EKO Barracuda VI

1974

2 volume 2 tone controls

3 way selector

eko pickups...very microphonic....passive

335 shape

Bigsby style trem

Eko tuners which work very well for guitar of this vintage

Finished in a beautiful deep red with cream binding...gorgeous

Quite a wide kneck but very comfortable to play...takes a bit of setting up.

The sound is clean and bright...very acoustic as others have noted.

I play this guitar through a 60's Watkins/Wem club 15 valve combo (found discarded in a skip)...as you might imagine it suits this guitar very well indeed.Both from the same era.

You can coax a wide range of sounds from the guitar...jazzy, blues even rocky sounds if you wish.

I dont know if its the age of the guitar or the microphonic pups but it can be a little noisy at times.

Dunno but I just like the 60/70 vibe you get from this instument...so cool...

There is no way you could compare it to a Gibson...BUT ...it has a very unique sound all of its own.

This guitar was very nicely made in the Recannti factory in Italy

Here is a cataloge showing my guitar

http://www.fetishguitars.com/html/eko/catalogues/69/10.html

The action is great when set up properly...not so sure about the trem ?

After over 30 years the guitar is looking and sounding great...says it all really...a well constructed guitar.

I have only ever gigged it a couple of times...tend to use my strat for gigs.

Yeh you can depend on it...just be careful of that feedback..its a semi after all :)

Never ever dealt with Eko...the old Eko has gone..but a new Eko has been resurrected recently and they are making guitars again...

I have been playing a long time...over 30 years now..yikes :(

If stolen I would be heart broken...hard to replace...I do see the odd one for sale on fleabay..saw a Barracuda Supreme once...god I was sorley tempted...shame I am in the UK and it was in the US..otherwise I would have bid on it...

Italian, made around 1969, Dark natural finish. Bigsby like vibrato.
thinline hollowbody, two single coil pickups. I purchased it in 1972,
already used.

Very natural sound , almost acoustic.
Also sounds great without amplifying.
Good for almost anything that needs a clean sound.
On the contrary, a bad guitar for distorted sounds.
A little noisy , due to the single coil pickups.

VERY well made !
One of the most comfortable necks I ever played !

Very reliable. I have owned/played it for 30 years and it is
still in very good shape.

I purchased it second hand, and never /needed required any repair

This was my first electric guitar.
Now I own five electrics, among them two old Gibsons and a '58
Fender Stratocaster. However I still have my Barracuda VI in
great esteem ! and I really play it a lot.
It is difficult to see one for sale, but when something appears
once in a while it is really cheap in comparison with te features.
Witout doubt I would purchase again a guitar like this !

A semi-acustic mid 70's guitar, made in Italy. The shape is a normal semi-acustic shape!Mine is red with cream border.It has 3 controls (volume and pickup) and a 3way switch for the 2 single pickup.
The bridge is a very nice old style.

It sounds very good!It has a particular sound, very sweet with predominance of high tones. Very easy to play for blues, jazz and rock sound!I think it's a medium-high guitar with it's particularity!

I think it's a hand made guitar, so very well finished!The hardware is well-wired and 30years after its production vorks very well!

Eko manufacturer still alive in Italy!!!!...but I realy don't know about the assistance service!

A very nice guitar, very particular!Sweet sound, good for blues, jazz and rock!Easy and nice to play!The big advantage, I think, is the particularity of sound, quite diffrent from all the new gtr.