Dean's locale:

Tin Can Bay, Queensland, Australia

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Harmony Partscaster

I just finished building up this guitar from pieces. I bought a very early set of Lindy Fralin Strat pickups 1-2 years back, and have been waiting for a home for them. The old Harmony body came along for $30 with a bridge and scratch guard on it, so I was started! The body is solid wood, and two pieces. The neck is from a 2005 Squire. The harness is from a recent Fender with 250k pot's, but the wiring is a little different than those from my 80's Strat's. Since the pot's came wired, I just loaded it as is, but I may rewire it back to old school and see how the sound differs. I have a nice action set up on it with 10-46 strings. Nice!

Sunday, June 8, 2008

1960's Harmony Sovereign acoustic

Mine is a later model than is usually sought after, although it still has a great tone. I have nylon strings on it presently, which is kind of WRONG in Harmony circles! This was mainly for my wife to learn a few things on, and not hurt her fingers in the process.
This is a little clip with pieces of some Beatles tunes, namely Daytripper and Lady Madonna. I've been trying to make my fingers do this for a couple of years now, but I don't think they've caught on yet. In all my humble ameteur glory...