Antoria Les Paul

[mattias142]

Är sugen på en sån här: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTORIA-NEW-MOD ... 2489393286" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Nån som vet nåt om märket?

[hitman]

Ynf! En så´n liten läckerbit! *drägglar lystet...*

[Mr Spock]

Antoria är, om jag minns rätt, ett anrikt brittiskt märke. Schyssta jazzgurkor på 50- och 60-talen.

Idag ägs nog namnet Antoria av ngt investmentbolag - med instrumenttillverkning i Kina, Indonesien etc.

[GurraG]

Oooh! Aaaah!

[Danny]

Men VAFAN!!! Det är ju extremt nära min drömbas. Hade den bara varit i 32" så hade jag köpt direkt.

[Rigmor]

Som Spock säger - Antoria är ett brittiskt importmärke ägt av firman J.T. Coppock i Leeds (ett annat märke, CSL, var identiskt, men innehades av Charles Summerfield Ltd). De tillverkades i Japan under 60- och 70-talen av Fuji Gen Gakki på försorg av Hoshino ("Ibanez"), men sedan 2002 har Antoria byggts i Korea, vad jag vet.

[Mr Spock]

Wikipedia fyller i ev luckor:

The Antoria brand was originally produced by the framus family who hand built every model. Guyatone-made guitars exported to the UK from Japan. One of the models was a copy of the Fender Stratocaster, played by Hank Marvin (until Cliff Richard gave him "the real thing"). Jeff Beck played one, as did Big Jim Sullivan when he was playing with Marty Wilde. They were imported by James T. Coppock (Leeds) Ltd and Charles Summerfield Ltd. Some Antoria guitars may have been manufactured in Bavaria by Framus.

In the 1970s, Antoria imported guitars made in the FujiGen factory, which also manufactured Ibanez guitars. Later, production shifted to Korea, where, among other models, an imitation Gibson ES-335 was made (a model also sold under the Harmony brand).

James T. Coppock ceased trading in the early 1980s and Antoria guitar production ceased. Then, probably in the 1980s, John Lawson acquired the brand and distributed guitars using the name until 2006. In January 2007, the Antoria brand was purchased by Adam Hall Limited, and then in 2010 by Tim Gentle Music of Stockton-on-Tees. The new Antoria electric guitars are manufactured in South Korea, and their acoustic and electro-acoustic guitars in China.