Comments on: Vintage Harmony Archtop – Custom Pickup Mod

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:47:38 +0000

Gene, if you like the sound of that pickup, then you put the right one in! There's lots of flavors to choose from when it comes to pickups and it can be hard to make a choice when you see how many possiblities there are. We love Lollar and Porter pickups best of all, but your ears know best!

By: Gene

Gene — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:58:44 +0000

I found a 50’s archtop don’t know the brand somebody had cut the hole for a neck pick up along with all of the other necessary holes. I bought it for $25. I put a Parsons street Golden age humbucker in it. Should I have put something different in it?

By: Grant

Grant — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:34:46 +0000

This is fantastic, I’ve been wanting to amplify my harmony guitar and haven’t found any sort of online references…until now. Thank you so much!

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:15:01 +0000

Steve thanks for the info! I’m going to check out some guitars with a floating pickup this weekend and compare the sounds to get a rough idea. I will give your shop a call next week. thanks again!

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:03:00 +0000

Ben,
It seems that the builders who make tenor guitars nowadays use a standard 6 string pickup most of the time. We might be able to have a 4 string pickup custom made for you too. The routing and electronics work on this guitar ran about $150 as I recall and pickup prices can vary as you might expect.

By: Nathaniel

Nathaniel — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:13:54 +0000

I have a P-90 on the bridge of my ‘46 Harmony archtop.
It rocks.

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:13:14 +0000

great thanks!

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 04:47:13 +0000

Sure. Only question is figuring out the right pickup. We’ll investigate and meet you back here!

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:16:58 +0000

Could you do something like this for a mid-70’s Harmony Monterey TENOR guitar? How much would it run?