Jolana Tornado 1963 Cherry

Information about the production:
In 1963 Jolana produced its' first semihollow guitar, called Tornado. The guitars were made at the new Neoton plant at Hradec Kralove. The guitar had an immediate success and was followed by numerous modifications. The first was Graziela. Tornado and Graziela had both nearly the same body with four-bolt-on necks with rosewood or ebony fingerboards. Tornado had three single coils and Graziela had one or two. Tornado usualy had a bigsby-like tremolo system.
A couple of years lated even more semihollow models were made - Jolana Alexandra, Jolana Special, Jolana Rubin, Jolana Studio, and several others. all of them had similar construction and body shape, the differencies were in the hardware, headstock shapes and logos. Tornados were produced during the 60's and the 70's, alongside with other semihollow models.

More information:
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Condition:

• Head – Good condition with few little scratches (visible on photo)
• Keys – Excellent condition but non original.
• Nut – Very good condition.
• Neck – Very good condition with few little scratches and bumbs (visible on photo).
• Fretboard – Excellent condition.
• Frets – Excellent condition.
• Body – Very good condition with some minor binding losses (visible on photo)
• Lacquer – Good condition - it has some little scratches, bumbs and some binding losses (all visible on photo).
• Electronics – Excellent condition.
• Equipment – Very good condition. Pickguard has some cracks (cisible on photo)

Please note this is true vintage instrument - if you want to play it, it may need some setup.