![]() Japan era Images courtesy of George Morga, email. This guitar was built in Ardmore, Pennsylvania in the ’50s or ’60s. Įlger Custom Built Ardmore Pennsylvania, USA.Īnother original Ardmore made Brazilian rosewood. ![]() In 1971 Hoshino purchased Elger Guitars, renaming the company “ Ibanez U.S.A.” and retaining the company headquarters in Bensalem, Pennsylvania as a distribution and quality-control center. ![]() vintage guitars by Kay, DAngelico, Stromberg during their classic eras. vintage guitars by the German maker Hofner during their classic era. electric vintage guitars by DanElectro, SilverTone, and Coral till 1969. Hoshino had recently acquired a small Spanish guitar company named Ibanez, and it was decided to market the instruments under this brand name. electric vintage guitars and lapsteels till 1969. ![]() The Elger Guitar company made a relatively small number of hand-built, high quality guitars through the early 1960s.īy 1965 Rosenbloom stopped manufacturing guitars and become the exclusive North American distributor for Hoshino Gakki instruments. Due to the post-World War II music boom, his sales soon outstripped his inventory, and he began a company called Elger Guitars in an attempt to manufacture enough guitars to fill his needs. In 1954, Harry Rosenbloom opened a music store in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, northwest of Philadelphia.
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