Tony Zemaitis / Custom 6 String / 1978 / Natural / Guitar
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Here is quite something. This is an original 1978 6 string acoustic guitar, hand made by Tony Zemaitis for his friend, the multi instrumentalist and producer John Edged. It is inscribed and signed by Tony to this affect on the label inside the sound hole and engraved on the truss rod cover, probably by gun engraver Danny O'Brien - It certainly looks to be his work.
For those who are not familiar with John D Edmed here is a tribute page written by a friend of his - http://davedrapercreations.co.uk/artwork/john-edmed/
For those who are not familiar with Tony Zemaitis, you are probably not reading this page in the first place but in case you have forgot, he was probably the biggest single English cult guitar maker in the 70's and 80's. His hand made guitars were prized instruments made for and used extensively by the likes of Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Marc Bolan, Joe Walsh.... etc etc. With a client list like that, you would expect something quite special and this one is no exception.
The thing I like about Mr Zemaitis is he was apparently, never fazed by all his celebrity clients, if he liked his milkman he would make a guitar for him, if he didn't like you, you wouldn't get a guitar from him no matter how much money you threw at him.
There is a good resource for Zemaitis guitar info at the Zemaitis owners club website here
Tony Zemaitis obviously liked his friend John Edged quite a bit and built this guitar for him right slap bang in his peak of perfection period - 1978. Like all Zemaitis guitars it is unique, this one is an all mahogany top, back and sides, round hole, fairly large body, slightly bigger on the upper bout than D-28 but about the same on the lower. It has the most stunning bridge, sound hole inlays and vintage type snowflake fretboard inlays and fretboard binding. It has a beautiful mellow, warm tone that is also rich and unlike anything else. I will get Dafydd to do a demo as soon as I can...
This guitar has been for sale on consignment at a couple of UK based, vintage guitar dealers including Vintage and Rare in London where it was tagged at £12,000. we have bought it outright ourselves now and are pleased to be able to offer it for sale at a much more reasonable £5,995.
I do not think you will find an original 70's Zemaitis guitar for less than this and if Zemaitis is somewhat lacking from your collection, this is going to be a great starting point that can only appreciate in value...
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