Musima Eterna De Luxe guitar - 1960s Communist Germany

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.

General introduction and background:

Very rare Musima Eterna De Luxe guitar. Made between 1963 and 1973 in Markneukirchen, Saxony (GDR = East Germany) during Communist times. This model was the top-of-the-line model of the Musima solidbody series and was mostly intended for export.    

Measurements, weight and other specs:

-     Scale: 635 mm

-     Nut: 44,5 mm

-     Pickups: three Simeto singlecoil pickups, bold sounding (like goldfoils or P90 a bit), controlled by three switches above them. The potis are either volume or tone pots and affect some of the pickups, whereas the switches on the lower side of the pickguard are fast track-switches for certain pickup combinations.

-     Weight: 3,86 kg

-     Body: solid wood, maybe beech

-     Neck: a girthy D-shape, 3 maple pieces (?) with ebony (?) fingerboard, ~12’’ flat radius, small vintage frets.

Condition:

-     Body: Good condition with some noteable dings and dongs;

-     Neck: straight neck; functional trussrod; Frets are in good condition (8/10).

-     Hardware: fully functional;

-     Originality: all original except for the trem arm.

 

Sound and Playability:

-     Playability and string action: the neck is a very girthy D-shaped neck, and has a wide nut – not for small hands. The radius is rather flat for a vintage guitar, which results in a very comfortable and even somehow shredding-friendly playing feeling.

-     Sound: Please check out the video for a sound reference. It is a bold and chimey vintage singlecoil sound.

 

Repairs, Service:

-     Extensive polishing and cleaning of all parts.

-     Fretboard cleaned, frets polished, fretboard oiled

-     New 10 gauge Pyramid flatwound strings put on

-     Ready to be played (just tune it up)

Auxiliary stuff:

-     No case included. It will be wrapped well, and put into a sturdy cardboard box with lots of filler material.

 

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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.

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