Just found one of these in my wife's grandparents house, and I've been wanting to get it back to playable condition. This video is helping alot, especially for bridge selection. Thank you!
Matthew - Thanks for checking out the video! Glad the information helped. Great find! They really are cool guitars. Best of luck on making it playable again, and feel free to comment if you have any questions. - Rob
@jasonswitzer1748 - Thanks for checking out the video! Glad you liked it. The tone of these small-bodied/short-scale Stella/Harmony guitars really is unique. And with the bridge I used in the video - where the strings sit on little movable pieces of fret wire for saddles - the metal on metal contact probably makes the banjo-like timbres more pronounced. - Rob
Thank you for playing your guitar at the end! Sounds great! Do you play slide on it? This is my goal to turn mine into a nice slide guitar... Do you recommend the same jazz adjustable bridge for slide guitar? thank you for putting all time and effort into this video.. it shows how much work goes into it. Gulp..
@reneef7406 - Thanks for watching the video! I don't usually play slide on my Stella, though it is possible. I mostly play slide on my resonator or one of my electric guitars. As far as the bridge, an adjustable bridge like the one in the video isn't necessary to set up a guitar for slide playing. I just bought that one so I could have lower action and better intonation for fingerstyle playing. Regarding your guitar, I assure you that with a new bridge, some sandpaper, and few hours on a day off, you can have your guitar ready for slide in no time. You can also find different pre-shaped bridges made of different woods - maple, walnut, etc. - online. Please feel free to comment back if you have any questions. - Rob
Just found one of these in my wife's grandparents house, and I've been wanting to get it back to playable condition. This video is helping alot, especially for bridge selection. Thank you!
Matthew -
Thanks for checking out the video! Glad the information helped.
Great find! They really are cool guitars. Best of luck on making it playable again, and feel free to comment if you have any questions.
- Rob
Awesome video. You’re right… it does have a “banjo” quality to the tone.
@jasonswitzer1748 -
Thanks for checking out the video! Glad you liked it.
The tone of these small-bodied/short-scale Stella/Harmony guitars really is unique.
And with the bridge I used in the video - where the strings sit on little movable pieces of fret wire for saddles - the metal on metal contact probably makes the banjo-like timbres more pronounced.
- Rob
Thank you for playing your guitar at the end! Sounds great! Do you play slide on it? This is my goal to turn mine into a nice slide guitar... Do you recommend the same jazz adjustable bridge for slide guitar? thank you for putting all time and effort into this video.. it shows how much work goes into it. Gulp..
@reneef7406 -
Thanks for watching the video!
I don't usually play slide on my Stella, though it is possible. I mostly play slide on my resonator or one of my electric guitars.
As far as the bridge, an adjustable bridge like the one in the video isn't necessary to set up a guitar for slide playing. I just bought that one so I could have lower action and better intonation for fingerstyle playing.
Regarding your guitar, I assure you that with a new bridge, some sandpaper, and few hours on a day off, you can have your guitar ready for slide in no time. You can also find different pre-shaped bridges made of different woods - maple, walnut, etc. - online.
Please feel free to comment back if you have any questions.
- Rob