A very challenging restoration to say the least. Take a look to see how I brought this old workhorse back to life. Support: / rosastringworks Website: www.rosastringworks.com
I've watched this video several times. Learn something ea time! However I watched a video (by another You Tuber) he used to own a guitar co. A viewer complained his guitar was intonated open & 12th fret, but it was sharp, on the other notes. The guy said "it's your nut. It isn't cut properly." My old beater had the same problem, so I started filing the nut slots, just like I learned from you, a little at a time. Got them all to the same height as a credit card (daughter gave me a pick made out of one). I tuned it back up...the Old beater is perfect! I was so suprised she hasn't sounded this good in 15 yrs. It's actually a very nice sounding guitar. I may use it for more than slide now. It actually booms! Who knew?
Lot's of memories. Those Harmony guitars were given by the thousands to the USO clubs. You could go in and check one out to use inside. I spent hours sitting and strumming in many of the USO clubs during the 60's and 70's. The strings always sat too high. They would wear you out. Great job. Never heard one sound that good.
My old friend, the late Guy Clark, was not only a fine singer and songwriter. He was also a luthier. He used to take these Harmony Sovereign Jumbos, remove the backs, scallop the top braces, put them back together and put herringbone purfling on them. They sounded great!
@@lindamorgan2678 Yes, he was. I worked at the Jester Lounge in Houston about the same time he did, so I got to know him and his wife quite well. He was quite a character!
Nice Job Jerry and thanks Melissa for the effort to bring this to finish. Jerry you could make the door of an outhouse sound good. LOL Take care all! Wash your hands!
I love this Jerry. I had a harmony sovereign 12 string back in the mid to late 60s so I can relate to this particular instrument. Thank you for the love and care you have given it.
It's great to watch all the work you've done on many guitar brands and styles. The different glues, tools...man I wish I had half your skills...but at least I'm learning . Thanks Jerry 🎶🎶🎶
What an excellent video and work. I was told by a guitar repairman that my old 1968 or '69 Harmony sovereign was so beat up that it wasn't worth fixing. The sides were split, top is cracked, I had the top refinished, had "dot" pickups installed in the bridge and used it professionally for a number of years. It's now sitting in a case in my temperature controlled storage space. I tend to believe the luthier/repairman's assessment. He did not want to work on it, at all. I could sent you some pictures of it to your email, if you might be interested in a MONSTER repair video. Again, thanks for all your fascinating videos. The other 41,000 subscribers and I really appreciate them.
I traded a 62 Buick for one of these in 1970. I had blown up the car racing (I was 16/17). In 1974 I started to play it. I had a 86 year old retired Gibson guitar builder that lived in Bellingham Washington rebuild it. It is in pretty good shape and I still own it 50 years later. Don’t know where the car is. All the markings were off the head so I did not know what kind of a guitar it was for years. Oh, the old guy was from Germany and he only charged me about 20 bucks. He was a true craftsman. He took pity on a poor college student. Probably one of his last jobs. He even put on new Grover tuners. It was my main guitar until I bought a Taylor in 2004. There used to be a bird engraving on the pick guard but it wore off years ago.
I love to watch you work. Skill, experience, and a healthy dose of common sense all come together for an amazing result. These old 1260s were ladder braced and made from solid wood. I took one apart and found the mahogany was the most vitreous of any I've encountered before and since. So the raw potential is present in abundance. But the intonation and neck set are atrocious. A lot of truss rods were broken when owners tried to fix these problems by tightening it (and tightening it, and tightening it some more). When you say you suspect changing the saddle location helped the sound "a lot", I think you could put "A LOT" in caps. Good intonation releases the musical potential in the wood and resetting the neck makes them easy to play, For what it is worth, Pete Townshend played a 1260 early in his career. Your customer should have been enormously satisfied with the result.
