1964 Harmony Stratotone Jupiter H49 Vintage Guitar, Collector-Grade w/ Case, DeArmond Gold Foils
$1,999.99
$1,999.99
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Up for sale, a 1964 Harmony H49 Stratotone Jupiter in collector-grade condition and in perfect working order, complete with the original chipboard case. The Stratotone H49 model was one of Harmony's top tier offerings in the early '60s, featuring DeArmond's famed Gold Foils pickups. Fully hollow, the thinline body boasts a solid spruce top, maple back and rims, and slab Brazilian rosewood fretboard capping a maple neck.
The clear, percussive quality of the DeArmond gold foils really shines here, with a glassy, dynamic snap and woody bite when you dig in hard. The guitar is featherweight at a mere 5lbs 1oz, and this example has been professionally setup here at Mike & Mike's Guitar Bar with fresh 11-49 strings, easy-playing action and accurate intonation
The neck has a baseball bat-worthy chunky C-shaped profile carve with generous shoulders in every register, measuring .925" deep at the 1st fret and .950" at the 9th. The Brazilian rosewood slab fretboard features multi-ply binding and pearloid block inlay, and the original slender frets have their full factory height and well-rounded crowns, showing only light wear beneath the plain strings on frets 1-6. The guitar plays cleanly up the 24 1/4" scale and the neck is straight with a responsive, optimally adjusted truss rod. The nylon nut measures a full 1 3/4" in width. On the headstock, the guitar features the original Stratotone silkscreen logo as well as the extremely clean and stock Waverly open-gear tuning machines which turn smoothly.
On the body, all of the electronics work as they should including the ingenious "Blender" knob. This knob acts as a balance control between the two pickups when both are selected, giving the player a smooth gradient between the Bridge and Neck positions. This is easily one of the coolest features of the Stratotone Jupiter and one found only on this model. The CTS pots date to the 36th week of '64, and the tortoise pickup baseplates retain their Rowe Industries foil stickers (parent company of DeArmond) as well as faint ink stamps from November, 1964. The "H49" model designation is also stamped on the back of the body, visible through the neck pickup route. Original hardware includes the floating Brazilian rosewood bridge and nickel trapeze tailpiece, and plastics include the transparent red tortoise pickup surrounds and pickguard, as well as a full complement of transparent mini DeArmond bell knobs.
The nitro lacquer finish is 100% original with no touch-up or overspray, and cosmetic wear includes pick scuffing across the strum path and lightly into the spruce between the pickup surrounds on the treble side, along with just a few additional light finish scratches and minor marks on the body as a whole. The gloss finish on the neck profile is nigh flawless.
The original Harmony form fit chipboard case is included with the original latches and handle.
The clear, percussive quality of the DeArmond gold foils really shines here, with a glassy, dynamic snap and woody bite when you dig in hard. The guitar is featherweight at a mere 5lbs 1oz, and this example has been professionally setup here at Mike & Mike's Guitar Bar with fresh 11-49 strings, easy-playing action and accurate intonation
The neck has a baseball bat-worthy chunky C-shaped profile carve with generous shoulders in every register, measuring .925" deep at the 1st fret and .950" at the 9th. The Brazilian rosewood slab fretboard features multi-ply binding and pearloid block inlay, and the original slender frets have their full factory height and well-rounded crowns, showing only light wear beneath the plain strings on frets 1-6. The guitar plays cleanly up the 24 1/4" scale and the neck is straight with a responsive, optimally adjusted truss rod. The nylon nut measures a full 1 3/4" in width. On the headstock, the guitar features the original Stratotone silkscreen logo as well as the extremely clean and stock Waverly open-gear tuning machines which turn smoothly.
On the body, all of the electronics work as they should including the ingenious "Blender" knob. This knob acts as a balance control between the two pickups when both are selected, giving the player a smooth gradient between the Bridge and Neck positions. This is easily one of the coolest features of the Stratotone Jupiter and one found only on this model. The CTS pots date to the 36th week of '64, and the tortoise pickup baseplates retain their Rowe Industries foil stickers (parent company of DeArmond) as well as faint ink stamps from November, 1964. The "H49" model designation is also stamped on the back of the body, visible through the neck pickup route. Original hardware includes the floating Brazilian rosewood bridge and nickel trapeze tailpiece, and plastics include the transparent red tortoise pickup surrounds and pickguard, as well as a full complement of transparent mini DeArmond bell knobs.
The nitro lacquer finish is 100% original with no touch-up or overspray, and cosmetic wear includes pick scuffing across the strum path and lightly into the spruce between the pickup surrounds on the treble side, along with just a few additional light finish scratches and minor marks on the body as a whole. The gloss finish on the neck profile is nigh flawless.
The original Harmony form fit chipboard case is included with the original latches and handle.
