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It is strange to think how little we know about this guitar builder. And it is surprising how many industries and craftsmen worked in Castelfidardo at that time. There is very little info about the Zerosette to be found, and up to now few have looked into third party production for foreign brand names, which in this case would be Goya and Contessa. This guitar builder was somewhat talented at constructing entry-level guitars. He put his Zerosette labels mostly on hollow-bodies that were somewhat conventional copies of the Gibson 330. If something more specific comes to mind, contact us!!!
La Rangemaster psichedelica di Jimi Hendrix About Sano "Circa 1940, Joe Zonfrilli, Sr., founded music schools called Major Music, in Irvington New Jersey. At some point near 1950, an accordion player named Nicholas Sano, wanted a pickup for his accordion, and Joe designed and patented one of the first pickups for what had until then been a purely acoustic instrument. With the pickup came the need for an amplifier, and so in 1951 came the first Sano amps. [...] In addition to manufacturing the amps, the Sano company imported acoustic and electric guitars, and accordions from Italy."
la copertina del catalogo Contessa, marchio del produttore Hohner che appaltò agli italiani la costruzione delle sue elettriche.
Una paletta "Contessa" che segnala chiaramente l'appartenenza al gruppo Hohner |
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strano quanto si sappia poco di questo oscuro costruttore di chitarre.
Ed è sorprendente quante industrie e artigiani lavorassero
a Castelfidardo in quegli anni. Di Zerosette si legge poco in giro
e fin'ora pochi hanno approfondito la questione della produzione
per conto terzi a brand stranieri, Goya e Contessa in
questo caso. Questo costruttore di chitarre di un certo pregio
come di chitarre entry-level, marchiò con Zerosette principalmente
modelli hollow-body, copie della gibson 330 abbastanza convenzionali.
Chi ha qualche ricordo più preciso ci contatti!!!
