It has 19 Brass Frets including a Zero Fret, along with inlaid dots on it's Rosewood Fretboard, and it's Straight Neck. It stands 36 inches Tall, it is 12 1/2 inches Wide, and it is 3 1/4 inches Thick at the Bridge area. If a working class kid in the 1960s had a guitar in England and Europe, it was probably an Egmond.Here is a Real Nice Vintage Egmonton Flat Top Parlor Size Guitar with an Adjustable Neck, and in Ready to Play Condition. Paul McCartney’s first bass was an Egmond guitar that he put piano strings on to make it a bass. George Harrison’s first guitar was an Egmond. She’s 40’s, early 50’s.Īll Wilsons, Millers, Caledonies ( those real nice jazz guitars ) are 50’s.Īs for this one, it’s the name on the headstock (which is barely viewable these days) that gives it away.Įgmond was the biggest instrument maker in Europe in the 60s, making mid to low range guitars. The name is printed ( stamped ) IN the head. Is the name egmond “written”t here, she’s 60’s.Ī lot of guitars have a tin name on them. The information I’m relying on primarily are these statements: Egmond didn’t have the best system of cataloguing their guitars, so I dated this guitar primarily from these two websites: & This bass made in Holland in the early 60s.

It’s a cool vintage bass guitar for sure. The output volume is low compared to contemporary basses, so you have to turn the amp up more to achieve the same volumes. The bass is easy to play and has a great Beatles thunkiness to it. It’s a permanent part of the bass (and has been for decades). The sticker has been on the bass for so long that it is checked with the finish. There’s a sticker on the back that’s in English and even says “Made in the USA” in small type (talking about the sticker, not the bass). It’s a new nut made by a professional luthier in Rock Hill, SC. It also has dings and scratches from years of being played.

This bass is in great shape structurally, and it plays great – straight neck, low action.

Egmond acoustic guitar vintage