{"product_id":"harmony-silvertone-model-h-422-solid-body-electric-guitar-1956-7181","title":"Harmony Silvertone Model H-42\/2 Solid Body Electric Guitar (1956)","description":"Silvertone Model H-42\/2 Model Solid Body Electric Guitar, made by Harmony (1956), made in Chicago, green metallic finish, hardwood body and neck. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally listed at $67.50 the Harmony Stratotone H-42\/1 is about as small and simple and handy as an electric guitar gets. With a metallic green \"Colorama\" finish and the metal-and-rubber \"Harmometal\" body trim this is a fantastic example of 1950's \"Populuxe\" aesthetics. The through-body neck is very large, but the body wings are very thin and light. The pickup is the same DeArmond made unit as the more upscale H-44 and quite chunky sounding. The controls are a single tone-bypass switch and a cool stacked tower of concentric tone and volume controls. This example carries a Silvertone logo stencil indicating it was originally supplied to Sears-a fairly unusual variation on an already relatively rare guitar.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOverall length is 36 1\/4 in. (92.1 cm.), 11 in. (27.9 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 3\/8 in. (3.5 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 25 in. (635 mm.). Width of nut is 1 11\/16 in. (43 mm.). A very nice example overall; there is some average finish wear but it is largely confined to the edges-the lacquer on the face is actually relatively clean if somewhat faded. All original and unaltered except for a very nicely done repro bridge. There is a small visible open seam where the body \"wing\" joins the neck\/centerpiece on the treble side, visible but not moving. The tone control currently has no effect; we could easily replace the old wax capacitor if required, but as the instrument is currently totally original inside so we'd prefer to do that only on request. A cool signature piece of 1950's guitar design, and considering its relatively eccentric design a relatively playable and great sounding guitar. Very Good + Condition.","brand":"Harmony","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46853019271308,"sku":"7181","price":1850.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/8702\/3756\/files\/01_94924fe5-6642-4cf9-b5aa-6289ad5fe5bd.jpg?v=1774330841","url":"https:\/\/retrofret.com\/products\/harmony-silvertone-model-h-422-solid-body-electric-guitar-1956-7181","provider":"RetroFret","version":"1.0","type":"link"}