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23 Jul 10 - 08:10 AM (#2950549) Subject: Anyone identify this guitar yet? From: Will Fly I suspect the previous thread about this may have dropped off and been overlooked. I'm re-posting the pictures of Alex's unknown 12-string, on his behalf, in case anyone has any idea of its origin: Pic 1 Pic 2 Pic 3 Pic 4 Pic 5 Pic 6 Pic 7 |
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23 Jul 10 - 08:28 AM (#2950565) Subject: RE: Anyone identify this guitar yet? From: maeve The original thread is here. Any new thoughts regarding a maker? |
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23 Jul 10 - 10:31 AM (#2950657) Subject: RE: Anyone identify this guitar yet? From: alex s These pics did not appear until the very end of the old thread, so maybe they've been overlooked............ |
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23 Jul 10 - 10:36 AM (#2950659) Subject: RE: Anyone identify this guitar yet? From: DonMeixner Looks like a Harmony Sovereign 12 to me. Don |
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23 Jul 10 - 10:50 AM (#2950669) Subject: RE: Anyone identify this guitar yet? From: maeve "Subject: RE: Can you identify this guitar? From: alex s - PM Date: 22 Jul 10 - 04:49 AM where's Don Meixner when you need him?!" ________________________________________ LOL Ask and ye shall receive, alec s. |
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23 Jul 10 - 11:09 AM (#2950679) Subject: RE: Anyone identify this guitar yet? From: maeve As Don Meixner suggests: Something like this? Harmony Model: H1270 Sovereign 12 String Acoustic |
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23 Jul 10 - 11:59 AM (#2950706) Subject: RE: Anyone identify this guitar yet? From: GUEST,leeneia Do my eyes deceive me, or are there letters in the adhesive shown in picture 3? Try making a rubbing to see if you can read anything. Yes, it could be an optical illusion on my part. |
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23 Jul 10 - 01:17 PM (#2950758) Subject: RE: Anyone identify this guitar yet? From: Bernard Leeniea, we already know that the letters read 'Folk 12' from the previous thread, but nobody posted that here - so no, it's not an optical illusion, your eyesight is fine! |
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23 Jul 10 - 01:22 PM (#2950763) Subject: RE: Anyone identify this guitar yet? From: GUEST,Songbob Agreed -- some version of the Harmony (not Stella by Harmony) 12-string. Harmony did jobbing runs for other 'makes,' and this might have been made for Sears (Silvertone) or Montgomery Wards department / mail-order store. The body type is definitely based on Harmony's, and I'd guess it really is. Bob |
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23 Jul 10 - 01:32 PM (#2950770) Subject: RE: Anyone identify this guitar yet? From: Bernard The Rory Gallagher link above needs fixing... Yes, it looks remarkably similar, and would be like the one Gordon Giltrap used to record 'Ive's Horizon' circa 1968, engineered by Bill Leader, and released on 'Contemporary Guitar Sampler' (vinyl). He recently re-recorded it on a strange-looking Fylde with fan frets - pictures make it appear to be made out of rubber! For me, though, the sound is a little too clinically in tune, losing some of the jangly character and energy of the older Harmony 12-string. A bit like playing organ pieces on an electronic instead of pipes, I suppose... |
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23 Jul 10 - 02:23 PM (#2950833) Subject: RE: Anyone identify this guitar yet? From: maeve Thanks for fixing my Roy Gallagher link, Bernard. |
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23 Jul 10 - 02:30 PM (#2950838) Subject: RE: Anyone identify this guitar yet? From: Bernard ;o) |
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24 Jul 10 - 06:05 AM (#2951239) Subject: RE: Anyone identify this guitar yet? From: alex s Thanks to you all, especially Will Fly, Don and Maeve - I am now a happy man! |
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25 Sep 11 - 04:09 PM (#3228843) Subject: RE: Anyone identify this guitar yet? From: GUEST i have a guitar the same as this one did you ever get to the bottom of it |
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26 Sep 11 - 07:52 AM (#3229148) Subject: RE: Anyone identify this guitar yet? From: alex s Yes, it's an unbranded Harmony Sovereign with a "Folk 12" logo |
