1965 Silvertone 612 (Harmony) 000-Size Guitar

Overview: I was traded this guitar eons ago for work done, as I recall. I have been getting Jake Too into training mode for neck resets and Jose and Ancel have been doing more of them as well, too, on their own. I fetched this one for Jake Too to work on because it had a lot of different elements to do and he and Jose did a great job on it! Old Harmony boxes of this sort can be curmudgeons to repair but they're great, folksy, woody-sounding guitars when done.

This one has a pretty striking spruce top with grain direction all over the place and a nice, 3D glow to the woodgrain because of that under the sunburst finish. It's crack-free, fairly clean, and has the original pickguard, too. Jake Too made a new bridge out of ovangkol that has a good resemblance to a bleached original Harmony bridge (the original bridges on these are usually broken and garbage) and the whole thing has a nice, folksy look about it.

Repairs included: Jake Too gave it a neck reset, made and fit a new bridge (with a little help from Jose in routing the saddle slot and pinholes), leveled and dressed the frets, made a new saddle, fit new pins, and set it up. It plays spot-on and is ready to go.

• Weight: 4 lbs 4 oz
• Scale length: 25 1/8"
• Nut width: 1 3/4"
• Neck shape: medium-hefty C
• Board radius: 10"
• Depth at first fret: 0.97"
• Depth at seventh fret: 1.03"
• Body width: 15 1/4"
• Body depth: 3 3/4"
• Top wood: solid spruce
• Back & sides wood: solid birch
• Bracing type: ladder
• Bridge: ovangkol (new)
• Fretboard: ebonized 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
• Truss rod: non-adjustable
• Neck relief: straight
• Fret style: medium/lower

Condition notes: It's quite clean but does have a replaced bridge, saddle, and pins. There are scuffs and scratces throughout the finish here and there, but for an old Harmony, it's in really good shape for its age.

It comes with: Sorry, no case.

Consignor tag: JW/JL/JR