I have a "Fender" badged Stella like the one I bought in 1969 for $29 USD new. When the Harmony guitar company was going under Fender jumped in to give them a contract to create a line of beginner guitars as a promo. I knew so little about guitars and felt I was a big shot because I had a "Fender". I had it for 8 years before it got damaged beyond repair during a move. When I went to replace it they were no longer available and the Harmony guitar company was gone forever. Decades later I saw one bolted to the wall of an Applebee's restaurant as part of their retro decor. I went home, googled it looking for this lost "Fender" guitar, and found one online. I bought it. It is in primo condition I love the sound of that aged solid birch axe. I've had several guitars come into my life Martins, Washburns, etc but bringing one of these back into my home has been a delight. I love it as much as I loved my first.
@fernandomoreira_es4 күн бұрын
Thank you! When the first method doesnt work, the spoon does the trick. Thanks!!!!!
@perfecthuman23114 күн бұрын
Removes 2 layers of plastic firls successfully 👌.
@michaelminor27227 күн бұрын
i lived in that neiborhood for a short time and i remember walking by there it was in 2011 and the sign was still up looks like somebody took the sign down and painted the place i never knew the building was in that bad a shape
@MultiFlange18 күн бұрын
I just used your spoon trick to remove the knobs on my LP Custom. Perfect !
@AnthonyWalkerSA8 күн бұрын
Thanks!!!
@Fun_vr11 күн бұрын
i have one but it has no logo on top only on the inside of the guitar, what strings do they take?
@PinetopJackson11 күн бұрын
@@Fun_vr probably nylon strings
@Fun_vr10 күн бұрын
Mine had metal on them I’m surprised they didn’t snap the whole bridge off
@Fun_vr10 күн бұрын
Those look like metal
@Bonafide2012813 күн бұрын
14 years! the plastic under those knobs was there and I thought i was just destined to deal with it! Thank you so much!
@mikemurdock723413 күн бұрын
John 5 had an endorsement deal with Ibanez in the late 90s for this specific guitar. The ad you showed with the sparkle one, I remember seeing in Guitar World magazines. It looks like an alternate version of the one he played with Manson on the Mechanical Animals tour. That guitar had a finish in gold sparkle and a Floyd Rose. There are barely any photos of it online. If you pull any videos from that tour (1998-1999) you'll see it in just about every video. I've long wondered what happened to this guitar, cause there's no info out there about it online. He continued to use an AX for the Holy Wood tour, but it was black like this model. If I ever met John 5, I would love to ask him what happened to these guitars. The gold one from the MA tour had to have seen a lot of playing. It wouldn't be until the 2003 tour he switched to his signature Tele for his final rodeo with Manson.
@Internetpolice66615 күн бұрын
Res-O-Glas models didn't come out till the early 60s. Sloppy journalism.
@alainrosso56816 күн бұрын
Thank's for the spoon technic
@jjellen580416 күн бұрын
How is this different from the lc they sold for 350?
@JesHill17 күн бұрын
Compliments to the drums and bass in particular, tight. And yeah, louder! 😊
@BorisPopovic-bb2gy20 күн бұрын
Beautiful!! 🙌🏼
@KD-mi9gp21 күн бұрын
I heard they were Gutting out the insides of the Building for new corporate futures. -I only pray that someone like the Hard Rock Cafe would carefully removed the entire Stage and the overhead Stage light Box. The storied History of names and sweat left on those stage floorboards, -and the colored lights above baking it in could be preserved and live forever.
@thunderballs621623 күн бұрын
I found this guitar on Facebook today on my lunch break. 100.00 and it comes w a small peavey amp too. Thing looks brand new... even had some of the plastic still on the pick guard. Excited to sit down and plug this thing up. Funny coincidence, I'm here in Mississippi. I'm about 45 minutes from that Peavey plant in Meridian Ms
@genghis_connie24 күн бұрын
This was great! Thanks. Question: What is your thought on this vs a ‘92 Taylor 812ce (very bright, but gorgeous sound), - and on the opposite end, I have a ‘o6 Martin DM-15 (bought for bigger sound. I want to be able to strum hard in open tuning and not have it sound like John Denver came back to life. I was wondering where you thought this FG-160 “lands” in that spectrum. Someone is selling one for $200, but I don’t want a redundancy. Sorry this is so long!
@We_Seek_TruthАй бұрын
My first electric "was" a similar guitar, ("is" I still have it) a 1982 Musician MC550. A very high quality axe, but the 7-ply neck-thru design makes it top heavy, an annoying problem, but it played wonderfully and sounded beautiful. I always wondered if I should've gone with my first desire, the gorgeous pearl white '82 Musician MC150. It didn't have the active EQ and was only 3-ply neck-thru, but I suspect it would've been much lighter. But all my rigorous gigging sure put a lot of battle scars on that 550. Thanks for demoing that MC500. It's also a great axe!
@GraveyardLegendsandLoreАй бұрын
This is a really great video ! I'm really surprised it didn't get more views. The memories those walls must hold ! I've watched this video several times now and I just wanted to thank you for creating it ! Take care , stay safe !
