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Other brands : H62 was also sold as Montgomery Wards 8380 | Montgomery Wards 8410

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Original catalog descriptions

[1955 catalog]
Double Pickup Cutaway Electric Spanish Guitar… For lead or rythm
Fine precision-made cutaway grand Auditorium professional model in gleaming blonde finish. Two high fidelity pickups - bridge pickup for lead or solo work, forward pickup for rythm work, with separate volume and tone controls. 3-position toggle switch enables presetting of each pickup and rapid change from one to another, or both. Pickups have adjustment for each individual string. Truly outstanding in design, in details, in performance. Use with either amplifier shown (H194, H204). Guitar : $187.50. C60 Carrying case, $20.00.

[1957 catalog]
HARMONY DOUBLE PICK-UP ELECTRIC SPANISH GUITARS - Cutaway Models
Jewel like beauty ... superb styling ... top-of-the-lins quality of tons and response . . . in these fine precision-made Professional cutaway electrics. New Slim-Lins necks with adjustable Torque-Lok dual reinforcing rods and speed-fretted pearl-inlaid ovalled fingerboards make playing a pleasure right down to the last fret.
Five controls-two for volume, two for tone, and selector switch--permit infinite choice of tonal effects with the two high fidelity pickups. Bridge pickup for take-off or solo playing; forward pickup for rhythm work. Each pickup has individual adjustment for each string.
Grand Auditorium size, 41 1/4 x 16 5/8 in. Laminated arched spruce tops and mople backs. Heavy molded quardplates. Chrome plated metal button individual tuninq keys. DeLuxe compensating tailpiece. Truly outstandinq in design, detail, and value for the progressive guitarist seekinq to improve his performance and audience appeal.
H62 - The "Blond" Cutaway Model, of figured curly maple and spruce. Heavy shell edge bindings, black and white inlays. Inlaid rosewood head. piece. Rosewood fingerboard with large Mother-of-pearl inlaid position markers. DeLuxe compensating tailpiece. $199.50 No. C60 - Carrying Case, extra. $24.50

[1962 catalog]
Top of the line quality of tone and response... Jewel-like beauty... superb styling... in these fine precision-made professional cutaway electrics.
Thin bodies... frame only 2 3/4 inches deep. Grand Auditorium size. 16 1/4 x 41 1/4 inches.
Laminated arched tops and backs. Chrome plated metal button individual tuning keys. Accurately fertted ovalled fingerboards with large, inlaid position markers make playing a pleasure. Deluxe compensating tailpieces. Heavy molded pickguards.
High fidelity pickups... Bridge pickup for take-off or solo playing, forward pickup for rythm work. Adjustable polepieces under each strings permit individual adjustment for desired emphasis and overall balanced response.

Double pickup. Five controls - two for volume, two for tone, and selector switch. Figured curly maple and spruce. Heavy shell edge bindings. Black and white inlays. Inlaid rosewood headpiece. Rosewood fingerboard with 7 large inlaid position markers. Handsomely finished in natural blonde. $199.50. C60 case, keratol, plush lined, $24.50.

Original price

  1955 : $187.50
  1956 : $199.50
  1957 : $199.50
  1958 : $199.50
  1959 : $199.50
  1962 : $199.50

Verified production year(s) : 1954-1964
others years possible, not verified.

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• flyrite - 2005-09-04
  Best blues guitar in the world if you play REAL blues, not that rocker stuff.
• silvertoneman - 2005-11-26
  i have this guitar..and as a rocker/punker/MOD, i couldnt ask for a better guitar! it plays amazing, super low action for fast finger picking. the neck is wide and fat, light weight and just an all around great piece of history..its not just for blues like blues Hammer guy who left a comment about "real Blues" If you're white and make good money and your wife/girlfriend has not left you yet..your not playing real blues
  dont be fooled this guitar is just as good if not better in some cases than a gibson or gretsch hollowbody
• rharmer69@hotmail.com - 2007-08-06
  My father purchased this model in 1960. I inherited when he passed away 1993. the guitar is mint with the original case. It plays & sounds as the day it was bought. I own several guitars, but this guitar is my favorite. Sorry, this baby is not for sale.
• fatorc - 2008-02-11
  I think keith Richards used to own one of these in 1963.
• François (webmaster) - 2008-03-02
  I never saw Keith with a H62, but he sure played a H70 Meteor model in 1963...
• Carl Croce - 2008-03-04
  In 1957, when I was 4, as a birthday present for my father, my mother ordered a non-cutaway acoustic archtop from Montgomery Ward and paid for it up front. About a month later, accompanied by a letter of apology that the model she ordered was out of stock, and hoping she would accept an upgrade instead, the Harmony H62 arrived. I couldn't quite reach around the body 3 years later when I started guitar lessons, but I could and did play it - carefully - by the time I turned 9. I have been playing it ever since. The H62 can ring Wes Montgomery octaves, growl Brian Setzer leads and purr Joe Pass chord melodies. I will always play this guitar.
• Charlton - 2008-03-21
  I absolutly love my H62 (1959 model). I bought my blonde beauty at a pawn shop. This model is so great the neck is just the right size, the action is just about perfect. I own other guitars but I guess you already know this my go to axe.
• anonymous - 2008-04-09
  Had the opportunity to restore an H62 with the intention of selling it for a sweet profit. But once I had her set up and playing, there was no way I'd sell this guitar. You'll have to pry her from my cold dead hands.