It had a label inside indicating it was "handmade in Sweden". No one ever called.įor you Goya patrons, you know the ache that's inside when you've played a Goya and then it's gone.
I saw it, touched it, it was older, a bit more worn but still beautiful in its golden felt case. At that same pawn shop in the eighties, I came close. Picks, capo, cleaning cloth, all the necessities for your guitar- were in the case. I went to a pawn shop in south Austin and pawned my handmade in Sweden, acoustic 6 steel stringed with hardshell gold felt case. Does anyone know of a good quality replacement set of tuning pegs that may fit this machine head?įor those interested there was a very favourable review of the model in Music UK magazine from Sept 1982.I was in college in Austin Texas and ran short of cash. So far in my search I have only found a relatively cheap one (£12)I’m not convinced about. I am now looking to replace the machine heads but could do with some help in finding some that might fit the headstock. I have since replaced the plastic saddle and nut with bone versions, with great patience and the guitar has come back to life.
Unbelievably I got the truss rod to move by adding grease and working the Allen bolt slowly but surely. With lockdown I started seeing the H6565N as a project and attempted to bring it back to life. I moved onto electric guitars and the Harmony was left in the corner with occasional playing in first and second positions. I did reduce the saddle height until there was almost no height left in it but it was still playable. I did try to adjust the truss rod which wouldn’t budge, to the extent that I began to think the allen key bolt wasn’t connected to anything. After a while the high action got to me so I played it less and less. It was my first guitar and I didn’t ask too many questions, just loved the tone and looks. I have a Harmony acoustic H6565N which I bought from a guitar shop in Farnham, Surrey around 1990. I have heard other experts argue for that interpretation of the F and S, though I don't have an opinion on the matter myself. Does anyone have any ideas about the 2 dates? An interesting thought for the author is that this example could provide evidence (not necessarily conclusive) to support the other theory that the F stands for first half and the S stands for second half of the year since the first half of 1962 comes after the second half of 1961 (whereas the spring of 1961 is separated from the fall of 1962 by over a year). I could not find any information so far about why it would have 2 dates, though I could speculate. One says S-61-MO (or MD) and the other says F-62-JC.
#Vintage old goya classical guitar dd series
It has the long number/letter series that includes the model (H625) and 2 smaller groups of numbers in different locations. I have a Harmony acoustic guitar branded as a Silvertone that apparently has 2 different dates stamped on the inside back of the guitar (visible through the sound hole).
#Vintage old goya classical guitar dd Patch