Posted by Don Redding on July 12, 2006 at 11:39:10:
In Reply to: AYAR GUITAR posted by Linda on November 02, 2003 at 15:33:21:
: Does anyone know anything about old AYAR electric guitars? I acquired one. . .as interesting as it looks, I can't find any information. Looks like tortoise shell piece on it. .guitar is a yellowish/ivory color. Case looks old as dirt! HELP!
: Linda in Ga.
:I have a 4 pick-up Ayar 6-string solid body. Above the strings, in a stainless steel housing, are the flip switches for each pick-up plus an R-> and <-S switch for each pick-up. It also has a roll or rotating switch for each set of two pick-ups. My dad bought this guitar (used) in breckenridge, Tx in the late 1950's or early 1960's for my brother and I. My brother graduated high school in 1964 and left the guitar at home for me to play. If my memory serves me right, the company that made the guitar may have gotten in to some trouble because the guitar was too much like another guitar already in production. I've never really heard anything else about Ayar. This one has a couple of scratches on it, but I'm going clean the switches and I need to replace the plastic (or ivory) inserts around the tuning keys. Other than that its in pretty good shape and brings back a lot of memories.