60’s Egmond (Holland) Acoustic Archtop

Description

Nice playing budget archtopfrom ca. 70’s, made in Holland. Egmond was one of the premier builders of Dutch guitars, opening their factory in 1932, closing down in 1983. None of these were imported into the USA so the few you see probably came into the country via returning military members, or perhaps a vacationing uncle. Now in the age of easy international shipping, a few more are making their way to our shores. I don’t have a lot of info on this model, but it’s obviously a no-frills, plain archtop. It employs a unique “floating” neck attachment, with a dovetail neck joint, employing a spring-loaded screw to easily change the neck angle when needed. This is a fantastic innovation, used only by Egmond, which eliminates costly neck resets. The body and neck are both stamped “184” inside the neck joint which indicates quality not found on cheaper archtops built in recent years, i.e. the neck and body were custom fit during construction, rather than a body and neck pulled from bins during final assembly. A few interesting facts about this brand: Bran May used to play an Egmond; George Harrison’s first guitar was an Egmond, although it was branded Rosetti, which Egmond used for guitars destined for UK sales; Paul McCartney played an Egmond “Solid 7” 6-string, that he strung with piano strings to make it a bass.Egmond built many guitars under different brands including Alberti, Miller, Hi-Spot, Lido, Alpha, Rosetti, and many more. You can find more info on these interesting guitars at Egmond’s site here. This guitar is very playable and sounds great for that Delta blues sort of tone. It appears to be all original, with a proper vintage patina, and is overall in nice vintage condition except for a small piece missing from the tip of the pickguard. Cool vintage archtop for $250.

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