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Post by flashart on Oct 5, 2016 15:13:07 GMT
I bought an Eko 12 Ranger Custom a while ago. Solid spruce top, very low action, a lovely player.I bought it as my teacher had one when I first started learning and I think I'd also seen Jimmy Page with one.I know it's an often overlooked brand, but I wonder if anyone else regularly uses one?
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Post by ocarolan on Oct 5, 2016 15:48:30 GMT
flashart - I bought an Eko Ranger 12 ( to go with my Eko Ranger 6) at some time during the 1970s. Used it regularly for many years. As a result of a house move in the mid 1990s it spent a year in storage - when it emerged the amazingly thick finish had cracked in several places, and the fragments had slightly lifted in places leaving really sharp edges. I tried all sorts of strippers to remove the stuff but to no avail. Hand sanding was useless too, so I resorted to a carborundum disc on my Black and Decker - it did the job, and I refinished the top with water based varnish. It didn't look too bad from a distance! Certainly sounded better, but continued use over the next two or three years saw the bridge and top deforming under string tension (the factory finish was obviously thick enough to have been structural!) past the point of remedial work - I'd already shimmed the bolt on neck a couple of times. Ah well, we'd had fun over the years. The neck and hardware sold quickly and profitably on ebay though! Keith
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Post by scorpiodog on Oct 5, 2016 15:49:46 GMT
I've had one since 1969. Seen me through 2 wives, several jobs, a fight and numerous house moves. It's been abused. It's been stored away several times in less than ideal conditions. It's worth next to nothing in money value but is priceless to me.
I now have far better guitars all of which are in far better condition than my old Eko, but few are its equal in my heart.
It's built like a tank. It's heavy. It's a bitch to tune and to change the strings on It's far from loud enough to play out. But once the strings have settled in and it's brought to stable tuning it stays in tune for weeks. And it has a nice sweet tone.
You're not the only fan of Eko. I am, too.
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Post by lavaman on Oct 5, 2016 16:23:48 GMT
I had an Eko Ranchero 12 string during the early seventies. Very heavy and a bit quiet but very easy to play. The neck broke when it fell off a stage so I replaced it with a Yamaha FG 180 but's another story.
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