Alden Tuxedo Guitar 1959-1969 - Black n white
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Great guitar, sweet and simple, melancholic and gritty, from the sears catalog back in the day, I have no space for it anymore so my loss is your gain, hope she finds a nice new home.
Lianne La Havas plays one and man oh man she makes her sing!
The Alden Tuxedo is a rebranded Harmony Stratotone H45, sold through Alden department store catalogs in the early–mid 1960s. It is:
- Made in the USA (Chicago, Harmony factory)
- Hollow / semi-hollow slab-style electric
- Budget vintage student guitar with cult collector value today
📏 Full dimensions
These come from measured H45 / Alden 9908 Stratotone examples:
🎯 Body dimensions
- Overall length: ~38 inches (96.5 cm)
- Lower bout width: ~13.25 inches (33.7 cm)
- Body depth: ~1.8–1.9 inches (about 1 7/8”)
🎯 Neck / scale
- Scale length: 24 inches (short scale)
- Nut width: 1-11/16” (43 mm)
- Frets: usually 19–20 frets
- Neck type: set neck (maple), slim vintage C profile
🎛 Construction & specs
Body
- Type: Hollow / thin semi-hollow slab (no center block)
- Wood: Laminated hardwood (budget build)
- Top: Flat (not carved archtop)
- Finish: “Tuxedo” black & white styling (or all black variants)
Electronics
- Pickup: 1 × DeArmond “Hershey bar” single coil
- Controls: 1 volume, 1 tone
- Wiring: very simple vintage circuit
- Output: low–medium, very dynamic and raw
Hardware
- Floating-style bridge (adjustable wood base or metal saddle)
- Trapeze tailpiece
- Simple vintage tuners
- Thin pickguard (varies by year)
🔊 Sound
- Bright, raw, and twangy
- Slightly microphonic pickup character
- Early rock / blues / garage tone
- Very responsive to picking dynamics
🎸 Playability
- Lightweight (often ~5–6 lbs)
- Short scale = easy bending, slinky feel
- Low acoustic volume but lively resonance
- Slightly “primitive” setup feel vs modern guitars
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| Condition | Good (Used) Good condition items function properly but may exhibit some wear and tear.Learn more |
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