Anyone know about "monroe" guitars from the 80s?

[coloradoman25]

Snagged one for a friend of mine but we are havin a few issues with setting it up. It may need some serious fret work. Seems like a Scorpio series but someone refinned the poor bastard in swirl finish.

Any info on them?

[straycat]

Pics? Never heard of them.

[Snoogans]

I remember seeing adverts for them in the guitar mags of the early '90s. I don't think any made it to this side of the pond. They always struck me as being a little awkwardly-styled. Then again, they may have played brilliantly, but I don't recall reading any reviews either.

[DonP]

Nope.

Pics?

[straycat]

I did find a clip on YT about a relic Monroe strat but it didn't impress me at all.
Probably not the same company.

[coloradoman25]

Not the same company ill try to get some pics i took it straight to him so I didnt do anything with it.

[RacerX]

Chris never gets pics right away. Always posts without pics.... bleah

[diablomozart]

small company out of texas...very pricey back then which may explain why they weren't around long...i believe the scorpio had a floyd whereas the other models had a kahler floyd...their coolest model was a sculpted strat style called a mamba...d.m.

[neilli]

They were known for graphics and having the lettering of the logo around the tuners right? I remember seeing a pointy-ish headed LP from them years ago...

[Rsmacker]

They were known for graphics and having the lettering of the logo around the tuners right? I remember seeing a pointy-ish headed LP from them years ago...

You might be thinking about Roscoe guitars, their logo was round the pegs and I know they did a LP.

Monroe guitars were made in El Paso by Robert Monroe Turner, from 1988-1999.

I know I have some pics and guff about them. Somewhere.

[straycat]

Yep Roscoe had the name around the tuners,Great guitars I've had a few.