The Egmond guitar, minus its machine heads, was auctioned off in London during the mid 1980s, and thanks to an anonymous British owner was on loan to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland between 19 before moving in 2003 to The Beatles Museum in Liverpool and is now worth an estimated $800,000. It is widely believed that Harrison’s earliest surviving guitar is an Egmond steel strung, Spanish style guitar which was advertised as “the cheapest model in our range”. In The Beatles Anthology book, Harrison described it as “a real cheapo, horrible little guitar but it was OK at the time.Ī beginner’s guitar, once owned by Beatles guitarist George Harrison, has been discovered after having been stored in a cupboard for more than half a century. Harrison’s father purchased the guitar from a schoolmate of Georges, Raymond Hughes for $5.95. Bids were taken at the cafe, by phone and on the Internet. The guitar was part of an annual Beatles sale by music memorabilia firm Cooper Owen, conducted Thursday at the Hard Rock Cafe in London. George Harrison’s first guitar - “a real cheapo” his parents gave him - has sold at auction for more than $469,200. The Beatles – Early George Harrison Guitar Discovered In Cheshire In the UK the Egmond guitars were marketed as Rosetti guitars, so the guitar that George Harrison had, was a Rosetti 276. It was an Egmond 105/0, that also was called Egmond Toledo. In 1956 George Harrison begun playing acoustic guitar. Georges First Guitar – Rosetti 276 (Egmond 105/G) 1956 Photo from “The Beatles Story” in Liverpool I got all of these pictures and descriptions from other web pages online and tried to give credit when i could find that information. The “quiet Beatle” added the finishing touches to every Beatle song with a simple majesty that made him one of the premier guitarists of his time. I clearly identified with John more than George during my formative years as i was somewhat radical and sarcastic as he was, but history shows that George became a very good songwriter and musician, even when compared to John and Paul. It is, therefore, an extremely desirable and very collectable guitar!! (I would be interested in a P/ex deal or a swap for the right guitar.I have great respect for George Harrison. This is an original Egmond in extremely good condition with some minor wear only and is in fact by far the best Egmond I have ever seen, and I have owned several. The floating bridge contains the original tremolo arm and the tailpiece which is attached at the bottom by the strap button. It contains the volume and tone controls for the single pickup, as well as the jack socket. And the unusual white scratchplate is raised from the body and is plastic. The body is hollow with 'f' holes (one is hidden by the scratchplate). It has a straight neck with a low action which is fixed by a single screw. This particular example is from the USA and is unlike the normal red or green models having a sunburst finish. in 1961 Egmond built a new Dutch factory, and these semi-acoustics Lucky 7's and Solid 7's as played by Paul McCartney were some of the early production results. Egmond semi-acoustic rare 60's vintage guitar Egmond were a Dutch company producing guitars in Holland which were imported into the UK under the Rosetti brand name.