1930s Harmony-made Supertone 00-Size Roundhole Archtop Guitar

Overview: We worked on this guy a while back for its owner and he'd been using it as a slide-machine ever since. He brought it back in recently and I cleaned it up and adjusted it back for "normal" use. It has a good, woody, midsy bite to its sound that really suits country-blues fingerpicking, though it also sounds mighty excellent for boom-chick chordal backup, too.

It has the Sears Supertone branding but it was made by Harmony in the mid-1930s. I've worked on a ton of this model over the years and, like this one, they usually have their fair share of devils to be exorcised but once they're done justice they're fun, 00-size critters to have around for recording or jamming. You have to like a big neck, though!

Repairs included: As I recall, this got a neck reset, level/dress of the frets, hairline crack repairs to the back, seam repairs, side dots fit, and setup work. The bridge got modified to have adjuster wheels and compensation as it originally had neither. It's playing spot-on and ready to go.

• Weight: 3 lbs 13 oz
• Scale length: 25 1/8"
• Nut width: 1 3/4"
• Neck shape: big V
• Board radius: flat
• Depth at first fret: .99"
  
• Depth at seventh fret: 1.15"
• Body width: 14 3/4"
• Body depth: 3 3/8"
• Top wood: solid birch
• Back & sides wood: solid birch
• Bracing type: solid birch
• Bridge: ebonized maple adjustable
• Fretboard: ebonized maple
• Neck wood: poplar
• Action height at 12th fret: 3/32” bass 1/16” treble (fast, spot-on)
• String gauges: 52w-11 or similar
• Neck relief: straight
• Fret style: lower/nararow

Condition notes: It has a couple of repaired back cracks -- the seams on the back/sides joints are reglued in many areas and trimmed a bit to fit better. The finish is dulled all over and shows light scratches, nicks, dings, scuffs, weather-check, etc. throughout as you might expect. The fretboard had some chipping-out near the extension that was filled. The bridge is modified and has a couple of shims under its feet as well. It's original throughout, though. The top has a little strange distortion around the soundhole which is typical for the model because Harmony used only very light "strapping" bracing on the top when these were made.

It comes with: Sorry, no case.

Consignor tag: MULK