Bjärton Acoustic nylonstring model Isabella. 1976.
Mint cond.
Specifications:
Body width: 380 mm.
Body length: 490 mm.
Scale length: 630 mm.
Spruce top with fan bracing & soundhole ornament.
Mahogany back & sides.
4-ply bound top.
Single-bound (black) soundhole.
Single-bound back.
Mahogany neck.
Unbound rosewood fingerboard with dot inlay.
Strip tuners.
Natural top finish.
Black neck finish.
5 year warranty.
Introduced: ca 1954
Earliest known example: 1955
ca 1956:
Changed headstock design.
ca 1957:
Changed rosette design.
ca 1958:
Scale length: 650 mm.
Fingerboard ends straight.
Changed rosette design.
ca 1963:
Also available for export under the Hagström brand.
Marketed in the U.S.A. as Hagström HC-15 and as Hagström HC-4 in Canada.
ca 1967:
Changed headstock design.
10 year warranty.
ca 1967:
Body width: 370 mm.
Sloped shoulders.
5-ply bound (white/red/green/red/black) top.
Changed rosette design.
Double-bound (white/red) soundhole.
Natural finished neck.
No fingerboard inlay.
ca 1970:
Fingerboard ends rounded.
Nylon-string tuners.
ca 1971:
Vertical headstock logo.
ca 1975:
Single-bound (red) soundhole.
ca 197?:
5-ply bound top.
ca 1979:
Marketed in Germany as Hagström Victoria.
ca 198?:
Triple-ply bound top with black outer layer.
Changed rosette design.
Single-bound (black) soundhole.
Latest known example: 225877 (ca 1984)
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