Egmond Guitars

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Comment by Michael S. Jackson on February 23, 2013 at 7:54pm

Thanks. I'll check out the site. There are a few banjo buliders today who use the 5th string "tunnel" method you described. To me, it seems like a lot of extra work.
John, Rod, George, and Ringo... hmmmmm... doesn't sound the same, does it?
You are a part of history. Thanks for posting!
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Comment by Rod Davis on February 23, 2013 at 6:11am

Hi Michael

The banjo is a fairly cheap model, the ebony on the fingerboard was wafer thin! It was actually a 5 string banjo but the 5th peg was mounted in the centre of the peg head and the 5th string went through a brass tube and emereged at the 5th fret! In those days I played it as a 4 string and used open G tuning. Alas, mit was not gold plating, the nickel plating on the sleeve guard was rather worn and the brass underneath was showing through.

I was a member of the Quarrymen and when I drifted out in July 1957 Paul McCartney took my place. I was not a rock 'n' roll fan but preferred the acoustic American country end of the Skiffle repertoire whereas the Quarrymen were becoming more rock 'n' roll orientated.  If you're interested we have our own website at www.quarrymen.co.uk

Rod

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comment by Michael S. Jackson on February 21, 2013 at 1:50pm

Absolutely cool! That banjo appears to be an archtop - right? Gold plating? What tuning did you use? Thanks for posting! You were a member of The Quarrymen?
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Comment by Rod Davis on February 21, 2013 at 1:13pm

Hi Guys

I started collecting Egmonds some years ago when I saw a JG (Jazz Guitar) 113 Cat's Eyes archtop for sale in a junk shop.  It was the same model that Eric Griffiths from John Lennon's Quarrymen was playing in 1956/7. It is now in the Beatles Story Museum in Liverpool although I still own it. I have been trying to locate a Toledo P1 with the vile brown and beige sunburst, so far without success. This was Eric's guitar before the Cat's Eyes. John also had a Toledo P1 but with a more reddish sunburst, I now own two of these, plus what looks like a S1Z but with a round scratchplate. When John upgraded to his Gallotone Champion, maybe Eric went one better and bought the cello.

I also have a Zenith like Paul McCartney's, with the Ivor Mairant's signature inside (also in the Beatles Story).

Hope you like the photo of the Egmond with the original Windsor Victor Supremus banjo which I played when I was a member of the Quarrymen in 56/57 (also in the Beatles Story).

Rod Davis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comment by Ted Hechtman on January 5, 2013 at 3:50pm

Lower mid frets. Sorry. 

Comment by Ted Hechtman on January 5, 2013 at 3:49pm

It's a back bow with buzzing at the higher mid frets.

Comment by Ted Hechtman on January 5, 2013 at 3:31pm

Thank you Hans. Will do.

Comment by Hans Gatu on January 5, 2013 at 3:22pm

While you let it set, you can increase the force from the strings by tuning it a bit higher. The increased force might get the neck back a little sooner, I think.

Comment by Ted Hechtman on January 5, 2013 at 3:04pm

However I am still getting a buzz toward the middle of the neck which to me indicates a back bow. However as I only just loosed the truss rod after what may be decades of over tightening I am just going to let it set for a time. You think??

Comment by Ted Hechtman on January 5, 2013 at 2:30pm

Well. I did it. Liberal use of my favorite spray lubricant (Inox from Australia) a bit of removal of surrounding wood (hidden by the truss rod cover) and then with access discovering that 9/32 did the trick. Have I ever said enough about Inox???

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