The history of Egmond Guitars

[Siert]

See my 2 hours documentary to find out everything on the Dutch guitar factory "Egmond" from the city of Best in The Netherlands. For a couple of years they even made Martin "Vega" guitars. In part 8 you'll find an interview with Chris Martin on this subject: www.siertvandenberg.nl

[beatcomber]

George Harrison's first guitar was an Egmond...

[StellaBlue72]

That link in the first post doesn’t work for me. Can anyone please tell me a bit about this factory and their acoustic guitars. What years were they open? Are they still open? Were they quality guitars? Solid woods or tops? My wife just found one on the side of the road to bring home for me. I’m looking forward to getting my hands on it and hearing how it sounds.

The label looks so promising. It says “The signature on this label guarantees that this instrument is a genuine Egmond guitar, which passed minute final inspection for lasting satisfaction.” However, the signature does not look like it is hand written.

[ras1500]

I still have an entry level Egmond that my parents purchased for me back in the mid-1960's. By any standard it is a POS. It is small bodied and has a spring loaded adjustable neck. The original strings were like barbed wire and the action was about a quarter inch at the twelfth fret. Today, the ski jump at the body joint precludes playing above the seventh fret without buzzing. I was thinking of using this guitar for repair practice and may try to flatten the neck and also make a bolted joint to firmly attach it to the body.

[000Guy]

The book Beatles Gear referred to Harrison's Egmond as "a primitive beginner instrument" and quoted George as saying, "... just a little cheap acoustic guitar. I noticed where the neck fitted on the box it had a big bolt through it and I thought, that's interesting. I unscrewed it and the whole neck fell off. I couldn't get it back together so I hid it in the cupboard for a while. Later my brother fixed it."

[StellaBlue72]

Thank you for the updates, everyone. I have it now and can confirm it is a cheap guitar. Bummer, thought it was a cool find. Oh well. Still, I always love a guitar!

[zombywoof]

If there is anybody out there who you would think might provide a detailed backstory on these guitars it would be Michael Wright. He is a wizard when it comes to brands such as Alamo and even went toe to toe with Kay which given their long history since the Stromberg Carlson moniker graced their headstocks and the number of models produced over the decades is no small feat.