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Hi, I found this guitar and I'm trying to figure out which model it is.
definitely not a premier model
I've never seen a guitar style gibson es-335 full acoustic so far
did you ever see one?

I don't know about an ES335, the only similarity I see is the F holes.

It's a beauty though, but with some very unusual features to be sure, particularly that tailpiece. And the flared double cut away is oddly out of place, and more suited to a solid electric.

Having said all that, I have no clue who made it.

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Neat looking Guitar! All I've found about the "Premier" brand is that they were/are probably made in Korea (according to an old Reverb listing). The font looks correct, tho.
https://reverb.com/item/5081231-premier ... _BwE&pla=1

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Pete

I read that the Premier brand was American, at least until the 1960s, then some parts were produced in Japan and italy

It looks more Gretsch-ish inspired to me.

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I also ran across an Aussie site that carries (or carried?) the brand. I'll try to dig it up again.

Edit: OK, it wasn't an Aussie site but one in the Phillipines and apparently, that's where they're made...
https://iprice.ph/premiere/

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Uncle Mats ES-500, RS Wildcat, RSB Deluxe, FS-750, Magna MA 30 (non-Mat), TA-61 non-Mat), a Westone limited run/proto Thunder and an OAKLAND (Westone) XI100.

Pete

Nice guitar... if there would be clue how old it is?

Anyway, that would be the really old "Premier" brand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multivox_Premier

Not much information, but the font looks pretty much like the guitar on reverb and the one on your photo.

the brand certainly is no longer American but if you notice my guitar is not these days, the most current piece is the body that dates back to around 1960.
Could it have been hand-made by a luthier?

I did a lot of research, I discovered that it is a guitar built with pieces from other guitars, now I'm trying to identify the origin of these pieces