@PinetopJacksonАй бұрын
@@GraveyardLegendsandLore thank you so much! Unfortunately this building was demolished a few months ago. It was in terrible shape, as you saw, but I find myself really saddened by the loss of the Kobie Solomon mural. Still some historic abandoned music venues in Detroit though…the Vanity Ballroom which I made a great documentary about…and though I haven’t been inside yet, the famous Grande Ballroom still stands
@GullibleMcFlyАй бұрын
Chris Cornell at 3:14 😳
@MHChang2014Ай бұрын
I have a Greco from 1981 that I love, wicked cool guitar and it's cool to see this old ad from this awesome time in guitar history!
@DebVedaАй бұрын
Nothing wrong with a Grosse Pointe psycho….😎
@DebVedaАй бұрын
Kick out the jams!!
@DebVedaАй бұрын
Cool 😎
@rickbhatti27Ай бұрын
Great channel! Is this guitar (h-6128) made of solid wood also?
@Dykstra1979Ай бұрын
Yes! I have one of these as well! I put silk and steel on it and its great !
@Dykstra1979Ай бұрын
I recently Nashville strung that same axe. So cool! Im the same age as you. The only Harmonies I played back when were considered junk. We had a few in jr high in the music class that were decent. It wasnt until a few years ago I realized how great they play and that solid wood tone is something else you dont see much any more. I now have nearly 100 various Harmony guitars!
@CrazedFandangoАй бұрын
A shoelace works well.
@UncleGhoulieTv313Ай бұрын
It is now gone. Recently torn down.
@PinetopJacksonАй бұрын
@@UncleGhoulieTv313 I saw that, very disappointing, especially the destruction of that Kobie Sullivan mural :(
@kevinmattie1121Ай бұрын
Great ideas. Want to remove that last piece of plastic pick guard cover on a new guitar and didn’t want to damage it. Thanks for the post 🎸
@rex8958Ай бұрын
Thanks so much man, April 9th 1975 for me. Still love to lay down some chords on my late uncles guitar
@jamesmaclagan56552 ай бұрын
" Awesome ! " Thank You ! i recently received a nice Falcon, made a few guitars before this one .Jack on front, Foil in cavity , dots, push push , same wood - Ash - ? - great video !
@PinetopJackson2 ай бұрын
@@jamesmaclagan5655 awesome! Your serial number will tell you the year it was made. It should be a 5-digit number, first number is the year of the 70s it was finished…my 5 digit number starts with a 7 indicating 1977
@jamesmaclagan56552 ай бұрын
@@PinetopJackson four before yours, i think .
@jamesmaclagan56552 ай бұрын
@@PinetopJackson Right, mine is four guitars earlier. 79859E
@scottmills72512 ай бұрын
Yup same thing on my 2015 Subaru Forester. The battery was drained completely and when I boosted to start radio didn't work anymore. same error message. The solution at the end actually worked. got tunes again. Thanks
@carllemke46222 ай бұрын
I’ve got a 2015 outback premium and only my passenger side speakers are working and it feels like there’s no base whatsoever. I’m wondering if the stock app is blown or if maybe I got a bad head unit
1997. The gibson cover and special model puts it early Korean. I have a tobacco 96 one here
@JesHill2 ай бұрын
Loving the bass tone, and that drummer has some stamina 😊
@billylongley95802 ай бұрын
I love my tacomas” I have a 2005 DM9 and a 2006 ER28C. Great underrated guitars !
@Toneman0120002 ай бұрын
Dude, excellent video! For the first 5 minutes of it, I was telling my girlfriend that the guitar in the video was my actual guitar lol. I have a 1970 Yamaki, no. 115. It has a split in the bridge saddle, which of course means the intonation is way out. Action is too high, but I can fix that. How do I fix the split in the bridge? I had the same problem with my 1973 Epiphone, I put Les Paul hardware on it, fixed the problem, but now it has no tone, I know, that was a dumb ass move.
@wolfgangwohlwend36132 ай бұрын
Yes, bur: maple or rosewood?
@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy3 ай бұрын
Thanks for posting. Had to replace my 38 year old volume and tone knobs that were 38 years old and turning yellow, lol. And my Fender Strat looks exactly like your guitar in the video.
@Deeznutseighthundredthirty3 ай бұрын
Would of been cooler in black
@thomasm86993 ай бұрын
Wikipedia says that the Grande was put on the US Register of Historic Places in 2018. So, let's hope that protects it from the wrecking ball for a while. Lets' hope that one of the rich rock stars that played there will get wind of the well-wishers hope to SAVE THE GRANDE and restore it to its original grandeur. Thomas saw the Cream, Arthur Brown, Janis Joplin, etc play there. What a gas it was. Just walk right up to the stage and talk to the greats...........
@LGuitarB3 ай бұрын
Ok, I have a Musician like that and I love the cat walking by 😀
@bmbyrbmbyr78383 ай бұрын
bro my knob just came out with little straight iron thing and i cant put it back what should i do
@gavrilopricip113 ай бұрын
if only I had a time machine.....
@happyhusker11633 ай бұрын
I have the same Stella that you lost exact same model
@happyhusker11633 ай бұрын
Do you know what year that one is we both have or the one you lost?