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Thread #79124   Message #3679545
Posted By: GUEST,Banacek61
24-Nov-14 - 07:49 AM
Thread Name: Info on clarissa guitars
Subject: RE: Info on clarissa guitars
Many thanks for this invaluable info. I have just 'accidentally' acquired a Clarissa G-62-50 acoustic dreadnought, which came in the Hiscox case I wanted it has a fancy headstock with the CL monogram and a plainish label inside, with the music staff border, and the model number handwritten on a Mod no line. The seller said it was '70s and made in Italy, I don't know wher he got this information, unless it was passed along in previous dealings. What looked like attractive bordering of the sound hole is in fact a not very nice plastic insert. The neck/headstock |I suspect is Far Eastern generic, with decent diecast tuning heads and has a rosewood type fingerboard. This is bolted to a reasonable solid topped body but the internal strutting looks a little 'boxy'. The action is appalling at the moment but I will lower it today and restring it. It is both worse than and then by turn better than the impressions formed: curious.