Osbama Tango – RARE! 1959 German GDR Vintage Archtop Jazz Guitar by Erich Neudel!

This is the incredible Archtop „Tango“ by german luthier Erich Neudel under the Osbama Brand. Originally owned by Heinz Bachman shortly before, the luthiershop was founded by his father, OSwald BAchMAnn in line of a long tradition of instrumentmakers from that special region of germany. Heinz started building incredibly detailed and high quality Archtops in the 1940s in hiss hip in Adorf. They where some oft he highest quality of their time. They where incredibly successfull and soon hired a few more very talented luthiers. Among the well known Erich Neudel, who also built this archtop.

These guitars made the lighting shaped f-holes famous and where the first to use this shape. It was quite a unique idea and later copied by Otwin and Hoyer.

The guitar is in really good condition for its age with only very little wear, as you can see in the pictures. The tuners turn smoothly and hold the string tension well. The guitar sounds really full and well and is perfect for the blues and jazz music of the 50s and 60s. The guitar plays very comfortably too because of the low action and the straight neck. The frets where polished, the fretboard got oiled and the strings are new too!

The guitar can be played immediatly.

If you have any questions left, or if you need more pictures, feel free to ask :-)

About shipping:

I ship worldwide with DHL and with the DHL-shipping insurance wich goes up to 500€. I am not going to lie to you or blandish a possible transport risk like some other people do. International shipping can be dangerous and packages are sometimes treated roughly. If you however choose to have an international shipment, I will do my absolute best to protect the guitar. I have collected a lot of experience in the past on how to ship a guitar securely. I will take photos of the packaging and the exact condition of the guitar right before I ship it. You should know, that after shipping the guitar and entering the shipping number, I am not responsible for anything anymore and myjob is done. But I will gladly back you up with the insurance case with said photos and exact details in the rare case anything goes wrong. The standart insurance I ship all guitars with is up to 500€. If you want a higher insurance, you can get that, just ask me first.