Egmond Model “3V” 1965 Red Vinyl. Electric Guitar. Made in Holland. Used by most of the 60's Brits

EGMOND

Model “3V”

1965

RED VINYL

“Vinylized”

From my “VINYL” collection of Vintage guitars.

A 1965 EGMOND 3V electric guitar.

“The Egmond Model 3 was built in Holland by Dick Egmond and company around 1965. Sir Paul’s very first electric guitar was an Egmond Solid Seven which was neither a solid body nor a seven string instrument. (It makes me wonder.) It was manufactured by Egmond, but had the Rosetti name on the headstock. Rosetti was the name of a musical instrument distributor. Egmond guitars were more popular in Europe than in America as in the early sixties few American made instruments were available to that market. More importantly, Egmonds were not very expensive and were within the grasp of many aspiring guitarists. In this country they were not a very expensive either, although they were of decent quality and had some interesting features.  This Model 3 clearly took its inspiration from Fender’s Jazzmaster and Jaguar. The body of the guitar is wood covered with plastic (Vinyl). It is lightweight and sports three fine sounding pickups. The neck is kind of chunky, the frets are small like many instruments of that period and the guitar plays well.  It has a great whammy bar that stays in tune rather nicely. All in all this is a well-made guitar that I would not hesitate to use in a band setting.” (online source).

And from the Egmond catalog:

“A new and exciting concept in solid body gutiars….Contoured body with deep cutaways….finished in DELUXE RIVERA VINYL….Extra slim ‘Varifort” neck with polished nickel silver frets, position dot inlays, ….Finest quality machine heads…beautiful PEARLOID pickguard and matching headstock…all metal parts are heavily nickel plated…’Vibratone” vibrato by EGMOND…Metal Bridge…Triple new ‘POWERTONE’ pickups with two way individual adjustment, controls for tone and volume, separate toggle switch for solo and rhythm, 7-way selector switch for a wide range of magical sound.”

Please look online for soundclips for this guitar.

It is an amazing sounding guitar and extremely playable with great balance.

COSMETIC CONDITION:  This guitar is in GOOD+ condition.  The vinyl is pulling away from the metal binding in two places as you can see on the photos-but it has been arrested by regluing.  The PEARLOID pickguard and headstock layer are showing yellowing from aging.  The metal binding is still secure and not tarnished.

NOTE ABOUT THE COLOR:  Please understand that the Egmond designation for this color is:  Vinyl Red.  And the body is covered with red vinyl.  Because the vinyl used here has a leather “bead” pattern, the color of red you see is variable according to lighting source (artificial or natural) and the angle of the light source. Sometimes in looks bright red, dull orange, dull red, cherry red, candy apple red, or other derivation of “red vinyl”.  Please take that into consideration when looking at these photos.  They were taken outside in the early afternoon yesterday. 

OPERATIONAL CONDITION:

All electronics work very well.  And all hardware works very well

Comes in gig bag.

This is a superb and ultra-cool guitar that is a plus to any performance.

Comes in gig bag.

This is one you will play a lot.  It is a real player.

And it has been vinylized.

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The guarantee.

1.           The guitar is in VERY GOOD cosmetic condition and is as described in this ad. 

2.          The guitar is in fully operational condition.

3.          Buyer has 48 hrs. to inspect the guitar or have it inspected.  Any defects, damage, misrepresentations or other problems must be reported within that time period in writing to the Seller.

4.          In the case of damage during shipment, Buyer shall immediately inform seller of such damage and will maintain all original packing materials and box for inspection by the transportation company.

5.          If other problems are discovered, Seller will either arrange for repair etc. at a location near the Buyer or request that the Buyer return the guitar to the Seller (Seller will reimburse Buyer for cost of shipment of guitar back to Seller).

6.          Seller will correct indicated problems and ship the guitar back to the Buyer within 7 days of receiving it.

7.          In the event that the guitar cannot be repaired or replaced with a similar item from Seller’s inventory, the Seller will give the Buyer the option of a Credit against current or future inventory of Seller or refund.

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