1970s Harmony H1264 Jet Set Sovereign Jumbo Guitar

Jet Set Sovereigns are cool guitars, there's no doubt! They're like the "funk tuxedo" version of the venerable H1265 model and its giant pickguards. I worked on this one last year for a friend of mine but then another friend bought it from him and had me do some extra work -- a refret with jumbo wire, pickup install, and fitting of better tuners (the originals on these are not great at all). It turned it from a nice, H1260-sounding, chord-throwing guitar into a proper gigging workhorse with some meat on its bones.

These guitars are rather hard to find (they're even more scarce than the H1265 models which are always in high demand) and, unlike the H1265 (which is a glorified H1260), these have birch back and sides rather than mahogany. That gives them a little more punch and snap, I think -- a little more of a maple back/sides sound vs. the sing-song air of mahogany.

Repairs included: a neck reset, saddle-slot fill and recut, new Gotoh "aged" tuners install, K&K pickup install, cleats for old long back crack, cleaning, setup, etc.

Weight: 4 lbs 13 oz

Scale length: 25 1/8"

Nut width: 1 3/4"

Neck shape: medium-full D

Board radius: 10"

Body width: 15 1/4"

Body depth: 3 3/4"

Top wood: solid spruce

Back & sides wood: solid birch

Bracing type: ladder

Bridge: rosewood

Fretboard: rosewood

Neck wood: mahogany

Action height at 12th fret: 3/32” bass 1/16” treble (fast, spot-on)
String gauges: 54w, 40w, 30w, 22w, 16, 12 custom lights

Truss rod: adjustable

Neck relief: straight

Fret style: jumbo

Condition notes: with the exception of a long back crack, it's in pretty good order otherwise save for the average small nicks, scratches, dings etc. of a typical guitar-life. The fretboard extension does dip down away from the rest of the board after the 15th fret, though, so if you pick notes way up at the soundhole, you might want to consider that. The headstock veneer has shrunk a little as well. Additionally, a previous repairman thinned the whole bridge center in the past, but it's less than 1/16" lower in the middle than it was when new (these were kind-of shallow to begin with) and I've now seen this guitar strung-up for over a year and it's plowing-along happily and has remained stable in service. There is, of course, plenty of saddle height. There's also one filled jack-hole on the side.

It comes with: a ratty old chip case that serves for light use or storage.