Regal R 272 Thinline Hollow Body Electric Guitar, made by Harmony (1962)
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Regal R 272 Model Thinline Hollow Body Electric Guitar, made by Harmony (1962), made in Chicago, serial # 4161 272, sunburst lacquer finish, laminated maple body with laminated spruce top; maple neck with ebonized fingerboard, black chipboard case.
In an odd historical convergence of famous fretted names this Harmony-made guitar-though branded with the venerable Regal name-was actually built specifically for Fender sales. The Regal R272 was one of the first -and most interesting- Harmony Meteor variants, and is a product of a little known partnership between Fullerton and California. Don Randall of Fender Sales announced a Regal-branded line of Harmony-built acoustics to the trade in October 1958-at the time Fender itself offered only solidbody electrics and amps. Several Regal hollowbody electrics were added the next year to supplement the company's solidbodies, thus giving Fender Sales a more complete line. The R-270 debuted in June 1959 at $169.50, based on the sunburst Meteor but with only one pickup with Fender-like individual magnet poles. This model, the double pickup R-272 was added by 1962 priced at $ 199.50; it had the same great-sounding DeArmonds as that year's Meteor. It does have some interesting specific "Regal" features: a black/white laminated pickguard and a fancier peaked headstock faced in etched-through laminated plastic with a nifty "Regal" script logo. The large celluloid truss rod cover and switch plate appear to be made of the same "green" nitrocellulose as period Fender pickguards. This model is a very cool looking and good sounding Harmony oddity, rather rare today, and a lost reminder of a forgotten Fender/Harmony convergence in the early '60's.
Overall length is 40 1/2 in. (102.9 cm.), 15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 2 in. (5.1 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 24 in. (610 mm.). Width of nut is 1 3/4 in. (44 mm.). Very fine original condition overall; some light wear but not a lot of signs of use. There are marks on the top in the bridge area where it was once glued down, and the nut has been recut and polished. Other than that all original, and a really nice playing harmony to boot! Excellent Condition.
In an odd historical convergence of famous fretted names this Harmony-made guitar-though branded with the venerable Regal name-was actually built specifically for Fender sales. The Regal R272 was one of the first -and most interesting- Harmony Meteor variants, and is a product of a little known partnership between Fullerton and California. Don Randall of Fender Sales announced a Regal-branded line of Harmony-built acoustics to the trade in October 1958-at the time Fender itself offered only solidbody electrics and amps. Several Regal hollowbody electrics were added the next year to supplement the company's solidbodies, thus giving Fender Sales a more complete line. The R-270 debuted in June 1959 at $169.50, based on the sunburst Meteor but with only one pickup with Fender-like individual magnet poles. This model, the double pickup R-272 was added by 1962 priced at $ 199.50; it had the same great-sounding DeArmonds as that year's Meteor. It does have some interesting specific "Regal" features: a black/white laminated pickguard and a fancier peaked headstock faced in etched-through laminated plastic with a nifty "Regal" script logo. The large celluloid truss rod cover and switch plate appear to be made of the same "green" nitrocellulose as period Fender pickguards. This model is a very cool looking and good sounding Harmony oddity, rather rare today, and a lost reminder of a forgotten Fender/Harmony convergence in the early '60's.
Overall length is 40 1/2 in. (102.9 cm.), 15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 2 in. (5.1 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 24 in. (610 mm.). Width of nut is 1 3/4 in. (44 mm.). Very fine original condition overall; some light wear but not a lot of signs of use. There are marks on the top in the bridge area where it was once glued down, and the nut has been recut and polished. Other than that all original, and a really nice playing harmony to boot! Excellent Condition.