1940s Harmony H928 Stella Parlor Guitar

Overview: I'm not exactly sure when this particular H928 was made as the date stamp is fuzzed-out, but its features suggest late '30s into '40s considering those original tuners and the neck shape and tailpiece style. These cream-colored Stellas are identical in construction to the more-usual H929 model but are a lot harder to find out in the wild.

Interesting features: Per the usual, the body is all solid birch throughout. It's ladder-braced and has a tailpiece setup with a short scale. Because the bracing is on the lighter side, these guitars have more volume, punch, and snap than you'd otherwise expect -- especially when strung with a normal set of 12s. They're perfect country-blues or fingerpicking boxes, but will do the fun-and-strum thing decently if you're willing to use a medium or lighter flatpick.

Repairs included: This one got a lot! Ancel reset the neck, replaced a missing brace on top, reglued a number of braces on top, and then replaced missing back braces with "strapping" brace stock instead. Seams got fixed, it got a level/dress of the frets from Sarah, and then Jose finished it up with a new, compensated rosewood bridge and setup work. It's playing spot-on and ready to sere.

• Weight: 3 lbs 3 oz
• Scale length: 24 1/8"
• Nut width: 1 3/4"
• Neck shape: big V
• Board radius: flat
• Depth at first fret: 1 1/64"
• Depth at seventh fret: 1 3/16"
• Body width: 13 1/4"
• Body depth: 3 5/8"
• Top wood: solid birch
• Back & sides wood: solid birch
• Bracing type: ladder
• Bridge: rosewood compensated
• Fretboard: stained maple or similar
• Neck wood: poplar
• Action height at 12th fret: 3/32” bass 1/16” treble (fast, spot-on)
• String gauges: 54w-12 lights
• Neck relief: straight
• Fret style: medium-low

Condition notes: As noted, there are replacement back braces and one replacement top brace. The bone nut is new. We added side dots at some point. The bridge is new. There are scuffs, scratches, and wear shown throughout the finish. I didn't find any cracks.

It comes with: Sorry, no case.

Consignor tag: MULK