Product: EKO Violin Style Electric 12
Price Paid: USD 175
Submitted
05/17/2008
at
06:40am
by
Bob Lindbeck
Email: Zap<at>mail dot org
Features
:
10
My guitar was made in '67,purchased in '87 new in case,honey sunburst "Beatle Bass"style body w "f" holes, dual white single coil bar pick ups,scroll Ampeg like headstock with large gold E enamel logo,Bigsby style vibrato,zero fret.Case is black with white piping,plush orange interior.
Sound
:
10
This guitar is a very rare bird.I was offered $800 for it,but turned it down.It has a very superior tone,even to Rickenbackers.You have to hear this guitar to believe it.The 60 cycle hum is almost nowhere to be heard from this axe,amazing.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
10
When the guitar arrived from Angela Instruments,the action was the lowest imaginable without a tinge of buzz anywhere.Angela found these in a warehouse in N.Y. in the later part of the '80's and i scored mine for only 175 smackers.This 12 string epitomizes Italian craftsmanship at it's finest.The neck is 5 piece,very stable and no sign of shoddy workmanship any where on this gem.
Reliability/Durability
:
9
This guitar is very solid through and through.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Overall Rating
:
10
I don't really play this guitar much onstage anymore,i used to use it for "Dead or Alive" and "Stairway to Heaven"in early '90s cover bands,but i mainly use it for recording now.Point is,i just don't like to take this one out of the house.The main thing i love about this guitar is it's uniqueness in tone and looks.They'll never make 'em like this again.
