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@Alkali
Hello guitar people, I don't hang out in this thread much but...
The other day I bought myself a new acoustic, not for any really good reason, aside from I've had my Yamaha FG300 for about 10 years and spotted this.
It's a 1973 Italian EKO Ranger 6, as played by Jimmy Page, despite being 40+ years old it's in almost perfect condition. Obviously I play guitar like Jimmy Krankie and not Jimmy Page, but it's a nice idea. The previous owner had it from new (apparently) and when I decided that yes, I will buy it, he looked all tearful. He asked to play one last song on it too, nice guy.
It's got a few pretty cool features too. I'm not the biggest fan of the Batmanesque scratchplate design, but it's of an era, so it'll be staying. The back and sides of the body have an awesome almost feathered effect created by the woodgrain, so that's nice. There's a load of internal bracing within the body, it's heavy but feels impregnable. The action is adjustable at the bridge which I've not seen on an old acoustic before and unlike lots of acoustics, there's actually a 0 fret in addition to the nut. The truss rod is accessed from the headstock too, instead of within the body. Good or bad? I don't care, but it's just another little funky touch.
Anyway, there's my new guitar. Cheers
PS - Is anyone interested in a Tanglewood Electric?
http://old.fetishguitars.com/html/eko/catalogues/73/13.html
http://old.fetishguitars.com/html/eko/index/ranger.html
http://proguitarshop.com/andyscorner/the-guitars-of-jimmy-page