60s - 70s era Japanese Prestige guitar. HELP! Need Info!

[Jakesirata]

I have a 60s or 70s Prestige violin-shaped guitar(not bass) and I would love some information about it. (origin, value, etc..)
I know a little bit about prestige, I've just never been able to find anything about a violin shaped model. Any help with information would be much appreciated! Thank you all

[VintAxe]

Hey Jakesirata.

According to Jedistar, Prestige was a brand name used by St. Louis Music during the 60s-70s. I own a couple of Prestige branded instruments. One was definitely built by Kawai, I'm less sure about the other.

You can see them here:



It's hard to tell what you might have without a picture but given your guitar is violin shaped it was very likely built by Kawai. They made a boat load of violin shaped instruments in the late 1960's.

[Jakesirata]