Here's all I could find:
"Aspen was a brand name of a distributor, the International Music Corporation (IMC), of Fort Worth, Texas.
At least from the mid-to late 1980s, these instruments were made in Korea, but earlier ones probably came from sources in Japan."
Don't offer more than say 75 bucks. Should be a fun guitar to rip apart
"Always go heavy on the effects and try to blind the audience with expensive gear." - hubberjub
I mean, no offense, but I don't really see why, like guitar players from Creed, or something like that, are on the cover of guitar magazines. Almost anybody can sit down and learn to play those songs.
Dweezil Zappa