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Original catalog description

[1971 catalog]
If you want the best in Electronics, You'll buy Harmony's Guaranteed Golden Tone
Rocket I
Single GoldenTone pickup, with volume and tone control mounted in body. The design, construction and finish include all of the special features descibed above. A fine beginner's electric guitar.
H53/1. Size 15 3/4 x 40 1/2 x 2 in. : $99.50.
HC53 Carrying case : $15.50.

Original price

  1969 : $94.50
  1971 : $99.50
  1972 : $102.50

Verified production year(s) : 1968-1971
others years possible, not verified.

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• Stodgy Waters - 2007-08-16
  I purchased a single pick-up double cutaway two years ago on E-Bay for approximately $225. About $100 for a professional set, a new nut, up and a once over by a renowned luthier and I have a guitar which I feel has better tone, sustain and action than a 335. I play through a '71 Fender Super Reverb and find a beautiful jazzy tone when the tone nob is at 50% and plenty of grit when desired by raising the tone just slightly. For a single pick up model it still has a lot of flexibility and the pick up is certainly hot and sensitive. I should let you know re: production years, I have dated mine as a 1972 as dated on the back of the Dearmond pick up and on the pots. Although the stamp in the f-hole on the upper bout indicates a production year Fall 1971. I would assume body produced late '71 with final production on it completed early 1972
• Don - 2007-10-13
  My dad bought me my Harmony Rocket (H53/1) when I wanted to learn to play guitar as a young boy. I remember that it cost $100. I liked it because it was my favorite color, red. The hard guitar case was extra. I took lessons at the Music Center in Mt. Clemens, MI for about two years. My dad gave me a ride to go to my guitar lesson every Tuesday night. I stopped taking lessons at the Music Center when we moved away. I still have that guitar to this day in mint condition. It has a nice tone for a beginner guitar and I still play it on occasion to this day.