Apologies

Hi everyone, and I'm sorry if anyone has failed to receive a reply to a query. I have been trying to answer everything, but have recently discovered that some of my messages have not been getting through. I think I have it sorted now, so if you are in this position, please try again.

Hi Stormer, and thanks for your message. I have spent some years trying to find out something about Coletti guitars, also without much success. I now have two of them, folk model on my blog and a stunning art deco archtop as well as one which I think by its construction is a Coletti, but which bears no name. The reason I know about the 50s ones is that a friend inspired by mine bought one on eBay and to our great disappointment it turned out to be a plywood effort with nothing really to recomend it. Tony Revell, a luthier working in Powis told me that in the fifties Coletti let his name be stuck on a range of undistinguished mass produced guitars from (I think) eastern Europe. Having said that, I guess they now have some value just by being old. If you could send me a picture of yours we could probably form some notion of which era it belongs to. By the way, the guitarist Gordon Giltrap has one which he sometimes uses on stage, and may have more information if you contact him through his website. All the best, and I hope turns out to be a good 'un.

Hi Ivan. Thanks for that info. I had considered the possibility of it being an Egmond but all the ones I remember were rather bigger than what I have. You have put my mind at rest on that one.

Hi Mike. I think you have got the captions confused. The Coletti is the one above the caption, and the Radiotone is the one below. I would be interested to see a picture of yours. How is the neck on it? I'm afraid I don't have a classical guitar to exchange, but I might be interested in buying it. How much are you looking for?

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Hi Ivan. Thanks for that info. I had considered the possibility of it being an Egmond but all the ones I remember were rather bigger than what I have. You have put my mind at rest on that one.