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Bjärton Estrella/C-100
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1963 catalog

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1963 catalog

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1966 catalog

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1967 catalog

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1967 catalog

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1967 catalog

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1972 catalog

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1985 catalog


Specifications:
Body width: 390 mm.
Body length: 480 mm.
Scale length: 650 mm.
Spruce top.
Rosewood or flame maple back & sides.
10-ply bound top.
Triple-bound back.
Mahogany neck.
Unbound extended ebony fingerboard.
Gold plated strip tuners.
Natural finish.
10 year warranty.

Introduced: 1959

Earliest known example: 13505 (Circa 1959)
14649 (Circa 1959)
14781 (Circa 1959)
14871 (Circa 1959)
17139 (Circa 1959)
19374 (Circa 1960)

Circa 1963:
Available for export under the Hagström brand.

Circa 1964:
Fingerboard ends straight.

53981 (1964)
70905 (1965)
70918 (1965)
71272 (1965)

Circa 1966:
Rosewood fingerboard.

82273 (1966) - (adjustable truss rod)
83556 (1966)

Circa 1967:
Sloped shoulders.
8-ply bound top.
Triple-bound back.
Changed headstock design.
Changed rosette design.
Marketed in the U.S.A. as Hagström HC-30 (maple) and HC-25 (rosewood).

95193 (1968) - (old style body shape)

Circa 1970:
Body width: 370 mm.
Body length: 490 mm.
Body depth: 98 mm.
Flame maple back & sides.
5-ply bound top.
Single-bound back.
Changed headstock design.
No headstock logo.
Fingerboard ends rounded.

1971:
Also available with bridge pickup (Estrella EL).

54168446 (1977)
54175716 (Circa 1978)
54182162 (Circa 1978)
54200350 (Circa 1981)
54207494 (Circa 1982)

Circa 1984:
Changed rosette design.

Latest known Estrella example: 222682 (Circa 1984)

Circa 1985:
Renamed C-100.
Body length: 495 mm.
Body depth: 96 mm.
Nut width: 54 mm.
Changed rosette.

Earliest known C-100 example: 1-001036 (1985)
Last example made: 1-015562 (1988)