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Specifications: Body width: 360 mm. Body length: 470 mm. Scale length: 630 mm. Spruce top. Flame maple back & sides. Triple-bound top. Triple-bound soundhole. Single-bound back. Mahogany neck. Unbound rosewood fingerboard with dot inlay. Strip tuners. Sunburst finish. 1 year warranty. Introduced: Circa 1954 Earliest known example: 1435 (Circa 1954) 1836 (Circa 1955) Circa 1956: Changed bridge design. Changed headstock design. 4072 (Circa 1957) Circa 1959: Mahogany back & sides. Changed rosette design. Single-bound soundhole. Changed headstock design. Sunburst or natural finish. 12964 (Circa 1959) Circa 1961: Changed headstock design. 26805 (Circa 1961) 30118 (Circa 1962) - (no fingerboard inlay) 33059 (Circa 1962) unknown number (early 1960s) unknown number (early 1960s) - (maple back & sides, different rosette & soundhole binding?) Circa 1963: Also available for export under the Hagström brand. Marketed in the U.S.A. as Hagström HC-10 and as Hagström HC-5 in Canada. 4-ply white/green bound top. Double-bound (white/green) soundhole. Natural finish. xxxxx (Circa 1963) - (Hagström) - (added pickguard) 41531 (1963) - (converted to nylon-string tuners) 64573 (1965) - (España SL-11 body & logo) 66799 (1965) - (España logo) 68537 (1965) - (España logo) 69325 (1965) Circa 1966: Changed headstock design. 73633 (1966) - (no fingerboard inlay) 81816 (1966) - (old headstock design) 85240 (1966) 85702 (1967) - (old headstock design) 85783 (1967) - (old headstock design) S8055 (Circa 1967) Circa 1967: Sloped shoulders. 4-ply white/red/white/black bound top. Single-bound soundhole. No fingerboard inlay. 94635 (1968) 94655 (1968) 99344 (1968) Circa 1968: Nylon string tuners. 99414 (1968) - (Hagström) Circa 1969: Fingerboard ends rounded. 10 year warranty. 141055 (1973) 54147671 (1975) - (Hagström) 54154426 (1975) Latest known example: 54157099 (1975) - (Hagström)