Montgomery Wards 8379 - Stratotone
Electric solid body - Gold - Distributed by Montgomery Wards - Based on Harmony H44
Production year(s) : 1956-1957 (other years possible, not verified)

Stratotone neck thru body with one "Hershey bar" pickup

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Scale

25"1/4

642 mm

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• Andy T - 2007-09-28
  Hello Francois! I have just purchased a Wards 8379 "H44" and the pot date codes are 134715, which means they were made in the 15th week of 1957. You now have a verified 1957 model of this guitar.
  These are great guitars with all the tone of the H44. The gold lacquer is similar to a Les Paul Gold Top from the same era. It has the same metallic pigment and turns green when it oxidizes as well. I prefer it to the copper color on the H44.
  Thanks for the great site!
• Andy Russell - 2007-12-24
  I have an h-44 Harmony stratotone 1954. its my favorite guitar.
• slidincharlie - 2009-10-08
  Hi Francois, I have a MW 8379 with pots dated 1957. What a nice sounding guitar! The only issue is in the three lower strings, which sound notably less loud than the G, B and high E strings. Apart from this it's a splendid blues guitar.