Great sounding guitar. I went to the main PX in Bien Hoa Vietnam Army base with a friend of mine and helped him pick out a guitar. Don't remember what kind it was that been almost 50 years ago. My first guitar was a Stella black and gray flat top that was my brother's he still has it. After that I got a Kay electric. Wish I still had it back now. For a cheap guitar it played and sounded good. I have some nice guitars now but the money was more to.
i love your work I also do this kind of work learned a lot from you I have 5 of there sovereign I love them and I hav the new reisuue sovereign awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I really loved this! I have a Harmony Sovereign guitar that I bought used for $68 at the Chicago Guitar Gallery on Wabash Ave. in 1963. I recently brought it back to Tokyo with me after years in my sister's care. She had a new saddle and nut installed. It has an extremely checked finish and a "custom" pick guard that I made from some white plastic scrap when I was in high school. Elmer's Glue has kept it in place for more than 50 years! It has no structural problems, neck or otherwise. It sounds almost as good as my 1992 Martin D35. I love this one and will never part with it again. Plays just great. Wish I could post a then/now picture. Thanks, especially for playing a tune on it!
Thanks for the video, Gerry! I had two Harmony Sovereigns way back in history and they were more bang for the buck than their price point would have you believe. Nice to see one of them rescued!
Perfect timing on this video. I have a 1972 Harmony Sovereign H655 that needs a neck reset. So I made a steamer out of a tea kettle and pulled my first neck today. We are on shelter in place here in Monterey County CA so might as well use the time to be productive :)!!! Thank you so much Jerryyou helped me a ton...AGAIN!
As I go along watching your videos I keep picking up new tips that were probably always there, but I didn't know enough at the time to pick up on them. Case in point, about 15 minutes in when you talk about the grain in book-matched pieces diving in opposite directions. I keep adding to the bag of tricks. Thanks much and thumbs up to crush a troll.
When that substance that was on the back of the guitar started to come off,..........that brought a tear to my eye. You are the man Jerry. Truly love your work my friend.
That's one of the best sounding if not THE best sounding Harmony I've ever heard. And it LOOKS fantastic. Tell Melissa great job on the video. Bummer about the crashes, but that happens with video, sometimes. AH, the joys of computers!
Not only does it sound fabulous now, it looks beautiful too. Great job as usual. I owned a solid black Harmony Sovereign years ago. Didn't have the greatest sound but it was a real workhorse.
Nice job as always and that guitar has a sweet clear sound. My 1st guitar, 64 yrs. ago was a Harmony that I wish I still had. It was an old archtop F hole that had a pickup fastened to the pickguard. Knowing what I do today, I could make it much nicer to play than it was when I was learning on it. Even so, it was good enough that I never got discouraged enough to actually quit.
Hey Jerry long time subscriber here, I'd just like to say that I love watching your videos and i'm sure I speak for the majority when I say that I think you are a master craftsman and it's a real privilege to see you work. Great job on the Harmony Guitar BTW I don't think I've ever heard one sound so sweet. Sorry to hear that your video editing software keeps crashing, just have to put it down to the famous Rosa curse I guess ;) . I really like that action gauge tool Jerry, whats it called? I'd love to buy one.
Wonderful video - Made me think back to my teen-age guitar, a lovely blond harmony LP-shaped electric I had in 1970 - I tried to improve the terrible action by adjusting the truss rod, and I still remember the horrible feeling when the rod "popped" and the neck went up. I've never touched a truss rod since!!! I tried using it as a dedicated slide guitar - but it just made made me sad! Nice to see you resurrect that old girl back to a perfected form, your shop is kinda like heaven for guitars! Thanks!!!
I always enjoy hearing you say "Well I don't think I can get it much closer than that" interpretation is I"I got it within a thousanths of an inch." Great job as always.
Harmony Stella was my first guitar 1960 and was pre-owned so not sure what year it was. Got all my early Beatles songs learned there what memories that old guitar has😌🎸✌
I have that exact model on my bench right now. Neck joint and bridge are good and solid, no loose braces. The plastic nut and saddle are both shot, the frets are almost to the wood in spots, and the headstock is snapped. It had strings on it when I got it, the body has a nice ring to it. I have a couple other projects ahead of this, but I picked it up for $10 so no big deal if it sits.
