Is one or the other of more value now? With or without the name Bruno on it?Īlso as I mentioned above, it was my understanding that Ventura was shut down in the 70's but I just saw a Ventura up for auction on EbayĪnd the description of the guitars says that it is NEW. If anybody can help me out I would really appreciate it. So my question is.why do some Ventura's have the name Bruno on it and others don't? My guess is that if it didn't have the name Bruno on it then it was probably bought and sold in Japan.but that is just my guess. I have seen this same V14 in an old Bruno Ventura catalog so I know that this model was also sold here in the USA. It was a V14 and the label (which was slighty different) reads:

I recently saw a Ventura without the name Bruno on the label.

Each of these has the label inside of the sound hole which reads: distributed these fine Japanese made instruments here in the good ol' US of A in the 1970's until they were forced to shut down due to some law suit regarding patents or something.Īnyhoo, I own 2 Ventura's. Whenever I hear someone mentioning Ventura guitars, 90% of the time they usually add the name Bruno (as in Bruno Ventura). I am hoping that someone can shed some light on me regarding Ventura guitars and the name Bruno.

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