Canora Guitars

[Mat Eccleston]

anyone know much about canora guitars, I got one and they seem very rare and
it seems like the company never existed. but i have also seen a canora
guitar that was made in the 60's.

[Daniel Dreibelbis]

In article <3dedf1ab$0$15344$afc3...@news.optusnet.com.au>,
"Mat Eccleston" <mat.ec...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:

my brother actually owns a seventies model, it's a copy of a Gretsch
Tennessean, albeit with a time zone between the strings and the
fretboard :)

One prominent user of a Canora as his first guitar - Alex Lifeson. He
got one and heavily modified it to make it border on the playable.

--
Dan Dreibelbis, Guitar Nerd - Better Living Through Home Recording
http://www.mp3.com/dan_dreibelbis

[bethpo...@gmail.com]

I found a site that indicated that the Canora Guitar is a Canadian guitar brand of the mid- to late- 1960s; that only 2000 guitars were shipped over to Eugene Trademan, who was in charge of musical imports for Great West Imports of Vancouver, from Ida Gakki factory in Nagoya, Japan and that the guitars were named for Canora, Saskatchewan, which was Eugene Trademan's home town.

[ahand...@gmail.com]

There are 2 different Canora guitars. Yes, there is a Canora guitar that came from Canada, but those guitars were primarily classical/acoustic guitars.

The vast majority of Canora guitars are Japanese made guitars that were imported in the early 60s through the 70s. Most were considered entry level guitars back then. Canora guitars were made by Guyatone and Suzuki Musical Instrument Manufacturing. A LOT of these guitars were made and distributed all through the western United States.