I had one in Vietnam, as I recall I paid under $20.00. Action was high. Lowered bridge, somehow It worked, passed it around and everyone was happy for a short time. I left it their for my friends. great video, thanks. good memories'
I really admire how you apply your talent no matter the make or perceived quality of the guitar. I have always judged a guitar by the sound and the play-ability and you prove there is value in all instruments. I love seeing you bring the voice out of these guitars.
I sit here, with the hole internet at my disposal, I can watch all the billions of videos on youtube, I can watch Mike Tyson knoco out somebody, how the pyramides were built, I could watch a kitten fall into a aquarium, or a professor explaine something interisting, I could watch a beautifull woman or a magic trick or what ever, so many things, but I choose to watch Jerry do a neck reset for the 10th time, interesting!!!
Another excellent video, Jerry! Thank you ever so much for sharing your expertise with us. I should mention that I once owned a Harmony H1270 twelve string, which was my main guitar for many years.
Hello, I really like to see these older instruments being brought back to life and sounding as good if not better than their hay day. This has been a pleasure to watch bud. Respect.
Sovereigns deserve more respect in vintage guitar circles. Brazilian rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Solid Honduran mahogany back, sides and neck. Solid red spruce top. It's practically a 60's Martin D18 with an adjustable rod. Hide glue construction and shellac finish. What's not to like? I especially like that the back is a single solid piece. They did it to save on labor back when 16" wide Honduran mahogany was readily available. Not anymore.
My first guitar was an old Harmony... The action was extremely high, making it a real workout trying to learn chords. The case it came with was better than the guitar! Nice to see one being saved and made playable😊. Great video!
Had to watch this as the Harmony sovereign was the first acoustic guitar I ever owned, traded in my Telecaster for it back in the early ‘60’s, kept till the seventies when I traded it for my J50 which I still have. My Harmony sounded pretty good with new strings but was very boomy when the hot old. Another great restoration I am sure the customer was more than happy with the job you did, you cleaned it up good too. Great job.
Great work! I love how you show your mistakes and good work so we can hopefully learn from them. Check intonation with strings on before taking off neck and making and positioning the new bridge. That way you hopefully have room either way to have the best shot at great intonation.
Man thanks for the video that was very satiating to watch. It really turned out nice and it did sound great! You made a fine guitar out of a cheap one.
great job as usual... I was amazed to see the bridge arrangement! Harmony seemed to favour the metal adjustable monstrosities back in the day so I was half expecting to find some bridge pin holes when you removed the old one! I have an old Harmony Sovereign and I've worked on it over the years and I've always thought the sound was awesome ... but you made that old guitar sing better than most for sure..really lovely.. cheers
Great Job Jerry! I believe that 'The Sovoreign' was the top end of harmony guitars from that time period ... one of my close childhood friends had one and his younger brothers all learned to play on it ...
Jerry, good to see an old classic get it's due. I have had Harmony's, Silvertones and the like in the past. Knowing what I know now, I wish I had my old Silvertone F hole guitar. As many Harmony's that were sold in the old days, I am surprised they didn't take care in their production, but then again they were affordable (cheap) so they had to cut some costs somewhere. Oh well. Only history will tell that story. Good video and I am truly amazed at the sound of that guitar. Thanks
Hello there, I just acquired a Harmony acoustic Model-H5413G for helping a stranger move a few bicycles to a new locker. It is most definitely a vintage model from the seventies is my guess. I haven't got around to researching the year, but overall, it is in really good shape with hardly any warpage anywhere on the face or body. I believe it has probably remained unplayed all these years due to bad craftmanship of the fretboard and rear adjustable saddle. Moreover, the fretboard is unglued from the sixth fret forward and the rear Mahogany adjustable bridge is cracked right through the center of the pin seating. I believe someone honed the peg holes too much and weakened the wood strength. However, the finish and wood look like it has hardly ever been played and the glue up veneer pattern is quite unique and appealing. I ordered a new mahogany fretboard because the rear two frets are off kilter. (Sanded down too much) Moreover, I have decided to make a new bridge and get rid of the adjustable although I have a new one available. I am sure glad you posted this video because it is a big inspiration for me. I believe my Harmony will ring true and I hope it sounds as good as yours.
Great job Jerry. Please pass my thank you on to your Veteran Customer !!
