About James Koontz Expertise Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Amplifiers, Most anything Music related... Also most anything related to security, Fire and access control, as well as CCTV system.
Experience 20 years as a sound engineer, part time luthier, and general all around technical dude for many local bands. One of which was fairly large in the 80's and 90's with multiple recordings, and was the opening act for David Allen Coe, as well as got a nashville recording opportunity. The band disbanded before making it mainstream.
Organizations Loyal Order of the Moose, Boy Scouts,BMI
Publications Highlights for Children, Mystery Magazine,several online Publications, multiple cd's from various artists.
Education/Credentials I have 20 years experience, some electrical college experience. Studied Law, philosophy, and theology.
Awards and Honors well, too many to listm and none worth much more than a paperweight to hold down the ones that are on paper.
Expert: James Koontz Date: 9/8/2007 Subject: Guitar value?
Question Hi James!
I am cleaning house and decided to sell an old guitar I never use. I thought it was worthless, then searched and found similar guitars worth more than I excpected, although I cannot find a single listing for this particualr guitar at all! I am wondering how much I should ask for it, and since I can't find it listed anywhere, is it rare?
There are no brand name markings on the guitar, but I got this info from the label inside.
"Ventura" nylon stringed acoustic guitar
Model: 1580
In excellent conditon with minor signs of wear & tear
Thanks in advance for any info you can provide!
Ryder
brn2rck@aol.com
Answer well, it isn't really rare, but it's a decent guitar... Average selling price for these is around $200 with case, $150 without.. Made in Japan replicas of Gibson and Martin.. Most were from the late 60's early 70's.. It's a nice guitar.. The main reason your not finding it listed anywhere, is because there is just no information available for these type of imports, they were made in various factories all over Japan, and so, yours might have been made in one factory, and someone else's might have been made in another.. Also, you could find a 1580 and a 1583 that look identical.. Because they essentially are the same guitar, then you'll find a 1583 that looks totally different, and then find a 1580 that looks different than the others... so, it's just one of those things where there were no standards, no rhyme or reason, they just pumped these outta the factory, and shipped them anywhere the money was... I hope this helps.. I will say this, there was alot of attention placed on quality construction on most of the Venturas.. They were after all trying to gain a foothold in the US music industry.. And they succeeded in doing that.. They offered a reasonably priced, well built and good sounding/playing guitar.. One could not ask for more...
