Friday, January 11, 2013

Harmony Guitar America's Guitar

A look at America's most Iconic guitar it's Players-History & Worldwide Fascination-Buying & Selling for the Musician & Collector

Hi my name is Jim Galloway, I'm a published(Nashville) songwriter and professional musician. After finding a vintage Harmony Guitar at a yard sale, I remembered Harmony was my first guitar. I found that Harmony was the first guitar-student guitar of many of America's most influential musicians and the role they played in the Cultural & Industrial development of America. From the Delta Blues to Elvis & Dylan, Harmony guitars were there. Now are valued by todays artists & collectors of Americana for their cool retro looks & sound. I made a small business on EBay selling vintage Harmony guitars worldwide to people with the same fascination.

Thats Elvis Costello playing his Harmony Silvertone 1446 Electric Guitar along with the late great Levon Helm and musicians Hubert Sumilin and Jimmie ViVino.

Finding-Identifying-Buying & Selling the many models of Acoustic Vintage guitars, Electric guitars and amps. Other Stringed musical instruments of the Harmony Company. A complete guide to what Harmony guitar to buy and Harmony guitar pricing using EBay to meet the world's thirst for true Americana.

Sears & Roebuck of Chicago aquired the Harmony Guitar Company in 1916 to capitalize on the growing interest of the guitar. The Sears catalogue put stringed instruments in the hands of poor folks around the country. They were the guitar for kids, student guitars, the first guitar for people buying a guitar.

The Harmony Archtop, Flattop Acoustic and Electric instruments along with Harmony Mandolin, Banjo, Steel guitar and others bought through mail order catalogues like Sears & Roebuck were mass produced at the birth of America's Industrial Revolution and enabled musicians like Delta Blues Bottleneck Slide originator Charley Patton or Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker and Elvis Presley to purchase them in remote areas of the country. The rest is history.

Catch the wave of Vintage guitar Collecting Buying & Selling. Harmony guitars are in huge demand by people who want to own an authentic piece of Americana. You don't need to be a guitar player to appreciate the important role they played in the growth of America. Harmony guitars went to war with the Greatest Generation and became the student guitar or first for their children when they returned. Some Harmony guitars stayed in Europe and became the student guitar for their kids like The Rolling Stones who created their sound that would cross back over the Atlantic and make musical history.

If you know what Harmony guitars to look for the payoff could be great. Although mass produced, I'll show you some acoustic and electric guitars that are rare and sought after by music artist & collectors. This Harmony Sovereign Acoustic Guitar was the guitar that Led Zepplin's Jimmie Page used for the intro to Stairway to Heaven. A lot of Harmony guitars were sold under different brands and companies, some are not even listed in their database. It makes collecting Harmony guitars more exciting. Like hunting for buried treasure...

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