Harmony Jupiter & Rebel Guitars - Saving the Best for Last!
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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2024
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Welcome back to part 4 of our Harmony Guitars overview.
In today's episode, Lee & Pete take an in-depth look at two vintage classics from Harmony's guitar collection, the Jupiter & Rebel.
Featuring a unique solid body design & roaring gold foil humbuckers, these guitars may look simple but plugged in can create an encompassing wall of sound!
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↪️ Episode Guide ↩️
» 0:00 Intro Jam
» 2:48 Harmony Rebel & Jupiter Specs
» 6:41 Let's Hear The Harmony Rebel!
» 10:35 Harmony Jupiter Demo
» 14:00 Drivve Tones
» 17:15 Thoughts on the Harmony Range
» 18:13 Outro Jam
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Harmony Guitars Overview | ua-cam.com/video/ciCEUzwiKbc/v-deo.html
Harmony Guitars Juno | ua-cam.com/video/BtsJg0FaxF0/v-deo.html
Harmony Guitars Silhouette | ua-cam.com/video/cU1K2-8gFuw/v-deo.html
Love the look,specs and craftmanship. It's a 1500-ish dollar guitar that's nitro finished, made in Kalamazoo with locking tuners and that comes with a 200+ dollar gigbag. pretty much unbeatable.
You forgot ebony board! :)
My wife has to tolerate endless hours of me watching UA-cam guitar videos. That being said she told me the other morning she loves watching you guys because you have a sense of humor you're always in a good mood and you're nice to people. She said "UA-cam needs more channels like that!"
she told me the same thing!! Kidding mate lol
I love the way these guitars sound! Almost like PAFs with extra brightness. These have been designed by people who know their shit.
Ebony boards, small dot inlays, two controls, tele bridge (without annoying ash tray bit) bolt on neck.
Just love everything about these. The semi hollow is incredible too!
The humbuckers have an interesting tone, almost P-90ish.
i agree, love that gold foil as well!
"It's cuz I'm Danish, man," will be my excuse for everything from now on... despite I'm not actually Danish.
The opening jams just get better every time
I half expected Pete to smash the guitar after that great opening jam 🤘
I bought a Harmony Jupiter about 14 months ago from CME, when I was living in Chicago (now back home). Great guitar. Love it. Oh, and CME as well.... 😝
Great to see you guys back. Missed my Andertons guitar
The rebel has some Yamaha Revstar vibes
What. a Smooth Jazz walk this way? Amazing! You guys should put this out.
A lot of you are talking big negative shit about a guitar that you don't have and haven't played. I have the Silhouette and it's fantastic and very well made. The craftmanship is impeccable!!!
Yeah these guitars are a hit. US made, high end specs, great finishing, incredible and innovative design, along with unique and compelling tones.
Its rare to come across something semi new in guitar world. These seem to give us something a little different.
Above all though, love the clarity and tone.
Digging the weird smooth jazz version of walk this way for the outtro jam!
Lmao. damn now I want to pursue that brilliant idea on guitar!
Now I want to skip to the end to hear it, but I’ll hold out
Drummer is banging😂
Great review and you guys are so amusing 👍
Wow Pete, the intro jam sounded like you were channeling the late, great Leslie West. The Harmonys sound awesome...to bad they're not as affordable as they were in the 60's Sears catalogue!
I remember getting into guitar and my first was a harmony strat with a tremolo, and 3 single coil pickups
I recently got a rebel on a whim. It has totally exceeded my expectations! I have 10 guitars but the rebel and the Strat are the ones I reach for most often
Jam at the end...Sweet!!
Love the Rebel! Please, for future "guitar in-depth looks", could you use them standing up? Thanks! Big fan here!
The introjam is sensational, oh yes I like it!
I do like everything I see here about the Jupiter and I do like that it is lighter and with a shorter scale than my tele. It’s a lot of money to part with though so I’ll do what I always do with a guitar that I want but don’t really need, I will attempt to distract myself from it and see if the temptation subsides.
Pete's picking and a grinning 🤪🤘
Absolutely love the Rebel. Love it.
Lot of sparkle for humbuckers, very nice
Agreed.
dont know why, the look and champagne gold color make me thinking of yamaha revstar.
I heard just a hint of the Lee Tease at around 8:03. And DP clearly heard it too.
My first Guitar Was a Harmony And I wish I still had it. They Got a Really Sweet Sound. 👍👍🎶🎶🎸
I own both guitars. They are voiced differently. Not sure if it’s the pups or caps, the Rebel is treblier and ringing, the Jupiter is fuller, rounder sounding.
