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    Default 1945 Harmony Monterey

    Hello everyone, I recently purchased a Harmony Monterey guitar and have some questions about it for anyone who might know some history on these guitars. The ink stamp inside, S 45 means it was made in the second half of the year and Harmony guitar company has verified that from the pictures I sent them but the model number doesn’t match what anyone thinks it is. It is stamped, H996 but Harmony didn’t make a H996 model. They told me it was probably a H1456 model. I contacted Gruhn guitar in Nashville,Tn with lots of pictures of the guitar and ink stamps and they told me they think it is a H 950 model. Has anyone else had this problem or heard of this happening before ? I would really like to know why my Harmony Monterey has a model number stamped inside that they never built ?

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    Default Re: 1945 Harmony Monterey

    I would really like to know why my Harmony Monterey has a model number stamped inside that they never built ?
    Probably because the person that adjusted the stamp that morning didn't get the numbers right. No great mystery and even with the wrong number it is what is. This isn't an airmail stamp with the plane upside down unfortunately. Sometimes they didn't even bother to stamp the inside numbers.
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