1967 Silvertone 319 (Harmony H666 or H912) 12-String Guitar

I don't really understand Harmony's model number designations or why they changed no and then, but for most of this model's run it would be known as an H912 "Stella" 12-string as the Harmony-sold version of the model or an S1225 "Silvertone" 12-string. For whatever reason, this has an H666 Harmony designation (hilarious) and S319 Silvertone one. Suffice to say, it's the same guitar.

This funky old beast came to me down on its luck, but after a neck reset, fret level/dress, new fully-compensated saddle, cleanup, and setup work, it's now playing bang-on and ready to go. It's currently strung with 46w-10 gauges for E-to-E standard pitch tuning, but can definitely rock a bit heavier stuff to go down in tuning.

Earlier repairs were done on the instrument and some of them are truly ridiculous. The best bit is that the whole back was reglued but it was done with the aid of a ton of tack nails. How about that?

















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