Looking for the ULTIMATE Jump Blues Guitar? Check This Out!

damianbacci.com In today's video I'll be discussing what many players consider the best guitars to play Jump Blues on. The Harmony H62, H65 and H63 Espanada are some of the finest vintage guitars that lend themselves perfectly to Jump Blues. Join me in this video as I discuss the history & specs of these beautiful guitars.
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[@ekw555]

your guitar is SO CLEAN, it looks like a re-pro instead of an original. congrats at finding such a mint example and thanks taking such good care of it.

[@Damianblf]

Thank you very much. I think whoever owned it prior to me didn't play it very much and it was always put back in it's case in a closet or under a bed in a home where the temps and humidity were just right to keep it pristine.

[@ekw555]

@@Damianblf to my considerble embarrassment, I own 2 near mint guitars one ~35 years old that I have had for about 33 years, the other ~57 years old that I have owned for 35 years, but I am the guy who does not play them very much. on the plus side, I have been a great caretake of them.

[@johnw4659]

Thanks as always, Damian. Have a great weekend!

[@Damianblf]

Thank you for watching :)

[@doovie101]

Great video. Very interesting. Thanks for letting us in on it, bro

[@Damianblf]

Thank you for watching :)

[@atomicflash1753]

Thank you for showing this guitar I've been trying to buy it for the longest time and I needed some information on it, glad to know there's somebody else out there that likes living in the past

[@lordsophiebass]

Wohoo! Great video Damian, thanks for sharing. So good to see Vince playing beautifully on one of his many lovely Harmony guitars. Well done for putting together such a brilliant video & resource! Great stuff & look forward to checking out more videos.

[@Damianblf]

Thank you Sophie and thanks again for being a part of the video :)

[@BrandochGarage]

Dude - beautiful! Your music and joy and messages are always spot on.

[@Damianblf]

Thank you so much. Cheers & keep on rockin' :)

[@AntonioCavicchioni]

Nice video this one, Damian! Thank you so much!

[@Damianblf]

Thank you :)

[@victorrowntree8041]

Hey Damian, Happy New Year 2024! Nice to see and hear you again. Best Wishes from Vic in the UK

[@Damianblf]

Happy New Year to you Vic :)

[@garymack8070]

Thanks for this great video Bro !

[@Damianblf]

Thank you :)

[@UncleDansVintageVinyl]

That's such a beautiful guitar! Wow! Thank you, sir!

[@Damianblf]

Thanks for watching Dan :)

[@anthonymcvey6722]

i had to keep watching this video about this guitar thanks for putting the research and time and effort into giving us the facts im gonna try and get the harmony book as ive got six harmonies altogether all i know is i enjoy playin them thanks again damian all the best

[@Damianblf]

Thank you for watching. Glad you enjoyed the video :)

[@brynttr]

Wow...well done. I learned a lot.

[@Damianblf]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching :)

[@pamartin]

LP sound bite at the end made me smile. Nice touch!

[@Damianblf]

Thank you :)

[@rocco8222]

Those pickups sound amazing in the capable hands of you and your guests, very cool!

[@Damianblf]

Thank you :)

[@jamescampbell7605]

Great stuff man, would love to see some lessons on Chicago Blues style, Swamp blues, Delta as well. Keep up the great work.

[@Damianblf]

Thank you very much :)

[@CC-qb9sm]

Appreciate this story of one of your favorite guitars, cool stuff. 🤠

[@Damianblf]

Thank you my friend :)

[@jstar1000]

I too have a 1957 Gibson ES125 I bought it from my brothers father in law for $1000 with original case, its freaking insane how nice it sounds, plays and looks. He originally wanted $1800 and I told him I could buy a really nice brand new guitar for that much money and didn't buy it but about a year or so later he came back with the $1000 and I jumped on it. Now I've had it awhile and have played it a bunch I really realize it was a deal at $1800. That Harmony is really sweet for sure and I would jump at a chance to own one like it.

