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here's one from leftfield:
Got a mid 60s EKO 700 for next to nothing during the weekend.
Mine is identical to this one (though not in as nice a condition):
check out the back:
shades of Valley Arts?:
check out the catalog:
These babies were top of the line in their day, and feature alnico 5 mini humbuckers, crazy switching (EKO was an accordian maker, and it's guitar designs reflected that), sparkle plastic, pearl and mother of toilet seat aesthetics and a 5 ply 'proxylin' pickguard.
My one plays very well considering it's age. The neck is a medium thickness D with medium frets. The radius is low and the frets medium, with a nice action and a tiny bit of buzz on the low 'e's lower positions. the body is lightweight, balances well, and is almost certainly at least semihollow by the sound of it. plugged in, the electronics are a bit dodgy and intermittent, as one would expect of 40 years of neglect, but when they do work, provide a bunch of different sounds from quite normal to quite bizarre.
I'm hoping to make this puppy giggable. Ain't nothing like blue sparkle under lights...
Got a mid 60s EKO 700 for next to nothing during the weekend.
Mine is identical to this one (though not in as nice a condition):
check out the back:
shades of Valley Arts?:
check out the catalog:
These babies were top of the line in their day, and feature alnico 5 mini humbuckers, crazy switching (EKO was an accordian maker, and it's guitar designs reflected that), sparkle plastic, pearl and mother of toilet seat aesthetics and a 5 ply 'proxylin' pickguard.
My one plays very well considering it's age. The neck is a medium thickness D with medium frets. The radius is low and the frets medium, with a nice action and a tiny bit of buzz on the low 'e's lower positions. the body is lightweight, balances well, and is almost certainly at least semihollow by the sound of it. plugged in, the electronics are a bit dodgy and intermittent, as one would expect of 40 years of neglect, but when they do work, provide a bunch of different sounds from quite normal to quite bizarre.
I'm hoping to make this puppy giggable. Ain't nothing like blue sparkle under lights...
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