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tg
Joined: 02 Nov 2009
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I'm new here but decided to register to give y'all some info on the Crown City brand. I inherited a Crown City Martin knockoff a couple of years ago and searched for some time to try and find out what it was.
The guy who owns the Truetone Music guitar store in Santa Monica CA finally solved the mystery for me. There is a Pawn Shop in Pasadena CA called Crown City Jewelry and Loan (I think) and in the 70's (and maybe 60's) he was selling huge amounts of guitars. At some point he decided to simply start importing guitars under his own company banner. Hence the name Crown City imports. Don't know who actually manufactured them but this is, apparently, for whom they were manufactured. Pasadena's nickname, by the way, is the Crown City.
My Crown City acoustic is a relatively nice acoustic that stays in tune pretty well and is fun to play. I don't use it often but usually take it if I'm going camping or knocking around and don't want to bring one of the nicer guitars.
I hope this helps to solve this little mystery. |
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Tim
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Joined: 14 Aug 2005
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Location: Probably at the bar.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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Cheers for the info tg. Thread's been dead for a couple of years but these things are always useful for the search engines, saves people having to go to the lengths you did!
Thanks, and welcome BTW! |
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farkoosh
Joined: 03 Dec 2009
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Location: oregon
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| I bought one new at Betnuns music in Los Angeles in 1975 for 175.00. mine is a Crown City Imports FW-620 6-string Acoustic Dreadnought (Martin Copy), Vine-of-Life design. (has a mother of pearl vine going up the fretboard) It sounds pretty good like a Takamine and will never be worth much. It does have a really smooth, small neck. Great for smaller hands. I have kids and i can leave it out and dont have to worry all the time about it being damaged. My mac will not post pics but I'll keep trying. [/img] |
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smccain953
Joined: 18 Dec 2010
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| I tried many guitars at the Guitar Center in the $350 range, but none sounded as good as the Crown Import I happened across from Craigslist. I paid $200 and it came with a nice hard case. The label is FW618. It plays well, no fret buzz, and stays in tune pretty well. I think I'll keep it for a good long time. |
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