Vtg Pre-War 1940 Harmony Encore Lustre Acoustic Guitar Solid Wood Excellent

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Vtg Pre-War 1940 Harmony Encore Lustre Acoustic Guitar Solid Wood Excellent:
$51.00

This is vintage pre-war (1940) Harmony acoustic guitar in excellent condition. It has a few light scratches, small dings, 2 small hairline cracks and a slight string tension bow in the neck. Stamped on the back near the neck block is:

995 1049

945 1047

The Harmony date stamp reads:

S-40

This was a mail order stencil guitar made by Harmony and sold as the \"Encore Lustre\". The 3 to a side open tuners are in pristine condition. The nut measures 1 & 5/8 inches and there are 18 frets with 12 open to the body. The frets show no wear. The fingerboard has a gold stain and painted fret markers. The body is solid wood (birch) and the front has 2 small stable hairline cracks (see pic). The tailpiece is in pristine condition and is of an unusual design. The neck is tight to the body and has a very slight string tension bow. The height of strings above the 4th fret is 1/16 inch and the height of strings above the 12th fret is 1/8 inch. It is strung with new Martin 80/20 bronze light strings (.012-.054) and it has a nice resonant sound with good sustain.

Lower bout 13 & 7/8 inches

Upper bout 10 & 1/4 inches

Depth at end pin 3 & 3/4 inches

Overall length 37 & 3/4 inches

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