Harmony family : Stratotone hollow body
5 Harmony models - 14 other brands (Harmony made) modelsH45 - Stratotone Mars - 1958-1965 - Electric hollowbody - Sunburst 1 pickup. Early models (58-59) had the "long tail Y" on the headstock logo. Then from 1962 were added black line and atomic logo on the pickguard.
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H46 - Stratotone Mars - 1958-1965 - Electric hollowbody - Sunburst 2 pickups - Early models (58-59) had the "long tail Y" on the headstock logo. Later (from 1962), were added black line and atomic logo on the pickguard.
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H47 - Stratotone Mercury - 1958-1965 - Electric hollowbody - Redburst 1 pickup
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H48 - Stratotone Mercury - 1958-1963 - Electric hollowbody - Flamed Blonde 1 pickup
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H49 - Stratotone Jupiter - 1958-1965 - Electric hollowbody - Natural Usually they have spruce top, but some of them have a maple top. Silvertone S1423 is a sister model.
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Airline 7215 - Hollow body Stratotone - 1963-1964 - Electric hollowbody - Cherry red shaded Unique model in the Stratotone family, sold only in '63 an '64 in the Montgomery Wards catalog. 4 way switch (catalog says "like 3 way plus change to rythm") No exact equivalent in the Harmony line, see the models H47, H49.
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Airline 8396 - 7206 - Hollow body single pickup - 1958-1964 - Electric hollowbody - Shaded walnut Stratotone series with one "Hershey bar" pickup. Model number changed form 8396 to 7206 in 1961.
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Airline 8397 - 7207 - Hollow body dual pickup - 1958-1964 - Electric hollowbody - Shaded walnut Stratotone series with two "Hershey bar" pickups. Model number changed from 8397 to 7207 in 1961.
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Alden 9908 hollowbody - Tuxedo Single pickup - 1962-1963 - Electric hollowbody - Black Alden version of the H45 Stratotone "Mars". First version (1962) was black with gold sparkle, an embossed pickup and a pickguard with "atomic" logo, then second version was plain black, with a different pickguard supporting the pots. This guitar has a hollow body, not to be confused with the earlier Tuxedo 9908 solid body, as they are completely different instruments.
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Alden 9910 hollowbody - Tuxedo Dual Pickup - 1962 - Electric hollowbody - Black Alden version of the H46 Stratotone "Mars". First version (1962) was black with gold sparkle, an embossed pickup and a pickguard with "atomic" logo. This guitar has a hollow body, not to be confused with the earlier Tuxedo 9910 with a solid body, as they are completelely different instruments.
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Alden 9950 - Fiesta - 1962 - Electric hollowbody - Natural and Sunburst Based on the Harmony Jupiter H49. Two golden tone pickups, volume and tone plus blender position on 3 way switch. Laminated construction, spruce top, maple back.
Holiday Mars - Stratotone Mars - 1966 - Electric hollowbody - Redburst Some samples have a single (original) f-hole. One reported stamped 2293 8396, so 8396 may be the Alden model number.
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Montgomery Wards 7208 - Roy Smeck (Stratotone) - 1961-1963 - Electric hollowbody - Natural and black Roy Smeck signature version of the hollowbody Stratotone. Sold in 1961 Montgomery Ward catalog (Some models wears the usual "Airline" brand, and not the Roy Smeck signature) - 2 "diamonds" pickups.
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Regal R265 - 3/4 Stratotone - 1966 - Electric hollowbody - Sunburst This guitar doesn't wear the Stratotone name, but is a 3/4 size based on the Harmony Stratotone (hollow bodies) series (check H45, H46, H47). No equivalent to this small guitar in the Harmony line.
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Silvertone 1326 - (Stratotone) one pickup - 1959 - Electric hollowbody - Shaded walnut One pickup, short pickguard with an unusual jack location. Short production time in 1959. Later only two pickups version were proposed in the Sears catalog.
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Silvertone 1327 - (Stratotone) two pickups - 1959 - Electric hollowbody - Shaded walnut Two pickups. This model number was used only for about one year in 1959. Same guitar was renumbered 1421 next year.
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Silvertone 1420 - (Stratotone) 2 pickups - 1961-1964 - Electric hollowbody - Black 2 pickups - like Harmony H46
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Silvertone 1421 - (Stratotone) 2 pickups - 1960-1964 - Electric hollowbody - Shaded walnut 2 pickups - like Harmony H46. The same model was previously proposed as model 1327 in 1959.
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Silvertone 1423 - (Stratotone Jupiter) - 1959-1964 - Electric hollowbody - black finish speckled with gold 2 pickups with blender pot - like Harmony H49
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