@@contrabandjoe7974 Hell yeah, I live in Australia and there's old fenders and Gibsons around with price tags that make my eyes water. But a year or two ago I found a beautiful condition (ohsc!) two p'up Stratotone Mars with the dearmond pickups that (I think) are the one's nicknamed Hersheys bar, that is they aren't flat chrome covers like the h-44 or Newport but have the ornamental raised centre, that I think looks like a PIECE of a hersheys bar...yeh, anyways; it was going for a price I could handle and it sounds unbelievable! Its the guitar sound on SO many of my favorite early R'n'R and especially Chess era Chicago electric blues albums. which led me to look a bit deeper and so I found Kay guitars and the early valco amps. So, I sold all my modern stuff and focus on the 'junk' stuff and I dont regret it!
@@melvynobrien6193 This *isn't* a Japanese Import made out of Plywood and with badly cut fret slots. It might not have an intonatable bridge, but the 1961 - 1968 Beginner Instruments that were Made in America are better than the chintzy category you're probably thinking of. I know the other type you might mean, though. Really though, I had a "Prestige" Import that I paid $3 for in a yard sale. The stupidly made pickguard was Metal, and it shorted out the circuit and made the volume and tone controls absolutely useless. That was entirely *stock,* so I don't know what they were trying to achieve with it. Comparably, my Silvertone 1448 built by Danelectro - though cheap - is a remarkably fun instrument. It only has one pickup, but there's nothing else quite like a 23.50" scale Danelectro which one of my favorite musicians (Dexter Romweber) also had a penchant for playing.
This one has a strange scale length: 24 1/4 inches. Sometimes, you can find odd scale length instruments. I read that Kay Vanguards have a length of 25 3/4. My Mosrites are 24.5".
A two pickup Harmony Bobcat was my first electric guitar in 1965. It was a great guitar with great sound. Often lament not having it anymore. Again, you are perhaps one of the most innovative guitarists on You Tube. Incredible talent.
My first electric in 1965. I believe my Dad paid about $40 for it new. He also bought me the now VERY rare, used, but mint '64 transition Fender Champ in black. That was $40 also. Sold the Champ in 1971 for $80 (now worth $900). In 1971, bought mint 1964 Gibson Titan III AND a 1964 Gibson Melody Maker for $125!!! Melody Makers had no value then, so traded it and the Bobcat in on a Casino. Sold the Gibson amp last year for $1,800.
YEAH Harmony Bobkat baby!! I have this exact guitar but with two pickups and IT RIPS!! I almost forgot how awesome it is until I watched this video 🔥🎸🔥
$65 for this, when a Fender Jaguar would set you back $350 in the 1960s. Then again they slapped these together quickly to get them out the door, but I think there was something to that since Fender starting selling student models like the Duo-Sonic.
Nice use of the thumb on #2 Mr. Lemmo! Initially debuted as the Silhouette Series in 1963; was renamed the Bob Kat series in 1968. Sounds great for a budget guitar.
Stumbling across you recently has drastically improved my life! In New Zealand and locked down etc and you take me away from that. Thank you. I live on a beautiful French steel yacht and I just sold my Gibson hummingbird custom 73. I recently gave away a guild 6 string I bought in USA a few years back and I'm left with a 91 lowden. Lovely guitar. I love your demos. Your guitsrs are awesome and Michael love your playing. Great originals and your style is diverse. You seem to know what tunes suit each guitar. Brilliant.
I had a black to red sunburst 2 pickup model. One of the many pieces of gear i have owned and sold when things got tight. One of the few i truly miss. Those are great slide guitars.
I've have had one of these in my basement for years not knowing just how awesome of a guitar it is. I think I may have to fix it up and start playing it. Thanks for the awesome video!!
Nice to see something a little unusual and it sounds great. Btw, Harmony Bobkats are also notable because Annie Clarke (aka St. Vincent) played a two-pickup '67 model for a while.
Your style of guitar playing is awesome! Your unique style keeps bringing me back for every new video you post! Would definitely go see you play live if you ever made it to either Charlotte, North Carolina or maybe Atlanta, Georgia!
That's strange. Just last night I was playing my H17 (same model as Annie Clark uses). Mike, look under the pickguard and you'll find a manufacture date stamped there. It's not the date the guitar was actually made but the date the DeArmonds were put in the pickguard prior to it being installed on the guitar. Fretboard's not rosewood. Also these guitars were known as the Silhouette model until 1968 when the name was changed to Bobkat.
