1930s Harmony Supertone Gene Autry Round-Up 00-Size guitar

Who can really argue with a cowboy guitar? They exude cheese and movie-madness fluff. They're excellent! This one's got lonesome pines, a wagon train, and Gene Autry's signature right on the top, too.

This one gets a few points more for being larger in size than your average stenciled student-level job as well. It's a normal 00-size instrument with a 14-fret neck joint and longer scale length -- it's roughly analogous to a Martin 00 in sizing, though the slotted headstock with its matching stenciling is pretty dang slick.

My guy Ancel went through this thing from head to toe and as a result it's a spot-on player and ready to serve. I suggest nothing heavier than 52w-11 gauges on these guitars, though, as they're lightly-built and won't take kindly to 12s if used for standard-pitch tuning.

When this was made, it had a Supertone label in the soundhole (the house Sears brand) but it's really a Harmony-made product and this same basic guitar (spruce over birch) came in a variety of finish styles, some other stencil styles, and various other brand names.

Repairs included: a neck reset, fret level/dress, side dots, new ebony bridge, new bone saddle, replacement bridge pins, cleaning, seam and brace repairs/reglues, fill for not-through hairline cracks in the back, and various setup work.

Weight: 3 lbs 6 oz

Scale length: 25 1/8"

Nut width: 1 11/16"

Neck shape: bigger V with C-ish corners

Board radius: flat

Body width: 14"

Body depth: 3 3/4"

Top wood: solid spruce

Back & sides wood: solid birch

Bracing type: ladder

Bridge: rosewood

Fretboard: ebonized maple

Neck wood: poplar

Action height at 12th fret: 3/32” bass 1/16” treble (fast, spot-on)
String gauges: 52w-11

Neck relief: straight

Fret style: medium-lower

Condition notes: it's in relatively good shape for its age and lightness of build. There's definitely a bunch of pickwear and finish wear to the face of the instrument and some finish wear to the rest of it as well. The bridge, saddle, and bridge pins are replacements but it's otherwise original throughout. We used a belly-style bridge to replace a normal rectangular one so that the top would have a little extra support -- these are lightly ladder-braced. There are various not-through hairline cracks on the back and we've drop-filled them as possible but they don't go through to the inside of the guitar.

It comes with: sorry, no case.

Consignor tag: A26