Just found this site. Can't give you much on your guitar, but I have an EKO 6 string I bought in 1973. It's jet black, dreadnought shape and full with a very full sound, weghs a ton too!Never seen one since, anyone have any ideas on it? It looks very 'high end' in the EKO range. Has lots of design in gold pearl effect on head stock, pearl fret markers and double scratchplates.::: I recently have bought an EKO J 56-1 12 string Electric-Acoustic and wish to find out more about it.::: If anyone knows anything about it or EKO guitars in general I would::: greatly appreciate any information. Thanks.:: Dear Sir,:: For more information about EKO guitars visit:: Best regards, Geoff.
I aiso have an Eko that matches your description black double scratchplates,gold hardware white bindings and M.O.P. Fret markers.i paid £120 for it in 1973 and it still plays beautifully!!Eko was an Italian made guitar the more common acoustic was the Ranger which I believe was made in various guises and finishes.as far as I am aware it started with a Series 1 and went up to a Series 6.I also own a Ranger 6 which I bought at an autojumble at Newark recently.This one is blonde with a mahogony? Upside down bridge.The bridge 'bone' is fully adjustable enabling the action to be adjusted with great accuracy and thus makes the guitar very 'playable' I think they are one of the best medium priced guitars ever produced,much better than any Fender,of an equivalent price. : Just found this site. Can't give you much on your guitar, but I have an EKO 6 string I bought in 1973. It's jet black, dreadnought shape and full with a very full sound, weghs a ton too!Never seen one since, anyone have any ideas on it?
It looks very 'high end' in the EKO range. Has lots of design in gold pearl effect on head stock, pearl fret markers and double scratchplates.:::: I recently have bought an EKO J 56-1 12 string Electric-Acoustic and wish to find out more about it.:::: If anyone knows anything about it or EKO guitars in general I would:::: greatly appreciate any information. Thanks.::: Dear Sir,::: For more information about EKO guitars visit::: Best regards, Geoff. I bought an Eko J56 12 string acoustic made in 1965 or 66 for £8.It was covered in greasy soot and dust,broken strings etc.
But with a clean and new strings it came up an instant player with the best action Ive ever played and I do have a Gibson L1. These Eko's are becoming a cult instrument in the UK and if anyone's got one hang on to it!! The volume and tone is beyond belief and with a pick up you could really go to town. Yes they weigh a ton but is this bad?? They are ideal buskers and pretty much bomb proof so if you want to do a Woody Guthrie take you Eko, If I lost mine or it was damaged I'd not be pleased so I'm going to get another one as insurance. Keep playing the Delta blues you young fellers.I'm 73 and time is limited.
Pick up the torch,AND an EKO!
Bargain basement all laminated instrument. They were notoriously heavy and encased in such thick lacquer that although they felt OK to play, the sound was nothing to get excited about. I bought one new in the late 1960s and it served me well (though quietly!) until I could afford something better a few years later.
Don't raise your hopes about raising much cash. Sonic the hedgehog 4 episode 1 free download for pc full version. Why not give it away to a youngster starting out? I've come over all nostalgic now!
(I also hasd the 12 string version which had similar good/bad points - great playing neck; quiet and unrefined tone.) Keith. Wow that name brings back some memories, as there were quite a few around in the days when I was a youngster. They were generally considered unplayable, and I would not give this to a youngster, rather to someone who already developed a serious grip of death. I disagree that they were 'generally considered unplayable' at that time.
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They were no worse than many other low budget guitars (I think it cost me around £30 new in around 1969), and a lot better than some that were available in the late 1960s. In fact the neck on my Ranger was the best bit, and it played well with an easily attainable low action thanks to the screw-adjustable bridge saddle and the (shimmable) bolt on neck. It certainly did not need a serious grip of death, although a hefty right hand helped! Although still very much a low end instrument it was a huge step up in quality and playability from my first 'no name' guitar, and had a certain charm. At the folk club where I used to sing then, it was borrowed by Johnny Silvo who used it for most of his set and commented that it 'has the feel, but not the sound'! He asked if there was a Guild, Martin or Gibson in the house. Haha - as if!
Late 1960s working class Crewe couldn't stretch to anything like that. The 'best' guitar in the room was a Harmony Sovereign, which sounded good, but was so badly set up that he found that to be unplayable. Apols for the nostalgia fest! ' A guitar like an EKO, with such a limited number of guitars sold ' Huh? They built between 100/200,000!
I reckon most Brits and other Europeans started on these, and due to their being built like battleships, many are still around. Sorry, my post was a bit poorly worded. Yes Eko made a ton of them back in the day. It's the number of guitars bought and sold now however, that determines the VPG value.
Go to any vintage guitar show, check ebay or Reverb listings, Cl ads. An Eko is a relatively rare bird. Then look for listings for a Martin D-18.
It's that volume of current sales that creates more data, hence more accurate and stable pricing.
I’ve been running www.myrareguitars.com since about 1997. Before that I was doing it with pen and paper. Recently I discovered a file folder on my backup drive with TONS of photos containing just about every guitar I’d ever bought and sold over the years. Looking at these photos have stirred up some memories.
Here is another story with some photos (to the best of my deteriorating memory) from the Back Catalog of myRareGuitars. EKO Guitars started in Italy in 1959 by Oliviero Pigini. It soon became the largest guitar manufacturer in Europe producing a half million guitars a year.
Although primarily distributed throughout Europe, some models found their way to North America in the 1960’s via Milwaukee’s LoDuca brothers. Many of these “budget” guitars were purchased by our parents as student guitars and found their way into the back of a closet. Over the years, with the help of EBAY, many have surfaced and found their way into my collection. Here are some highlights to share. I just stumbled onto here in my search for an alternative to LaBella Silk & Steel medium guage 12 string strings, (sorry, Ill get to the point) Anyways, the first 12 string I ever bought (40ish years back) was an EKO from my mothers mail order book, and since that day i was hooked onto 12string guitars.
I still use the EKO to this day, as the wide neck suits my way of playing, I also like the adjustable bridge as well as the zero fret, something you rarely see these days. So much so that whenever I buy another 12 string Guitar, I now always fit a zero fret, as in my opinion, it improoves it intonation and action no end. For me, the EKO was all about use-abilaty and playabilaty at an affordable cost, which started me on a road of enjoyment for the many years since. So Many Many Thanks EKO, My life would have never been the same without you guys.
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“Which ones should we do?” For starters, skip the first two – the Strat knock-offs, though I love the tortoiseshell pickguards on all the models that have them. The 12-string is gorgeous, but looks like it would cost a small fortune to produce, meaning the price would be uncharacteristically (for Eastwood) high. I’m partial to black, but natural finishes are my second choice, so the 500 4V and the Club appeal to me, though I’ve seldom seen uglier electronics, and the 500 4V looks like it weighs about 20 lbs. Hara hara mahadeva telugu serial ringtones free download. (no, thank you). Love the pickguard on the club, too. My personal favorites in terms of the guitar’s shape are the 700 4V and the 500 1V, and the pickguard on the 500 1V merits some attention, too.
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Usually, I don’t care for “automotive” metallic finishes on guitars, but the 500 1V’s blue metalflake is spectacular. Assuming Eastwood’s usual updates for pickups and other hardware, these are the two 6-strings I like the best.