Improvvisamente era necessario almeno raddoppiare la produzione di chitarre.
Una astuta combinazione di specializzazione dei brands e di elementi comuni consentiva ormai di assemblare con una componentistica standardizzata centinaia di modelli invece di una dozzina. Serie invecchiate come le e , poco convenienti nel nuovo scenario, furono fermate. Addio celluloide a brillantini.
Le Condor qui presentate sono tipiche di questa era di transizione. La soluzione Gibson era: Le vecchie Vox costruite in Inghilterra, invece, applicavano la soluzione Fender infatti non avevano nessuna regolazione del truss-rod, il che le ha rese oggi praticamente insuonabili. Truss-rod adjustment relocation bought about a few changes in the pickup area.
Both neck pickups were moved of a few millimeters to make some room for the protruding spoke nut. The slide-button stripe moved along. As a result the relative position of rivets on pickguard was substantially modified, as can clearly be seen on the photo comparizon of 2nd and 3rd generations.
Another change is the natural finish on the back of the neck, that allows the converging 5-piece construction to be seen — 3 pieces of maple here of 2 different shades and 2 thin rosewood layers. Eko and Vox necks are remarkably stable. This superb structure was used for all Eko electrics right from the beginning, even when hidden under an opaque celluloid layer.
Eko's philosophy was to offer a full range of guitars, produced with Germany and United States in order to learn the most up-to-date production systems, which . , PM. Any way of dating an Eko 12 string acoustic? http:// cellotonica.com Mines a '71 Studio L.
Similar solutions are still applied for Manne guitars currently made in Italy. By the way we show here two neck plates. The Condor guitars they belong to are absolutely equal.
One plate has a serial number, the other not. They were OK for their time but too heavily built and consequently too quiet but not as quiet as the six string version.
Fortunately, I never owned one of those. I went on to the Yamaha FG and have since passed on to an ever growing stable of more exotic paraphernalia. In the s I had a black Ranger I put new tuners on in around , and can keep it in "E" tuning with little trouble. Yes it is a heavy guitar, but I love my EKO and don't intend to part with it.
The lacquer has its "battle scars" as I call them, but it still plays well, and sounds great. The necks are chunky but the action is good and easy to adjust. The shiny gold label inside doesn't give a date but serial nos. When I go to visit I play it and it still sounds good. The number is around from memory so maybe an early one? Although good for their day, they were nothing more than mass produced instruments and I doubt it was worthwhile them adding serial numbers.
Incidentally, I spotted several new ones hanging in a shop last week - all now made in China where else! Same name, totally different construction. One of them had the only backward bow I've ever seen on a new guitar - and the shop didn't appear to have noticed! I figured it best to buy a guitar there rather than fly over with the one I had in the states. It cost 40 pounds. Combo Organ Heaven combo-organ.
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