Eko 500 / 4V (DONE!!!!)
Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2017 3:31 pm
Hey,
First of all, this is not my guitar.
I have this 10 yo boy I give guitar lessons too. It's very fresh as we had, today, our second lesson.
The boy is great, and he doesn't have a guitar...so I let him grab one of mine at home, a Lawsuit Strat I don't really care of cosmetically
His mother, wich is a new family friend, told me I had to help buying him a guitar. First of all, he didn't see all of my guitars...and he picked a Jaguar as a first choice!!!
Neat.
Then he saw mine, and yes, that's it. Plus the shorter scale might fit his shorts hands.
Anyway, I called the mother, we spoke a bit about that VM sunburst Jag he'll have for christmas, and she told me this : "Oh, by the way, my father had a guitar back then, in th 60's. It sat under a bed since the past 25 years. But it's a junk, and pouhahahaha, it's covered whith an ugly blue sparkle finish!!!!!!!!"
I was like
And I answered something like : "OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG !!!!!!! 60's + blue sparkle in the same sentence!!!!! It has to be a Goya or an Eko!!! no junk no junk no junk!!!!"
She said and also that she'll bring it to me, just to check.
She came with the guitar today...
AND IT'S A FREAKIN' EKO 500 4V IN BLUE SPARKLE FINSH WITH RARE YELLOW PICKGUARD!!!!!!
The mother and her family clearly didn't know what they had in their house in the last 25 years. She told me they used to pick when they were young and when they dressed up into futuristic glam rock stars.
Ok it's not a '59 Les Paul or a Fender Marauder prototype, but I had dreamed to have one of these since forever.
And man, this is beautiful.
But she won't sell her, like ever...the guitar belonged to her beloved father who passed away when she was 20.
It's her father's legacy for her children, and for the boy.
So restoration time!!!!
I'm so happy for doing this for her, for her boy...and for me, as I will have it as long as it lasts
And the boy still wants a VM Jag...as I said, it's a good boy .
The thing needs TLC, and she let it to me for a vintage correct restoration prefered.
As far I saw, all of the pickguard screws are missing, the input jack too et one of the thimbles.
Does anyone know where I can find some vintage 60's italian parts? Eko would be great?
It's a bit hard to find some places to source those kind of parts.
Anyway,
I will post pics tomorrow, or later...but soon!!!
I'm just waiting for the sun, for the glitters to shine...
First of all, this is not my guitar.
I have this 10 yo boy I give guitar lessons too. It's very fresh as we had, today, our second lesson.
The boy is great, and he doesn't have a guitar...so I let him grab one of mine at home, a Lawsuit Strat I don't really care of cosmetically
His mother, wich is a new family friend, told me I had to help buying him a guitar. First of all, he didn't see all of my guitars...and he picked a Jaguar as a first choice!!!
Neat.
Then he saw mine, and yes, that's it. Plus the shorter scale might fit his shorts hands.
Anyway, I called the mother, we spoke a bit about that VM sunburst Jag he'll have for christmas, and she told me this : "Oh, by the way, my father had a guitar back then, in th 60's. It sat under a bed since the past 25 years. But it's a junk, and pouhahahaha, it's covered whith an ugly blue sparkle finish!!!!!!!!"
I was like
And I answered something like : "OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG !!!!!!! 60's + blue sparkle in the same sentence!!!!! It has to be a Goya or an Eko!!! no junk no junk no junk!!!!"
She said and also that she'll bring it to me, just to check.
She came with the guitar today...
AND IT'S A FREAKIN' EKO 500 4V IN BLUE SPARKLE FINSH WITH RARE YELLOW PICKGUARD!!!!!!
The mother and her family clearly didn't know what they had in their house in the last 25 years. She told me they used to pick when they were young and when they dressed up into futuristic glam rock stars.
Ok it's not a '59 Les Paul or a Fender Marauder prototype, but I had dreamed to have one of these since forever.
And man, this is beautiful.
But she won't sell her, like ever...the guitar belonged to her beloved father who passed away when she was 20.
It's her father's legacy for her children, and for the boy.
So restoration time!!!!
I'm so happy for doing this for her, for her boy...and for me, as I will have it as long as it lasts
And the boy still wants a VM Jag...as I said, it's a good boy .
The thing needs TLC, and she let it to me for a vintage correct restoration prefered.
As far I saw, all of the pickguard screws are missing, the input jack too et one of the thimbles.
Does anyone know where I can find some vintage 60's italian parts? Eko would be great?
It's a bit hard to find some places to source those kind of parts.
Anyway,
I will post pics tomorrow, or later...but soon!!!
I'm just waiting for the sun, for the glitters to shine...