The 1968 Harmony catalogue showed a redesigned Rocket range with new double cutaway body style. H53, H54 and H59 Rocket guitars from the 1963 Harmony catalogue Controls consisted of individual volume and tone for each pickup, and a pickup selector switch for the two and three-pickup versions. Guitars were fitted with an adjustable truss rod circa 1964 (first mentioned in the 1965 Harmony Catalogue). Indox Golden-Tone pickups were designed in conjunction with De Armond, and produced in Toledo, Ohio. The 1959-67 Harmony Rocket was available in several variants, with different pickups and controls, but all based on the same body: completely hollow, single cutaway, with a bolt-on maple neck. These were entry to intermediate level guitars, and sold well in the early and middle 1960s. Like all other 60s and 70s Harmony guitars, Rockets were built in Chicago, USA. The earliest Rockets were produced in 1959, with a sunburst finish, but later (1963) changing to the Cherry red burst more commonly seen. The Harmony Rocket, like so many American guitars, was produced at a time of amazing space exploration it is no wonder that this, and numerous other models, were given suitably interstellar model designations.
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