1930s Harmony Valencia Round-Hole Archtop

In today's market, '30s guitars generally come with exorbitant price tags, and because of their historical significance, they mostly deserve them. Nevertheless, there were many low-cost, workingman's guitars built in the '30s, too, and perhaps these more accurately embody the era. While the cheap guitars might not have impacted future of guitar building in the same way, they may still be inspiring guitars in their own right. When they play properly, many will be more just as capable of capturing the sound, feel, and mojo of yesteryear. Here's an interesting relic from the 1930s—a round-soundhole archtop guitar from Harmony! In the mid-'30s, Harmony produced a line of archtop guitars under the name "Valencia." Because of its concert-size body and round soundhole, this archtop looks most similar to the Harmony Valencia H1265, but that model was made out of Birch (or some other suitable hardwood), and this one appears to be Mahogany. It also has an interesting diamond inlay on the headst