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Reissue Harmony H-22 bass...


Thumper

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A bit steep at 9 bills, but that's what clean original models are going for.

 

 

I remember well when you could buy originals of this model for under $100.00 Hell, I remember walking into a shop in Tulsa called Strings West and they had an entire rack of different models of original Danelectros (this was way before any Dano reissues) for $60-$75.

 

At different times back then, I owned a few '64 and '65 Fender Ps and Js that cost me under a grand. Some strats and teles too made between '66-'73. Who knew eBay would come along and the collector market would explode like it did?

 

:cry:

:facepalm:

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Needs a real bridge and such for 9 cents.

 

 

That would totally destroy what it is. Though I agree it seems pricey. I had a chance to win an original on ebay a couple of years back, and decided not to chase it. I forget where it was at, but it was way less than $900, I'm thinking maybe even below $500, and that was right towards the end of the auction.

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That would totally destroy what it is. Though I agree it seems pricey. I had a chance to win an original on ebay a couple of years back, and decided not to chase it. I forget where it was at, but it was way less than $900, I'm thinking maybe even below $500, and that was right towards the end of the auction.

 

A hunk of wood makes that bass?

 

It's not too special, then. :p

 

 

 

I'd check one out for 450, but no way in hell would I ever pay 900 for it, unless it was just like God's singing voice. Even then, I'd feel a little bad about buying it.

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... unless it was just like God's singing voice. ...

 

 

It apparently is for some folks, since they're paying $900 for what was originally a relatively low-end budge bass! I've never played one of those, though. But I do kind of know the feeling from a few other instruments.

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Funny you should bring up Elderly
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$900, as I was thinking of possibly driving out there tomorrow to screw around with this:


http://elderly.com/vintage/items/130U-8359.htm

 

Holy Mother of Pearl...

 

:love:

 

I guess I'm jazzed up about the Harmony because I had one as my first bass, bought for $75 at Henry's Music in Green Bay, WI in 1977. I sold it for $750 a couple of years ago to fund an Epi Jack Casady.

 

H-22s sound awesome and are fun to play, but many have been abused and modded over the years. The neck is a baseball bat and good luck staying in tune with those crappy guitar tuners and wooden bridge.

 

Having said that, a reissue is moving up in the queue of Thumper's Next Purchase...:D

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