Firsts

I remember the very first guitar I ever owned. It was a Harmony  H15 Bobcat. Built in 1963. This was no high end guitar. No sir. It was a cheap old thing that was sold out of a Sears catalogue. Yup. Sears guitars. Is there anything they don't sell? This beauty came with a Silvertone amplifier. All five watts of it.

The thing that truly sucked about this guitar is that someone removed the old Bigsby style tremolo and replaced it with a stop tail. Terrible

How did I get it? My dad rescued it from a garbage heap. Yup. Beauty. The pick guard was all cracked. The machine heads were worn. It wouldn't even work when you plugged it in. I managed to get it working though for a very small investment in some very cheap parts and a soldering iron from Radio Shack.

It didn't sound great. It didn't play very well either but it was my first and I'd do just about anything to get it back or one just like it. They say you never forget your first. Let me tell you, there are some firsts I'd love to forget and until recently have blocked from my mind fairly well. This one I'd like to hang on to.

Having searched I realize that they are reissuing these guitars! Yup! Harmony Guitars is back!

I wonder if I can convince Arceli that this is an investment in the future?