#Egmond acoustic guitar holland full size

With the worldwide competition of very cheap, well built guitars from the asian countries, Egmond guitars hit rough weather, and it all came to an end in 1976. Egmond guitars were built in Best (a suburb of Eindhoven), Holland, and many players who later became famous had them as starter guitars - George Harrisons.

#Egmond acoustic guitar holland full size

Most guitars were exported, and especially the Rosetti Lucky 7 was a hit, due to the fact it came in all kind of 'hip'colors. Egmond Guitar Egmond Folk Acoustic Guitar Rare Vintage C1950s Egmond Freres Royalist Full Size Guitar Made In Holland With Original Label Egmond Nevada(). Egmond built electric guitars, acoustic and semi-hollowbody guitars, and amps.Įgmond not only built guitars under their own name, but Egmond also produced other labels like Wilson, Miller, Manhattan, Lion, Caladonie, Lido, Frima, Rosetti, Orpheum, Royal, Royalist, Alpha, Vega and Roderich Paesold a long list. The popularity of the Egmond guitar exploded. It has general cosmetic wear from past use. Overall, it is in nice, functional condition. For a fraction of the price Egmond produced guitars, within the reach of young guitar players. Egmond Parlor Size Acoustic Guitar 1960s - Made In Holland - Super Nicely Preserved Condition 130 Used Good STRAD O’LIN Vintage Acoustic Guitar 41 25.25 Scale Korea Made SOLD AS IS 150 10.50 Off 139. For consideration is a vintage (1970s) Egmond acoustic guitar. The Stratocaster was the dream of every young guitar player but the price made the guitar unreachable. The popularity of the Egmond guitar started with the introduction of Leo Fender's Stratocaster. VINTAGE RODERICH PAESOLD 12 STRING ACOUSTIC GUITAR P230 HOLLAND EGMOND Condition: Used: An item that has been used previously. At some point, Egmond guitars was the largest guitar builder in Europe. If a working class kid in the 1960s had a guitar in England and Europe, it was probably an Egmond. Paul McCartney’s first bass was an Egmond guitar that he put piano strings on to make it a bass. Guitar building and selling expanded, and after 1960 more than 200 guitar builders were employed by the Egmond guitar factory, resulting in the build of more than 125.000 Egmond guitars a year. George Harrison’s first guitar was an Egmond. Beside of the Egmond guitar factory, the family also ran the Musica music store.

This workshop burned down two or three times, but despite of that, production and selling of the Egmond guitars went up, and in 1961 the Egmond guitar factory was established. In 1940, former railroad station-chief Uilke Egmond and his three sons Gerard, Dick and Jaap started to build guitars in a small workshop in Best, Holland.