Now when you think of cheap guitar copies, the Stratocaster comes first - iconic and easy to build (compared to a Les Paul), but in the 1960s, the Jaguar / Jazzmaster was the most successful and copied design in the alternative electric guitar countries that were Japan, Italy and Germany.
And they were not just clones like nowadays, each had their own pickups and gear - and personality -, like this bright orange Klira (orange is the only solid colour I like). West-German guitar company Klira is unfortunately still poorly documented on the Internet, so this time again I cannot tell much more about this - let's hope than someone will one day put some archives on-line...
And they were not just clones like nowadays, each had their own pickups and gear - and personality -, like this bright orange Klira (orange is the only solid colour I like). West-German guitar company Klira is unfortunately still poorly documented on the Internet, so this time again I cannot tell much more about this - let's hope than someone will one day put some archives on-line...
Bertram
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Funny, I see a lot of my pics here :)
ReplyDeleteI sold that guitar 2 years ago in Paris :)
I've got one of those :D
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