Guitar Story
Guitar Story
In 2022, BandLab Technologies controlled the Harmony name. Its 3 lines on record were built at Harmony import line builder (disputed origin; China per blog), Westheimer reissue builder (unverified) and Kalamazoo 225 Parsons St (1917 Gibson building) (China and USA).[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
A Harmony guitar from 2022 belongs to whichever era was running on its product line that year. An era is a stretch when the company that controlled the name and the plant that built the line both stayed the same. If you know the line, the table below tells you which version of Harmony you have. The name dates from 1892[6], 130 years before.
| Line | Controlled by | Parent | Built at | Era | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony Standard Series (import) | BandLab Technologies | — | Harmony import line builder (disputed origin; China per blog) Chinano source | 2018–now | community[1, 2, 3, 4, 5] |
| Harmony USA (BandLab/Vista) | BandLab Technologies | — | Kalamazoo 225 Parsons St (1917 Gibson building) Kalamazoo, MI, USA[7] | 2018–now | community[1, 2, 3, 4, 6] |
| Harmony Westheimer reissues | BandLab Technologies | — | Westheimer reissue builder (unverified) Unknownno source | 2018–now | unverified[1, 2, 3, 4, 6] |
Nothing changed in 2022. Every era running that year carried on from an earlier year, so a Harmony from 2022 is the same version as one from 2021.
Harmony import line builder (disputed origin; China per blog), Kalamazoo 225 Parsons St (1917 Gibson building) and Westheimer reissue builder (unverified). See every brand each plant built for, and every plant in the same country:
Every numbered marker on this page points here: the document, its grade and the passages relied on. An era is computed, so it cites the facts it was derived from. A fact marked “no source” has no claim attached yet.
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