by VintAxe » Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:57 pm
Hi fredhairdu,
From what I can piece together, Atlas was one of the house brands used by RCA Victor Record Stores. In 1969 RCA began using franchised music outlets to distribute their records and apparently guitars were offered as well. According to Willie Moseley, other RCA house brand labels were Baron, Royalist and Victor.
So, I don't know who made your instrument, but it is likely it was distributed through RCA Victor Record Stores. I never saw one of these stores when I was growing up, anyone out there have one of these retail outlets in their city? sb