As much as I find the old Danelectro & Harmony - made Silvertones to be interesting pieces of music history, I believe that the reissues are much better made, in every regard. Proper woods & modern features while keeping the vintage aesthetics of the originals, sold at an affordable price.
Letting Pete play guitars for a review is like using Naomi Campbell to model underwear, of course its delightful !!
"saving the best till last" - I don't think so.
Last week I bought a Harmony Jupiter Thinline from Andertons and it must surely be the most impressive of the Harmony stable. I have had many expensive underwhelming guitars over a long period of time but this Jupiter Thinline is just a joy for not a lot of money.
I hope the boys will have time to review this guitar in the near future.
2:20 pete killing it and lee doesn't look that impressed
That Zen Ray pedal reminds me of the yoghurt we had to clean out of the fridge every month ;-)
Great video as usual boys, love them all. How about in your amp setup have a solid state amp also, like a Katana head 100. I know you love your valves, but good quality solid states would be nice. I own valve amps but I also have a Trace Elliot SuperTramp Reverb that I bought in 1998, all British made with Celestine Vintage 30’s in it. It sounds as good as my valve amps (Marshall, Peavey). Still going strong as you would hope. Again great video and they sound a great option Harmony guitars.
I dont see why they would choose solid state amps over valve amps. Whilst there are some solid state amps that can sound reasonably good, they are nowhere near as good for guitars as a well designed valve amp. If clean is your thing, there are valve amps that do it better.
@@CarlyonProduction Tell that to the Roland JC-120, Noob! LOL.
To me it's got something of a red special vibe.....Basically it's every guitar :p
Locomotive breath 2021 Anderson’s style. ..That intro
That gain tone with the Nobels....
It's the body thickness, that's why it's more LP Jr. than LP. They'd make good guitars for alternative rock and country I think.
Nama ryou ren gen kyou - Some real Japanese Buddishm there Pete
Love the Harmony lineup. Had 2 of them from back in the early 70's. 1 acoustic and 1 electric. Not sure why though but now the Truss Rod cover and Knobs look like the cheapest part they could find in China.
The truss rod cover and knobs are the same as Harmony used in the 60s
@@JohnKelly2 Maybe they did on some. I cannot speak to that as I only had the one electric to go by. It did not have a truss rod cover and it did not have any screw holes to indicate one had been removed. The knobs also were not barrel shaped like these. They were more like the hat knobs used by Fender.
Too bad Harmoney from the 70s went out of business in '75. This is a new company that took their name in 2018. Hard to say a company can come into its own in 4 yrs. Think I'll wait til more are 'road worn'.
Scale length is propably one of the most important factors for the sound of a guitar. It sounds like a Fender and not a Gibson. So I bet they have a 25,5in (648mm) scale length.
Are you planning on reviewing the Comet also?
Yes we are - as soon as it arrives in stock!
I find the rebel appealing. The ever so slightly smaller size thing trips me out. Makes you guys look like giants.
There are telecaster size.
Different kind of sound definitely. You should send one to Greg Koch, suits his style 100%
Glen Proctor - Yes sir. I'm a huge fan of the Gregory Kochery.
I'm a Greg Koch fan, but why on earth would Anderton's send him a guitar? :-p
Besides, these guitars would be too small for him, and he has a sig Reverend with sig Fishman pickups...
@@jorisev - Calm down man. I don't think he was serious. Those Reverend Gristlemasters are AWESOME guitars. Take one in a heartbeat.
@@christopherweise438 no worries, I'm calm :-) The new Gristlemaster with p90's looks awesome indeed.
@@jorisev - Right on man. Important thing is you like Greg. Dude is in that category with Tom Bukovac where he's a MONSTER player.....that nobody talks about. Plus, i have a soft spot for The Kochinator since he's a Wisconsin resident like myself.
End jam sounds like a funk version of Walk This Way
Exactly my thought.
The whole look of Harmony makes me think of Tom Waits tunes
Good tones. Preferred the to the Gibson thing, unless there the high end Gibby that retain the old school PAF clarity.
Ill by the dane when pete stops talking about it.
Can't believe I hadn't heard about Harmony guitars being made in the old Gibson plant, by Heritage, right?
What's the slow dancing in the burning room test?
Some harsh sounding pups there!
Agree. That's the one issue that I have after hearing the Harmony guitars they've demoed so far. Sound very "hard".
