I'm thinking about doing the same myself, but I'd love to get more info. Mberthold, I m wondering if you ever went through with replacing the original plastic bridge with a rosewood bridge. I frequently keep mine in an open D tuning to play slide. Egmond stamped the serial numbers on the back of the headstock in black. This was their top of the line solid body electric. Like others have mentioned this does make a very good slide guitar. Egmond guitars were made in Holland from 1935 up until the 1970s. I need to get some new mother of pearl inlay dots to replace the two missing ones. The Egmond pickguard is pretty unique, and I'd love to get one with the perfect shape, but I'll consider replacing this with whatever I can find. This 'folder' catalog contains various inserts released over these years detailing four electric six-strings (ET-270, ET-275, ET-278, and thinline EA-250), three bass guitars (ET-280, ET-285, and thinline EA-260), three folk/steel acoustics, four jumbo flattop acoustics, two 12-string jumbos, four classic acoustics, and a banjo. Unfortunately, I'm missing the pickguard would anyone know where I could get a replacement. Series 1 numbers go from 1 - approx 400 Rapiers below 5000 'could' be 1960-64 especially if they have no truss rod and a glued (set) neck. I was also happy to find your info on the adjusting screw I was able to effectively lower the action significantly and now the guitar is playing better than since I've ever owned it. I recently replaced my steel strings with nylon strings-this definitely helps with playability. Like you mentioned it has very high action. As you can see, mine has a natural wood colored headstock instead of the painted black one that you have the finish also appears to be slightly different-yours has more of a striped look to it. He told me he got it used for his birthday in 1969 or 1970. If a serial number is not in the lists or is not recognized in the serial number decoder, it does not mean that the guitar is a fake.
Here is another Egmond link, audio is in Dutch.I also own an Egmond Toledo. “Kent” electric guitars (most made by Teisco/Guyatone/Kawai): Kay Vintage Reissue’s library of catalogues and a complete listing of every Kay model and the years they were produced: Made In Chicago Museum’s history of Harmony musical instruments: Ĭ History of Harmony (also Histories of several other manufacturers):
NOTE: The Harmony Guitars Database is currently down and being moved to a new server, it can be accessed via the internet archive here:
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