One of the coolest guitars you guys have done in a while. It is guitars like these (and your playing of course) that keep people from outside California coming to the channel. The classics are rad, but you don't see great examples of the more interesting guitars very often.
I enjoyed the quick picking on that last song. Also, I kinda like that Bobkat’s unique sound. It’s different. Thanks for sharing! Thanks Jen and Lemmo (and Norm) for the show.
Awesome Lemo and Harmony does it's thing. They used to be the number 1 guitar manufacturer in America, they have some great guitars, I have a great playing and sounding Harmony Clapton Blackie and I like it more than many fender strats I've played. Great original music from Michael Lemo, I hope it was original but even if not, great guitar of the day.
I'm glad that Michael mentioned the similarities between this and the Jaguar / Jazzmaster. Looking at the thumbnail, it tempted me to say that I preferred it with the three-tone sunburst and the tortoise shell pickguard. If I paid better attention to the title, I would have realized it was not even about a Fender model.
Two of the best instrumentals I've ever heard in my life. I really really enjoyed your playing. Keep doing what you do. You re awesome and really vibe. I wish I could play like you. Really gotta check out Open G Tuning.
These things generally play good & sound great. Replace the floating bridge with a TOM type if you want better intonation adjustment. Or just mount a TOM on the existing bridge base if you don’t wanna drill post holes.
Man. Tuning in again from Norway. Just came from the studio. Having a glas of wine. Remembered i have not checked your progress as a host since july. You got something special in your playing. Cheers. You the man!!!
I think I owned one of these back in the 80s. I walked into a record store and it was hanging from the ceiling. I asked how much. He said $50. I sold it months later in a yard sale...I should've kept it! a really great gold foil pickup!
man that Lemmo is amazing , he could string spaghetti across a tree branch and make it sound good , I mean that guitar had a much stronger tone than I expected from a wal mart guitar , I do like those foil pick ups also , I have one on a silvertone and it sounds great also , very impressed by this Harmony , even more so by Lemmo's magic fingers. thanks guys.
I've been so distressed lately that I can't find any good new instrumental guitar music. This is great stuff. I wish I could buy it. First time here. Must explore more of this channel!
Very nice. He can make anything sound good. I had a Harmony as a kid and loved it. The previous owner had painted “Wild Ones” on the headstock in some sort of rock hard car paint, but the guitar played nice and sounded good. I wouldn’t mind having it back. Great playing in this video once again.
It sounds killer and Lemmo is a great guitar player. It's always good to see that affordable vintage guitars still rocks. Hope to see more Vids like this in a near future. Rock on Lemmo!
One of those was my first guitar when I was a kid in the early 70's. Had the exact same case and all! I wish I still had it but I don't even remember what happened to it LOL!
Beautiful playing, you have amazing talent, I destroyed a 59 melody maker to get a h15 I saw in the music store where I was talking lessons, I was 12,my plan didn't work.
I have one. It is the two pickup model. It has not been out of the case for years until today. Two of the Gold Foil Pickups and a toggle switch. Made in USA sticker in the same place.
I’ve got a harmony ive had since I was 5, nothing this old just a cheap catalogue strat copy. I’ve tossed some better touches like a complete Carvin pick guard and leveled it recently. Still shreds and I’m happy to have something off brand that still makes ppl ask what is that. Interesting to see harmony back too in a much more boutique style
Somebody must have a warehouse full of bobcats, because all of a sudden they're everywhere on UA-cam.. talking about how great they are even though they don't stay in tune
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Love it when GOTD does an off the radar guitar like this.. so many cool axes like this exist...
Lots of junk like this in pawnshops.
@@melvynobrien6193 Junk? you obviously don't know much about vintage harmony guitars.. They are excellent guitars
@@contrabandjoe7974 Hell yeah, I live in Australia and there's old fenders and Gibsons around with price tags that make my eyes water. But a year or two ago I found a beautiful condition (ohsc!) two p'up Stratotone Mars with the dearmond pickups that (I think) are the one's nicknamed Hersheys bar, that is they aren't flat chrome covers like the h-44 or Newport but have the ornamental raised centre, that I think looks like a PIECE of a hersheys bar...yeh, anyways; it was going for a price I could handle and it sounds unbelievable! Its the guitar sound on SO many of my favorite early R'n'R and especially Chess era Chicago electric blues albums. which led me to look a bit deeper and so I found Kay guitars and the early valco amps. So, I sold all my modern stuff and focus on the 'junk' stuff and I dont regret it!