@@ForeverDownByLaw : I own a Rebel for almost a year now and they have the sweetest pickups of any guitar I own. They are exceedingly warm sounding. No idea where this "harsh" sound comes from. Probably just the fact that everyone want a "rock" sound out of them and thus use shitty Marshall-ish amps and settings.
They don't come across as warm in any videos I've seen, just an observation. Re:shitty amp settings, stay classy.
@@ForeverDownByLaw : yeah, only in videos weird enough. I own one and have played several. They are very warm sounding, not harsh in any way or form. Marshall amps sound poop. Classy enough?
Nice hair, Pete
These remind me a lot of Yamaha Revstars.
Hmm, they are over $1K over here. To be honest I'd prefer the Jnr Jet Club by Gretsch at $349.00. There's more to tone than the finish. Jupiter is the one, though! P.
I own a rebel (about a year now), amazing guitar. Too bad the great craftmanship and sound doesn't come across on youtube. The nitro finish is flawless and like a mirror, the neck is amazing and the pickups are smooth as butter. I bought my rebel when I was shopping for a PRS core or Gibson Custom Shop, but after playing this in the shop for a while it came home with me instead (together with an Eastman t59v which I sold allready). I never heard of the brand but I don't give a crap about the name on the headstock, I just want a great guitar.
I have a Rebel too. Great guitar. But due to the position of the strap pin, it has little neck dive when in standing position. How do you manage that?
Tele Bridge. That's why it sounds like a tele. 2 strings per barrel. More downforce/sq"
ahh....more new guitars.....but my cupboard is full allready....i think i'll stick with LP,, Strat and tele.....plus my new sire H7 of course.....;-)
Outro jam could be GTA VI soundtrack imho
Just bought a used rebel for 800 plus tax from reverb without even trying one.. don’t know if it was a good idea though.. 😧
Here's an idea for video-series: Create a band using instruments from only one brand. I can think of two possible bands: Yamaha-band (Guitars, bass, keyboards and drums) and Gretsch-band (Guitars, bass and drums). Any others?
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo? Is Chappers replacement a Nichiren Buddhist?
wow >100dB in that room? hope you guys are using earplugs
Do the comets!!
Funkadelic )
I had a Harmony Stratocaster back in the 90's that wouldn't stay in tune and strings were way too high off the fretboard.
@@sixstringcity3931 It was a piece of junk. Those that buy cheap guitars aren't looking to spend extra money to have them set up, so they'll be playable. That was the first and last electric guitar I ever bought from Fingerhut. 😅😂🤣🤣
Ah Pete is rubbing off on Captain Nice USA retro
They look and sound like the early Santana Yamaha SG's to me, nice though..........
The Jupiter is like an LP junior and a tele had a kid. Theyre running around 1200 in the US right now, for the specs, thats a very reasonable price for made in USA by a company own by China via Singapore. They are NOT holding any resale value, and Im not seeing players pick up on these, when Fender and Gibson and PRS all have competitive models made in USA in the same price range. But not as spec’d as well as these.
Saw this on Insta a few weeks ago. Watching for your thoughts 😅
The Jupiter kinda looks like an L6-S :)
The original Jupiter came out in the 60s, the L6s came out in the 70s. So the L6s looks like a Jupiter
the Rev el
25.5" scale length? If yes, thats why they sound so Fender-y
25" , in-between gibson and fender
And the push/pull, there is no demo on that?!
The Harmony specs don't say it has one? Just HH + 3 way.
@@PaulCooksStuff Thanks! It is on the "Custom Gold Foil Pickups" description "Hand wound and custom-voiced, Harmony's custom gold foil humbuckers deliver a unique, rich sound. Explore a a massive sonic palette from full and warm cleans to crisp aggression. Tap into more tonal variety using the push/pull to set the pickups out of phase". When I saw this came straight to the video and stopped reading. If you go down to the Specs is as you say.
@@duartelucas8129 Ooo, yes, you're right. Interesting that snippet isnt on the Harmony website - I'd imagine most info starts out copy/paste from manufacturers blurb. It wouldn't be the first time a UA-cam demo forgot to pull the knobs just in case.
I have trouble letting go of the past of Harmony. They were always cheap budget instruments that were sold in catalogs. Then after the internet came to be and department store catalogs went by the wayside they started selling them in Walmart for a while before Walmart switched to the even more budget garbage First Act brand. I remember every year oogling the Harmony guitars in the Sears and Robucks catalog when I was a kid and asking for them for christmas. I ended up with a '79 Cort Flying V instead.
Sounds a bit like a Filtertron pickup.
