H1310 - Brilliant cutaway
Acoustic archtop - Sunburst
Production year(s) : 1952-1971 (other years possible, not verified)

Other brands : H1310 Brilliant cutaway was also sold as Regal R260 | Vega E200

Top of the line acoustic archtop - H1311 is the blonde version - trussrod from 1956 - square tailpiece from 1965 - white-bounded f-holes from 1968 - renumbered H6510 from 1972

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Top wood	Spruce
Body wood	Maple
All solid woods

Scale

25"1/4

642 mm

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• H20rider - 2007-06-26
  A DeArmond Rhythm Chief bolt-on pick-up works well on this model, but ONLY in the middle to bridge positions. The low profile of the neck doesn't allow sliding the pick-up into the neck position. So, be careful about investing in one of these "monkey-on-a-stick" pick-ups. Of course, this also applies to the H1311.
• IHMony - 2008-01-10
  In the last few year's I have acquired a few various model's the H1310 being one of them, it had issues as most do when they've been neglected. After some TLC my 1955 H1310 is once again a Brilliant cutaway.
• Carl Croce - 2008-03-04
  I found my H1310 on ebay in early 2004. When it arrived, it was gorgeous, but the neck joint was loose. Instead of sending it back, I took it to Rudy Pensa on 48th St. His repair guy was too backed up so Rudy suggested I take it next door to Carlo Greco. Imagine, this great old luthier, who handmade custom guitars for Merle Travis, agreed to reset the neck on my Harmony. Now my H1310 plays clean and fast up and down the neck and barks like Eddie Lang's L-5 - crisp and loud, with bells! This axe is a keeper.
• BWA - 2008-09-24
  I bought mine in a garage sale for 2.00. Yes, that's right, 2 bucks.
  It was a bit of a mess, with only 5 tuners, 4 strings and a plywood bridge.
  Once I got it all pulled apart and cleaned up, I pretty much reallised I had more than a two dollar guitar on my hands.
  Took me a couple months to find a fairly close tuner (actually only needed the knb/worm part, the peg and gear were still there. Dressed the frets, found a pretty close bridge in my junk parts box, put some new strings on it, and tuned it up and set it up. Man, was I surprised.
  I cannot believe what killer guitars these are. Beautifull to play, great tone. It can sound folky, Jazzy, but, can still rock on all day.
  Absolutely the best two bucks I ever spent.
• thestorysmusic - 2009-01-03
  My cousin gave me one of these when I was 16. Been hauling it around ever since. Recently had it set up and now it's easy to play and sounds very cool. Would like to find another DeArmond PU for it. Lost years ago.