1960 Harmony Meteor H-70 Thinline Arch Top Hollow Body Electric Guitar

1960 Harmony Meteor H-70 Arch Top Hollow Body Electric Guitar

This Guitar Is In Good Players Condition With Play Wear Visible Throughout, Some Dings And Dents On The Body And Back Of The Neck (See Photos)

Located At IVG Orange

Sunburst Lacquer Finish

15 3/4" Wide And 2" Deep At The Rim With Single Rounded Cutaway

Laminated Spruce Top With 5-Ply Binding 

Maple Neck With Rosewood Fingerboard

DeArmond "Golden Indox" Gold Foil Pickups

Slim Bolt-On Neck, Multi-Bound With Pearloid Block Inlay

"Torque-Lok" Trussrod

Weighs 6lbs 2oz

Nut Width 1.74"

Neck Depth At 1st Fret 0.92", At 12th 1.02"

Missing Pickguard

Plays Well With Medium Action

Frets Are In Good Condition With Plenty Of Life Left

Does Not Come With A Case, One Can Be Added Additionally

The Meteor has been a popular choice for vintage R&B, soul, and garage band sounds recently and also boasts a solid rock and roll pedigree. Rolling Stone Keith Richards' first "serious" guitar was a sunburst H-70, which saw extensive use on all the Stones' early records (including their landmark first album), first tours, and many TV appearances.

Lead guitarist Dave Davies cut The Kinks' epochal hit "You Really Got Me" in July 1964 with his natural-finish Meteor -- the scraping, drivingly distorted tone he achieved remains uniquely arresting even today. Davies bought the Meteor -- his first "real" guitar -- at Selmer's "on the hire purchase" before the Kinks even had a permanent name. This model was popular with many teen combos both in the UK and US in the 1960s and is still a solid performer today; one of Harmony's all-time best designs.
 
Overall length is 40 1/2 in. (102.9 cm.), 15 3/4 in. (40 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 24 in. (610 mm.). Width of nut is 1 11/16 in. (43 mm.).