Egmond 105/Toledo S1 1957-60s - Tobacco sunburst vintage parlor guitar

Pretty looking old Egmond parlour guitar from the late 50s/early 60s

Apparently George Harrisons firsts guitar! Pictured in 1957 although he had the Rosetti branded variant.

This one has a wooden peg/plug at the base *not cheap plastic & has the oval gold label that looks almost metallic.

Curve headstock, original nut & tailpiece

Tuners are original & work well (steel stems are strait)

A few of the keys have stress marks but doesn't affect the feel or strength of them.

Frets are good albeit a little flat looking.

When I picked this up years ago it had a really cheap tuppance bridge but was playable, don't expect low action.

I've bought a wooden floating bridge & I'll string the guitar with a decent light jazz set and I'll add the 12th action measurements later.

I'm going go guess about 4mm at 12th but was playable up to the 9th with some 12th fret wincing and requiring more hand strength for bar chords but if you are not flying up the fretboard or use drop tunings & a capo like myself this is a really cool guitar for someone looking for something vintage and individual.

I added an arm rest & a basic bird pickguard and it has a hand made rope strap that I thought looked really charming & quirky like it has been on there since the late 60s. I like things like this.

Not seen so many of these and they are usually really poor looking, this has no cracks but scratches to the body and wear to be expected.

These have a bolt on neck, I'm not sure if it's adjustable neck angle wise but there is bolt inside running through the inner heel with a plastic cap over were the bolt end would otherwise be showing on the outer heel like a lot old entry level archtops of the same period.

These are pretty quirky & nice to see the gold label, they often go missing looking around.

The fretboard is actually a laminate sandwich, not seen that before but hey! that could mean easier to add a thin layer to raise the fretboard & lower the action and make these less likely to warp.

The laminate tank soundoard is as flat as a farmhouse kitchen table.

I'll put a levelling beam on the fretboard to assess but I recal the neck being pretty good given the fate of old guitars in great Britsh winters.

I don't know the year late 60s - early 60s? apparently the serial number doesnt help but might relate to the number made of that model which is interesting.

These are dated by the part, label, headstock, tuners, end plug maybe?

I wanted to keep this but have a new smaller folk guitar that plays really well and this has been sitting in a cupboard for 5-years and I'd love so someone to be making music on one of these old guitars.

I'm actually rather fond of this old gal.

U.S /CAN shipping is 3-5 working days via UPS Express and the guitar will be very well packed.

Please see my feedback for guitars sold you are in good hands.

I'll fix all my typos later, it's -3° and I'm cold.