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Other brands : H75 3 pickup was also sold as Silvertone S1429

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Original catalog descriptions

[1962 catalog]
Harmony's newest and finest model H75 - double cutaway,,, triple pickup

- "Double Cutaway" - Highest registers easily fingered.
- Three pickups - DeArmond designed. With adjustable magnetic polepiece under each string
- "Ultra-Slim" narrow fingerboard - Short scale for easy chording.
- "Ultra-Slim" neck - with adjustable TORQUE-LOCK rod. Unfiform "feel" throughout.
- 9 controls - For infinite choice of tonal effects.
- "Ultra-Thin" arched tone chamber body.

The "double cutaway" TRIPLE electric will be played with pride by the finest performer. Its triple pickups, designed by DeArmond, will give brilliant and flexible response. Silent action switches permit selection of any of 7 combinations of pickup heads. Individual adjusting pole-pieces under each strings, on each pickup, permit the most critical adjustment for emphasis and balanced response.
Ovalled rosewood fingerboard has 8 large inlaid position markers. Individual tuning keys have metal buttons. Headpiece is engraved. ornamental tailpiece is modern design, chrome plated.
The gleaming polished shaped-brown mahogany finish on the curly maple ultra-thin arched body is in keeping with the professional quality of the Triple.
Size 15 3/4 x 40 1/2. Rim 2 inches deep. $250.00. C70 carrying case, keratol, plush lined, $22.50. C75 carrying case, 3 ply hardshell, $49.50.

[1966 catalog]
Harmony's Finest Electric Guitars - with maximum electronics
Three pickups... DeArmond designed for Today's Sound

- "Double Cutaway" - 16 frets clear of body - the highest registers easily fingered.
- "Ultra-Slim" narrow fingerboard - Short scale for easy chording.
- "Ultra-Slim" neck - with adjustable TORQUE-LOCK reinforcing rod. Unfiform "feel" throughout.
- Modern Flat Wound Strings - Quiet - Smooth for fingering comfort

Will be played with pride by the most experienced performer ! Truly precision instruments, finely adjusted befor leaving the factory. The top quality electronics in the triple pickup give brilliant and flexible response. Silent action switches permit selection of any of 7 combinations of pickup heads. Individual adjusting pole-pieces under each strings, on each pickup, permit the most critical adjustment for emphasis and balance response.

Ovalled rosewood fingerboard has 8 large inlaid position markers. Individual tuning keys have metal buttons ; headpiece is engraved ; ornamental taipiece is modern design, chrome plated. This guitar is also avalaible with Bigsby True Vibrato Tailpiece.

The geaming polished finishes on the curly maple Ultra-Thin arched bodies are in keeping with the professional quality of these models - Harmony's finest.

H75 - Rich brown mahogany shading with sunburst effect. Size 15 3/4 x 40 1/2. Rim 2 inches deep : $250.00. C70 Carrying case, keratol, plush lined : $24.00.

Original price

  1962 : $250.00
  1966 : $250.00
  1967 : $250.00
  1969 : $275.00

Verified production year(s) : 1960-1972
others years possible, not verified.

