Roy Smeck - 1960-1962 - Electric Archtop - Sunburst
One P13 pickup - H57 has replaced both the H56 blue Roy Smeck and the H52 in the Harmony line. But has a solid spruce top, thin body (2 3/4), auditorium size (15 3/4) - trussrod neck. H58 is the two pickups version with blonde laminated top.
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H58 - Roy Smeck - 1958-1962 - Electric Archtop - Natural and black body
2 "tone emphasizer" pickups. Auditorium size, trussrod, white pickguard, thin body (2.75 depth). Laminated spruce top, birch body.
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H60 - Electric Archtop Cutaway - 1954-1955 - Electric Archtop - Sunburst
1 pickup - full size body (3,5") - H60 model number was later used on a Meteor thin line
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H62 - 1954-1964 - Electric Archtop - Sunburst or Blonde
2 pickups. Blonde model only in the catalogs but sunburst model exists and is not rare... New neck with trussrod in 1956. Body depth changes from 3 1/2" to 2 3/4" in 1960.
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H63 - Espanada - 1955-1964 - Electric Archtop - Black
2 pickups. Older models with "Harmometal" aluminium trimming, until 1957. Thick White/Black/White bindings from 1958. New neck with trussrod in 1956. Body depth changes from 3 1/2" to 2 3/4" in 1960.
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H65 - 1956-1960 - Electric Archtop - Sunburst or Blonde
Cutaway body, 1 pickup, thin body (2"3/4) and unusual shorter scale (24"1/4). Cousin version of the deeper and longer scale H60.
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Montgomery Wards 8358 - Roy Smeck electric archtop - 1956-1960 - Electric Archtop - Midnight blue
Thin body ( 2 3/4 inches) Roy Smeck electric archtop with one P13 pickup. Birch body construction. Added golden sparkle on dark blue finish from ca. 1958. Trussrod from 1960. This guitar is the very same model as the one sold as Harmony H56.
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Montgomery Wards 8380 - Electric archtop cutaway - 1956 - Electric Archtop - Sunburst
Full body archtop with "Hi-Fi" P13 pickups -later model is 8410 (with trussrod)

Montgomery Wards 8410 - Electric archtop cutaway - 1960 - Electric Archtop - Sunburst
Full body archtop with "Hi-Fi" P13 pickups - neck with trussrod (previous model was 8380 without trussrod)

Montgomery Wards 8884 - Electric Archtop - Electric Archtop - Sunburst
These were equivalent to Harmony H51 and are stamped H54 or H8884 (Wards catalog reference). Check also the very similar Silvertone S1320.
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Silvertone 1317 - Electric archtop - 1947-1953 - Electric Archtop - Sunburst
Early electric archtop with one "P13" pickup. Tortoise overlay on headstock with green logo. Tortoise pickguard. Grand Auditorium size, compares to the Hamony H50. Early models have one part f-holes. Some are stamped H53 inside.
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Silvertone 1320 - Electric archtop - 1947-1955 - Electric Archtop - Sunburst
Silvertone version of the Harmony H51. Auditorium size (15"1/2). They were stamped H54 inside. Spruce top, maple body, but it looks like some models were all birch... S1322 is a blonde version (available later). Early models have one part f-holes.
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Silvertone 1322 - Electric archtop - 1952-1955 - Electric Archtop - Blonde
Blonde version of the Silvertone 1320. Auditorium size (15 1/2) - Spruce top, maple body. Finished in blonde with faux-flame. Compares to harmony H51. They were stamped H55 inside.
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Silvertone 1348 - Electric archtop - 1950-1952 - Electric Archtop - Sunburst
Compares to Harmony H50 but with special pickguard including the pickup - stamped H59 inside - Model 1350 is the blonde version
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Silvertone 1350 - Electric archtop - 1949-1952 - Electric Archtop - Blonde
Compares to Harmony H50 but with special pickguard including the pickup - tortoise bindings on body - spruce top and maple body - blonde version, model 1348 sunburst version appears later. (Stamped H58 inside ?)
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Silvertone 1352 - Electric archtop - 1954-1959 - Electric Archtop - Sunburst
Cutaway, one P13 pickup - Some (most of them ?) are stamped H61 inside. Full body depth (3.5")
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Silvertone 1373 - Electric archtop - 1952-1953 - Electric Archtop - Blonde
Blonde finished version of the model 1317. Early electric archtop with one "P13" pickup. Tortoise overlay on headstock with green logo. Tortoise pickguard. Grand Auditorium size, compares to the Hamony H50.

Silvertone 1384 - Electric Archtop - 1955-1957 - Electric Archtop - Black
First version of this black Silvertone, cousin of the H63 Harmony "Espanada". "Harmometal" aluminium bindings around body front and back. Check later models 1385 (without Harmometal) and 1427 (thinner body).
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Silvertone 1385 - Electric Archtop - 1957-1959 - Electric Archtop - Black
Silvertone version of the Harmony H63 "Espanada". Stamped H64 inside. Body depth 3.5" - Replaced in 1960 by 1427 with 2.75" body depth. Replace model 1384 wich had "Harmometal" aluminium bindings.
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Silvertone 1427 - Electric archtop - 1959-1961 - Electric Archtop - Black
2 "P13" pickups - 2.75" body depth - Compare to Harmony Espanada H63 - H62 - (was Sears model number 1385L before, with 3.5" body depth)
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SS Stewart 9017 - Oriphonic (cutaway) - Electric Archtop
Stamped H67 inside (?)
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