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Thread #56125   Message #876309
Posted By: Little Robyn
28-Jan-03 - 01:14 AM
Thread Name: Ray Durant guitar???
Subject: RE: Ray Durant guitar???
OK, I've dug my little Ray out of the cupboard and had a good look.
1st, the name 'Ray Durant' and the words ' Quality Instrument' are on a metal plate at the top of the head while the name TAMA is on the plastic tension bar cover at the top of the neck.
2nd, inside, the maker's label says:
Construction Guitarres
Ráy Durant
Luthier

Ráy Durant STE
12 Rue La Vieuville
Paris 12e
France

DURANT SALES INC.
302 4TH AVE.
NEW YORK,N.Y.
U.S.A.

JAPAN SPECIALLY MADE

So it appears to be a Japanese American French guitar!

I can't find a model number but it has a serial number burnt into a strut just above the sound hole: 72120306 (or it might be 8)(and it might be a Z, not 7 at the front).

Does that help?
Robyn X
I bought it second-hand some time around 1978. I think it was an imitation of a Martin OO or OOO series guitar.