H42 - Stratotone Newport
Electric solid body - H42/1 Sunshine Yellow or H42/2 Metallic Green
Production year(s) : 1955-1957 (other years possible, not verified)

Other brands : H42 Stratotone Newport was also sold as Silvertone (H42) | Silvertone (H42) | Silvertone Newport

1 pickup - one piece neck/body - "Harmometal" binding with a black plastic lining. Thinner body than H44.

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Neck-through body construction

Width	11"1/8	283 mm
Length	36"1/2	926 mm
Body depth	1"1/4	33 mm
Scale	25"1/4	640 mm

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• PABLO - 2008-04-04
  I recently purchased one 1957 Stratotone Newport (metallic green). This thing has the biggest tone I´ve ever heard (comparable to a Gretsch Country Gentleman) though i haven´t still played an h44 (here in Europe, it's hard to find one of these guitars). I bought it to record an album, planning to sell it afterwards... but now, Jeez ! I think i'll keep it forever. The neck is awesome, huge as a baseball bat, and talking about esthetics... this is second to none. François, félicitations pour cette magnifique website !
• Dave - 2008-04-07
  I had one of these in the Metalic Green back when I was a kid in the 80's and I'm sad to say I destroyed it. It had great tone and sustain. But I didn't know any better and chopped it up and now there's nothing left of it.
• 57Stratotone - 2009-09-13
  I love this guitar!
• wreck53 - 2009-10-27
  I just noticed the Fender-type bridge on the green one that's missing the black plastic lining on the Harmometal. But you can see the ends of the strings, so at least the guy who did that didn't drill holes through the body and put ferrules in, too. I hope to one one of these soon.