Condition: Good for age.
Description :
Difficult to read but the label appears to say F-71, Looks similar to other models I have seen with the model v-71
History of Landola guitars
Landola guitars have been made since 1942. And the first factory-made guitar was launched on the market in the beginning of 1946. The company, originally Munkers, was established by the Mattson Brothers in Jakobstad, Finland. Munkers designed and developed its own guitar models and working methods, resulting in increased production. In the years to come, the company changed names and owners, but to customers it always remained Landola, hence the name of the company’s guitar trademark.
In the 50’s competition was very keen, but Landola managed to flourish. Since the early 1950s the factory had produced nearly 3 000 per year. In the sixties the company participated for the first time in the Frankfurt Music Fair. The success Landola had at the fair pushed the company to start its export to United States, Canada and Europe.
The seventies and eighties introduced South East Asian guitar makers and these cheaply manufactured instruments put a strain on the Scandinavian market. Other Scandinavian guitar manufacturers went out off business, but Landola remained the only maker of guitars in the Nordic countries, to this day.
