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Bjärton Minor
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1955 catalog

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1959 catalog

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1963 catalog

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1963 catalog

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1966 catalog

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1971 catalog


Specifications:
Body width: 335 mm.
Body length: 435 mm.
Scale length: 595 mm.
Spruce top with ladder bracing.
Mahogany back & sides.
Double-bound top.
Single-bound back.
2-piece mahogany neck.
Unbound rosewood fingerboard with perloid dot inlay.
Oval decal logo.
Strip tuners.
Natural satin finish.
1 year warranty.

Introduced: Circa 1955

Earliest known example: 3055 (Circa 1956)
3536 (Circa 1956)

Circa 1957:
3-piece neck.

6030 (Circa 1957)
7633 (Circa 1958)
8227 (Circa 1958)
10465 (Circa 1958)
12391 (Circa 1959)
12823 (Circa 1959)
12879 (Circa 1959)

Circa 1960:
Non-oval decal logo.
Mahogany headstock overlay.

18199 (Circa 1960)

Circa 1963:
Also available for export under the Hagström brand.

38235 (1963)
40280 (1963)
47988 (1963)
48847 (1964)

Circa 1965:
Also available in sunburst finish.

65356 (1965)
S2107 (Circa 1965)
S2896 (Circa 1966)
S3300 (Circa 1966)
S7137 (Circa 1967)
S7170 (Circa 1967)
S9917 (Circa 1967) - (Hagström)
S9928 (Circa 1967)
S10576 (Circa 1967)
S12641 (Circa 1968)
S13248 (Circa 1968)
S13972 (Circa 1968)
S14161 (Circa 1968)
98171 (1968)
98425 (1968)
100683 (1968)
103728 (1969)
111595 (1970)
117394 (1971)

Circa 1972:
Changed rosette design.
Vertical logo.

132523 (1972)
132866 (1972)
140516 (1973)
54147408 (1974)
54147470 (1974)
54164351 (1976)
Latest known example: 54167582 (1977)