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Zemaitis Gallery

Video clips and photographs sent in by members of the Zemaitis Guitar Owners Club, the Zemaitis family and admirers of Tony’s craft. Where the copyright is known or the owner has requested it we have shown details of the copyright owner.

This is not a commercial site and any images are provided purely as a pictorial record. Photographs of famous players with Zemaitis instruments do not indicate any endorsement. If you contact us we will remove any photographs from the site for copyright infringement or other such reasons.

Famous Zemaitis Players

Mick Jagger & Keith Richards James Honeyman-Scott of The Pretenders with his Zemaitis Metal Front Donovan with Blue Moon Guitar Ronnie Wood (with Metal Front) & Eric Clapton
Ronnie Lane in the Studio Playing Zemaitis Acoustic Guitar George Harrison with Guitars including Zemaitis Acoustic Ron Wood with Zemaitis Disc Front Guitar The Faces with Zemaitis Guitars Rod Stewart & Ron Wood with Zemaitis Guitar Ronnie Wood with Zemaitis Disc Front Guitar
Rich Robinson trying out a New Zemaitis Rod Stewart & Ronnie Lane with Zemaitis Bass Guitar Keith Richards with Zemaitis Custom-Built Macabre Guitar  Tony McPhee of the Groundhogs with the very first Zemaitis Metal Front guitar  Laurie Wisefield of Wishbone Ash 1975 or 1976 from a French music magazine with Zemaitis guitar
George Harrison with Zemaitis 12 String Acoustic at Friar Park George Harrison with Zemaitis 6-String Acoustic  Bob Dylan with Zemaitis 6-string acoustic guitar Eric Clapton with ‘Ivan the Terrible’ the famous mega-jumbo 12 string that Tony Zemaitis made for Eric. It was sold in 2004 for charity at Christies for £130,000. George Harrison with Zemaitis 12-string at the launch of Dark Horse Records & signing Splinter Mike Oldfield's Zemaitis acoustic bass

cover from Bobby Womack's The Poet album with is Zemaitis metal front (left-handed) cover from Bobby Womack's The Poet II album with is Zemaitis metal front (left-handed) Keith Richards with his Zemaitis 'Macabre' 5 string. Copyright Neal Preston Teye with his Zemaitis at Loch Ness

John Waite of the Babys playing his Zemaitis bass (© John Waite) James Hetfield of Metallica. Photo credit: Jeff Yeager

Zemaitis Guitars

GT Acousitc 12 String Zemaitis Rare Zemaitis F-Hole Semi Acoustic Guitar Ronnie Lane's Zemaitis Bass Guitar Eric Clapton's First 12 String Zemaitis Acoustic Guitar Zemaitis Metal Front Guitar Zemaitis Disc Front Guitar Zemaitis Pearl Front Guitar Zemaitis Chess Pearl Front by Zemaitis International
Very Early Zemaitis Electric Guitar  12 String Acoustic made for Allen Radu Rare Peghead Flamenco Acoustic Guitar - 1960's Very early (1961) Zemaitis acoustic belonging to Brian Cullen (Tony's brother-in-law). Originally a 6-string, Tony converted into a 12, John de Gay converted it back to a 6 in 2005 when he carried out some renovation. Tony Zemaitis doubleneck guitar – this one a really early guitar and only one of two doublenecks made by Tony (the other was for Greg Lake). Zemaitis Custom Deluxe Zemaitis Metal Front Guitar Zemaitis Metal Front Zemaitis Metal Front Guitar

Tony Zemaitis own flamenco guitar - he made it to celebrate Zemaitis Guitars' 40th anniversary Rare Zemaitis resonator made for Ronnie Lane. Now owned by Keith Smart, Zemaitis Club Chairman Tony Zemaitis Junior's electric, made for him for his 18th birthday (lucky lad!) Dave Plotel's Zemaitis acoustic 6 'Prototype' 1969, this guitar originally belonged to Graham Kendrick The collection of Miramon Dorman - an avid Zemaitis fan who sadly passed away May 2007 Keith Smart (Zemaitis Club Chairman) & his Zemaitis Metal Front

Tony Zemaitis

Acoustic Bass made for Ronnie Wood Tony Zemaitis aged 22/23 playing 12 String Zemaitis coustic Tony Zemaitis in Chatham Workshop in 1990's Mr & Mrs Zemaitis in Balham, London - 1960's Tony Zemaitis in a Plane - 1980's Tony Zemaitis with Pearl Front Guitar Tony Zemaitis and Danny O'Brien at Tony's house in Chatham. Copyright Danny O'Brien  Tony Zemaitis busy in his workshop adjusting Keith Smart’s metal front guitar case  Tony Zemaitis jamming with his son, Tony Junior, and his brother-in-law, Brian Cullen

Tony's grandaughter, Natasha Zemaitis, with a 1961 Zemaitis Tony's grandson, Tony Zemaitis III, with a 1961 Zemaitis Tony Zemaitis in his replicar Bugatti Tony Zemaitis Junior with two of his Zemaitis Guitars Tony Zemaitis in his Chatham workshop December 1992

Videos

Danny O'Brien's Engraving

Danny O'Brien Engraving for New Zemaitis Danny O'Brien Engraving for New Zemaitis Danny O'Brien Engraving for New Zemaitis Danny O'Brien Engraving for New Zemaitis New Zemaitis Metal Front owned by Tony Zemaitis Junior. It was custom engraved by Danny O'Brien
Danny O'Brien Engraving for New Zemaitis  Danny O'Brien Engraving for New Zemaitis Danny O'Brien Engraving for New Zemaitis

 
 

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