Product: Harmony H64 Espanada
Price Paid: US $599 used
Submitted
04/15/2002
at
05:24am
by
micha
Email: michap at sagantec<dot>nl
Features
:
9
1955, two pickup, single cutaway, with Harmometal binding. 2 volume,
2 tone controls, three way switch, color black. It has 12string
tailpiece, metal bridge, refinished neck, reset, no logo. plays fluently. No log because of refinish. This is the HOLY GRAIL of the
Harmony collection.
Sound
:
10
I play West-Coast/Jump Blues in the style of Junior Watson/Hollywood
Fats/T-Bone Walker. This guitar fist perfect to this style:
neck pickup sounds full, warm, jazzy, BUT remains clarity, which is rare today. bridge pickup sounds full, raunchy, but more mean, for
the blues part. Middle position is T-Bone Walker sound with pickups
in reversed position, for jumpblues!I use it with a Fender Blues Junior amp. It is a full, dark sound.
I also own an Epiphone Zephyr Blues Deluxe, but the H-64 beats it on
all fronts except maybe the bridge pickup, which is more mean for
the Epiphone. It has comparable quality with Gretsch/Gibson archtops,
but those are way much more expensive.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
8
Very Good! No complaints. Maybe bridge pickup could've been placed
a bit higher, now, neck pickup is much louder.
Reliability/Durability
:
10
This guitar is 47 years old, but seems to be made to live forever.
I always take a backup guitar with me, just for the changing strings....
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
It's a vintage.
Overall Rating
:
10
playing for 3,5 years. playing Epiphone ES5, Epiphone ES295, danelectro, Unicon, Fender Squier Strat;
But the H-64 looks the best, plays the best, sounds the best.
