1961 Harmony H1201T Tenor Guitar

After you work on 5 or 6 of the same model, they all start feeling like the same instrument. This one arrived in a fairly clean state except that someone had botched a neck reset and damaged the fretboard all along the extension and made a big divot and chunk out of the board at the 14th fret (the joining fret). It also had the usual bridge placement problem that all of these seem to have -- with the saddle placed a full 1/4" to the rear of where it should be (and thus making the whole instrument play crazy-flat up the neck).

Repairs thus included a neck re-reset, fret seating, minor board-patching, and a fret level/dress, a new custom Gibson-style rosewood bridge install, cleaning, replacement parts-bin Grover tuners, and a good setup for DGBE tuning. It's now playing spot-on and quick and has the woody, chimey tone I expect these to have.

The owner of this box has really gotten into tenor guitars and this is the second of this same model that she now owns -- for use with different tunings.

As per the usual, this guy has a mahogany neck with a steel, non-adjustable rod installed, ebonized maple fretboard, solid spruce top, and solid mahogany back and sides. It has a 22 3/4" scale length and the top is ladder-braced.