Stella by Harmony Parlor Guitar - Does anyone else here have one?

LesbianWithAGun

I've got my eyes on a 12 string Stella by Harmony and I'm in the market for a decent 12 string...
The only thing stopping me (and it's a big thing) is; I don't love the sound of them/their tone.
I just have to remind myself what they sound like to stop myself from getting it.
https://reverb.com/item/9260114-nirvana-1969-harmony-stella-h913-12-string-pro-setup-new-strings-vintage-usa-kay-silvertone

LesbianWithAGun

I must confess, I only wanted the make and model I ordered/am waiting for; because of people playing them on social media.

...

I even paid for it then post purchase, found out famous musicians worked with these...
It's kinda cool to know, but me, I like that tone.

So me not liking the 12 String Stella is why it's not my 12 String Buy.

jonnyburgo

LesbianWithAGun

Spoiler:

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Date/Time	Activity		Location
1/22/2018 - Monday
2:28 pm	Delivered		THORNTON HEATH GB
7:16 am	On FedEx vehicle for delivery		CRAYFORD GB
3:56 am	At local FedEx facility		CRAYFORD GB
1/21/2018 - Sunday
9:47 pm	Departed FedEx location		SOUTHERN SORT GB
1/20/2018 - Saturday
11:40 pm	International shipment release - Import		STANSTED GB
11:40 pm	In transit		STANSTED GB
	Package available for clearance
1/19/2018 - Friday
6:22 pm	At destination sort facility		STANSTED GB
5:00 am	Departed FedEx location		MEMPHIS, TN
4:54 am	In transit		MEMPHIS, TN
1/18/2018 - Thursday
4:30 pm	In transit		MEMPHIS, TN
10:00 am	Arrived at FedEx location		MEMPHIS, TN
8:40 am	Departed FedEx location		NEWARK, NJ
2:28 am	Departed FedEx location		NEWARK, NJ
12:42 am	Arrived at FedEx location		NEWARK, NJ
12:02 am	Left FedEx origin facility		NEW YORK, NY
1/17/2018 - Wednesday
4:43 pm	Picked up		NEW YORK, NY
1:34 pm	Shipment information sent to FedEx
	Sounds like this:

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AliGorie

wow what a sound everyone should have a guitar that sounds like this - lookin forward to hearing u'r chops on this 12er

Lewy

AliGorie said:

wow what a sound everyone should have a guitar that sounds like this - lookin forward to hearing u'r chops on this 12er

Just goes to show, in the right hands even a cheap guitar can sound.....

.......like a fire in a pet shop....

LesbianWithAGun

It's like cheap and nasty meets decent, an odd pairing but one I have.
Looks cool though.
 
But it's a parlor, therefore; it's very cool to noodle on. This Harmony is great at identifying notes with/noodle on and... I'm writing, but since it's cheap and nasty, I have like 1 riff... 
This guitar has been teaching me songs today by ear. It's just practising them but this guitar is good at doing that whatever genre.
Playing my everyday player, after a day of playing on Stella by Harmony, is meaner.
I mean, it's more aggressive but not beating up the guitar, it's still calm/cool/fun to play but the meaness is there and it's in the notes/the rhythm, after you've been on a Stella, by Harmony for close to 9 hours, 'give or take'  coming back to my everyday was meaner. - I like that.

Bought my self a parlor this week which was a surprise find, and it's a nice guitar, sounds like this...

but with this guitar, I wrote like 10 riffs and playing it/I'm writing on it, it's great..
Play on that all day, and you're like Buckethead upon your return to your everyday player...

Probably because it's mahogany *citation needed  vs plywood though. But Stella by Harmony guitar makes your guitar playing sound meaner?! - if that's possible, and I don't mean hitting the hell out of your everyday guitar and if your everyday player's a keeper/nice/heaven to play, it's all going to be good, so when I say meaner, I mean meaner in sound and in tone and in how you approach the guitar I guess, what it does for your guitar playing is very cool though.

Sassafras

LesbianWithAGun said:

It's like cheap and nasty meets decent, an odd pairing but one I have.
Looks cool though.
 
But it's a parlor, therefore; it's very cool to noodle on. This Harmony is great at identifying notes with/noodle on and... I'm writing, but since it's cheap and nasty, I have like 1 riff... 
This guitar has been teaching me songs today by ear. It's just practising them but this guitar is good at doing that whatever genre.
Playing my everyday player, after a day of playing on Stella by Harmony, is meaner.
I mean, it's more aggressive but not beating up the guitar, it's still calm/cool/fun to play but the meaness is there and it's in the notes/the rhythm, after you've been on a Stella, by Harmony for close to 9 hours, 'give or take'  coming back to my everyday was meaner. - I like that.

Bought my self a parlor this week which was a surprise find, and it's a nice guitar, sounds like this...

but with this guitar, I wrote like 10 riffs and playing it/I'm writing on it, it's great..
Play on that all day, and you're like Buckethead upon your return to your everyday player...

Probably because it's mahogany *citation needed  vs plywood though. But Stella by Harmony guitar makes your guitar playing sound meaner?! - if that's possible, and I don't mean hitting the hell out of your everyday guitar and if your everyday player's a keeper/nice/heaven to play, it's all going to be good, so when I say meaner, I mean meaner in sound and in tone and in how you approach the guitar I guess, what it does for your guitar playing is very cool though.

Needs a strap.
  

LesbianWithAGun

I bought a capo tonight for it... as far as I'm concerned its fixed any issues I had with its high action...

Also, like Slash sold me a Gibson Les Paul, a set of pickups and even an amp, this girl sold me a Stella by Harmony without a truss rod and she even sold me my first capo...

It was this video/sound which made me pick what model/type of Harmony parlor to get.

LesbianWithAGun