Eko Manta guitar ~1973 Italian made vintage with killer pickups!

Welcome to another fine guitar from The Old Europe! Please make sure to read the entire description below carefully, and look at all the pictures. Wir sprechen auch Deutsch! ;-)

General introduction and background:

Eko Manta solidbody guitar, ca. 1973 made in Italy. This beauty excels with awesome pickups and has become quite rare. It is a nimble, light weight vintage guitar especially great for all things twang, garage and beat!

Please watch the video!

Measurements, weight and other specs:

-     Scale: 628 mm

-     Nut: ~42 mm

-     Weight: 2,96 kg

-     Pickups: two very twangy singlecoils, controlled with master volume and tone and a three way slider switch.

-     Body: solid alder (I think; solid it is in any case)

-     Neck: maple neck with some dark, very grained wood, small and low vintage frets.

Condition:

-     Body: lots of scratches, dings and dongs and lacquer damages - definitely loved & rocked. The pickguard has also some crack marks around the neck.

-     Neck: straight neck, frets show a little wear (7/10), which is barely noticeable. It is a slim neck.

-     Electronics: fully functional.

-     Hardware: fully functional. The tip of the trem arm has some damage.

-     Originality: all original. 

Sound and Playability:

-     Playability and string action: The guitar plays fairly easy with a string action of currently set to 1,8 mm - the bridge is not maxed out - if you are used to vintage low frets and a rounded fretboard.

 - Intonation: the bridge cannot be moved to fine tune the guitar, but intonation is about right.

-     Sound: very twangy, airy single coil sounds from the pickups. Please watch the video

Repairs, Service:

-     Complete cleaning of body, parts and fretboard

-     Frets polished and fretboard oiled

-    Full check of the electronics, the wiring is all ok.

-     New 10 gauge Pyramid strings put on

-     Set up as good as possible

-     Ready to be played (just tune it up)

Auxiliary stuff:

-     No case included. Will be shipped in wrap and sturdy cardboard box.

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PACKAGING: All guitars are shipped out in a sturdy cardboard box with lots of filler material. Please note that for the protection of the environment, I am reusing used packaging material whenever I can.

SHIPPING: Please check the shipping quotes in this offer. I ship with insurance, worldwide. Usually I am able to ship the item on the same day or next day of received payment. Please allow 1-2 days from pick up for delivery in Germany, and 1-2 weeks within the EU. US, Canadian and over overseas buyers:  Shipping prices are of Fedex, which is expensive, but very reliable and delivers in ~3 days. Tracking is provided immediately when shipped out within the system. Please refrain from giving a review before you have received the guitar.

AFTER DELIVERY: After receiving the item, please inspect the package for obvious damages and make photos if there are any. After unpacking, check the item immediately for damages or other undocumented flaws. I accept a 14 days return and will pay for shipping if the item is in a different condition than described upon arrival. Please note that I will only take the item back entirely, but not grant any reduction of price and generally only accept returns if the item was unaltered after arrival.

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