[@roughcutguitars]

Yeah, killed me to pull the p90 out of it, but the CC soon helped me forget, and that genuine '58 p90 complete harness now lives on in my '58 Les Paul Jr reissue!

[@jimwilson4032]

GREAT VIDEO., i'VE BEEN A HARMONY fan ever since my first Stella

[@Damianblf]

Awesome & thank you for watching :)

[@vinceleeblues]

Hey Damian, this is a fantastic video. Thank you for documenting it and asking me to be be involved. Give me a shout when you do the Espanada video.

[@Damianblf]

My pleasure Vince. Thank you again for being a part of it :)

[@johnt.mickevich2772]

Hey Damian! Would love to see your entire collection some time!

[@Damianblf]

One of these days I'm sure I will. Thanks so much for watching & keep on rockin' my friend :)

[@martinevans5735]

Great video, love my H62

[@Damianblf]

Thank you for watching :)

[@shawnhuddleston8753]

Sweet guitar and playing dude ❤

[@Damianblf]

Thank you :)

[@BenjaminGonzalez-wv3cy]

I love the way you play the blues on that Harmony! I remember as a young man seeing a harmony in my comic books, but regret not saving up for one, it’s a great guitar.❤😂🎉😊

[@Damianblf]

Thanks for watching :)

[@markjackson2642]

Always wanted.to know what your guitars were ,love to see your full collection

[@Damianblf]

Thank you for watching :)

[@XLBiker13]

Awesome video. I have the 1955 Silvertone version of the Espanada with the Harmometal binding - The exact same guitar Vince Lee is playing on the back of the Harmony book (great book). I even have the original chipboard case that was offered with the guitar in the Sears catalog. 1955 was the first year of production for the Espanada and they didn't have truss rods but amazingly that neck may the be the most rock solid of any guitar I own. Like you I LOVE the P13 pickups. Nothing else sounds like them. They have a vintage, period-specific jump blues / rockabilly sound that can't be matched by any other pickups.

[@Damianblf]

Thanks for the comment. Glad you enjoyed this video. Cheers & keep on rockin' my friend :)

[@rdrusty]

Lovely guitar with great tone, Damian. You'll be an excellent custodian and i bet it's got some history. Can I request a video on your collection sometime? I've seen some amazing guitars in your videos, from Gretsch, Gibson, Guild, epiphone and more. Share them with us! All the best and keep up the good work!

[@Damianblf]

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the video and yes I will do a video eventually on my guitars. Cheers & keep on rockin' :)

[@roughcutguitars]

That Harmony's got vibe to spare for sure Damian. I mainly go for my Gibby ES 137-1/2 (a '58 125 that I swapped out for a CC pickups Charlie Christian 150 - do the math :-D '61 Gretsch Chet Country Gent cutaway or new Gretsch 5422 w the Butts reissue Ftrons, but recently grabbed a new Harmony Jupiter that's a killer build. Now you've got me searchin' AGAIN :-D

[@SabiaCDO]

Hey Damian, Congratulations on your latest purchase. I am not saying I am jealous of your TOP 3 guitars, because you deserve them more than most guitar owners. I would also congratulate your guitars for purchasing YOU. This video format is interesting: not a lesson, but a collaboration and some history. Damian, could you take some time to make some beginner JAZZ courses? I still have your DVD's, but I am waiting for your next work of pedagogical art! I would throw my money at you. Take care, buddy. Regards from Belgium. You know... Django's birthplace...

[@Damianblf]

Thank you very much my friend. Cheers and keep on rockin' my brother! :)

[@crabejoss]

Hoooo yeah ! You're so right ... Vince is the Harmony king ... and moreover there is a selmer treble & bass amp head in the yard. Rhooo ! lovely duo.

[@Damianblf]

Thank you for watching :)

[@boco1951]

So sweet that just has the sound! Flatwounds make it and Dadarrio chromes get it right! *if you like xtra lite 9-42 buy the chromes 12 and add a 9 on top and push it. Focus on the stuff you love spend your mind on that and thanks for the Harmony!