I've watched this video several times. Learn something ea time! However I watched a video (by another You Tuber) he used to own a guitar co. A viewer complained his guitar was intonated open & 12th fret, but it was sharp, on the other notes. The guy said "it's your nut. It isn't cut properly." My old beater had the same problem, so I started filing the nut slots, just like I learned from you, a little at a time. Got them all to the same height as a credit card (daughter gave me a pick made out of one). I tuned it back up...the Old beater is perfect! I was so suprised she hasn't sounded this good in 15 yrs. It's actually a very nice sounding guitar. I may use it for more than slide now. It actually booms! Who knew?
Lot's of memories. Those Harmony guitars were given by the thousands to the USO clubs. You could go in and check one out to use inside. I spent hours sitting and strumming in many of the USO clubs during the 60's and 70's. The strings always sat too high. They would wear you out. Great job. Never heard one sound that good.
I have one that needs work. It was a family instrument. I really enjoy the video work.
amazing how good that guitar sounds!
Great job on that Harmony Jerry! 👍👍🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶😎😎😎😎😎
Great tip on scraping bookmatched grain in different directions
My old friend, the late Guy Clark, was not only a fine singer and songwriter. He was also a luthier. He used to take these Harmony Sovereign Jumbos, remove the backs, scallop the top braces, put them back together and put herringbone purfling on them. They sounded great!
Gary Clark was GREAT also.. lucky you to get to know him
@@lindamorgan2678 Yes, he was. I worked at the Jester Lounge in Houston about the same time he did, so I got to know him and his wife quite well. He was quite a character!
Enjoyed this video much.. She sounds and looks like a million now.. thanks for sharing..
Nice Job Jerry and thanks Melissa for the effort to bring this to finish. Jerry you could make the door of an outhouse sound good. LOL Take care all! Wash your hands!
I love this Jerry. I had a harmony sovereign 12 string back in the mid to late 60s so I can relate to this particular instrument. Thank you for the love and care you have given it.
Love that old Harmony. Great repair. My 1st guitar was a finger killer Harmony. Never sounded this good. 👍
It's great to watch all the work you've done on many guitar brands and styles.
The different glues, tools...man I wish I had half your skills...but at least I'm learning .
Thanks Jerry 🎶🎶🎶
Jerry, another great vid and what a job you made of that Harmony. Fabulous work sir.
What an excellent video and work. I was told by a guitar repairman that my old 1968 or '69 Harmony sovereign was so beat up that it wasn't worth fixing. The sides were split, top is cracked, I had the top refinished, had "dot" pickups installed in the bridge and used it professionally for a number of years. It's now sitting in a case in my temperature controlled storage space. I tend to believe the luthier/repairman's assessment. He did not want to work on it, at all. I could sent you some pictures of it to your email, if you might be interested in a MONSTER repair video. Again, thanks for all your fascinating videos. The other 41,000 subscribers and I really appreciate them.
I would love to help you with your instrument. Unfortunately I have a huge backlog and I'm not really accepting any new business. Good luck to you.
I traded a 62 Buick for one of these in 1970. I had blown up the car racing (I was 16/17). In 1974 I started to play it. I had a 86 year old retired Gibson guitar builder that lived in Bellingham Washington rebuild it. It is in pretty good shape and I still own it 50 years later. Don’t know where the car is. All the markings were off the head so I did not know what kind of a guitar it was for years.
Oh, the old guy was from Germany and he only charged me about 20 bucks. He was a true craftsman. He took pity on a poor college student. Probably one of his last jobs. He even put on new Grover tuners. It was my main guitar until I bought a Taylor in 2004. There used to be a bird engraving on the pick guard but it wore off years ago.
I love to watch you work. Skill, experience, and a healthy dose of common sense all come together for an amazing result. These old 1260s were ladder braced and made from solid wood. I took one apart and found the mahogany was the most vitreous of any I've encountered before and since. So the raw potential is present in abundance. But the intonation and neck set are atrocious. A lot of truss rods were broken when owners tried to fix these problems by tightening it (and tightening it, and tightening it some more). When you say you suspect changing the saddle location helped the sound "a lot", I think you could put "A LOT" in caps. Good intonation releases the musical potential in the wood and resetting the neck makes them easy to play, For what it is worth, Pete Townshend played a 1260 early in his career. Your customer should have been enormously satisfied with the result.