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• Rene van den Belt (from Holland) - 2005-12-14
  I have a 1967 Harmony H75 in excellent condition. It's a fantastic guitar, suited for blues, country, jazz and rock'n roll. It came with a non-original tremelo which I replaced with a Bigsby B7, so now the guitar should be called H76. It's of the easiest playing and best sounding guitars I've ever played. The DeArmond Gold Tone single coils are very responsive and lively. I believe that these deluxe Harmony thinlines (H74 - H78) rival far more expensive Gibson ES and Epiphone models with P90's and Gretsches.
• Trevor Lewis - 2006-03-13
  Ive had a H75 from new (1963)and its still sweet and sounds great, over the years it's achieved a beautiful mellow tone idealfor blues and jazz, the only problem with it is that I've lost one of the volume control knobs and can't find anyone that can replace it, the spindle size is not standard it's about 2.5-3mm if anyone knows where I can get one please let me know at trevorlewis2000@yahoo.co.uk
• Simon Rowan - 2006-05-25
  These guitars are an absolute giveaway at anywhere between £400-£600 depending on condition. Someone wrote that he sold his gibson 335 because he preferred the Harmony 75. According to a friend of mine it is actually nearer a 330, but whoes counting if you've got a comparable guitar £19500 cheaper!!! I have only had mine for two years and considered selling it because I wasnt giving it the attention it deserves. Well its just had a professional refret and I cant think why I even considered selling. If you're in this area of guitar style get yourself a bargain while they are still around, they really dont make them like this anymore.
• Steve - 2006-06-14
  I now am the proud owner of the H75 last two pictures on the top line at the right, and first on the left second from the top. Imported it from the good ol' USA - I dont know how many Harmonys there are in the land of Oz (Australia) but this one is a gem. Sounds amazing, particularly through a Traynor 15w valve amp (Celestion Greenback).
• lmgash - 2006-06-25
  great website. i have an h75 (1961). i love it. it was my dads and i would give up my les paul, strat, or prs before i ever gave up this thing (not that i plan on giving any up). the sound is great. i play through various fenders / ampegs / marshalls, and assorted other old tube goodies. my neck pick does not seem to work. i hear a faint sound but overall nothing. any suggestions? i would love to have play this at its full potential (i still use it often even with just the other two pickups working).
• Jackal - 2006-08-15
  I have a H75 which I've owned since since 1972. Prior to me it was owned by a recording engineer and George Harrison used on a recording whilst with the Beatles. It also appeared on TOTP's (which I saw) when his band had a single in the charts. It's a bit knocked about now having been used for a band, but mostly due to water damage from a flood. But it's still a great guitar which I would never sell. I also have a Les Paul, Strat and PRS. There is something about those single coil pickups that's very sweet.
• Geoff White - 2006-11-14
  I bought my Harmony H75 from Jim Beckett in Gibbs Road, Southampton in 1967 when I was 17 for £78.It's still in almost perfect condition as I hardly ever play it these days. The only problem with it is the volume and tone knobs crackle when amplified. When I used to play it in the 60's the tone was fantastic and it still is apart from the crackle. The serial No is 1572.
• jazzsmith - 2006-12-08
  I was just lucky enough to buy a Fall '62 H75 from an old music store in Brooklyn. It is New Old Stock and was dealer fitted in '62 with a Bigsby and Gretsch Space Control bridge. It is an amazing guitar! I actually like it better than my '63 Gibson ES330. And its WAY better than any Gretsch I've ever played. Its the best $800 I've ever spent! Who says there are no bargains in vintage guitars anymore?
• saifu - 2007-01-23
  A lovely one this White H-75. I did'n know they made the white too!. I am interseted in purchasing one if anyone wants to trade please tell me. cifu_entes@hotmail.com
• François - webmaster - 2007-02-01
  About the white one, after close inspection the owner swears it's original, but I still have a doubt...
• colin holbrook united kingdom - 2007-02-12
  i have had my h75 harmony guitar for about 30 years it is so versitile and i would not part whith it for less than £800 british pounds it is a fantastic guitar in my apinion it is better than the gibson 335 but thats me as it is my little baby happy playing colin.
• Mike H - 2007-02-18
  I bought one of these about 17 years ago in Southampton for about £150. It had been well used when I bought it and has been well used and gigged since so it got in a rather sorry state of repair and I put it into semi-retirement. However got it out again the other day and realised I'd forgotten how great it sounds. Mine has a bigsby but is labelled as an H75 (number 853 so I guess is quite an early model). I've replaced the bridge (with some difficulty due to the very narrow string spacing). Neck needs some attention as nut is loose and fretboard worn but I still wouldn't part with it. It sounds way better than my Gibson ES135. If anyone has some recommended UK sites for repairers/restorers etc it would be useful to know.
• John Magnifico (Leesburg, Fl. USA) - 2007-02-23
  Feb. 21, 07
  Very interesting website. I special ordered a H75 in 1965 from Harmony through a local dept. store called "Lechmere Sales", in Dedham Mass. I ordered the Sun Burst color. Harmony took 3 months to build the guitar and sent the Cherry Red by mistake. When I opened the case in the store and saw the Red I was not happy. The more I looked at it the more I fell in love. No more needs to be said. The price was $225.00 CASE INCLUDED. (no tremelo). I played it for many years through a Fender Princeton Reverb Amp. (that, I still have) that I purchased at the same time somewhere else. Great Amp.
