dusty fretz wrote:I wish you luck with the restoration Chas ... From what you say, you were one of the many beginners who were blessed (or rather, cursed) with a Rosetti Lucky 7 as the first stepping stone in their playing careers.
Hi, Paul.
Chas had said: "
...my first guitar was a Rosetti - one of those single cutaway f hole archtops, though not electric!"
Of course, Rosetti guitars of that time were usually Dutch-made
Egmond models, certainly including the
Solid 7 (with its now-familiar Beatles connection) and the
Lucky 7 (a plywood archtop fitted with a one piece white plastic "Royal" brand pickup/scratchplate/controls/output socket). There was also the more upmarket Airstream solid models (2- or 3-pickup) which had some of the visual vibe of the Stratocaster and the Jaguar.
The Lucky 7 was essentially an acoustic guitar retro-fitted at the factory (if you see what I mean) with the Royal pickup unit, but the basic guitar was also available as an acoustic, fitted with a more traditional pickguard. If memory serves, that acoustic version was usually offered in an all-over white finish, though other colours were available. I can't recall ever seeing a the Lucky 7 version in anything other than a red-to-black sunburst. As with many others, the Lucky 7 was my first "proper" electric, bought (11 guineas) from Bell Music of Surbiton by mail order.
I have the 1965 Bell Musical Instruments catalogue up in the loft. I must drag it out some time and start doing some scanning of the guitars of the period...
JN