Harmony H82G Rebel

I got this guitar in 1967 brand new at Rocky's Music Shop (long gone) in Bristol CT. It was my first electric guitar. 2 pickup double cutaway kind of Rickenbacher copy with sliding volume and tone controls, one f hole, and two on-off switches, one for each pickup. Sunburst finish. DeArmond pickups with adjustable poles. Tremelo bar. Made in USA. Came with the Harmony case to match.

Great sound for rhythm work, or for use with pedals- feeds back great for '60's stuff.Full sound. Really nice. I've used this guitar with all kinds of tube and SS amps since I got it and it has sounded great through all of them. Currently I'm using a Fender Stage 100 Combo. I've been playing this guitar for 34 years and it still sounds awesome!

Guitar was set up pretty well when I (my dad) bought it- but have always had some buzzing from the bridge-doesn't bother me and you can really only hear it if you're playing without an amp.Action was, and still is, great. No flaws that I ever found. The only thing I never really liked about this guitar is that it has a kind of short scale neck so by the time you get up to around the tenth or twelth fret, thoses frest are really close together. Over the years the finish has worn off the back of the neck but that just gives it character.

This guitar is about 34 years old and still going strong. I have absolutely no doubt that it will be around long after I'm gone. It's been everywhere from Maine to California where I now live, has been used in the bedroom, on gigs, banged, dropped and punished and still sounds great. I stopped using this as my main guitar in around 1973 when I got my first Fender-but I still play it and still love it!

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I love this guitar. I've had it since 1967 when I was 12, and if it were lost or stolen I'd feel a part of me went with it. I'd still love to have a red 2 pickup Harmony Rocket of the same year. That's the one I really wanted but mom and dad were on a budget so the Rebel it was! The Rocket has a longer scale neck and wider frets- really a more versatile guitar. But I wouldn't trade my Rebel for anything! I learned to play on it, learned In a Gadda Da Vida on it when it first came out, joined my first band with it. I love it and it still sounds great! God Bless America and it's own products!

Harmony Rebel H82G(G for green) is a 2 DeArmond gold pu, double cut away, hollowbody with a tremelo and individual slide tone and volume controls for each pick up. On/off switches for each pick up. Tune-o-matic style bridge. Front and back binding, tho no neck binding. Maple top with a center tone block. F Holes are not bound. Comes in amber or avocado colors, with the amber far more common. Harmony, always willing to experiment, was emulating the Rickenbacker look with the Rebel H82. Made from mid 60's to 69. Very mod looking and aesthetically pleasing. Very light weight. For a guitar of its price,($119 in 1968!) this was quite a deal.

Not surprisingly, the Rebel is very woody sounding. Not real bright sounding, but more jazzy, woody sounding. Works well with pedals and amp feedback is easily manufactured. It is wonderful feedbacking the pickups, getting a great mixed breakup/distortion/harmonics from these old DeArmonds. The tone slider controls are modest in their impact. The tremelo is fixed solid, so the intonation can be extreme; not a quarter step tremelo by any means. Great for rhythm work.

The tremelo is fixed solid to the tailpiece. Intination can be extreme with this tremelo, no quarter steps here. However, it seems to stay fairly well in tune even with the tremelo used. The neck is medium size, and not as wide as a Rickenbacker 360, but larger than a standard Tele. The fretboard is rather flatly shaped with no discernable curvature to the freatboard. On my Rebel, the action is low and the frets don't buzz at all. The frets came in immaculate shape. The finish on my Rebel is very clean. Previous owner really took care of it. No pitting on the hardware at all and the wood finish is very clean with no checking at all. Amazing for a 30+ old guitar. This is an all original Harmony.

30+ years and still going strong...pick ups may have run out of gas though...I'm starting to hear some fartiness AND static on my A string. These pickups can't last forever, can they?

Mine didn't come with a warranty card. Bugger!

15 years playing. This is sort of a dream guitar. It's a collector type guitar with a great vibe. No, it's not as good as a Rickenbacker (which Harmony was copying), but it doesn't cost a grand either. The Rebel is a unque looking guitar, especially the green. It sounds fine, but like vintage stuff (particularly inexpensive vintage stuff)it is something either you are into or not. Would I want to only use the Rebel as my only guitar? NO. It isn't all that versatile -- mostly blues and 60's rock stuff. But it's great to play with when I'm in need of a change, or re-appreciating my more substantial guitars is being called for. It's a really cool guitar, a piece of history that is greatly welcomed. (And when folks see it, they IMMEDIATELY want to play it!)