Elgava Unika-2

Elgava guitars were made at the Moscow Experimental factory in the 1970's and early 1980's, along with the . Both instruments had crazy body shapes and very similar construction. The tailpiece was interchangeable between the Elgava and the Roden. They also had the same flip switches that controlled the pickups. Actually, these were regular electric light switches, same as those found on the walls of old Russian houses! Elgava Unika-2 had two modifications: one with vibrato and another hardtail. Some later examples also had pickups interchangeable with the Stella. One cool Elgava feature was a height-adjustable nut to control the action (lap steel option = high action, regular guitar - low action), but I have never seen one where the mechanism wasn't broken. Both the Elgava and the Roden had a large stencil model logo on the lower bout of the body. Some Elgavas were also marked "Unika-2" on the headstock. I have not seen any noticeable difference between an Elgava Unika-2 and a plain Elgava with no headstock logo. I have also never heard of an "Unika-1".

Elgava features relatively short scale - 610mm, and weighs 3.2kg according to the factory specifications. The body is made of plain old boring yellow pine which is a bit of a surprise, but not necessarily a let-down. The very first Fender Broadcaster bodies were made out of pine too.

New frets! Neck is redone, electronic is full tested, very good playable guitar vintage style.

 When sending for greater safet: neck is separated from the body.  

Your received:  Guitar, vintage bag,  adapter 5pin to jack 

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