Vintage guitars for sale: Egmond Bass

Egmond Typhoon bass guitar with gig bag. Egmond bass guitars are fantastic for recording. The pickups sound microphonic and punchy. They are a great alternative to the Fender Precision or other modern bass guitars, which don??t always punch through in the mix and give that vintage 1960s feel. The bass guitar weighs 7 9 pounds, which is very light for a bass that is the size. This one has the later "stick of butter" high output Egmond pickups. The guitar has fine intonation. I purchased this one ... more

Manufacturer: Egmond, Holland
Year of manufacture: Early to mid 1960s
Serial Number: 2171125
Sold to me as a Bass 9. It did not have Bass 9 on the headstock, which it would have had if it was a Selmer import to the UK. This and the fact that it was actually bought from Germany make me think is in in effect a Typhoon 2EBS1
A reasonable quality guitar from Egmond, which followed the then current mode of covering guitars with stretched vinyl to save on paint drying time and to make ... more