H1204 - Black Sovereign
Acoustic flatop - Black with natural rosette
Production year(s) : 1971 (other years possible, not verified)

1971 black version of the H1203 Sovereign. Floral pickguard and laminated plastic stenciled headstock - It seems the plastic was poor quality and is often seen dried and cracked. Spruce top, birch body (birch is unusual for a Harmony Sovereign guitar). Adjustable bridge. Not to be confused with other black models H164 or H6364.

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Top wood	Spruce
Body wood	Hardwood (birch ?)
All solid woods

Scale

25"1/4

642 mm

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• - 2008-04-18
  I'm not sure of how long this model was made, but I have one purchased in 1968. The fingerboard is rosewood. Grand concert body gave unusually good sound. Of course, the top, sides and back were solid wood.
• François (webmaster) - 2008-04-20
  Are you sure it's the exact same model ? Any date stamp inside ? I really doubt you purchased a black Harmony H1204 in 1968. This model doesn't appear in Harmony catalogs before 1971 (no Harmony black flat top before 1971).
• KEVIN - 2008-04-22
  I HAVE HERE A HARMONY SOVEREIGN, AND THE NUMBER STAMPED ON THE INSIDE IS S72 AND THEN SOMETHING AFTER THE 2 THAT I CANNOT MAKE OUT. I COULD NOT SEE A MODEL # BUT IT IS IDENTICAL TO THE H1204 ON YOUR SITE.
• Jim - 2008-12-09
  Hello I just found this site and I have an H1204 and it looks just like the pic. Inside mine is stamped F 70
• Phlupke - 2009-02-09
  I have a similar guitar. I buyed it in 1975 in Brussels, Belgium, Europe.
  Only the black pickguard is a classic style with a logo "H" in white, and there is no "Sovereign" on the headstock.
• François (webmaster) - 2009-02-09
  Phlupke, yours should be a H164 or H6364
• Herb - 2009-03-30
  I bought this model at Washington Music Center in MD, in 1968. It is exactly as shown. Mine is now 40 years old, missing the pickguard. The plastic headpiece is severely cracked.
• JAMS317 - 2009-07-26
  Your Sovereign 05..photo shows it as 1171H1204. Mine is 1175H1204
• Derrick - 2010-02-07
  I bought my Sovereign at a garage sale a few years ago (1599H1204). It was missing the pickguard, and the nut was damaged. The head piece was severely cracked, but in the years i've owned it, it completely disintegrated (maybe my rec room is too dry). The guitar sounds and plays great!
• Terry Crawford - 2010-09-02
  I have one I bought a few years ago at a garage sale. It is in perfect shape and looks like it was rarely played and always stored in the case, that being the the original hard case that came with the guitar. No cracking or discoloration of the headstock at all, no wear.
  I wonder what mine is worth?