1960s Harmony Stella H929TG Tenor Guitar

Overview: While these are tagged as H929 in the soundhole and they share the same body shape and similar bracing, this tenor version of the instrument has a pin bridge (vs. tailpiece/floating setup) that's a lot closer to the soundhole and something about that, plus the shorter scale (and thus less tension on the top) always turns these into delightful-sounding critters when they're fixed-up. They have a woody, warm, springy sound to them that's really endearing. This one is currently tuned/strung-up for CGDA tuning but I've heard them in DGBE and GDAE tunings as well and they sound good for all of them.

Interesting features: The pin bridge is nice to have and we've put a fresh bone saddle in it, too, replacing the original fret saddle setup. It's got stenciled-on "binding" and "inlay" and the funky sunburst is just the right amount of cheese for this guy.

Repairs included: It got a bunch -- a neck reset, replacement (correct) vintage tuners with fresh buttons, a saddle-slot recut and new, compensated bone saddle, side dots install, a level/dress of the frets, and setup work. I may have reglued a few seams, too. Ancel and I tag-teamed it and it's now playing spot-on and fit for service.

• Weight: 3 lbs 0 oz
• Scale length: 22 3/4"
• Nut width: 1 17/64"
• Neck shape: medium V
• Board radius: flat
• Depth at first fret: 27/32"
• Depth at seventh fret: 1"
• Body width: 13 1/4"
• Body depth: 3 3/4"
• Top wood: solid birch
• Back & sides wood: solid birch
• Bracing type: ladder
• Bridge: ebonized mysterywood
• Fretboard: ebonized mysterywood
• Neck wood: poplar
• Action height at 12th fret: 1/16" overall (fast, spot-on)
• String gauges: 34w, 24w, 14, 10 for CGDA tuning
• Truss rod: non-adjustable
• Neck relief: straight
• Fret style: medium/low

Condition notes: There's plenty of light-to-medium usewear throughout -- scratches, nicks, small dings, and whatnot. Much is original but the bridge pins, saddle, and tuners are not (though the tuners are same-period). We also added side dots as-per-normal for our shop. It's currently strung for CGDA tuning but I can recompensate the saddle and restring to whatever tuning is desired.

It comes with: Sorry, no case.

Consignor tag: KJSH