Rare and lovely 1974 Chris Eccleshall ‘A Model’ Acoustic Guitar.

SOLD

  • All original
  • Made in 1974
  • Serial # 0072
  • All solid Spruce, Mahogany & rosewood timbers
  • Handcrafted, Gotoh Tuners
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This lovely 1974 Chris Eccleshall ‘A Model’ acoustic. This is a rare opportunity to get hold of one of Chris’s early pieces. This guitar plays and sounds beautifully well, with a low action and fabulous tone. However, she sadly suffered a fall some time ago and as a result has had a headstock repair, which is now professionally fixed and not too noticeable. This is likely to be one of Chris’s early pieces & as such would normally command a serious resale price, but due to the repair, we are offering it up at what we consider to be a fair price.  Expected age wear, frets are still very good with plenty of life left in them, a few age-related dings to the table.

Important History:

Born in GosportHampshire, Chris Eccleshall was the son of Doreen Eccleshall (née Davies) and Leslie Eccleshall.

His main business was making custom-built acoustic and electric guitars, although he also produced a standard range of solid body electrics under the name “Electric Lady.” He also made solid-bodied electric mandolins, acoustic mandolins, mandolas and bouzoukis.

Chris Eccleshall originally trained as a violin maker with W. E. Hill and Sons of Bond Street, London, who at the time were the number one violin company in the world. He was also an engineer in the Fleet Air Arm. Later he moved to Ealing Strings on Ealing Common, London. During this time Eccleshall still found time to make and repair guitars, eventually becoming so busy, especially with work on multiple instruments owned by Rory Gallagher, that he set up his own workshop and went into making guitars full-time. British guitar makers were virtually unheard of at the time, but Eccleshall was one of the first to win recognition, along with Tony Zemaitis and John Birch. Week after week the three were involved in a competition to get their outlandish guitar designs onto Top of the Pops during the heyday of British glam rock. Although his name is better known to insiders than to the general public, Eccleshall became well-established as one of the world’s leading guitar makers. Eccleshall was responsible for rebuilding Pete Townshend’s smashed guitars until he found it too upsetting to continue. Until his death, he kept an SG body with a Meher Baba sticker from that era. He was Rory Gallagher’s favored guitar technician from 1971 to 1985, rebuilding and re-fretting his battered Fender Stratocaster 18 times (and replacing the neck once), and was responsible for disabling the Strat’s vibrato mechanism using a wooden block, a modification he was later also commissioned to apply to Eric Clapton’s “Blackie”.

 

Payment

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If paying by cheque, or collecting in person, please contact us on 07932 074096 to arrange.

Shipping

Our shipping policy is simple: We ship Guitars, Amps and Accessories to the UK, Europe & ROW. We’ve been shipping items to the UK and abroad for many years without any issues, as we always use the best and most reliable shipping companies. All guitars and amps will be shipped insured and tracked. So you can check your shipping status anytime. We always package them to the highest possible standard.

Note: All amps are preferably UK shipping or collection only. We rarely ship amps internationally, due to potential breakage, unless this is agreed separately. If you are outside Europe and are interested in any of our guitars or amps please contact us for a special shipping quote.

Returns

We operate a 48hr approval period for on-line mail order purchases only. Customers who buy goods in the RGG showroom can fully evaluate them prior to making the payment, and as such do not have this return and refund option available to them. The 48hr mail order returns period offered is with regard to either a problem with the guitar upon receipt, IE, the goods appear to have a defect that was not outlined in the sale listing or clearly not sold as advertised. If the purchaser wishes to return the goods for any other reason, then there will be a re-stocking fee of 10% of the original sale value & return carriage must be paid by the purchaser, there are no exceptions to these rules.

If you want to return an item please make contact for a returns authorisation. You have 2 days to try the instrument. We offer a full refund minus our shipping costs (including our cost of free shipping if applicable) It is the purchaser’s responsibility to organise the return promptly to the company in the condition it was received, using the original packaging and with a copy of the sales receipt. (We recommend you insure the item in transit). The item must be shipped back via a service comparable with which it was delivered, within 24 hours (Excluding weekends) upon receipt of the return authorization. Goods that have been altered from their original condition in any way cannot be returned.

Any items returned after the 48hr agreed approval period, and not exceeding more than two weeks, are subject to a 10% re-stocking fee, based on of the original sale value of the goods. PayPal, Credit/Debit card refunds will be processed immediately upon receipt of the returned goods and normally take 3-5 working days to show on the customer’s account. Bank transfer and cash purchase payments will be refunded by Bank transfer to your nominated bank.

 

 

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