Eko Ranger Guitar Serial Numbers

Apr 29, 2018 - But there were cheaper alternatives, like the Eko 995. Eko guitars and basses were crafted. The serial number is. Vintage Guitar is a registered.

So I've been wondering about these EKO guitars. I know they are really cheap, but they are also vintage? This is what I find interesting. Genesis played EKO 12 strings in the early 70s. So did Jimmy Page and a lot of other bands and artists. My question is why?

They sound very unique I must say. I've tried an EKO 12 string and it was beautiful to play on, and the sound was very nice.

I didn't know they were so cheap and I was kinda shocked when I found out as well. How do you feel about these guitars? The sound and the playability on these vintage ones? Any experience with EKO 6 strings as well? Obviously they exist and are out there, but since there are very few Eko instruments in North America to begin with (I don't think they were ever marketed in the US - if so, only very briefly,) One of my early musical partners had one, bought in the mid-60s, probably in Boston, so they were marketed here. I rarely played it, but remember it as being very playable, and considering the low price alternatives in the 60s, not a bad axe for a beginner or impoverished musician.

I must admit that for probably not much more, you probably could have gotten a Harmony Sovereign or even a Gibson LG-1, a lot more bang for the buck. Genesis played EKO 12 strings in the early 70s. So did Jimmy Page and a lot of other bands and artists. My question is why? Well, they were *available*. And, I must add, cheap (at least, we could afford them).

Consequently, my partner had a Ranger, and myself, I had a. FRAMUS, yes sir, no less (12 strings, the two of them, of course.

Why only 6 strings on a guitar when you could have 12 strings? At least two times better, right?) Those things were. Well, they resembled guitars.

They had 12 strings when we were able to afford replacing the broken ones, if not, there always were enough left to make suitable noise. I remember digging a hole in the sand on a beach one night with the Ranger.

(forgot the reason for the hole, tho.). I've never played an Eko guitar I would want to own. Your experience finding a nice-sounding one is an experience I haven't yet had. Obviously they exist and are out there, but since there are very few Eko instruments in North America to begin with (I don't think they were ever marketed in the US - if so, only very briefly,) I've yet to run into any that did much for me. Whm The Italian Eko guitars were imported and distributed in the USA by the Lo Duca brothers in Milwaukee and were fairly common around here.

Free serial numbers. In this application, everything is in your hands and it makes it easy for you.

They also imported Italian wine and bottles. That part of the business is still going.

A guy that used to play in our choir had an Eko acoustic. It was horrible.

It had been dropped and the lower bout was smashed and had separated from the top. It was sort-of re-glued but never properly humidiied. There was still a several-inch long gap along the binding where the top wood was broken out and never replaced.

The Gibson-like pick guard was more loose than attached, with many of the points sticking out at least 1/8' and sections of it broken off. He apparently got it new as a gift from his wife before they were married, and felt that he had to play it no matter what.

It had fret buzz everywhere, and no volume or tone.. But he kept plugging away with it for years until so much of the the top had separated from the sides again that you could just about stick your hand inside. It was completely unplayable.

At that point he replaced it with a no-name import that sounded like a guitar. I think he was as relieved as we were.

A guy in the choir I'm in now has an Eko solid body electric. I've never heard it plugged in, but it has this hideous garish retro look that's so ugly that it's actually kind of cool. The Italian Eko guitars were imported and distributed in the USA by the Lo Duca brothers in Milwaukee and were fairly common around here. They also imported Italian wine and bottles.

That part of the business is still going. Along with what Brad had to say about Eko guitars in Boston, there were probably a few regional distributors. There must not have been one in the Kansas City area, though, because they sure weren't anywhere in that region that I ever saw.

Most of them that I've seen and played were brought back to the US either by GI's who'd served in Europe or military dependents who lived over there. My bass player and longtime musical partner Karl grew up in a series of American military bases, including in Italy, where he joined his first band as the bass player. He had an Eko electric bass as his first instrument.