Harmony H311

Circa-1962 1x12 Combo with Reverb & Tremolo- ALL TUBE ( 8 ) Sporting a pair of 7591 push pull + 5AR4 rect+ 3x 12ax7, 6AU6, Ecc 85. Full size 17" gibbs tank w/ verb assignable to channel 1 or 2 switch, Jensen Cr12 ceramic, footswitched Trem and verb, Standby-switch. Rear facing control panel, with vintage BLUE metalic chassis and control panel with 8 white chicken head knobs- WAY COOL LOOKing . Approx 18-22 watts, Xlnt light weight 1/2inch Pine cabinet, with 1/2 inch tile-backerboard baffle material, with 3 inch front facing vent port( cooling). Schematic glued on bottom inside ! Typical Grey/Black tolex covered with Fenderish Blk/silver grill cloth. For its day, the TOP OF THE LINE features, controls and materials and craftsmanship-and 'boutique' for todays comparison.

I believe this model represents the finest HARMONY offered with features, materials, craftsmanship and circuitry for its day ( 1961 ). Using a pair of 7591 push pull a/b output tubes, and ample OT iron- along with a 5AR4 rectifier, this amp delivers clear bell like chime ( 1-4 oclock) and dirt ( 5-7 ) with ever nice sag/saturation when dimmed ! Extra hot sauce when channels jumpered together ! Stock, this sported no less than 6 BUGLE BOY ! (Holland) orig issue tubes, beyond the Westinghouse 7591 pair. This 'find' was in dead mint orig conditon, completely untouched with both orig verb&trem seperate footswitches. The verb is ridiculously effective ( 2-3) is enough, with 10 being equal to a full EMT plate return cavern ! Trem is moderate swell, with limited fastspeed control- as a few .022 electroyltic caps will need to be replaced to bring it up to spec.

This amp had not been used in 47 years, but after ample variac run-up time, fired up flawlessly, save $3 of trem caps !- and sounded GREAT, smooth and creamy to rough and ragged when dimmed and jumpered. Small ( Dxl Reverb) sized combo- with all the bells and whistles, top quality components/ caps / xfmers / cabinet / all point to point wired / xlnt circuitry layout and design with factory issued 6 Bugle Boys TUBES. The 7591 output tubes ARE my favorites over 6V6, 6L6, 6973, 5881- here's why- they have a lower input sensitivity, and will drive HARDER when needed-giving all the best in CLEAN to Saturated with FULL tone all the way. Although nolonger in production, 7591 tubes are easy enough to source and are WORTH every cent to have POWERING the last link to your tone pallet. REliabilty= go fire up a anything made today in 47 years- and see it work like this baby did - first time ! Downside= it gets hot in there- as all 8 tubes are inverted with the heat collecting into the chassis-wisper fan is calling me thinks for any long term/ road use.

N/A- although Harmony sports a nice web cite with vintage data and schematic info. This amps' schematic available on line free- cool- Customer support ? not needed - cause it still freakn works- IF VINTAGE is your source for REAL tone, on a budget no less, Harmonys' H-311 combo represents to me the finest offered of its day- and 47 years later, I find no equal in a 1 x 12 combo- save the heat

Been playing since '62- have 26 all tube, all tube rect Trem w verb combos- fender, ampeg, Gretsch, Supro, Magnatone, Maestro, Epiphone, Gibson and now HARMONY. Play amps in stereo pairs, all dimmed with 12aux mullard RED HOT CHILI distortion (300v) real tube stomp box for lead screams- and the rest clean- to raunchy- using either Kinman strat pups ( Woodstock II HX series), or Peavey's old ( '80's)Ferrite blade pups ( think p-90 ouput ++) in some 26 various axes. Would take this amp over ANY FENDER DELUX REVERB any day ! ( see and hear 7591's to be confinced yourself )