private collection -Remco

I finally found the guitar that started it all for me, the Eko Tramp II in sunburst red. My original Tramp II, that's also on-line here, was ruined by me in the late seventies and carefully restored in 2003, but a lot of original parts were missing. After a long search I finally found another one and although some parts were missing or damaged, and the neck-angle was horribly wrong, I managed to get it allright and TOTALLY ORIGINAL (well, apart from the machine-heads, I do have those, but I want the guitar to keep in tune).

Vox-pick-ups, Vox-knobs. Plays great, sounds great. I just imagine this is the one I bought back in 1974! I'm very glad, that the man, who sold me the guitar, decided to sell it, instead of using the neck for a new project (oh, horror!), as he first intended to do.

This guitar is one of the rare Eko guitars. You didn't see it much in the seventies (the two I own are the only two I've ever seen) and probably almost every one left is being used only as pick-ups supply by Vox-guitar owners, 'cause it's almost impossible nowadays to find Vox-pick-ups. What's left of the guitar will, in most cases, be thrown away. And that's a pity, 'cause it's quite a good guitar, with a true "sixties"-sound. And a great neck, too!

Remco M. - The Netherlands