Soon manufacturing numbers grew, and after several factory upgrades and moves, Egmond became one of the largest guitar companies in all of Europe.

After WWII came to a close, however, his three sons joined the family business and began in-house instrument production. Uilke Egmond seemed to have a good thing going selling imported instruments at Musica, in Valkenswaard, Netherlands. The story of Egmond follows an arc similar to many instrument manufacturers, in that the company first started out as a music store. Their electrics from the 1960s provided myriad European guitar players with a solid and affordable gateway to rock ’n’ roll. They founded “Jetser” and probably could have had some instruments produced in the Netherlands: source Dick Boak Martin company) Jester, Lido, Lion (invented for the Frankfurter Messe) Lucky Joe (by Rosetti) Lucky Squire, Lucky star, Manhattan, Marizza, Miller, Orpheum, Roderich Paesold, Royal, Royalist, Sheerline 7, Solid 7, Stradivarius, Tonemaster, Top special, Vander and Wilson.From the country known more for tulips and windmills than 6 strings, Egmond deserves some recognition for the company’s significant contribution to the guitar universe. There are many sub-brands: Alberti and Alex among others.įurther we can mention: Caledonie, Combo, Dixieland, Frima, Hi-spot by Rosetti, Jetser (Bob Johnson, vice president of the Martin company, was responsible regarding the contacts with Egmond when he was still working for Martin) was a collaboration between Johnson and guitarist John Pierce and some other workmen from the Martin company. (A “ Rosetti” branded one guitar given to him from his parents)Īn English import company named their guitars “Rosetti”. George Harrison started on an Egmond guitar and even Brian May started on one. In the Netherlands it is possible to buy a book written by Cees Bakker about the Dutch Egmond factories and all the sub brands. You can only give a rough dating by looking in their catalogues and by the types of parts they used in their different years. “Unfortunately you cannot date Egmond guitars by the numbers.

Egmond was founded by Ulke Egmond, originally in Eindhoven, later in Beste, Netherlands. 1932 – 1983

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