NGD - 60's Eko Barracuda
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2018 3:26 pm
Hey,
This might be my most exciting NGuitarD post since a long time.
I've been dreaming about one of those for the past 15 years, don't know why I didn't pull the trigger earlier.
I'm a Vox thinline guitars addict...I was looking to buy a Cheetah, Ultrasonic or Super Lynx but they are highly cost prohibitive for me and they rarely pop up near me.
But with knowing more and more and more every day about guitars AND History, I understood Eko was producing those guitars for Vox.
I had an Eko Trump II, which was basically a Vox Typhoon, but I stupidly sold it 3 years ago because I needed money for the family car.
I'm kicking myself since then because it was a great guitar.
And yesterday, after a killing 3 months wait (long story), I received this marvellous 60's Eko 290 aka Barracuda, which is basically a Vox Super Lynx:
The guitar is in a great shape and I love everything about it:
The headstock,
The "reverse-headstock" tailpiece and the bridge cover,
How yellow the binding is,
The cheesy spaghetti stamp,
And the simple in line vol/tone/vol/tone knobs.
The guitar has Vox pickups...
they are magic
The neck is a perfect fit to my hand, frets are good and the fretboard is daaaaaark. I'm pretty sure it's ebony.
The tuners are awesome. I have the very same on my Crucianelli Les Paul and they definitly are great tuners. The guitars are staying in tune heavenly.
Only missing the trem bar on that one.
SOOOO!!!
This was one of my dream guitars, and for once, I'm not disappointed.
I used to own guitars, amps or pedals I thought they might change my life as a musician when I was gasing very hard on them. I've been disappointed almost every time.
But not here!!!
This Eko is an instant keeper, an instant main instrument and foundation to my sound.
Plus I wanted an ES shaped guitars without humbuckers and without being a Gibson, and there it is.
Oh I know, it's not even a Vox, it's just an Eko...but it's the very same guitar...and waaaaaaaay cheaper.
I actually feel some pride about it being an Eko and not a Vox
Cheers!!!
raph
This might be my most exciting NGuitarD post since a long time.
I've been dreaming about one of those for the past 15 years, don't know why I didn't pull the trigger earlier.
I'm a Vox thinline guitars addict...I was looking to buy a Cheetah, Ultrasonic or Super Lynx but they are highly cost prohibitive for me and they rarely pop up near me.
But with knowing more and more and more every day about guitars AND History, I understood Eko was producing those guitars for Vox.
I had an Eko Trump II, which was basically a Vox Typhoon, but I stupidly sold it 3 years ago because I needed money for the family car.
I'm kicking myself since then because it was a great guitar.
And yesterday, after a killing 3 months wait (long story), I received this marvellous 60's Eko 290 aka Barracuda, which is basically a Vox Super Lynx:
The guitar is in a great shape and I love everything about it:
The headstock,
The "reverse-headstock" tailpiece and the bridge cover,
How yellow the binding is,
The cheesy spaghetti stamp,
And the simple in line vol/tone/vol/tone knobs.
The guitar has Vox pickups...
they are magic
The neck is a perfect fit to my hand, frets are good and the fretboard is daaaaaark. I'm pretty sure it's ebony.
The tuners are awesome. I have the very same on my Crucianelli Les Paul and they definitly are great tuners. The guitars are staying in tune heavenly.
Only missing the trem bar on that one.
SOOOO!!!
This was one of my dream guitars, and for once, I'm not disappointed.
I used to own guitars, amps or pedals I thought they might change my life as a musician when I was gasing very hard on them. I've been disappointed almost every time.
But not here!!!
This Eko is an instant keeper, an instant main instrument and foundation to my sound.
Plus I wanted an ES shaped guitars without humbuckers and without being a Gibson, and there it is.
Oh I know, it's not even a Vox, it's just an Eko...but it's the very same guitar...and waaaaaaaay cheaper.
I actually feel some pride about it being an Eko and not a Vox
Cheers!!!
raph