@@melvynobrien6193 This *isn't* a Japanese Import made out of Plywood and with badly cut fret slots. It might not have an intonatable bridge, but the 1961 - 1968 Beginner Instruments that were Made in America are better than the chintzy category you're probably thinking of. I know the other type you might mean, though.
Really though, I had a "Prestige" Import that I paid $3 for in a yard sale. The stupidly made pickguard was Metal, and it shorted out the circuit and made the volume and tone controls absolutely useless. That was entirely *stock,* so I don't know what they were trying to achieve with it.
Comparably, my Silvertone 1448 built by Danelectro - though cheap - is a remarkably fun instrument. It only has one pickup, but there's nothing else quite like a 23.50" scale Danelectro which one of my favorite musicians (Dexter Romweber) also had a penchant for playing.
nice to see something different ( not Gibson or Fender )
Ikr, especially nice to see a harmony on here, they r great guitars
Agreed.
Yep! And a price......
This one has a strange scale length: 24 1/4 inches. Sometimes, you can find odd scale length instruments. I read that Kay Vanguards have a length of 25 3/4. My Mosrites are 24.5".
FINALLY, a vintage budget guitar!
That second tune is my favorite song you’ve ever written, Mike.
So damn good.
Reminded of a math rock type wild west type vibe for sum reason😂😂
It’s open G but the B string is something else I’m still trying to find
Gilber Gilmore DGDGGD
The double Gs have a bit of a microtonal rub that sounds really intense.
Atomic Peacenik
Thank you
It took me a few hours yesterday but I figured it out as well .
I really appreciate the replay
WHat is the name of that 2nd song? I checked out his spotify page and couldnt find it?
Every guitar you play sounds great because you're playing it. Proves it's in the hands. The Harmony is a good deal too.
Not lying - these are the kinds of GOTD vids I love the most.
A two pickup Harmony Bobcat was my first electric guitar in 1965. It was a great guitar with great sound. Often lament not having it anymore. Again, you are perhaps one of the most innovative guitarists on You Tube. Incredible talent.
Sounds absolutely fucking amazing on that first track. Playing is world class. Lemmo is the most exciting player out there atm.
i love it. More like this please. Mosrites and Teiscos and such.
Burns, Baldwins & Watkins as well!
A direct link to the guitars of the day on reverb would be great guys.
Literally obsessed with these videos and have become a huge Lemmo fan. Dude is just an amazing musician. Need more LEMMO!!!!!!!!!!
Best demonstration ever of;
It’s not the guitar, it’s how you play it!
Yet more proof that it's not the guitar it's the player.
My first electric in 1965. I believe my Dad paid about $40 for it new. He also bought me the now VERY rare, used, but mint '64 transition Fender Champ in black. That was $40 also. Sold the Champ in 1971 for $80 (now worth $900). In 1971, bought mint 1964 Gibson Titan III AND a 1964 Gibson Melody Maker for $125!!! Melody Makers had no value then, so traded it and the Bobcat in on a Casino. Sold the Gibson amp last year for $1,800.
I came here for the Bobkat and was blown away by Lemmo's playing.
YEAH Harmony Bobkat baby!! I have this exact guitar but with two pickups and IT RIPS!! I almost forgot how awesome it is until I watched this video 🔥🎸🔥
$65 for this, when a Fender Jaguar would set you back $350 in the 1960s. Then again they slapped these together quickly to get them out the door, but I think there was something to that since Fender starting selling student models like the Duo-Sonic.
GOTD is way more interesting now that ML is in charge
His personality is great for GOTD!
Nice use of the thumb on #2 Mr. Lemmo! Initially debuted as the Silhouette Series in 1963; was renamed the Bob Kat series in 1968. Sounds great for a budget guitar.
Stumbling across you recently has drastically improved my life! In New Zealand and locked down etc and you take me away from that. Thank you. I live on a beautiful French steel yacht and I just sold my Gibson hummingbird custom 73. I recently gave away a guild 6 string I bought in USA a few years back and I'm left with a 91 lowden. Lovely guitar. I love your demos. Your guitsrs are awesome and Michael love your playing. Great originals and your style is diverse. You seem to know what tunes suit each guitar. Brilliant.
love it when you do cool old guitars like this one ,something i can actually afford
Phenomenal performance! Love your playing!! Great guitar too!!
I had a black to red sunburst 2 pickup model. One of the many pieces of gear i have owned and sold when things got tight. One of the few i truly miss. Those are great slide guitars.
Dude, Mike is a God on guitar.
I did appreciate Mark's encyclopaedic knowledge of guitar specs... but Lemmo's playing is next level.
