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Thread #17297   Message #167397
Posted By: Rick Fielding
23-Jan-00 - 10:59 PM
Thread Name: Anyone know Orlando guitars?
Subject: RE: Anyone know Orlando guitars?
Hi Doug. I think Orlando was the name used by whatever distributor handled it in your part of the country. About 3 to 400 brand names came from about 8 guitar building factories in Japan (and later Korea and Taiwan) at that time. Same situation with strings. Many folks thought that every brand of strings was different in some way, but the vast majority were made by Labella, Vinci, or D'merle. I own a very well made rosewood guitar with the brand name "Shero" (inlayed in pearl) on the headstock. Even though I'm pretty experienced in tracking down instruments, I've had no luck at all narrowing it down to under six or seven possibillities. Figure it was made in the same factory as instruments labeled "Morris", but that's just a guess.

Rick