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: 6/8/2007 Subject: guitars
Question I've just come across two acoustic guitars from an attic that I cleaned after the death of the owners. I can't find any names on them anywhere. One of them was in a cardboard box with the return address of Gaytan Records, 200 West 16th street, NYC. The one from the box has a few numbers written inside but they make no sense to me. Can you tell me where I may find a name on these that I may not be seeing.I think that the owners may have bought these for their son who is now in his 50's. Anything you can do would be appreciated.
Mary
Answer Well, My estimate right now, is that they probably didn't come with maker marks, Allot of the old low-end instruments came with no real identifying name. The numbers inside the one might give us a clue to whether or not it's a Harmony. But I really could use some pictures. If you can, send them to guitaranswerman@jkoontz.com and I can take a look. Gaytan Records, I think(if I recall correctly) was a record store, and they stocked some of the very low end Harmony and Kay instruments.. There were some Imports coming in around that time, and most of them had no makers mark on them. So, it is really hard to tell without the pictures, and any numbers...