I've have had one of these in my basement for years not knowing just how awesome of a guitar it is. I think I may have to fix it up and start playing it. Thanks for the awesome video!!
Nice to see something a little unusual and it sounds great. Btw, Harmony Bobkats are also notable because Annie Clarke (aka St. Vincent) played a two-pickup '67 model for a while.
I have this guitar. Bought it when I was 14.
Your style of guitar playing is awesome! Your unique style keeps bringing me back for every new video you post! Would definitely go see you play live if you ever made it to either Charlotte, North Carolina or maybe Atlanta, Georgia!
That's strange. Just last night I was playing my H17 (same model as Annie Clark uses). Mike, look under the pickguard and you'll find a manufacture date stamped there. It's not the date the guitar was actually made but the date the DeArmonds were put in the pickguard prior to it being installed on the guitar. Fretboard's not rosewood. Also these guitars were known as the Silhouette model until 1968 when the name was changed to Bobkat.
Ebonized maple fingerboard according to Blue Book.
@@bobsimmons3466 Thanks. I thought it was maple but wasn't sure if I was remembering correctly.
The Silhouette's were separate models which were full scale. The Bobkat's were 3/4 scale.
@@drummer083 They were called Silhouettes until 1968. Then Harmony changed the name to Bobkat.
Always great to see guitars on here that aren’t another 50’s strat or 60’s Les Paul
One of the coolest guitars you guys have done in a while. It is guitars like these (and your playing of course) that keep people from outside California coming to the channel. The classics are rad, but you don't see great examples of the more interesting guitars very often.
I enjoyed the quick picking on that last song. Also, I kinda like that Bobkat’s unique sound. It’s different. Thanks for sharing! Thanks Jen and Lemmo (and Norm) for the show.
Awesome Lemo and Harmony does it's thing. They used to be the number 1 guitar manufacturer in America, they have some great guitars, I have a great playing and sounding Harmony Clapton Blackie and I like it more than many fender strats I've played. Great original music from Michael Lemo, I hope it was original but even if not, great guitar of the day.
My mom had the same one! I loved playing it.
Mike can make anything sound great. I just love watching him play !
Fantastic original and inventive playing.
The tune at 7:27 onwards is a masterpiece, man. Operating name?
I'm glad that Michael mentioned the similarities between this and the Jaguar / Jazzmaster. Looking at the thumbnail, it tempted me to say that I preferred it with the three-tone sunburst and the tortoise shell pickguard. If I paid better attention to the title, I would have realized it was not even about a Fender model.
fine, I'll admit it... i'm a LEMMOHEAD
Two of the best instrumentals I've ever heard in my life. I really really enjoyed your playing. Keep doing what you do. You re awesome and really vibe. I wish I could play like you. Really gotta check out Open G Tuning.
These things generally play good & sound great. Replace the floating bridge with a TOM type if you want better intonation adjustment. Or just mount a TOM on the existing bridge base if you don’t wanna drill post holes.
One of his best playing!
Man. Tuning in again from Norway. Just came from the studio. Having a glas of wine. Remembered i have not checked your progress as a host since july. You got something special in your playing. Cheers. You the man!!!
Had an identical one that sported the Old Kraftsman brand-logo. Of course i never made it sound that good!
I think I owned one of these back in the 80s. I walked into a record store and it was hanging from the ceiling. I asked how much. He said $50. I sold it months later in a yard sale...I should've kept it! a really great gold foil pickup!
Harmony makes it chart debut!
Fender: 55
Gibson: 40
Martin: 15
Gretsch: 3
Rickenbacker: 2
Epiphone: 2
Hofner: 1
Stromberg: 1
Taylor: 1
Vox: 1
Don Musser: 1
Ovation: 1
Paul Reed Smith: 1
National: 1
Zemaitis: 1
Mosrite: 1
Silvertone: 1
Harmony: 1
GOTD Cancelled: 1
man that Lemmo is amazing , he could string spaghetti across a tree branch and make it sound good , I mean that guitar had a much stronger tone than I expected from a wal mart guitar , I do like those foil pick ups also , I have one on a silvertone and it sounds great also , very impressed by this Harmony , even more so by Lemmo's magic fingers. thanks guys.
I've been so distressed lately that I can't find any good new instrumental guitar music. This is great stuff. I wish I could buy it. First time here. Must explore more of this channel!
I am now convinced that you can make any guitar sound not just good but great. Cool guitar, but even cooler playing.
