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Faded sunbust finish with painted flame effect, painted faux bindings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll solid birch construction, ladder braced top, poplar neck, made by Harmony in Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e24 inch scale length, 36 inches long overall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis guitar has been fully overhauled and set-up so that it is properly playable. Often these little guitars are described as \"great for slide\" simply because they need a neck-reset, but not many people do this work, as it is a skilled job and labour intensive, and many feel their status as a \"catalogue guitar\". doesn't warrant the effort and expense to sort them out. I've done this to dozens of these guitars, which were in production as variants of this model from the late 1930s to the early 1970s, so I genuinely know these guitars inside out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe've given this guitar a neck reset to ensure it's fully playable with a good low action (2mm across the board at the 12th fret). The reset has been done so that there's plenty of height in the bridge, the fretboard extension has had a tapered wedge installed so that there's no fall-off or hump where it joins the body, and it's all been done using traditional hide glue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe frets are the original skinny brass ones, properly checked and levelled. The fretboard is pearwood with a stained and painted finish, the block position markers are painted on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFitted with new Kluson pattern enclosed back 3 on a plate machinehead, period correct. These are an upgrade to the original open back machinheads, which although were in fair state, I deemed them too stiff and uneven in operation to be worthy of this nice little guitar. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew bone nut and new Blackwood Tek bridge, with a fretwire saddle and string spacer slots. Strung with d'Addario phosphor bronze 10's.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's generally in good condition, and has been treated pretty well, but do bear in mind it's over 50 years old!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese charming little guitars are increasingly difficult to get hold of, and I pride myself in knowing how to restore them and get them nicely playable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe birchwood and ladder braced construction make for a tight boxy sound which is great for blues, and the handy size makes it a very comfortable guitar to play. I use a Stella 929 as my main gigging 6 string guitar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Airline by Harmony sunburst vintage 6 string guitar

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Classic early 1960s USA made Airline parlour sized guitar. Faded sunbust finish with painted flame effect, painted faux bindings.

All solid birch construction, ladder braced top, poplar neck, made by Harmony in Chicago.

24 inch scale length, 36 inches long overall.

This guitar has been fully overhauled and set-up so that it is properly playable. Often these little guitars are described as "great for slide" simply because they need a neck-reset, but not many people do this work, as it is a skilled job and labour intensive, and many feel their status as a "catalogue guitar". doesn't warrant the effort and expense to sort them out. I've done this to dozens of these guitars, which were in production as variants of this model from the late 1930s to the early 1970s, so I genuinely know these guitars inside out.

We've given this guitar a neck reset to ensure it's fully playable with a good low action (2mm across the board at the 12th fret). The reset has been done so that there's plenty of height in the bridge, the fretboard extension has had a tapered wedge installed so that there's no fall-off or hump where it joins the body, and it's all been done using traditional hide glue.

The frets are the original skinny brass ones, properly checked and levelled. The fretboard is pearwood with a stained and painted finish, the block position markers are painted on.

Fitted with new Kluson pattern enclosed back 3 on a plate machinehead, period correct. These are an upgrade to the original open back machinheads, which although were in fair state, I deemed them too stiff and uneven in operation to be worthy of this nice little guitar.

New bone nut and new Blackwood Tek bridge, with a fretwire saddle and string spacer slots. Strung with d'Addario phosphor bronze 10's.

It's generally in good condition, and has been treated pretty well, but do bear in mind it's over 50 years old!

These charming little guitars are increasingly difficult to get hold of, and I pride myself in knowing how to restore them and get them nicely playable.

The birchwood and ladder braced construction make for a tight boxy sound which is great for blues, and the handy size makes it a very comfortable guitar to play. I use a Stella 929 as my main gigging 6 string guitar.

 

 

 

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