Dear Greycap,

My first electric was a Martin Colletti semiacoustic back in around 1964. I have fond memories of it and it had a reasonable sound although the action was a little high.

Who was Martin Colletti? A question I have asked myself too! The answer, apparently, is that no-one knows! The guitars are as German as they come so definitely not an Italian!

Here is a gallery of some Martin Colletti guitars (my old one isn't featured) and a bit of history... I would tend to agree they seemed to be "one-offs". I never saw two the same!

Some Martin Colletti guitars

Some further blurb

Peace,

moo