These Japanese built guitars were distributed in the U.S. market by Strum 'N Drum, Inc. of Chicago, IL. Strum 'N Drum also distributed the Japanese-built Noble guitars of the mid to late 1960s, and National solidbody guitars in the early 1970s. Source: Michael Wright, Guitar Stories, Volume One.
Instruments previously built in Japan between 1965 and 1970 by the Tombo company. Distributed by Strum 'N Drum, Inc., in Chicago, IL.