Stella Grand Concert H1141 Flat Top Acoustic Guitar, made by Harmony (1951)
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Stella Grand Concert H1141 Model Flat Top Acoustic Guitar, made by Harmony (1951), made in Chicago, serial # 2431H1141, sunburst lacquer finish, birch back and sides, poplar neck, black hard shell case.
If nothing else this is a real "Vintage Blues" guitar, and a simple but dandy Hillbilly rhythm machine as well. The H-1141 is an early post-war Grand Concert model from the line of Harmony-made Stellas issued after they acquired the brand in 1940. It is a full-size ladder-braced 15" guitar with a distinctly budget slant to the features, including painted-on trim and position markers, a screwed-on pickguard and tailpiece/floating bridge setup. The all-birch body has nicely rounded bouts while the poplar neck still retains the subtle "V" contour from its 1930s ancestors.
The fittings are very basic including the simplest post-war Waverly strip tuners, screwed-on pickguard, stamped tailpiece and fretwire bridge saddle. This one carries an internal stamp indicating a 1951 build year. While never a pro-grade guitar (it originally listed at $8.00 when introduced in 1940) this instrument has a great bluesy feel and a cool spanky sound. For the funkiest of blues stylings this guitar certainly has the sound and vibe, it can take you back to the Chicago Maxwell Street market in dreams anyway.
Overall length is 39 1/2 in. (100.3 cm.), 15 in. (38.1 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm.) in depth at side, taken at the end block. Scale length is 25 in. (635 mm.). Width of nut is 1 3/4 in. (44 mm.).
This guitar shows wear everywhere but still plays very well; almost certainly better than it did when new! The original finish has a varied collection of dings, dents and scrapes over the entire instrument but no large areas of loss. The painted "binding' on the edges has numerous dings and dents. It appears all original except one tuner shaft screw and a later bone nut.
A number of areas along the back/side body seams have been reglued and do not match up perfectly, but everything is solid. The original brass frets were re-seated after truing the fingerboard resulting in a quite playable guitar, within the limits of what these instruments can achieve. It certainly carries an authentic just-postwar blues sound and vibe, a simple but still cool-old-school Harmony-made classic carrying the almost mythical Stella logo. Very Good + Condition.
If nothing else this is a real "Vintage Blues" guitar, and a simple but dandy Hillbilly rhythm machine as well. The H-1141 is an early post-war Grand Concert model from the line of Harmony-made Stellas issued after they acquired the brand in 1940. It is a full-size ladder-braced 15" guitar with a distinctly budget slant to the features, including painted-on trim and position markers, a screwed-on pickguard and tailpiece/floating bridge setup. The all-birch body has nicely rounded bouts while the poplar neck still retains the subtle "V" contour from its 1930s ancestors.
The fittings are very basic including the simplest post-war Waverly strip tuners, screwed-on pickguard, stamped tailpiece and fretwire bridge saddle. This one carries an internal stamp indicating a 1951 build year. While never a pro-grade guitar (it originally listed at $8.00 when introduced in 1940) this instrument has a great bluesy feel and a cool spanky sound. For the funkiest of blues stylings this guitar certainly has the sound and vibe, it can take you back to the Chicago Maxwell Street market in dreams anyway.
Overall length is 39 1/2 in. (100.3 cm.), 15 in. (38.1 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm.) in depth at side, taken at the end block. Scale length is 25 in. (635 mm.). Width of nut is 1 3/4 in. (44 mm.).
This guitar shows wear everywhere but still plays very well; almost certainly better than it did when new! The original finish has a varied collection of dings, dents and scrapes over the entire instrument but no large areas of loss. The painted "binding' on the edges has numerous dings and dents. It appears all original except one tuner shaft screw and a later bone nut.
A number of areas along the back/side body seams have been reglued and do not match up perfectly, but everything is solid. The original brass frets were re-seated after truing the fingerboard resulting in a quite playable guitar, within the limits of what these instruments can achieve. It certainly carries an authentic just-postwar blues sound and vibe, a simple but still cool-old-school Harmony-made classic carrying the almost mythical Stella logo. Very Good + Condition.