Really enjoyed this, phenomenal change from how it was to how it is now, another great video from RSW
Another job well done. Amazing how all that mess cleaned up so you can't even tell it was there.
Another sentimental guitar repair. Well done, and I know the customer really appreciates it.
Great sounding guitar. I went to the main PX in Bien Hoa Vietnam Army base with a friend of mine and helped him pick out a guitar. Don't remember what kind it was that been almost 50 years ago. My first guitar was a Stella black and gray flat top that was my brother's he still has it. After that I got a Kay electric. Wish I still had it back now. For a cheap guitar it played and sounded good. I have some nice guitars now but the money was more to.
Its like new, great work.
i love your work I also do this kind of work learned a lot from you I have 5 of there sovereign I love them and I hav the new reisuue sovereign awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love watching some of these older videos and comparing them to newer ones, as ever a great job producing a fine result on an older guitar.
one thing for sure i think you have made a lot of people happy in your life time ... good job good tone and have a good day , oh and thanks
Roll, Yaw and Pitch. Three axis of flight, and guitar necks!
Thank you Jerry. Nice job, nice tunes.
I really loved this! I have a Harmony Sovereign guitar that I bought used for $68 at the Chicago Guitar Gallery on Wabash Ave. in 1963. I recently brought it back to Tokyo with me after years in my sister's care. She had a new saddle and nut installed. It has an extremely checked finish and a "custom" pick guard that I made from some white plastic scrap when I was in high school. Elmer's Glue has kept it in place for more than 50 years! It has no structural problems, neck or otherwise. It sounds almost as good as my 1992 Martin D35. I love this one and will never part with it again. Plays just great. Wish I could post a then/now picture. Thanks, especially for playing a tune on it!
Thanks for the video, Gerry! I had two Harmony Sovereigns way back in history and they were more bang for the buck than their price point would have you believe. Nice to see one of them rescued!
Great job jerry,thank you melisa for a good job editing,keep going through the old vidio's to make a new.
Perfect timing on this video. I have a 1972 Harmony Sovereign H655 that needs a neck reset. So I made a steamer out of a tea kettle and pulled my first neck today. We are on shelter in place here in Monterey County CA so might as well use the time to be productive :)!!! Thank you so much Jerryyou helped me a ton...AGAIN!
Blown away on the sound and look of that old Harmony! Well done, Jerry! (And thanks, Melissa, for hanging in there with the video!)
Thanks Jerry. I spent today playing my own Harmony Sovereign H1260. I really enjoy mine. Your restoration of this H1260 is excellent.
As I go along watching your videos I keep picking up new tips that were probably always there, but I didn't know enough at the time to pick up on them. Case in point, about 15 minutes in when you talk about the grain in book-matched pieces diving in opposite directions. I keep adding to the bag of tricks. Thanks much and thumbs up to crush a troll.
I was #50 God Bless you Jerry Awesome vid
Jerry, you never cease to impress. Really enjoy your videos.
Hope you and yours are well. Cheers.
very nice job Jerry
That was awesome. Thoroughly enjoyed this video. Thank you.
When that substance that was on the back of the guitar started to come off,..........that brought a tear to my eye. You are the man Jerry. Truly love your work my friend.
That's one of the best sounding if not THE best sounding Harmony I've ever heard. And it LOOKS fantastic.
Tell Melissa great job on the video. Bummer about the crashes, but that happens with video, sometimes. AH, the joys of computers!
Not only does it sound fabulous now, it looks beautiful too. Great job as usual. I owned a solid black Harmony Sovereign years ago. Didn't have the greatest sound but it was a real workhorse.
Great video as always Jerry. Stay safe!
Incredible sound. It's a beautiful job you have done I just love your videos.❤❤❤❤
What a fix! The guitar looks and sounds great! I really enjoyed this video! Thanks for showing us another example of your very fine craftsmanship!
