Harmony Stella Grand Concert H1105 Flat Top Acoustic Guitar (1945)
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Stella Grand Concert H1105 Model Flat Top Acoustic Guitar, made by Harmony (1945), made in Chicago, serial # 4024H1105, sunburst lacquer with stenciling finish, birch back and sides, poplar neck, original black chipboard case.
This model was one of the first of the new Harmony-made Stellas issued after they acquired the brand in 1940. It is a full-size ladder-braced Grand Concert guitar but with a budget slant to the features, including painted-on trim and position markers, a screwed-on pickguard and tailpiece/floating bridge setup. This wartime model actually has a wooden tailpiece instead of the more traditional metal, and the riveted Kluson strip tuners also used by Gibson. This one carries an internal stamp indicating a 1945 build year. While not an expensive guitar -it originally listed at $8.00 in 1940 -this instrument has a great bluesy feel and a cool spanky sound.
Overall length is 39 1/2 in. (100.3 cm.), 15 in. (38.1 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm.) in depth at side, taken at the end block. Scale length is 25 in. (635 mm.). Width of nut is 1 3/4 in. (44 mm.). This is an extremely clean and original example; we very rarely see old Stellas of this period so well preserved. The guitar appears entirely original except the floating bridge, which is a period piece with an inset saddle rather than the original smaller single unit. There are small nicks and dings but no major finish wear, and no cracks or repairs. The painted-on top edge "binding" is lightly scraped away in spots, and there is similar wear to other edges of the back and headstock. This is the best looking-and playing-of this model we have ever seen and is definitely "Blues Approved"! Excellent - Condition.
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This model was one of the first of the new Harmony-made Stellas issued after they acquired the brand in 1940. It is a full-size ladder-braced Grand Concert guitar but with a budget slant to the features, including painted-on trim and position markers, a screwed-on pickguard and tailpiece/floating bridge setup. This wartime model actually has a wooden tailpiece instead of the more traditional metal, and the riveted Kluson strip tuners also used by Gibson. This one carries an internal stamp indicating a 1945 build year. While not an expensive guitar -it originally listed at $8.00 in 1940 -this instrument has a great bluesy feel and a cool spanky sound.
Overall length is 39 1/2 in. (100.3 cm.), 15 in. (38.1 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm.) in depth at side, taken at the end block. Scale length is 25 in. (635 mm.). Width of nut is 1 3/4 in. (44 mm.). This is an extremely clean and original example; we very rarely see old Stellas of this period so well preserved. The guitar appears entirely original except the floating bridge, which is a period piece with an inset saddle rather than the original smaller single unit. There are small nicks and dings but no major finish wear, and no cracks or repairs. The painted-on top edge "binding" is lightly scraped away in spots, and there is similar wear to other edges of the back and headstock. This is the best looking-and playing-of this model we have ever seen and is definitely "Blues Approved"! Excellent - Condition.