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Re: The Schaller Scholar exclusive to rosetti
Posted by Loopy on Sat, 02/16/08 - 11:38:37.
I have owned one of these guitars since about 1975 - it was given to me by a friend of my father's, so it was second-hand then and it looked as if it was a good few years old then so I would say pretty definitely from the sixties. I still play it but like others, have never managed to find any infor on it. I do know that it was a relatively cheap guitar when bought from new (although back then a 'cheap ' guitar was quite expensive compared to now.
Re: The Schaller Scholar exclusive to rosetti
: I have owned one of these guitars since about 1975 - it was given to me by a friend of my father's, so it was second-hand then and it looked as if it was a good few years old then so I would say pretty definitely from the sixties. I still play it but like others, have never managed to find any infor on it. I do know that it was a relatively cheap guitar when bought from new (although back then a 'cheap ' guitar was quite expensive compared to now.
I too have this guitar. My sister bought it through the school music teacher when she wanted to learn to play.The year would be about 1968 and I thinkthe price was either £10 or £15. I have recently taken it out of the loft ,re-strung it and started to play it again. It has a lovely
warm tone and is easy to play.
Re: The Schaller Scholar exclusive to rosetti
: : I bought my Schaller Scholar around 1964/66 as best I can remember and believe it cost about £14. The label inside describes it as No.007, The Schaller Scholar, exclusive to Rosetti, Foreign.
This guitar was passed to my sister-in-law who later gave it to my son. Recently my son and I have repaired it and put it back to a playable state. One of the pearlised plastic tuning buttons had cracked and come in two, whilst others showed signs of cracking as well. The machine heads were all replaced.
The major problem was that the rear of the bridge had lifted away from the top of the guitar, pulling the facing veneer with it. We replaced this with a new bridge and saddle after filling the damaged face with a wood infill.
Hope this will give the instrument a new life - a further 45 years ?
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