Eagle Guitars

As you can read in this other section, Eagle was the brand for IML, an importer in France, and they were made at the Hoshino factory (same as Ibanez or other nice Japanese guitars of these days). Similar to other brands like Vantage, Eagle used to produce/import a variety of nice quality solid and hollow-body guitars, divided into the “Jet” and “King” series. With many exceptions, the first is to be considered the “lawsuit”-copy series, the latter having original designs. A near perfect parallelism with Stagg guitars.

Here you can find a good number of examples, starting with the exemplars which prove in the most convincing way the substantial identity with the Stagg production.

 

A “Rickenbacker” Bass (see this Stagg):

 

 

 

Neckthrough Models

and similar design (not NT):

This is a different model from above, with curious circuitry/controls (original?), but bears the identical original inlays on the fretboard as this Stagg:

 

 

Similar typology:

 

Note the peculiar headstock, where the main difference with Stagg guitars is to be found:

Another evidence is in the shape of the truss rod covers (left Stagg, right Eagle):

 

 

This is the "Active" NT model, with 1 volume knob, 1 Tone, 1 selector (three positions) and also 5 small selectors (inverter phase transition in single coil, and a small active preamplification circuit with several levels, powered by 2 internal 9V batteries).

 

Bolt-on neck:

 

 

 

 

Gibson EDS-1275 Twin-Neck:

This is the only guitar that was manufactured by Matsumoku - see their typical neckplates:

 

 

Gibson LP (right- and lefthanded):

 

 

Gibson SG Custom:

 

 

Gibson Semiacoustics:

L-5 (Super 400)

L-5 CES

ES-175

ES-335

 

 

 

Fender Strats:

 

 

 

 

 

Basses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Some sound (video)clips from an Eagle NT:

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