Gallotone

Gallotone
Gallotone banjo ukulele.jpg Gallotone was the brand name for a range of musical instruments distributed, (and some may have been manufactured?), in South Africa by the country's largest record company, Gallo Africa''', during the 1950s and '60s.

The range included Guitars, Faux Resonator Guitars, (they have the steel cover plate but not the cone?), Ukuleles and Banjoleles; maybe other chordophones too?

The Banjoleles were imported from George Houghton & Sons in the UK and rebranded Gallotone, and some, if not all of the Guitars were made by Egmond in Holland and rebranded.

The Gallotone range of instruments were not only for the local market but widely exported around the British Empire, as was, as a budget brand. I have seen the Banjoleles re-exported too, especially to Australia, but not back to the UK.