Antoria 2358R Archtop Hollow body Al Caiola model 1970
The following description is from the 1970 Ibanez Catalogue: "Fine grained Rosewood top, back and sides. Detachable slim, low action neck incorporating adjustable truss rod. Rosewood fingerboard with pearloid position markers and white bound edges. Individual gold plated machine heads, Two powerful gold plated pickups with separate polepiece, Black laminated pickguard. Entire instrument is mirror polished by hand."
This very rare and hard to find guitar was built in Fujigen Gakki, quality class japanese Factory in 1970/1971. It is 100% original and equipped with the same hardware and features found on Ibanez 2358R. It is also called "Al Caiola" model because it's a pre-lawsuit copy of Epiphone Al Caiola Custom jazz guitar (1963/1969).
Antoria was a UK guitar brand that was owned by JT Coppock Leeds Ltd. The Antoria brand goes back to the 1950s and Hank Marvin played an Antoria guitar at one time. Antoria guitars from the 1970s and early 1980s were imported from Japan and have some similarities to Ibanez guitars from the same period. JT Coppock ceased trading in the early 1980s and the Antoria guitar production ended.
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