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by Riccalljim » Sat Apr 26, 2008 5:27 am

Hi Guys,
I just bought an SG copy with ply body which has the headstock decal " Montana"
I can find no references to any montana electrics on the web - can anyone help please??
I shall post some photos when i have repaired the de-lamination - it's not pretty at the moment!!
Jim
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by VintAxe » Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:17 pm

Hi Jim,

The guitar sounds like an asian copy guitar from the 70's/80's, maybe distributed by someone like Bell LTD. I have a pretty decent collection of Bell distributor catalogs from the 70's; I'll take a look for you soon and see if my hunch is right. In the meantime, a picture would probably help narrow down the date a bit. sb
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by Riccalljim » Wed May 07, 2008 4:09 pm

Thanks Steve,
I have just seen an identical Guitar on Ebay in Britain branded as a Kay ( the old one not the new American one) - I'm attaching a link to a photo i took which includes it - should be self explanatroy - its the only SWG copy on the sofa!
Jim
http://s307.photobucket.com/albums/nn29 ... ction2.jpg
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by Riccalljim » Wed May 07, 2008 4:10 pm

sorry - that should be the only SG that isn't a bass!!
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by johnnyb » Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:59 am

the first electric guitar my parents bought for me when i was 15 was a red montana sg copy. it was $79 brand new back in 85-86. it looked nice but it fed back like no other guitar ive ever had and the neck was like rubber. i hope you fare better with the one you have. i totally forgot about that thing.
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