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Bjärton La Rita |
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Specifications: Scale length: 650 mm. Spruce top with fan bracing. Walnut back & sides. 6-ply bound top. 4-ply bound soundhole. Single-bound back. 3-piece mahogany neck. Unbound rosewood fingerboard with side block inlay. Strip tuners. Natural finish. 10 year warranty. Introduced: ca 1957 Earliest known example: 5792 (ca 1957) ca 1958: Changed rosette design. 8695 (ca 1958) ca 1959: Fingerboard ends straight. unknown number (ca 1960) ca 1960: Unbound soundhole. 23789 (ca 1961) ca 1963: Also available for export under the Hagström brand. Marketed in the U.S.A. as Hagström HC-20. 67473 (1965) 81880 (1966) ca 1967: Changed headstock design. No fingerboard inlay. ca 1967: Sloped shoulders. ca 1970: Changed rosette design. Vertical headstock logo. Fingerboard ends rounded. 123307 (1971) 123309 (1971) 54146801 (1974) - (Hagström) 54148635 (1974) ca 19??: Changed rosette design. ca 1979: Marketed in Germany as Hagström Silvia. 54217526 (ca 1983) 54222881 (ca 1984) Latest known example: 225815 (ca 1984) |