H70 - Meteor
Electric hollowbody - Sunburst
Production year(s) : 1958-1966 (other years possible, not verified)

Other brands : H70 Meteor was also sold as Airline 7238 | Airline 8448 | Alden 9920 | Regal R270 | Regal R272

Single cutaway 2 pickups, "golden tone" then "double-mustache"- Meteor was H60 with double cutaway and large pickups from 1967. The Meteor was available for left hand players (as H70LH).

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Top wood	Spruce
Body wood	Maple
Laminated body

Width	15"7/8	403 mm
Length	40"3/8	1023 mm
Body depth	2"	50 mm
Scale	24"1/4	615 mm
Neck at nut	1"3/4	45.2 mm
Neck at 12th	2"	49.6 mm

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• Alvaroking - 2006-05-17
  Hi,it's Alvaro from Spain.I play guitar in an spanish retro-blues group called REVERENDOS.Recently I picked an AIRLINE h70 METEOR(1964,I think)and all I can say is that it has a tone as cool as T-Bone Walker.
• Jim - 2006-06-26
  Hi, I just recentley was able to pick up an H70.
  With a lot of elbow gress and some new strings its not to bad, I think its a 62 could any one tell me what it might be worth. Not that Iam gona get rid of it but I trying to convince my wife on why I need anouther guitar.
• RicksterUK - 2006-09-15
  I've had my Harmony Meteor since about 1991, I bought it from a friend who was a busker.. He used to sleep rough with the guitar. He wanted £15 for the guitar and a little practice amp.. I said I didn't want the amp, and gave him the £15. He needed a dreadnought to busk with.. he got one for one can of beer and two cigarettes. Crazy but true!!.. It seems to be a 66 model.. it says S-66 inside. It has the adjustable pickups. I have flat wound srings on it!! It just seemed that they suited the guitar.. I can't believe it shipped with them. It sounds really classic. I love it!!
• mike phiz - 2007-10-04
  I have a blonde Meteor which I paid £20 for in 1970, complete with case. The guitar was made in 1958, and had been gigged hard. It has a Bigsby tailpiece and is fitted with Schaller machine heads. At the moment it is living in my loft, and I haven't played it for nearly 30 years....
• Darren - 2008-11-28
  I was given a Harmony H70 by a colleague last year, who apparently rescued it from a trash bin in an alley in San Diego... go figure! Can't tell the exact age, but the serial # is 3176H70. It's a tad beat-up and clearly saw a lot of gig time in its youth, but it is otherwise in great condition and only suffers some wear on the headstock and a few body scratches; also, the finish on the top is crackling, but it doesn't detract from the overall good looks. The neck is straight, it still stays in tune despite my string-torturing bends, and it projects sound acoustically extremely well. It's an excellent jazz guitar. Unfortunately the wiring is shot, but I very much want to restore it. These guitars were clearly built to last and give even the old Gibson ES models a run for their money. Someone's trash is now my treasure.
• Tombola (Sweden) - 2008-11-29
  My Harmony Meteor isn't mine. An old man had forgot that he owned it and found it under his sofa and said I could borrow it, he had plenty of other guitars. I've had it for some years now and hopefully I'll never have to return it.
  The pickups (not adjustable) say 1958, there's no other date or serialnumber on it. There are some drill-holes for pick-guard and tailpiece, they might have been replaced at some time. The neck ain't very straight, but it works. The volume and tone knobs are black with golden tops, not white like the ones on the pictures. The strings that came with the guitar are flat wound. It has a lot of minor damages.
• dave - 2009-02-12
  I RECENTLY PICKED UP A 1959 H70 IN GREAT OVERALL CONDITION . IT PLAYS GREAT AND THE GOLDEN TONE PICK UPS HAVE A REAL NICE TONE AND DEPTH TO THEM.WHEN PLAYED THROUGH MY FENDER DLX REVERB,ICAN GET A NICE VINTAGE TONE.REALLY AN EXCELLANT GUITAR.IF IT HAD ASET NECK,I COULD ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THESE GUITARS WOULD GO FOR.
• JohnnyChris - 2009-02-20
  my 59 h70 harmony metor is in mint condition, minor cracking in the finish and updated grover heads...
• GROOVEDOCTOR - 2009-07-23
  I got my most recent Meteor 3 years ago (had previously thrashed one to death in the 70s)when I spied the dusty outline of a body in a pile of junk in my guitar repairers workshop - I said that looks like a Harmony Meteor body Simon and he said "yes". It had been a stripped down job that someone had dropped off 20 years ago to get a quote on being done up, and then no further contact. Did a deal, got the thing resprayed (deep cherry red like my original), some computer guy made a decal from a photo and its back in use. These guitars look cool - check out the shot of Keith Richards playing one in the early 60s that is reproduced in many books. Harmony were quite common here in australia in the mid to late 60s but i don't see many around today.
• wreck - 2009-11-22
  [..edited..]wreck, for your Regal one pickup, check model R270, link at the top of this page[...]
  I also recently bought through eBay a regular Meteor, in fair condition, that needed some work. I'm having the cracked jack hole fixed, the truss rod tightened, and a new-old-stock late H54 or H56 wiring harness [which I also found on eBay] put in, since the old one had been badly buggered. The harness is by far the most beautiful piece of wiring I've ever seen. It has heavy-duty, shiny, smooth shielding covering all the wires, so it should be pretty noise-free in operation. The guitar has a very sweet sound unplugged -- woodier and not as bright as my Rocketstein [Silvertone-branded Meteor-type neck on a pre-1963 H53 body with no serial number that I can see], and I'm looking forward to hearing it amplified.
• JT - 2009-12-20
  I just got mine and it just sounds awsome! This is only partially true without the amp.
• oldrokker - 2010-01-02
  Just got what I believe to be a 1962 H70 meteor...it was my Dad's...he passed away recently, but bought this new back in the day...it's in great shape and sounds fantastic! I am totally stoked to be able to add this to my collection! Thanks Pop! RIP (Rock in Peace)
• russiancatsima - 2010-02-19
  My husband got his Meteor H70 in 1959 as a gift from his parents, with the original price 180 dollars. It is still in excellent shape, i took it to the store, they repaired rose wood bridge and put strings on..and it sounds wonderful. Too bad none of us can play it , but it has a sentimental value for him. I wonder who the maker was , where it was located, and how many of them they made? He is also curious about the monetory value, even though he would not sell it.
  Thanks for the forum!