Nice work on this one Jerry, i doubt anyone will find a better sounding Harmony guitar anywhere!
Nice job as always and that guitar has a sweet clear sound. My 1st guitar, 64 yrs. ago was a Harmony that I wish I still had. It was an old archtop F hole that had a pickup fastened to the pickguard. Knowing what I do today, I could make it much nicer to play than it was when I was learning on it. Even so, it was good enough that I never got discouraged enough to actually quit.
Hey Jerry long time subscriber here, I'd just like to say that I love watching your videos and i'm sure I speak for the majority when I say that I think you are a master craftsman and it's a real privilege to see you work. Great job on the Harmony Guitar BTW I don't think I've ever heard one sound so sweet. Sorry to hear that your video editing software keeps crashing, just have to put it down to the famous Rosa curse I guess ;) . I really like that action gauge tool Jerry, whats it called? I'd love to buy one.
Great video Jerry! you always brighten my day Brother!
Wonderful video - Made me think back to my teen-age guitar, a lovely blond harmony LP-shaped electric I had in 1970 - I tried to improve the terrible action by adjusting the truss rod, and I still remember the horrible feeling when the rod "popped" and the neck went up. I've never touched a truss rod since!!! I tried using it as a dedicated slide guitar - but it just made made me sad! Nice to see you resurrect that old girl back to a perfected form, your shop is kinda like heaven for guitars! Thanks!!!
I always enjoy hearing you say "Well I don't think I can get it much closer than that" interpretation is I"I got it within a thousanths of an inch." Great job as always.
Harmony Stella was my first guitar 1960 and was pre-owned so not sure what year it was. Got all my early Beatles songs learned there what memories that old guitar has😌🎸✌
Very good job my good friend Jerry I love looking at your work congratulations
I have that exact model on my bench right now. Neck joint and bridge are good and solid, no loose braces. The plastic nut and saddle are both shot, the frets are almost to the wood in spots, and the headstock is snapped. It had strings on it when I got it, the body has a nice ring to it. I have a couple other projects ahead of this, but I picked it up for $10 so no big deal if it sits.
"Frets are worn almost to the wood"; that means somebody really really liked playing it! That's a good sign of a geetar with potential ....
@@goodun2974 absolutely! I'm really looking forward to this one. Apparently this is the same model Jimmy Page used for Stairway to Heaven.
And I am definitely keeping this one for myself 😊
Great video. A really nice job...............
this sounds perfect, old gw
Wonderful restoration, you are a master
Hello Jerry, I really enjoy watching and learning from your videos! Thank you. May 2022 be good to you and may His blessings be upon you!😊
Another fantastic video Jerry well done Mallisa your a star 🤩
I had one in Vietnam, as I recall I paid under $20.00. Action was high. Lowered bridge, somehow It worked, passed it around and everyone was happy for a short time. I left it their for my friends. great video, thanks. good memories'
I really admire how you apply your talent no matter the make or perceived quality of the guitar. I have always judged a guitar by the sound and the play-ability and you prove there is value in all instruments. I love seeing you bring the voice out of these guitars.
I sit here, with the hole internet at my disposal, I can watch all the billions of videos on youtube, I can watch Mike Tyson knoco out somebody, how the pyramides were built, I could watch a kitten fall into a aquarium, or a professor explaine something interisting, I could watch a beautifull woman or a magic trick or what ever, so many things, but I choose to watch Jerry do a neck reset for the 10th time, interesting!!!
good help is so hard to find .......thanks Melissa and Jerry
Another excellent video, Jerry! Thank you ever so much for sharing your expertise with us. I should mention that I once owned a Harmony H1270 twelve string, which was my main guitar for many years.
Another quality production, keep 'em coming...
Nice done, as always. Thank you Mr. Rosa!
Great job as always!!
I used to have one of those!
Hello, I really like to see these older instruments being brought back to life and sounding as good if not better than their hay day. This has been a pleasure to watch bud. Respect.
Rosa String Works nice job.
great job! great sound
Absolutely wonderful Gary, it sounded like a Martin when you were done with it.
24:03 it was a good caul! LOL! good stuff brother!
Another great video. Thanks Jerry!
