Description
This electric guitar is an EKO Florentine from approximately 1967. It was made in Italy. It’s a double cutaway, thinline, chambered, hollow body made of maple. The guitar is a redburst and the entire thing is fully bound. The details on this guitar are beautiful from the pattern on the pickguards to the design on and of the headstock. It is visually stunning and quite a joy to play. The action is medium-fast and the neck and frets feel fantastic under your fingers. It also includes the original hard shell case, as you can see in the details photo. This is certainly a guitar to collect, play, share and show off.Description from VintageSilvertones.com
EKO made the Florentine models from 1964-1969. EKO started in the 1950s and made its most interesting guitars up through the late 1960s. The guitars were built by Oliviero Pigini and Company in Recanati Italy and were initially imported into the US by LoDuca Brothers in Milwaukee Wisconsin. EKO also built guitars for Vox and Goya. The company continues to operate today in various forms. Description from VintageSilvertones.com
CONDITION:Description from VintageSilvertones.com
It is in good condition. All the electronics work well and the neck is straight. It does have a couple of very minor dings and the finish has a little bit of crazing but it sounds and plays incredibly well! The tailpiece has been replaced. The body near the neck has crazing and some of the finish has chipped off. The previous owner painted in the chipped spots with black paint. (see detail photo) The included original hard shell case has very minor wear.
TUNERS:
Closed back individual chrome-plated tuners with plastic buttons in very good working order.Description from VintageSilvertones.com
NECK:
Bolt-on, straight neck with dot inlays on a rosewood fretboard, 21 frets, and 25″ scale. Frets are in very good condition with no visible wear and the action is fast. The back of the neck has no playing wear. The headstock has some paint wear at the edges. Description from VintageSilvertones.com
PICKUPS:
It has two double polarity twin pickups and and a unique four position selection system. Featuring an incredibly great range of tones, this guitar can be used in myriad of settings from jazz to rock to country with its warm round tones and twangy biting edge. The neck pickup has a smooth, warm jazzy round tone while the bridge pickups has a twangy but still warm sound. There are four switches: neck off and on; bridge off and on; blend; and all off.. Description from VintageSilvertones.com
The Dimensions are:
Overall length: 39.5″Description from VintageSilvertones.com
Body width: 13 7/8″
Body thickness: 1 5/8″ with neck 2 5/16″Description from VintageSilvertones.com
Scale: 25″
Width of the nut: 1 5/8″ (depth: 1″)
String height at 12th fret: 3/32″Description from VintageSilvertones.com
Weight: 5.2 pounds
