JakesBently

Hi my names Jake and i'm a Bently guitar collector. Bently guitars started back in the early 80s. Martin did not start the Bently guitar line. The name was actually started in a company called SLM which stood for St. Louis Music. The guitar line was made as a cheaper guitar line than Alvarez. Bently guitars were made from 1983 to 1998 and were replaced by the Austin guitar line. Bently guitars started off as acoustics then later on started making electrics then changed the name of the electrics to Series10 and left the acoustics as Bently. I hope this helpd if you have any other questions feel free to ask. -Jake-

Sorry it took so long. I found out that your guitar sold for $349.99 back when it was made. It would sell for about $125 to $150 now days. I was'nt able to get the axact age of the guitar but my guess is it was probably made in the late 80s. I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any other questions. -Jake-

I just sent an email to my friend Mark. I should get a reply about it somtime today. I'll send you all the information on it asap. I'll get the age on it too if i can. I had a Series10 just like this one that i sold not too long ago except it had the mother of pearl block enlays. I enjoyed playing it a lot, I upgraded the pickups on it to Seymour Duncans tho. -Jake-

Hi my names Jake and im a Series 10 and Bently guitars collector. Series 10 guitars are not made anymore and neither Jackson or Fender bought the name. Bently guitars originated back in 1985 when the company SLM introduced them. SLM stands for Saint Louis Music. They made the guitar brand because people wanted somthing that cost less then Alvarez guitars.(Alvarez is not an offbrand of Ibanez regaurdless of what some people say). Bently was a medium grade guitar and started off as acoustics. Then they started making electrics. Then they changed the names of the electrics to Series 10 as a way to separate the acoustics from the electrics. Series 10 and Bently guitars were made from 1985 to 1998. SLM stoped making the guitar line when they introduced the Austin guitar line. On the used market you can find them from $50 to $100 maybe a little more depending on the guitar and if you find a collector. If you want to send me the serial number and a picture of the guitar i can try to find out how much it sold for and how much it is worth now if you like. I hope this information helped you out some. I just made this account on here because i saw your question on google lol I have been collecting the guitars for 3 years and own a few of the les paul copys. i'll ttyl -Jake-