  (just became single again.),,,I have tears in my eyes every time I see one in e-bay because about 9 years ago I traided the Harmony for a reworked Gibson ES125 fat body that was reworked buy a internationaly renound Luthier. He added a Charley Christian pickup and a cutaway and lots more. I won't tell how much I payed for that Gibson including the H75. I have miss that Harmony every time I play. Very big mistake. I also have an Ibanez AG85 that is now my favorite in hand guitar. It is a nice player but nothing can get the variation in sound that Harmony could. I would be willing to traid the Gibson with a hard shell case for a very clean H75 Red or Sun/B and some negotional cash. jmagg82835@earthlink.net
• B.Kendall - 2007-04-20
  Absolutely a great guitar. Got one in about '60-'61 new as upgrade from H38 Hollywood. Also got the big Silvertone Amp as an upgrade to a smaller Rickenbacker.
  Very addictive axe ... took top priority. The neck was very nice with a place where it would flex a bit like in "Summertime Blues".
  Very good solo ... fingering was best ever; especially after the work-out from the old Hollywood. Relatively heavy piece in comparison to others of the day except for the old solid Carvins.
  Workmanship was exceptional ... gave it to oldest son who traded it for an accoustic about 1982. I saw one in Henderson,KY 4-5 years ago at a music shop there during W.C. Handy Blues Fest. Priced quite expensively but still felt the same and very tempting. Probably was a "lifetime" quality guitar that I did not appreciate at the time.
• Jeff Stoddard - 2007-06-23
  I have a 1961 Harmony H75 and it's without a doubt on of the best playing and sounding guitars in my collection. It has more versatility and better tone than guitars that are triple the cost. There simply isn't a better value out there. I can't recommend getting one of the H- model Harmony guitars highly enough.
• Grady - 2007-07-06
  I played one of these about 1972-74 in the Birmingham area (UK) in a blues trio called 'Fatty'. I was longing for a strat back then so I sold it on to get one. I have good memories of it. Fine neck, good for fast blues phrasing. Good 'nasal' sound from the p/u's. I was playing it through an AC30, and in small places, when we played loud, there were feedback problems which I finally got over by stuffing the body cavity with cotton wool. I still use the 335-style guitar (though now I do use a strat & a tele as my main axes). I've been by the Epiphone 'Sheraton', and currently own an old Epiphone 'Dot' 335 ("elitist"). I'd like to get hold of an old H75 again. I reckon it had a 'gretsch-y' tone.
  Grady
  ankhclvi@gmail.com
• Brian - 2007-07-07
  I own a 1967 Barclay F-67, which is a very rare and very similar guitar to this model. The serial numbers read 9864h74-3. Which according to my research meant it was the third model to be produced on July 3, 1967. There is not much about this company except that they used the Harmony factory in Chicago to produce their instruments for a short period of time. I also owned a Barclay "Bobkat" version, which is very similar as well. The guitars play like butter, better than any Fender or higher end guitar I've ever owned.
• Alex - 2007-08-03
  I have this Model of harmony from 1967 . That's a very good guitar for all the music styles ! It's in perfect condition!
  I play with a 30W tubes amps it's Just Magic !!
• terry - 2007-11-04
  i have a h75 model.my father passed away sadly last year and he always said he would leave me his guitar.i now have his beloved harmony that i will treasure like he did.it is a wonderful sounding guitar and i have never seen another here in ireland.great to see the other models here on the net.it is a quality guitar that is as good if not better than alot of the pricey models you will get out there.
• Loyd Hutchison - 2007-11-19
  I have a Harmondy H75 I bought second hand from a local music store in 1971 for $125.00. It is a great guitar. I played it though a Fender Twin reverb for many years, and currently just play it through a 15W crate amp just for fun.
  Great guitar to play wonderful action. It's missing a couple of the knobs, and so if anyone knows where I can get some that would be helpful.
• Harvey Perdue - 2007-11-26
  I have a 1965 H74, that is Beautiful. It plays Great, looks new. It has two Gibson P90's, the Bridge pickup is about 1 inch thick. All Gibson Les Paul Wiring Harness. Gibson Pop out crank tuning keys. Gibson Bridge, it even has a Les Paul Pickguard and Bell on the neck rod adjustment.
  It is orginal sunburst finish, with orginal Bigby. This Guitar reminds me of a 1960's Gretch Viking.
  Oh, all the Gibson parts came from The Kalamazoo Auction, when Gibson closed. All these goodies were for a Les Paul Custom, with a dated neck 1957. It was an experimental Les Paul, that was never put together. I got a nice price in 1991 for the Guitar body and Neck, and put all the parts in My 1965 Harmony. One Killer Guitar. Plays circle around The Heritage double cut away. I know I have 2 For Sale. Love My Old Harmony H74, the finish is perfect, also have the orginal case.
• Bob Carter - 2008-01-23
  I have a 4780H75 Harmony made in 1960 and I have owned it since 1961 it is in excellant condition and I also have the hard case and the original shoulder strap that came with it in 1961 the only thing I need is the screws and bracket to put the pick guard back on. I love the sound it has it is a great guitar.
• Stuart Lord - 2008-03-18
  I also have a H75 with a bigsby tremolo bought it second hand about 35yrs ago. Chrome needs retouching on the chrome of the pick-ups but o.k.
• Derek Leary - 2008-04-17
  I ordered my H75 on the strength of a picture in a catalouge I saw mid 60s.I had already played a soveriegn and was impressed. It took about 2 months to arrive from the states.Someone said your guitar has arrived and theres a crowd around it in the shop.It proved to be every bit a good as I hoped.My wife bought one as well and we also gained a spare.
  They have done us proudly during our 45 year career in the biz. A great guitar with so many subtle shades and tones. Brilliant ! Derek and Christie Leary
• PhilUSAFRet - 2008-05-09
  Anyone know if I can get a replacement neck for an H75. Saw one advertised with a bad "bow".
  Necks for any other guitars work?
  Phil