1966 Harmony H-27 Bass Guitar USA W/VIDEO

Here’s an absolutely wonderful American made bass guitar from the golden age of catalogue production. This thing was built in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood in 1966. The incredible Dearmond pickups had rolled over on train lines from Ohio. Sears stores all over the country were thirsty to stock Harmony’s top of the line H-27 bass guitar. 58 years later, It’s a more exciting instrument than ever! 

This one is in fantastic shape cosmetically, and functionally. Neck is straight, pickups are hot, tuners operate well, frets are level, nothing in the major red flag department. Watch the video, and keep reading while you do! 

Playing wise, this bass is a fuggin joy. The neck is slim in terms of nut width, fairly round in terms of neck radius. A C shape. It’s got new flats on it (for you to break in for the next ~20 years). No dead spots on the neck, action is good and can be lowered or raised comfortably. Tuners are smooth and hold well. Also has Dunlop strap locks installed, and I put a nice black D’angelico strap on there, all of which is included. The “ahead-of-its-time” roller bridge allows you to adjust string spacing as you desire. The pots are clean, switch switches properly. The thumb/finger rests are both there and beautiful. Watch the video I made! 

Cosmetically, at the first few glances everything is absolutely wonderful. The top is a piece of wood to behold. However, you’ll see there’s a graft and a crack around the output jack. I’ve seen a ton of old harmony/kay/silvertone/airline/regal/truetone guitars, and this is a weird one. All I can figure is that this thing was left plugged in on a wall stand and it fell. In any case, it definitely fell on a plugged in jack. The repair isn’t the most beautiful in the world, but it’s super solid. The crack is glued along it, and I’ve given it a good amount of pressure. You can’t flex it. It’s good and solid. The bass is missing the original bridge cover, not that you’d want it while playing, but she gone nonetheless. 

Original Case is included. It’s not pictured, some repairs could be done on it. Basically, its sort of falling apart, but its there. Someone with some patience could restitch the whole thing, but basically all the stitching is falling apart. It looks good beyond that. I may get into repairing it if this listing goes on for a while, because I’d like to see it at least be functional. 

Bass will be packed extremely safely. I care about this instrument, I have access to quality packing materials, already have a proper sized box set aside for it, and want to make sure it can make music for another 58 years. At least. Ask any questions you’ve got please! 

Thanks!! A lot! Check out the video!