Vintage Ventura Guitar Serial Numbers
This is the tag inside the guitar. It does not have a serial number anywhere; usually it is right above the Model No. on the tag but this one was printed without it. I know it had to be purchased sometime between 1974-1980 as this belonged to my wife's deceased mother and was purchased new, but we were never able to get a solid answer on year of manufacture, and now that I'm playing it, I just was curious. Not a lot of info out there on these.. Any help would be appreciated.
I have a Bruno Ventura classical guitar 1583 serial #22048. WHAT IS IT WORTH? Expert's Assistant:I love the notion of my brother's old guitar having a history and belonging to someone famous. Maybe you have something valuable or historical. Hi my name is Steven, I live in Austin, TX. I just stumbled upon a Ventura V-6 from a friend for free, its in reasonably good shape. From what I could find these guitars range around the late 1960's to mid 1970's. They are 'japanese made Martin D-18 clones', as put from a vintage guitar owner. Bruno Ventura Guitars Serial Numbers; Ventura Bass Guitar; I have an old ventura vintage classical nylon string guitar with model stamp #460E on. In Reply to Vintage Guitars. I bought this Ventura in 1980 at H & H music in Houston and I was just wondering what it is worth. It has a classical body style, not the dreadnought.
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Ventura was a brand of stringed instruments imported from Japan by C. Bruno and Company during the 1960s and 1970s. C. Bruno was bought by Kaman (Ovation) in the early 1980s, after which the brand disappeared. Some of the Ventura guitars were knock-offs of the Martin line, such as the Ventura V-35 appearing similar to the Martin D-35, and the Ventura V-14 / Martin D-14.
The Ventura line included guitars (classical, western, folk, concert, electric, electro-acoustic), banjos, mandolins, and bass guitars.
Kaman Industries (parent company of Ovation) actually acquired C Bruno & Son in 1971. Although there isn't much in the way of records from this period, it is believed that Kaman contracted with manufacturers such as 'Matsumoku' (parent company of brands such as Aria) from '71 until the brand was discontinued in 1982. There is also evidence that C. Ppsspp zip file for pc. Bruno contracted with other companies before the '71 Kaman acquisition such as 'Kasuga' and others.[1]
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- ^https://web.archive.org/web/20150319013517/http://kaman.com/about-kaman/corporate-overview/acquisition-history/