Hello. I came across this thread and found it interesting. I own a Roderich Paesold P-90 nylon 6 string acoustic guitar that my in-laws gave me almost 50 years ago. It has always been kept in a case, and is in excellent condition with one crack in the laquer. It laid idle for years, but when the pandemic hit, I had time to pick it up and play it. It has a nice sound, and I recently lowered the bridge a little to make it easier to play. I have no idea what it’s worth, but the sentimental value is priceless.

I was perusing FaceBook Marketplace a couple of months ago here in The Poconos of PA. I saw guy selling off his guitar collection. I met with him and purchase two guitars. A 1969( I thought it was a 61), I think, Roderick Paesold 6 string acoustic, and a 1949 Harmony Archtop. Both for $50 !!!! Each!!! Yes.. That’s right. Both necks were not perfect, but not too far off. I do restorations as a hobby and put both guitars in humidification for over a month bringing them up from around 11% to 50%. Both necks went straight doing that alone. Which I have found to take old dry guitars back to life without a neck reset. anyway, That RP is amazing!! The tone is just like a Martin D15 as far as I can tell. Once restrung and new nut that first time blew me away! I have seen a couple of others for over $300 and a few under $100 but cracked bodies, etc. Mine does have that thick, I mean THICK, clear finish on it… That is cracked but gives it that nice age appeal. I am a fingerstyle player and will soon put that guitar through it’s paces for a small guitar. So anyone out there with background information, send it!! This guitar is nearly a exact copy of the Martin D15 model from the early 60s. I was told that they did copy them. Anyone have info on this? Thanks guys.

I have a 12 string RP that was handed down to me. Beautiful acoustic guitar which plays very well. It may be original strings because he never changed any string that wasn’t broken. Curious to see what this guitar might be worth, aside from it’s great look and play ability.

I’m the happy owner of a Roderich Paesold P 90 model guitar, with steel strings. I bought it last year on a local fleemarket for approx. $ 45.-.
The instrument plays great, and I think the price is a steal. Any comments?
Kind regards. Erik

Hi all,

I live in Canada. In the early-mid seventies (1973/4?) I sold an Egmond hollow body electric to a friend and used the money to buy a Roderich Paesold P130, 6-string guitar. I bought it new, from Gervais Music on Cumberland Street in the market area of Ottawa, Ontario. I would have been about 15 years old and most of the money I had came from shovelling out pig pens for my farmer neighbour. I still have the guitar and it’s in good shape except for a broken neck tension rod that I have to remove and repair.

I was given a Roderich Paesold guitar by my in-laws around 1976. I played around with it and loved the way it sounded, but this was my first experience playing guitar. Unfortunately, I got away from it while raising my family, but a few years ago I started playing it again after having it restrung. It has been kept in a case all these years, and I just got a new case for it. It is in excellent condition, and I would never give it up. It would be interesting to know its value, but I would never think of selling it.

I have recently bought this guitar, i googled alot and found almost no info about this. It has the RP sticker in it with ”musikhaus sprenger 29 oldenburg achternstraße” Sticker on top (can only see model and its number). It is in really good condition with only few scratches on. I was wondering if someone has found any info about this guitar and its worth. 🙂

I bought mine in Albuquerque, NM, in the late 70’s
All I can read of the model is 238. Beautiful 12 string. It’s been in the case for about 20 years and I just dug it out and started playing again.

Hello all, I just bought a Roderich Paesold guitar Model 180. It’s a 6 string metal, and it is in great shape. Waiting one week, the price dived from $ 125.- to $ 45,50, and I rushed to buy. To my surprice, this guitar is a beautiful instrument, and I treasure it very much! I found it on a danish fleamarket. I suggest this model comes from around the year 1970. Can anyone comment? Best wishes, Erik

I had found this forum several years back and just pulled my guitar out again, it’s been some time in storage. I learned to play on this Roderich Paesold guitar 42 years ago. It’s a model 90, made in Holland. It’s been a wonderful guitar, curious how many of them are out there still. This one was purchased at Meyers’ Music in downtown Seattle 1st Avenue, back in the 70’s.

Hi !
I am a new member at this forum.
Roderich Paesold guitars were made by Egmond.

