posted 24 February 2005 01:50 AM
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The AWH was built by Arne W Holmedal in Östra Karup in the south of Sweden. He also built a few basses and electric guitars. The pro-series was called Eminent and had wooden necks (including the pickup/changer surround). Among others, these were played by ace Swedish steelers like Janne Lindgren and Kenth Larsson.
There was a 3+1 starter model called Viking, much like a maple-body Maverick, of which I bought one in 1977. I soon felt the need for more knee levers, and bought the first prototype for the new AVM (he changed the name in 1979 or so) Eagle S10 in 1980 from Arne. The Eagle series had a 3 raise/3 lower changer, an aluminum subframe and hex cross-shafts, with a mechanism that had a lot in common with MSA guitars - very easy to change setups, very stabile tuning. The bodies and necks were made of laminated birch (maybe maple).
I played my 3+6 on and off until last summer, when I sold it to finance my Emmons.
It was a very smooth playing, well engineered guitar (I miss it already!) with no noticeable cabinet drop, but soundwise perhaps not so inspiring. Maybe another pickup would have made a difference.
He also built a new well-built starter called Falcon.
Arne Holmedal sold the business and went into computer programming in the early eighties, but after that I never heard of them again.
Arne himself might be able to provide more info on parts availability, he can be found here: www.holmedal.se/personal.html
Here are some pic's of the one that got away (the fretboard is not original in these pics):
[This message was edited by Per Berner on 24 February 2005 at 01:53 AM.]
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posted 24 February 2005 01:03 AM
