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So pretty to look at and to play. Have been looking for a while and this caught my ebay eye. Like my other Eko it is a tank re. weight but small enough for my small hands. Still in tune when it turned up, plays sweet and clear.

 

Eko Ranchero 12 c1969 -

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Lucky man! As an Eko owner myself I understand the attraction but that is really a very nice instrument. Looks to be in A1 condition too! Envy, envy, envy . . .

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Nice tailpiece! No bridge pins.

 

Exactly:love:

 

A 12-stringer?

 

Double your pleasure!

Definitely;)

 

More pics and maybe clips later?

 

In about 10 years maybe:cry:

 

Very nice! Is is short-scale?

 

No idea what that means Donk - educate me please:confused:

 

Those guitars must be great in a bar fight - talk about solid.

I tak emy Eko out on a saturday night for protection:evil:

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Congratulations Lauren. I hope you enjoy your new 12 string. Can you tell us something about Ekos? I have never heard of the brand myself and would be interested to learn something about them.

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I also have a 6 string either Ranger or Rio Bravo, very difficult to tell as model unreadable on the label.

These guitars are built like tanks and are very heavy, but they have a great sound, deep yet clear. Interestingly lots for sale on ebay in the uk at the moment. From one of the websites looks like my 12 string is 1973 not 1969.

You definitely don't want to get into a fight with one of these, would make micemeat of all your Martins, Taylors and Larivees!!!:eekphil:

 

Hi Baba

 

A bit about them here:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eko_guitars

 

And a bit more here:

 

http://www.fetishguitars.com/index/eko.html

 

And here:

 

http://www.eko.it/

 

I don't know much about the electric guitars but the 60's and 70's acoustics are becoming collectable (saw a very good condition Ranger VI in a used guitar shop here in the Uk recently with a price tag of

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Congratulations Lauren. I hope you enjoy your new 12 string. Can you tell us something about Ekos? I have never heard of the brand myself and would be interested to learn something about them.

 

 

I believe they were originally an Italian make - however they went bust. However the leftover parts of quite a number of these were purchased and are now made up in Wembley north London (I think)

 

Phil

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We see so many EKOs over here. They are usually really good beaters for the price, but occasionally they make some fantastic instruments.

 

My old music school had an EKO bass, they bought for I think 50 euro. It was, no kidding, one of the best basses I've played in my life.

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