Visit my Egmond web-site to find out more:
http://www.Egmond.se

/ Hans Gatu

😀 So I am new to this world .I have always loved music but never really delved into it. I taught myself some piano music when i was younger but never touched it again till 2years ago on a piano in a hotel lobby in downtown chicago at 3am some random weekend in January,. at the beginning of this year a friend began teaching me a few chords on his guitar but without a guitar to practice on at home i havent made much progress.So, I taught myself a few things on the keyboard instead. Switch back to this past month, the guitar has been put back in my face when I came across two guitars at a neighborhood garage sale ,one for 15 and the other 45 dollars. I chose not to purchase one for lack of confidence.(have been kicking myself ever since till yesterday) I was getting ready to walk out of Sally Army when I saw a man putting out an acoustic guitar that just came in. I hesitantly asked how much it was for,(im working within a budget here.) He said, “$50”. I told him I could not afford it. He asked, “how much can you afford ?” I told him about the two guitars I previously encountered and offered $25 for the one he had. He said “ok”… I am beyond estatic to say I am now a proud and happy owner of my first acoustic guitar!.. a 6 string Roderich Paesold guitar model P130 in mint condition .. came in late to work today because i had to pull over and practice in a parking lot 🙂 live breathe music

I bought a Roderich Paesold 12 string guitar in California probably about 1976 or so and still have it today. The model number is faded, but it looks like it is a P-238 and the label also says Made in Holland. It’s a beautiful 12 string and has a full rich sound. Interesting to know there don’t seem to be many of them around any more!

I have an RS 12 string Model #150. It’s been a great guitar to learn on. Thanks for the info!

Hi!

I’ve lately taught my fiance to play harmonica, and since my main instrument is guitar, I’ve tried to soften her defences on trying it, too.

A few days back I dropped by at my favourite flea market Emmaus here in Helsinki, and as so often, it again had a real jewel:

There was a dusty guitar hanging from the ceiling, with nasty looking cracks all over. I grabbed it, sat down on in the cafe area, and started playing. The strings were blackened, but the grip was promising, and the sound was good. What surprised me was the fact that it was in perfect tune, which is rare with flea market guitars, as you know.

With closer inspection I realized that the cracks were only the finish deep (I don’t remember the word in english for the protective finish), and I got really surprised on how thick the finish was; seemed like about 1-1,5 mm thick. Neck was in undamaged, as was the body (it looked bad, but it was only surface, as I said). Then I looked at the name tag inside: Roderich Paesold, model had faded with sun. Never heard.

Then I thought, “Okay, I bet it’s expensive” and glanced the price tag, which said 28 €. 28! SOLD!

I played it home for a few days, and conviced her to try a bit. After 3 eves of training, she’s already hanging with me on Dirty Old town and some others!

Really good guitar to play!

J

PS: Oh, yes. It’s the nylon type.

My wife has a Roderich Paesold P-90 that her father bought foe her in about 1972. It has the same label as described in this forum, the elegant script with P-90 in ink and made in Holland. This guitar is a classical with a fat neck and tie on nylons. And unlike the spanish gentleman this guitar sounds fantastic. We would never sell it as it has sentimental value but we WOULD like to know an insurance value if that is possible. Thanks, Larry in West Virginia, USA

I bought a 12 string over 30 years ago near Seattle Wa USA. It was used when I bought it. It is in perfect condition, and plays like a feather-touch! Loud rich tone. If my count is correct, this makes 7 on this site. Rock on!

Rick

I was trying to find some info about my guitar and arrived here.
I’ve got a 6-string Roderich Paesold, model P-130, made in Holland.
It’s not in good shape and sound is not good at all.
I bought it in Madrid, Spain, around 1975, and I hadn’t played it since probably 1978 or 1979, when I bought an Ibanez.
Good to see that there are some others in the world.

By my count we are up to Six. I also have a Roderich Paesold, it is a six string western style acoustic guitar with a solid spruce top. I have had this guitar over thirty years and still in great shape. Bought on High Street Columbus Ohio (Ohio State) about 1974-75. I think it was the only one there in a big guitar shop. There is a Label inside the body but I can no longer read the Model Number it does say Roderich Paesold with the RP logo that the German fine instrument company uses today. The label also says at the bottom “Made in Holland”. I had this guitar in the shop a couple of years ago for a loose/buzzing tuner and the service technician was very impress with the quality of the guitar, “they don’t make them like this anymore” was his response.