Need help with identifying the authenticity of a Romanillos and a Morris

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JieXian

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From: Malaysia

Need help with identifying the authe...

I've searched for a few pictures and the stamps look different. Could someone please give me some advice?

And here's another Morris one, just in case someone knows about them.

Could someone please judge the value of both of these guitars? Thank you.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 8 2010 16:50:30

Andy Culpepper

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RE: Need help with identifying the a... (in reply to JieXian)

They both look like factory guitars, I guess the value would be hard to judge but probably well under $1000...
It's not a Romanillos as in Jose Romanillos the luthier.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 8 2010 17:11:27

JieXian

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RE: Need help with identifying the a... (in reply to Andy Culpepper)

Awwwww I was quite excited for a while ..

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 8 2010 17:15:52

Andy Culpepper

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RE: Need help with identifying the a... (in reply to JieXian)

hehe, oh well that doesn't mean they're not good guitars...

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 8 2010 17:17:06

Ron.M

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RE: Need help with identifying the a... (in reply to Andy Culpepper)

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and a Morris...

So they made guitars as well?

Gosh, Britain really had it together in the old days...

http://classic-car.y2u.co.uk/Cl_Morris_Minor_Car.htm

cheers,

Ron

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 8 2010 19:26:13

JieXian

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RE: Need help with identifying the a... (in reply to JieXian)

hahahaha

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 9 2010 14:10:40

HemeolaMan

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RE: Need help with identifying the a... (in reply to JieXian)

are you a metallica fan then?

the scary guy logo indicates that either you or the previous owner are...

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 9 2010 15:16:15

Mike_Kinny

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RE: Need help with identifying the a... (in reply to HemeolaMan)

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the scary guy logo indicates that either you or the previous owner are...

Could it be both?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 10 2010 13:11:12

Armando

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RE: Need help with identifying the a... (in reply to JieXian)

The "so called" Romanillos guitar has nothing to do with a real Romanillos guitar made by José or Liam Romanillos. They all have different Labels and they are not made in Barcelona. So it looks like somebody tryes to make use of the famous Romanillos name, but only good products are copied, so i consider it to be kind of a honour to Romanillos allthough i could imagine better ones as well;-)

regards

Armando

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 10 2010 19:26:14

JieXian

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RE: Need help with identifying the a... (in reply to Armando)

Thanks, it's all cleared up now. I'd still give Romanillos the benefit of doubt because after all, there should be many people around with that name.

I'm not a Metallica fan but I try to listen to all kinds of music and so far my friend have been introducing several metal songs but none of them were ever Metallica.

Maybe the owner is, I don't know. I haven't bought it yet by the way.... And a sticker isn't going to influence my choice at all. Something like that will only make me think about the cost of removing the sticker. However the seller said it was removed already.

All that's left is the Morris one, but of course this may not be the right place for it, still hopefully some of you can help me about that :)

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 12 2010 14:48:25

keith

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RE: Need help with identifying the a... (in reply to JieXian)

The label does not include the name, Jose so I doubt if it is a fake label or someone trying to pull the wool over someone's eyes. It is very likely there is a luthier in Barcelona by the last name of Romanillos and it could very well be his first name is Jose and therefore he decided not to include his first name so as not to cause any confusion. Then again, maybe this is a Sherry guitar that has surfaced out of the woodwork unknown to the masses until this moment.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 16 2010 0:54:09