I have the dual pup version hidden away somewhere. Great playing sounds awesome.. time to pull it out. 👍
Lovely old guitar, and great playing too. Thank you.
Very nice. He can make anything sound good. I had a Harmony as a kid and loved it. The previous owner had painted “Wild Ones” on the headstock in some sort of rock hard car paint, but the guitar played nice and sounded good. I wouldn’t mind having it back. Great playing in this video once again.
Wow I'm home from hospital after my second stroke, thought I was gonna die there...now I have two weeks worth of GOTD to watch!! Yeeeaaahh!
Get well 🤘
Mark Johnson thank you!!
fantastic playing
That guitar gives me St. Vincent vibes for some reason
She used a bobkat for a while in the beginning, theres a handful of footage of her playing one on UA-cam
I really hope you’re writing songs : the tunes you’re playing in this demo are both beautiful... I’d buy your records for sure !
Fantastic playing!
way to keep it fresh! Love for the Lemmo!
And jen it wouldn't be the same without you too x. Keep shining you two x
this is incredible, the guitar and the playing. Lemmo is the best hands down!
It sounds killer and Lemmo is a great guitar player. It's always good to see that affordable vintage guitars still rocks. Hope to see more Vids like this in a near future. Rock on Lemmo!
One of those was my first guitar when I was a kid in the early 70's. Had the exact same case and all! I wish I still had it but I don't even remember what happened to it LOL!
A dual pickup was my first guitar in 1966 - playing R&B in Pittsburgh, PA
Really love your second jam with dirt!
Fabulous episode.. Lovely sound amazing play as usual and just love the interaction within the 'family'
That guitar work was incredible
That thing is surfy cool, almost jangley. Only 5 Bills for a piece of history. I dig it the most.
Really like Mike's playing.
Cool guitar /T shirt /playing.
When I first saw it I thought “ok, ok”
but after you started playing it it doesn’t sound bad....or is it that you make any guitar sound great!
Lemmos hands make any guitar sound good!!!!!!
Keith Richards played a Harmony Meteor in the very early days of the Stones
These are great! Ive played one that still has the original factory strings from 1964.
Nothing like a Wacky Wednesday! Love seeing those older brands getting a shout out! However! Gotta do a Maton!
As a newly minted Aussie: I agree! Lets see if any of those beautiful archtop Matons made it to Noo York?
Great playing Michael you made sound great!
The second song is incredibly beautiful, great playing ❤️ Have you recorded/released it somewhere?
Beautiful playing, you have amazing talent, I destroyed a 59 melody maker to get a h15 I saw in the music store where I was talking lessons, I was 12,my plan didn't work.
I have one. It is the two pickup model. It has not been out of the case for years until today. Two of the Gold Foil Pickups and a toggle switch. Made in USA sticker in the same place.
These guitars were used in a lot of great garage rock bands in the mid to late 60s. I know because I was there.
Finally one of these was featured! Had one of these for my first electric wish I kept it
Absolutely beautiful guitar and great playing 😊
Never seen one of these before- awesome sound
Great Playing!
Thurston Moore played one on the first sonic youth album
Top class riffs!
I gotta go see this guy live.
That's a great sounding Guitar! 60 Bucks! I Love My Silvertones Too!!
beautiful playing (:
The switch is for a preset tone. The down position is treble all the way up and up position is how the tone know was last set
What’s that first song?
I’ve got a harmony ive had since I was 5, nothing this old just a cheap catalogue strat copy. I’ve tossed some better touches like a complete Carvin pick guard and leveled it recently. Still shreds and I’m happy to have something off brand that still makes ppl ask what is that. Interesting to see harmony back too in a much more boutique style
I would by an album full of Lemmo tunes...or at least listen to it on Spotify.
Somebody must have a warehouse full of bobcats, because all of a sudden they're everywhere on UA-cam.. talking about how great they are even though they don't stay in tune
Cool guitar! Those riffs are fire af!
Lemmo, you made it do what it can. Cool
Appreciate seeing something different. Probably not a very good guitar honestly, but as usual Lemmo makes it sound amazing. Keep up the good work!
When I was a kid ... These hung in every pawn shop in town ... $40 and no takers .....
Why, when a '56 LP Jr. was $90
No takers because they're crap.
@@melvynobrien6193 they're crap if not set up properly just like any guitar
Great playing ....
Nice playin Mike. Always enjoy it.
Would like to hear some Rory Gallager on a beat up Strat sometime.
- Mike
He is an incredible guitar player
Love those gold foil pickups
I will gladly take two at $495 sir and I will gladly pay you on Tuesday