The importer seemed to settle on Guyatone as a main supplier. After starting with an initial group of both Guyatone and Teisco guitars, The Teiscos seemed to be part of the 1963-64 freshman-class only. That was the beginning of several years of Guyatone-made Later, around 1963, rebadged Guyatone and Teisco guitars appeared, both in the U.S. The sellers wanted a more familiar name to hang on the Hagstrom. Perhaps the fact that there are so many Kents floating around,
I wonder if the sellers think they can get more for a guitar by associating If it is one of the Hagstrom guitars that was sold as a Kent, it’s a ‘Kent, made by Hagstrom’. If it says Hagstrom on the body, it’s a Hagstrom. Note the similarity between the two guitars, both made around 1963.Ī lot of EBay sellers have been calling the Hagstrom solid-bodies of the without permission from J&B and were forced to Is that Hagstrom sold Kent-branded guitars through distributors other thanīuegeleisen & Jacobson in the U.S. Guitar Magazine, importation of Hagstrom-made Kents began in 1962. There are several photos on the net showingĭavid Bowie in his Ziggy Stardust days playing a red Hagstrom with Kent branding on the headstock. They were similar to Fender Stratocasters. They had the Kent name on the headstock and sometimes the upper bout. With roman numerals representing the number of pickups the guitar had) were branded The Hagstrom HI, HII, and HIII (those are the letter H States that they may have actually been Czech-made and sold by Hagstrom.) (Some sources, or maybe just one source quoted all over the net,
Some of the first Kents to have been imported into the U.S. It’s unlikely any of those will be confused with the old Japanese electrics being There is a line of guitars custom made in the U.S. I’ll add to the “badge collection” above as I come across more examples. Interestingly, there is a paper label on the backside of the headstock that The Marathon guitar above is exactly the same as the four-pickup Kent 533 Videocaster. Most of those were low-end solid-body instruments. The headstocks were somewhat shaped like those on Fender guitars.
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The 500 and 600 series guitars were almost identical. The 600-series Kents had the name in metal script letters attached (probably glued) That the guitar could appear under another brand name if the manufacturer so desired. The use of a glued-on logo is a good sign Metal “K” badge (like the one at left) attached to the headstock of the guitar. The Kent brand was established in 1960īy Buegeleisen & Jacobson, a musical instrument distributor in New York City. References to "Ebay Sellers", for the most part apply to sellers also. If you’re just trying to figure out what model Kent you have, you can go to the Varieties page. If you follow any of my stupid suggestions and ruin your life, it's on you. Don’t do any betting (or bidding) based solely on theĭISCLAIMER: I shouldn't have to say this, but there's always somebody, y'know? Follow any recommendations, suggestions, or observations that I may How reliable "internet resources" are), and observations of my own guitars. While I strive for accuracy, the conclusions I arrive at are still only guesses based on internet resources (and you know The only ones I am interested in owning are the 700 and 800s. Limiting myself to the 500,600,700, and 800 series models. Information is scattered around the internet in bits and pieces and nobody who was making them at the time is talking about it. westĬoast very often, if at all, (I would remember them if they did), It turns out there is a whole crapload of them out there. I thought it would be pretty cool to have a guitar with my last name on it. The new reissues sell for about $700, but they’re different from the originals in several important ways. The Coronado, I might be able to afford one day, but I’m Those are very rare and priced out of my range. Was a 9-string beast meant to sound similar to a 12-string. The Voxs turned out to be too expensive for me, especially the Mark IX, which A Vox teardrop, especially the Mark IX, and the Fender Coronado. I’m not gigging much, just writing and recording. In late 2012 I decided that I had all the modern guitars I needed.
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