Built at Egmond’s plant at Best in Holland, and introduced around 1964/65, the EG series “borrowed” the best design features of Fender’s Stratocaster and Jazzmaster models, then gave them a bit of a European twist. Egmond instruments were already famous for having been played by at least two of the Beatles, and as the world was overcome by the electric guitar frenzy surrounding the British Invasion, Egmond found themselves very busy indeed, keeping up with demand.

At the same time as they were increasing production quotas, Egmond made big improvements in the quality of their guitars – the early George Harrison acoustic, and Paul McCartney electric models had been replaced with vastly superior instruments, that could now proudly front a band. Indeed, the EG2 was such a success that it remained into the seventies, virtually unchanged.

From the original 1964 catalogue description: Superb tone, perfect response, fast easy action, low frets, plus solid body durability. Deluxe ‘Powertone’ pickups are individually adjustable and also feature adjustable pole-pieces and separate tone and volume controls. ‘Varifort’ neck, ‘ovalised’ Rosewood board, Vibratone tailpiece, comfort contoured body, all metal parts are nickel-plated.

Complete with its original, gold-covered wooden case, this lovely Sunburst EG2 is in excellent condition – it appears to have been played for perhaps a few weeks back when it was new, then kept under the bed or in a cupboard ever since!

This is a true piece of rock’n’roll history, in all likelihood purchased by someone wanting to play just like George Harrison or one of the other British Invasion guitarists, many of whom started out on an affordable Egmond instrument. (Brian May of Queen is another famous player whose first guitar was an Egmond)

Maybe not quite as cool as an equivalent era Strat, but the EG2 is fifty times more affordable!

Price: AUD$1120.00 GST Included