[@Damianblf]

Thank you for watching :)

[@davidsmoler9144]

I own 2, a Silvertone Espanada, and a Harmony harmometal Espanada. Killer looks and tone. They both turn heads.

[@Damianblf]

Lovely guitars. Thanks so much for watching the video. Cheers :)

[@TheGeneraljohnson]

Love the Harmonys! I have a Silvertone 1427- it's definitely the sound. I put Curt Novak P-13s in a Casino- pretty much nails the sound in as well. We have a mutual friend- Hugh in Tn, maybe we can meet on one of your trips to the Smokies- thanks for the lessons! Bill

[@Damianblf]

Oh cool. That would be fun. Hugh is a great guy. I love the Smokies and will be back soon. :)

[@BenMartinBox]

Loving Rockabilly, in a way, it is also living in the past... and I do love it as well. 🥰

[@Damianblf]

Thanks for watching :)

[@trinacria1956]

Had the black Silvertone version daughter lent it...and 😢never saw again. Still have a Harmony Patrician H1414 and an H74 w original Bigsby great rockabilly guitar!

[@petesylver]

Hey Damian! Thank you for the detailed presentation of a really interesting and, at least here in Europe, rare guitar. she sounds really great! However, it would be good to know which amp you and your friend from the UK played with...

[@Damianblf]

Thanks for watching. I was playing through my Fender Hot Rod DeVille 212

[@gogboxing5655]

There is a guy named Hannes Melberg in Stockholm--his bands rock, and he plays one of these. And you are right. The perfect jump blues guitar. Absolutely nail the tone and feel.

[@Damianblf]

Thanks for watching :)

[@ZalMoxis]

Classic Bacci.... just like the record.

[@Damianblf]

Thank you :)

[@b-17flyingfortress34]

Awesome video! Could you possibly do a video on how to play Everybody’s trying to be my baby but as the original carl perkins version?

[@Damianblf]

I'll write down your request. It's definitely something I would enjoy teaching. :)

[@b-17flyingfortress34]

@@Damianblf Thank you! that would be awesome

[@DaveFromTyler]

Love the guitar.... I would have it encased in 5" thick Glass...

[@Damianblf]

Thanks for watching :)

[@anthonymcvey6722]

hi damian ive got that model harmony its my go to guitar its got white control knobs though

[@Damianblf]

Awesome. Such great guitars :)

[@tomhayes4782]

My first electric guitar was an old Harmony Meteor.

[@Damianblf]

Cool guitar. Cheers & thank you for watching :)

[@abrigospardos]

Beautiful guitar!! And BTW, beautiful Hollywood Fats intro!! Can you get any classier than that? I doubt it!

[@Damianblf]

Thank you very much :)

[@AresJazzOfficial]

Good!

[@Damianblf]

Thanks for watching :)

[@keithfaust8925]

Sounds great! Do you have flatwounds on that guitar?

[@Damianblf]

Yes and thank you for watching :)

[@brianreilly5103]

I learn to play on a Harmony, they made great guitars.

[@Damianblf]

Thanks for watching :)

[@NickRatnieks]

There was a single pick up H-60 later made as the H-61 with the same P-13 pick up. I bought one for not a lot on eBay last year and it sounds amazing. It was sold as the Silvertone 1352 by Sears in 1956 and it has a steel truss rod- the un-adjustable type. Interestingly, it is made of all solid wood- and sounds great as an acoustic archtop. My H-62 has no truss rod of any kind in its neck and is laminated wood construction and ideally, although it plays, it could use some help from an expert. Unlike the H-61 it has no date stamp inside.

[@Damianblf]

I've never played a H61 but they do seem pretty cool. Cheers & thank you for watching :)

[@atomicflash1753]

I noticed the blonde H62 1955 and the Sunburst h62 are two different guitars , slightly different body

[@capefearcapt4679]

Damian, what gauge strings do you use on this guitar?

