I had a MC acoustic many years ago, from around 1968/9 to around 1971/2. I bought it from a friend, who'd had it second-hand, and it departed this life through the agency of an angel. I went to an ope-air folk concert in Highbury Park, King's Heath, Birmingham (UK), and it was lying on the grass .. when some Hell's Angels began to playfully throw each other about; one of them landed on my poor old guitar, and the headstock snappped off. (He never even noticed he'd fallen on it.) It had already had a rough-and-ready repair when I dropped it in the street -- theshoulder strap broke! --- and A piece of the back split off. Itook itto a music shop to price up the repair, only to be told "it's not worth repairing: it's only a Martin Colletti".

It looked like the top one (right & middle pics) at moo's blicky; only it had steel strings. It was a pretty thing, with a soft finish --- like natural wood -- and a sort of orange-coloured top; I later painted the top black with flowery scrolls (hippy time, remember!) with artists' oil colours.

Thanks for the memories, Greycap!

Steve