This Egmond Combo started its life in the Netherlands probably somewhere in the ’60s. It’s a cheaply build archtop, plywood fretboard, and body with some veneers to hide it. Beech neck, no truss-rod, plastic nut and bridge. Everything crooked and curved. Impossible to play after 60 years because of the warped neck. You get the idea.
Refurbishment
I changed the flat plywood fretboard for a 12″ bound rosewood fretboard with custom inlays. To add a truss-rod to the neck, I routed a slot halfway through the neck and halfway through the fretboard since the beech neck was too thin and weak to fit a one on its own. I sanded the original sunburst lacquer off the body to stain and oil it black and had the neck resprayed in solid matte black. The plastic bridge was changed for a handmade walnut one with Graph Tech saddle and nut. The neck was originally fit to the body with a big bolt and spring and was more or less floating. I reset the neck by filling up the neck pocket and changing the spring for a block of solid mahogany. Finally, I added a Bare Knuckle True Grit neck single and volume/ tone control to be able to use the guitar amplified.
Full Specs
- Veneered Plywood Body
- Beech Neck
- Rosewood Fretboard
- Body & Headstock Stained and Oiled
- Neck Solid Black Matte
- Custom MOP Inlay & Dots
- 12" Bound Fretboard
- Nickle Silver Frets
- Custom Walnut Bridge
- Bare Knuckle True Grit Neck Single