[@Damianblf]

Currently strung with 12-52 gauge

[@denisechetty4019]

J.J. Cale owned a Harmony👍

[@Damianblf]

Thank you for watching :)

[@davidwood351]

I used to have a beautiful Kay archtop in natural finish, no pickup, lots of mojo, I wish I still had it.

[@Damianblf]

Those old Kay guitars are very nice. Thanks for watching :)

[@gregoryz6545]

Are the pickups the Gibson p-13 pickups? I almost bought a silvertone for $500 just for the pickup. Now I wish I did! lol

[@gregoryz6545]

the binding and details on the guitar are fantastic.

[@gregoryz6545]

Haha. I should listen first and write second!!

[@Damianblf]

Thanks for watching. Cheers & keep on rockin' :)

[@johnharrington2400]

The newest reissue is a very impressive guitar.

[@Damianblf]

I'd love to see one in person and play it.

[@foxyjazzbopper]

👍👍👍

[@Damianblf]

Thank you for watching :)

[@robertstotts2343]

Best guitar i ever had 69 Harmony rocket. Dearmond mustache..... Hollywood Fats King of LA blues

[@Damianblf]

Rockets are fun guitars. Thanks for watching :)

[@thomasestrada5215]

What amp do you use?

[@Damianblf]

In this video I used my Fender Hot Rod DeVille 212 :)

[@lennolopez8540]

Like May friends! Thanks

[@Damianblf]

Thank you for watching :)

[@ruger9two]

Yes I'd say that's the perfect jump blues tone! But the guitar is only half the equation... what amp are you playing through?

[@Damianblf]

My Fender Hot Rod DeVille

[@ruger9two]

Surprising... I thought for sure it was your little Supro! Just goes to show you, you can get tone out of almost anything... I would not have thought the Deville could have gotten that "old school" tone! @@Damianblf

[@crabejoss]

The thing about these Big mamas is : 1/ a wider neck than anything else in the jungle of electric 2/ the C neck are big as a tree but the models without tussrod are ever bigger 3/ the pickups are so bassy and breakup so quick that they also give a impressive result when you use them out of phase (like in the part II of vince where the middle position is out of phase for 100% sure). 4/ then there is the armometal models with the crazy aluminum edges... Woow.

[@crabejoss]

By the way, I have a H1310 (same body shape) but fully acoustic massive table, back and sides ... no pickup of course but Woow incredible sounding guitar.

[@Damianblf]

Thanks for the comment. Cheers & keep on rockin' my friend :)

[@immersiontactics3565]

Goree Carter is a confirmed original jump player that used p13s!

[@Damianblf]

Thanks for watching. Cheers & keep on rockin' :)

[@NickRatnieks]

Harmony was competing with the Gibson 175 with this new model and it was nearly as expensive.

[@Damianblf]

Thank you for watching :)

[@hasserl]

I have a Silverton H65, it is the black version of the H62, but it has Silvertone on the headstock, not Espanada, look them up, there's info on the net on these guitars. And, for another example of great H62 tone, check out this video of Kid Ramos: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKDLgWB-f5qqmqs

[@Damianblf]

Great stuff :)

[@TheRedCliffsOfficial]

Fourth comment

[@Damianblf]

Thanks for watching :)

[@whimpypatrol5503]

While these guitars do have authentic tones, so would cheap gear made in any era encapsulate the sound of that era except for one factor. Music stardom. Rock stars of of subsequent eras had money, management financing, and talented recording engineers that fitted them into 5 star gear. That didn't happen so much in the Rockabilly era. So, musicians played what they could afford.

[@NoWayOut55]

Harmonys are some of the best of the old line of instruments.

[@Damianblf]

Thank you for watching :)

[@cajunqueen5125]

👍👍👍

[@Damianblf]

Thank you :)