You made it way better
Like always lovely work Rosa !
Stunning repair and setup! Fantastic as always Jerry!
I did enjoyed the vid very much thanks Jerry.It sounds great
It's always comforting to see a new video from you. Thanks so much, especially considering all the tedious task involved. T-H-A-N-K-S!!!!
Sovereigns deserve more respect in vintage guitar circles. Brazilian rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Solid Honduran mahogany back, sides and neck. Solid red spruce top. It's practically a 60's Martin D18 with an adjustable rod. Hide glue construction and shellac finish. What's not to like? I especially like that the back is a single solid piece. They did it to save on labor back when 16" wide Honduran mahogany was readily available. Not anymore.
My first guitar was an old Harmony... The action was extremely high, making it a real workout trying to learn chords. The case it came with was better than the guitar! Nice to see one being saved and made playable😊. Great video!
Another first class job Jerry.
Great Video! These are the ones that inspire me the most!
Beautiful sound. Well worth all the effort.
Another fine job.
Had to watch this as the Harmony sovereign was the first acoustic guitar I ever owned, traded in my Telecaster for it back in the early ‘60’s, kept till the seventies when I traded it for my J50 which I still have. My Harmony sounded pretty good with new strings but was very boomy when the hot old. Another great restoration I am sure the customer was more than happy with the job you did, you cleaned it up good too. Great job.
Really enjoyed this. Cheers Jerry, all the way from England.
Jerry, just do that on all of them. Main repair video, and then test song as a separate bit. Works for me :)
Looks almost like rejuvenated great fix
Great work! I love how you show your mistakes and good work so we can hopefully learn from them. Check intonation with strings on before taking off neck and making and positioning the new bridge. That way you hopefully have room either way to have the best shot at great intonation.
21:43 Getter Done!
Love your channel
Very nice sound, Jerry.
Man thanks for the video that was very satiating to watch. It really turned out nice and it did sound great! You made a fine guitar out of a cheap one.
great job as usual... I was amazed to see the bridge arrangement! Harmony seemed to favour the metal adjustable monstrosities back in the day so I was half expecting to find some bridge pin holes when you removed the old one! I have an old Harmony Sovereign and I've worked on it over the years and I've always thought the sound was awesome ... but you made that old guitar sing better than most for sure..really lovely.. cheers
Top job!
Great Job Jerry! I believe that 'The Sovoreign' was the top end of harmony guitars from that time period ...
one of my close childhood friends had one and his younger brothers all learned to play on it ...
Great work Jerry well done and nice job melissa with the editing .
Jerry, good to see an old classic get it's due. I have had Harmony's, Silvertones and the like in the past. Knowing what I know now, I wish I had my old Silvertone F hole guitar. As many Harmony's that were sold in the old days, I am surprised they didn't take care in their production, but then again they were affordable (cheap) so they had to cut some costs somewhere. Oh well. Only history will tell that story. Good video and I am truly amazed at the sound of that guitar. Thanks
That Harmony sounds great Jerry. You've done a first rate job. They all seem to need a neck reset, when you see them up for sale..
For what it's worth: I really like the guitar break on the background music. And the rest ain't bad, either!
Hello there, I just acquired a Harmony acoustic Model-H5413G for helping a stranger move a few bicycles to a new locker. It is most definitely a vintage model from the seventies is my guess. I haven't got around to researching the year, but overall, it is in really good shape with hardly any warpage anywhere on the face or body. I believe it has probably remained unplayed all these years due to bad craftmanship of the fretboard and rear adjustable saddle. Moreover, the fretboard is unglued from the sixth fret forward and the rear Mahogany adjustable bridge is cracked right through the center of the pin seating. I believe someone honed the peg holes too much and weakened the wood strength. However, the finish and wood look like it has hardly ever been played and the glue up veneer pattern is quite unique and appealing. I ordered a new mahogany fretboard because the rear two frets are off kilter. (Sanded down too much) Moreover, I have decided to make a new bridge and get rid of the adjustable although I have a new one available. I am sure glad you posted this video because it is a big inspiration for me. I believe my Harmony will ring true and I hope it sounds as good as yours.