Martin & Co made a cooperation agreement with Egmond, to make guitars with the Vega brand, by the drawings from C.F.The guitar brand name 'Goya' existed from the mid 1950's to 1996. All the sales to America ended and the Egmond company found themselves in a tricky situation. The competition from cheap Korean instruments, made the American Egmond importer to shift from buying guitars from the Egmond company to buy from a Korean manufacturer instead. D uring most of the 60's, the American market was tremendous for the Egmond company, shipping one container of guitars every week, to New York. It was Alberti, Alex, Alfesta, Alpha, Caledonie, Combo, Dixieland, Frima, Goldene Harfe, Hi-Spot, Jester, Lido, Lion, Manhattan, Marizza, Miller, Orpheum, Roderich Paesold, Rosetti, Royal, Royalist, Stadium, Strad-O-Lin, Tonemaster, Vander, Vega and Wilson. Egmond branded their instruments different at other markets in other countries. Accompany to the book about Egmond, written by Wim Markenhof, is some Egmond catalogs that gives you a hint of the comprehensive product range of Egmond. Amplifiers from the 1970 catalog (corresponds to Steelphon Tiger and Steelphon Conductor). And the business moved to Best, a northern suburb of Eindhoven. In the early 60's there were 80 employees and 2000 guitars a week, was made. Production of Banjos and Mandolins was added. In the early 50's there were 20 employees and 50 guitars a week, was made. The import of instruments ended and they decided to make the instruments on their own. In the music school he gave violin lessons and in the shop he sold instruments that was, mainly, imported from the Eastern Europe.

Can give a rough dating by looking in their catalogues and by the types of parts they used in different years.Īs a retired station-master, in 1932 Uilke Egmond (1878-1959) founded a music school and a music shop in Valkenswaard, that was named Musica. Cannot date Egmond guitars by the numbers.

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