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Family : Stratotone hollow body

Other brands : H46 Stratotone Mars was also sold as Airline 8397 - 7207 | Alden 9910 hollowbody | Silvertone S1327 | Silvertone S1420 | Silvertone S1421

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Original catalog description

[1962 catalog]
Stratotone "Mars" cutaway model double pickup
Provide outstanding value in tits price class. Hollow "tone chamber" construction. Ebonized maple fingerboard. Straight-line hardwood neck with built-in steel reinforcing rod. Finely finish in warm sunburst effect showing the grain of the wood. White celluloid bindings. Adjustable bridge. Hinged tailpiece.
Twin built-in pickups, each with tone and volume control. 3 position selector switch permits playing forward pickup for rythm - bridge pickup for take-off or solo - or both pickups at once, for maximum tone variation. $85.00. Carrying case, $10.00.

Original price

  1958 : $97.50
  1959 : $97.50
  1962 : $98.50

Verified production year(s) : 1958-1965
others years possible, not verified.

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• Doug - 2006-11-26
  I bought this guitar in a yard sale in 1976 with an origional 1957 fender Champ amp for.....$50Can. I must rebuild it as I ripped it apart when I was young and foolish and really regret it now. All that remains is the body with a few drill holes in it, the origional wooden bridge and machine head. Long gone is the wonderful sunburst finish and the flat plate pickups and the pick cover (which incidentally never had the nuclear fusion logo) the date was clearly stamped on the interior (1965)
• TomSea - 2008-01-14
  My daughter picked this guitar up from a friend in the 70's for $10. Unfortunately, it was totally covered with day-glo spray paint. She lost interest; I took it and I broke it down, striped it, and gave a nice clear/natural finish. All original parts are still there, but the logos are lost. I still play it!
• John Prestia - 2008-03-08
  Having been a Harmony kid in the sixties, I've found my way back to a few of them and can't even begin to describe the fun my friends and I have playing them...currently have a Stratotone "Mars", Meteor, and a Rocket...even called my latest cd..."Harmony Parlor"..BIG FUN!