In reality it doesn't sound ANYTHING like filtertrons, I own a rebel. Must be amp settings.
@@keesketsers5866 Yeah to me they sound more PAF with a hint of sweet Gretschy top end.
Jammin', Men....Yeah, baby!!
I've NEVER seen anyone gig with a Harmony guitar. Pedals can make a fisher price guitar sound chunky.
you've just been going to the wrong gigs then
@@richmills1 Funny; been gigging 30 years, never seen them on stage either.
Robby Krieger, St Vincent, Beck, Dan Auerbach, Flaming Lips, Chris Isaak.. You need to get out more
@@JohnKelly2 Interestingly, no artists are featured on their website and have no endorsements. Shocking really in todays age. Go figure.
@@DrunkenRhinoceros shocking in today's age that you expect a resurrected brand that's 3 years old to have a roster of household named artists and you don't feel confident using your own ears and hands to decide whether it's a good guitar, you need the buyers affirmation that they bribed a musician with a paid endorsement to tell you whether to like it.
Why is Pete so snidey?
No lefties..... of course
More reggae please
Stumble at the end of a jam?? Give the bass player a dirty look!
I'm a double cut person so..........
Yamaha ness
Yup, Revstar ripoff bodyshape with uglier headstock and higher price.
@@keesketsers5866 Goh je sarcasme radar staat uit? Ik dacht dat die mijn laatste zin wel zou oppikken.
@@Jeroen_K : kwam niet erg sarcastisch over. Maargoed, ik haal hem weg :)
I have the Rss02 and the Jupiter. Both are nice and fun to play. The Jupiter has much higher quality wood and finish. The Yammie is more plasticky feeling though it has its appeal. I won’t get rid of either.
Only thing that $ucks here is that the bags that come with the guitars are mono, should've been stereo really, right!? But I guess that you can't have your cake and eat it too. Great sounding guitars, lads! Cheers
I bet Pete’s wife gets a sniff goodbye instead of a kiss.
I had a harmony acoustic as my first beginner guitar, that thing was so crappy. Im grateful for it just because I was able to learn on it but I'll never touch another Harmony again. I'm honestly shocked that Harmony is charging this much for one of their guitars now. I expected maybe 200 or 250 for one of these max.
Yeah, I think that everyone thought they'd follow the Danelectro business model and do modern versions of old shapes at a decent import price
They are actually good guitars now though.....
Pretty sure a different company owns the name now, hence why they are expensive now.
Oh is it finally under another company? Anyone know which?
@@tinystar3010 used to be owned by Sears, focussed on "student" guitars, ceased trading in 1975. Brand resurrected in 2018 to make USA guitars, ultimately owned by BandLab Technologies (of Singapore, parent of BandLab, Harmony, Heritage, Teisco, guitar.com, NME etc etc)
I've just checked out the price ... no thanks.
Making in the US costs $$
@@sirlost94 And yet they still managed to make them look like budget guitars.
@@midnightshroud527 lol. Fact!
@@midnightshroud527 : bullshit. Have you played one?
@@keesketsers5866Nope, and don't intend to. Far better guitars out there to spend that kind of money on.
I dig the vibe these are going for.,
But at the same time... “Hand wound” pickups.. lol. Snake oil marketing.
Not first
These look and sound great but I can buy a brand new Gibson for $1100 in the U.S.A.
Do they come with a mono gig bag though?
I own a Gibson lp (studio) and a Hamony Rebel an trust me the Harmony is WAY better.
@@keesketsers5866 are they super light guitars?
@@chuuweec.8080 yes, I haven’t weighed mine but it is a lot less than my Baja tele. A bit less than my Gibby studio 50s les Paul.
back in the day harmony was garbage, epiphone was garbage it was gibson fender gretch
Impressive a guitar so bad that you dont dare play it without distorition.
Funny that I’m viewing an English site to learn about an American guitar brand.....
first
Today's guess if Pete liked it based on facial expressions alone:
Meh, not really.
Well to expensive, knobs look like tooth paste lids
I have one and it is one of the best guitars I’ve ever had. Great quality and the sound, just wow. For me it is worth the money.
@@filipaerts8997 I got the champagne Jupiter. As you say, for a price hundreds less than an American Pro II Tele you get top quality materials and workmanship, unique (articulate) gold foil ‘buckers”, plus nitro…. The mahogany and ebony on the neck are so comfortable and smooth. Not overpriced in any sense.
Meh....
Hell yeah boring old fart Sears guitars. (Not really)
antiquated trash. where's the innovation, the old Harmony brand deserves better.