Harmony Hummingbird Acoustic Guitar?

Question

Hello there, I was just wondering if anyone has had any experience with harmony guitars (espicall the hummingbird model) and are they any good.

I'm a beginner to moderate, and I need a nice-ish guitar for as budgety as it gets. My dad saw one of these and thought it was a great price ($120) but I'd really like to know about them first.

Please personal experience, not music store reviews, I think those reviews are usually fake...

Thanks!

Answer 1

Depends on if its a new Harmony or an old one.

The Harmony Guitar Company was founded in 1892 and in its heyday was one of the biggest stringed musical instrument manufacturers in the U.S.  In 1916, they were bought by Sears Roebuck and manufactured ukeleles, guitars, banjos and mandolins under their own brand name and a number of others as well as building instruments for Sears under the Silvertone brand name.  In 1975, though, they went out of business due to competition from low cost foreign made instruments.  

Harmony guitars were inexpensive -- IIRC, I paid about $70 for a Harmony acoustic guitar in 1973 or so -- but they really were good instruments for the price, and vintage Harmony instruments from the original company (pre-1975) sell well on Ebay.  

The Harmony Guitar Company that exists today is an entirely different company that bought the rights to use the Harmony name a number of years back, after the original company went bust.   I have no experience with new Harmony guitars and have no idea how they compare, quality-wise, with the original company's products.