1955 Harmony H42 Stratotone Newport Vintage Electric Guitar with a yellow refinish. It has a very chunky neck and is a blast to play. It weighs just 4.56 pounds. It has a 25" scale length and a 1.72" nut width. The neck thickness measures 0.945" at the 1st fret and 1.220" at the 12th fret.
Overall in excellent condition for its age. The guitar was refinished in its original yellow color long ago. There are some light scuffs throughout that you would expect from a guitar this old. All hardware looks great and the original pickup's chrome cover is still shiny and clean. The pickguard has been replaced with a custom pickguard. There are now two volume controls that appear to be wired in series, but the second potentiometer can be rewired as a tone control if desired. The neck is perfectly straight with the perfect amount of neck relief. String action is currently set low with light .010-.046 strings, and there is no fret buzzing anywhere. The rosewood fingerboard is very clean. There is just a tiny hint of fretwear with tons of fret life left. All frets have been polished to a bright shine. No issues with the headstock and the original tuners work great.
Does not include a case or any accessories.
The through-body neck is very large, but the body wings are very thin and light. The through-body neck is very chunky, topped with a dot-inlaid rosewood fingerboard. The single chrome-plated "Hershey Bar" pickup is the same simple DeArmond made unit as the more upscale H-44 and quite chunky sounding.
