El Degas MT-18
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graysonsausages
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El Degas MT-18
I just purchased an El Degas MT-18. It is in beautiful condition with mounds of abalone and a GREAT sound. Does any one have any information as to wood/solid or otherwise.....specs about this wonderful guitar?
Re: El Degas MT-18
It'll be a Martin copy of some sort - can you post some photos?
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Barry
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Re: El Degas MT-18
Hi graysonsausages and welcome to the forum.
Yes, pictures please. We El Degas perverts love to look!
As Charles has suggested you likely have a Martin copy in your hands, and if it's as terrific as some others we've seen you have made a great purchase! Love to see it!
Yes, pictures please. We El Degas perverts love to look!
As Charles has suggested you likely have a Martin copy in your hands, and if it's as terrific as some others we've seen you have made a great purchase! Love to see it!
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graysonsausages
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Re: El Degas MT-18
Here are three pics. Made in Japan. Mt-18.
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Barry
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Re: El Degas MT-18
You can't see it but I'm mopping up the drool on my keyboard...WOW! 
That is a spectacular example of just how high a quality El Degas instruments can be.
They can be bloody awful too, but when you get a good one, you get a good one! And as far as construction goes, yes it's all solid wood, no plywood going on there! The top is solid spruce and given the age of the guitar (mid to late 70's?) the back and sides are likely Jacaranda, a beautifully grained type of rosewood mainly from Brazil.
Beautiful workmanship! You made a great purchase, hang on to her!
That is a spectacular example of just how high a quality El Degas instruments can be.
They can be bloody awful too, but when you get a good one, you get a good one! And as far as construction goes, yes it's all solid wood, no plywood going on there! The top is solid spruce and given the age of the guitar (mid to late 70's?) the back and sides are likely Jacaranda, a beautifully grained type of rosewood mainly from Brazil.
Beautiful workmanship! You made a great purchase, hang on to her!
"A little song, a little dance. A little seltzer down your pants." --Chuckles the Clown
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G U I T A R S : https://legend.barryeames.com/
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Re: El Degas MT-18
You did well on that one - looks a lot like the one I have (though if I recall correctly, some dummy removed the sound hole label from the one I got so I cannot confirm whether it's the same model as yours - my basement is torn apart right now for renos so I cannot go check).
I started ElDegas.com many years ago to help celebrate and inform about El Degas instruments. It all started with a used Ric 4000 bass copy I bought in circa 2000.
El Degas stable as of 03/2022: 42 (13 bass, 26 electric, 3 acoustic)
El Degas stable as of 03/2022: 42
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graysonsausages
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Re: El Degas MT-18
Thanks for the feedback gents. Best $40 (with hardshell case) I've EVER spent!
I stumbled on another one last nite - MT-4M. Can you advise the woods on this one? It appears to be mahogany on mahogany.
I stumbled on another one last nite - MT-4M. Can you advise the woods on this one? It appears to be mahogany on mahogany.
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Barry
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Re: El Degas MT-18
$40?!?!? You lucky bugger!
Why, oh why, can I never find these deals? I'm constantly looking too!
As for this one...kinda hard to tell from just one picture and no close up but the grain and colour does look like mahogany. Not necessarily a bad thing but it will not have the same projection and clarity as a spruce or maple top. I'm guessing it's a later made model, possibly Korean. I doubt that it's MIJ with a mahogany top.
Why, oh why, can I never find these deals? I'm constantly looking too!
As for this one...kinda hard to tell from just one picture and no close up but the grain and colour does look like mahogany. Not necessarily a bad thing but it will not have the same projection and clarity as a spruce or maple top. I'm guessing it's a later made model, possibly Korean. I doubt that it's MIJ with a mahogany top.
"A little song, a little dance. A little seltzer down your pants." --Chuckles the Clown
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I can't quite see the style of the logo on the headstock to try to tell where it was made... (of course the sound hole label will probably answer the question most definitely - see if you can get the seller to provide a shot of it??)
I really like the Mahogany look! That's an acoustic I could grow to love pretty darn quickly (if it plays nicely)
I really like the Mahogany look! That's an acoustic I could grow to love pretty darn quickly (if it plays nicely)
I started ElDegas.com many years ago to help celebrate and inform about El Degas instruments. It all started with a used Ric 4000 bass copy I bought in circa 2000.
El Degas stable as of 03/2022: 42 (13 bass, 26 electric, 3 acoustic)
El Degas stable as of 03/2022: 42
(13 bass, 26 electric, 3 acoustic)-
alanwrench
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Re: El Degas MT-18
I have this exact guitar! My serial number ends in 0094 so pretty damn close. I got it when my brother passed away years ago and sat in my basement for 5 years. I took it out recently and started playing it. Put new strings on it and I love it.
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I to have a mt-18
I live in NB Canada and bought it in 1977 . I sold my car and got this. It was 1200.00 marked down to 600.00 . The sound is up there with the rest of them and the dealer said it was a copy of a Martin. Hope this helps. Danny . See it on YouTube under thedantec
I live in NB Canada and bought it in 1977 . I sold my car and got this. It was 1200.00 marked down to 600.00 . The sound is up there with the rest of them and the dealer said it was a copy of a Martin. Hope this helps. Danny . See it on YouTube under thedantec
Re: El Degas MT-18
Very nice guitar.I had a similar very old suzuki that looked like just like that.
So tell me.Are you Thee grayson sausage dude from Sask ? Ottenbreits meats ?
if so please, please send me some beef jerky !! That stuff is unreal.
I'm in BC but we have relatives in Man. and Sask. My wife was there this summer and brought back a bunch of grayson sausage and beef jerky.
I did hear somewhere that you have a very musical family
Welcome aboard.
Charles,did you tell him about the buy in ??
I figure 2 lbs of beef jerky to every member would cover it
So tell me.Are you Thee grayson sausage dude from Sask ? Ottenbreits meats ?
if so please, please send me some beef jerky !! That stuff is unreal.
I'm in BC but we have relatives in Man. and Sask. My wife was there this summer and brought back a bunch of grayson sausage and beef jerky.
I did hear somewhere that you have a very musical family
Welcome aboard.
Charles,did you tell him about the buy in ??
I figure 2 lbs of beef jerky to every member would cover it
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Sorry, I'm a vegetarian, but you feel free to negotiate a jerky dealel dougo wrote:Charles,did you tell him about the buy in ??
I figure 2 lbs of beef jerky to every member would cover it
I started ElDegas.com many years ago to help celebrate and inform about El Degas instruments. It all started with a used Ric 4000 bass copy I bought in circa 2000.
El Degas stable as of 03/2022: 42 (13 bass, 26 electric, 3 acoustic)
El Degas stable as of 03/2022: 42
(13 bass, 26 electric, 3 acoustic)-
graysonsausages
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Re: El Degas MT-18
IT'S FOR SALE IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED