Harmony Espanada H63 1960's Black

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Here we have one of the coolest Harmony or Silvertone guitars ever made.  You'll see the Espanada with a Silvertone logo on the headstock, or the Espanada logo like this example.

Silvertone was the house brand for Sears and Roebuck from 1941 - 1970. Sears owned the name and applied it to guitars built by other manufacturers such as Harmony, Valco, Danelectro, and Kay. Silvertone itself was never a true manufacturer with a factory or luthiers - it is merely a marketing label. All guitars appearing in the Sears catalog, regardless of manufacturer, were branded as Silvertones.

The Silvertone Espanada H63 was actually manufactured by Harmony in Chicago. It came only in a black finish with white body binding.

This example is missing the pickguard, as seen on most as the plastic used because very brittle - most of them simply couldn't withstand any use after the plastic degraded over the years.

The frets have been replaced with some awesome feeling jumbo frets that give this example greater playability than any other Harmony we've come across.  The work was professionally done.  The tuners have been replaced with a nice Waverly set that didn't add new screw holes to the headstock, but it does appear that the post holes were widened slightly.

The rest of the guitar is original.  The pickup rings have survived - another part that is commonly replaced on these guitars.  The bridge pickup ring is hugging the pickup tightly, having shrunk a good bit. 

The bridge pickup volume pot is a little funky.  We've cleaned it several times.  It seems like it is nearly at its end of life.  If the guitar sits for a while the pot tends to get a little scratchy.  

A nice hardshell case is included.

• Color: Black
• Weight: 6lbs 5.2ozs
• Top: Laminated curly Maple top
  
• Body: Laminated Spruce back and sides
  
• Neck: Poplar
  
• Neck Profile: See picture
• Fretboard: Ebonized maple fingerboard
• Inlays: Pearloid blocks
• Frets: Re-fretted jumbo
• Fret count: 20
• Nut: Replaced and shimmed, see closeup picture
• Nut width: 1 3/4"
• Scale: 25 1/4"
• Radius: 7.25"
• Neck thickness at 1st fret: 0.90"
• Neck thickness at 12th fret: 1.03"
• Action 1st String at 12th Fret: 2/32"
• Action 6th String at 12th Fret: 2/32"
• Total length: 41 1/8"
• Lower bout: 16 1/2"
• Waist: 9 5/8"
• Upper bout: 11 1/4"
  
• Body depth/thickness outside edge: 2 7/8"
• String gauge: .010-.046"
• Hardware Color: Chrome
• Bridge Pickup/Brand: Gibson P13
• Bridge Pickup Reading: 7.80k
• Pickup Original?: Yes
• Neck Pickup/Brand: Gibson P13
• Neck Pickup Reading: 8.52k
• Pickup Original?: Yes
• Pickguard: Missing
• Bridge: Replaced
• Tuners: Reproductions
• Switch: Original
• Pots/Codes: Original
• Case: HSC
• Notes: 

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