Bought a Jubilee for Christmas...can anyone tell about it?

Ryan Lunenfeld · Post by **Ryan Lunenfeld** » 25 Dec 2022 2:10 pm

I bought this off of reverb today in a Christmas stupor:

https://reverb.com/item/47623837-harmon ... 1936-brown

Can anyone tell me more about the instrument? The price was too good to say no. The pickup internals look different than others i've seen on the site.

Anyone have any opinion on the way these sound? Truth be told, I probably did not need to buy another lap steel...but...things happen.

Noah Miller · Post by **Noah Miller** » 25 Dec 2022 2:50 pm

To start - it wasn't sold as a Harmony, and it was't called the Jubilee. It was built by Harmony but only sold as a Supertone through Sears. It appeared in their 1936 Golden Jubilee catalog celebrating the company's 75th anniversary, but was only referenced as model 2290.

Along with the matching electric Spanish guitar, this was Harmony's first electric instrument and was replaced within a year or two by a wood-bodied model.

Post by **Brad Bechtel** » 25 Dec 2022 2:53 pm

According to this website, that particular model was only made for one year, 1936. I've seen a few of them but never got to play one.

John Dahms · Post by **John Dahms** » 25 Dec 2022 3:51 pm

I have one. The sound is strong and the pickup is a real early design. It also has a form fit hard case. Pretty deluxe for a Sears item.

Glenn Wilde · Post by **Glenn Wilde** » 25 Dec 2022 4:53 pm

Christmas Jubilee..... party on with that beauty, I want one of those someday, congrats. Oh yeah, the tuners are not stock but if they work well you're ahead.

Allan Revich · Post by **Allan Revich** » 25 Dec 2022 8:42 pm

I have one of these. A super-cool instrument. Has a very distinct sound because the pickup is microphonic. Not sure if it was meant to be or not. I only use it for experimental stuff because I can get neat percussion sounds off the aluminum body.