My first guitar, bought used from a friend in 1975, is a Les Paul copy.
The headstock reads: 'Rose Morris - Rosetti - Avon - Made in Japan'
'Rose Morris' was the distributor, based in Denmark Street, London, and I think 'Rosetti' were the importers of these Japanese guitars to the United Kingdom.
Does anyone out there have something similar, or any other information you could pass on to me, relating to the history of Avon guitars? Did they ever export from Japan to the USA? (I think 'Shaftsbury' guitars were the slightly upmarket brand of Avon, also distributed by 'Rose Morris'.)
Here's a link to the image of both my guitar and headstock close up:
[img=http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/4313/avonfmcfm1plusheadstockcloseup.th.jpg]
Thanks!
The headstock reads: 'Rose Morris - Rosetti - Avon - Made in Japan'
'Rose Morris' was the distributor, based in Denmark Street, London, and I think 'Rosetti' were the importers of these Japanese guitars to the United Kingdom.
Does anyone out there have something similar, or any other information you could pass on to me, relating to the history of Avon guitars? Did they ever export from Japan to the USA? (I think 'Shaftsbury' guitars were the slightly upmarket brand of Avon, also distributed by 'Rose Morris'.)
Here's a link to the image of both my guitar and headstock close up:
[img=http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/4313/avonfmcfm1plusheadstockcloseup.th.jpg]
Thanks!