My old neighbor, Tex Forman, owned a Gibson harp guitar. He had a radio show out of Nashville for around 40 years, and is a member of the country music HOF. His harp guitar, in fact, was donated to the HOF a few years ago. This is a very nice piece of history.
Excellent and I have one! Anybody looking for one? It’s in fair condition although a lot of work over the years has been done on the harp bridge but it hold tune quite well. There’s also a cigarette burn in the left waist, somebody was playing it out and forgot where they rested their cigaret. It looks very much like the one shown here in terms of finish but the ‘Duchess’ (as she is known) does have the original pick guard. I’ll part with her for $6K… oh and there is also a savagely beaten case as well…
You know, it's a pitty these kind of instruments are called harp-guitars. The difference between harp and guitar is not layed on the use of the neck but in the way the strings vibrate the body, in parallel or vertical.
I recently watched Muriel Anderson's Peg Head Nation vid of her modern, nylon string, short scale harp guitar with a set of treble strings added. The base strings have half-step tuners from a folk harp so any key is available to play in without retuning. A much better design and it fits in the overhead compartment on a commercial jet.
Hello and thanks Walter and team for this great video! It was great to meet you and meant a lot to have your appreciation of my interest in this instrument when playing it at your store. About your closing comment: I'm coming for the harp guitar and have been for a couple of years! Currently doing my practice-led MA right now "Reconstructing American harp guitar practice 1890s-1920s" in which the 10-bass Gibson style U harp guitar features heavily. My personal favourite instrument! If anybody is interested in further exploring playing music from the period and in the style of the day of the 10-bass Gibson style U harp guitar, I offer an explanation of my approach in this series here, though much much lower production values than the video you're watching now: th-cam.com/play/PLbjgHtKaZLh6zRNsKRKvIlncICQBYn891.html Unfortunately I didn't include the footage of me playing that exact guitar (I think) the last time I visited Carter Vintage.
My old neighbor, Tex Forman, owned a Gibson harp guitar. He had a radio show out of Nashville for around 40 years, and is a member of the country music HOF. His harp guitar, in fact, was donated to the HOF a few years ago. This is a very nice piece of history.
You can even play Jazz on it, the Sub-Bass Strings make it really resonant
Excellent and I have one! Anybody looking for one? It’s in fair condition although a lot of work over the years has been done on the harp bridge but it hold tune quite well. There’s also a cigarette burn in the left waist, somebody was playing it out and forgot where they rested their cigaret. It looks very much like the one shown here in terms of finish but the ‘Duchess’ (as she is known) does have the original pick guard. I’ll part with her for $6K… oh and there is also a savagely beaten case as well…
You know, it's a pitty these kind of instruments are called harp-guitars. The difference between harp and guitar is not layed on the use of the neck but in the way the strings vibrate the body, in parallel or vertical.
Walt - take 5 minutes and tune the darn thing, would ya?
Another excellent video from a man in the know.
I recently watched Muriel Anderson's Peg Head Nation vid of her modern, nylon string, short scale harp guitar with a set of treble strings added. The base strings have half-step tuners from a folk harp so any key is available to play in without retuning. A much better design and it fits in the overhead compartment on a commercial jet.
Search Jamie Dupuis on TH-cam for harp guitar.
@Vincent thanks so much for that heads-up. He’s pretty amazing.
mine is 21", 12 basses black top 🙂
Wow
buying my 9 strings in 2 weeks
I got a 1914 gibson harp u
Absolutely beautiful
This was used by James Iha in the multi-award winning music video for 'Tonight Tonight'.
Hello and thanks Walter and team for this great video! It was great to meet you and meant a lot to have your appreciation of my interest in this instrument when playing it at your store. About your closing comment: I'm coming for the harp guitar and have been for a couple of years! Currently doing my practice-led MA right now "Reconstructing American harp guitar practice 1890s-1920s" in which the 10-bass Gibson style U harp guitar features heavily. My personal favourite instrument! If anybody is interested in further exploring playing music from the period and in the style of the day of the 10-bass Gibson style U harp guitar, I offer an explanation of my approach in this series here, though much much lower production values than the video you're watching now: th-cam.com/play/PLbjgHtKaZLh6zRNsKRKvIlncICQBYn891.html
Unfortunately I didn't include the footage of me playing that exact guitar (I think) the last time I visited Carter Vintage.
I was waiting for you to show up here, Matt! 🤣
@@malcolmrose-zadow5517 Ditto
Had a Gibson harp guitar and sold it in 1978.
Those deep notes resonate very well.
This is really cool I wish they'd put new strings on it.
Walt might try just getting it in tune...