Espana Guitars On eBay

Espana guitars on eBay are often listed as a Hagstrom derived guitar. This is probably due to their distribution channel that Hagstrom operated in Europe. Hagstrom sold guitars for a long while before they made guitars. The Espana range of guitars was a brand name created for Buegeleisen & Jacobson. It appears that Karl Erik Hagstrom gave Buegeleisen & Jacobson the brand name Espana when he first sold the idea to them to compete with the Hershman Goya guitars. A company called Bjarton manufactured the guitars for some time, but unfortunately all Bjarton information has been lost, it is difficult to be sure about this. Then B&J moved production of the Espana guitars to the Finnish manufacturer Landola.

Landola are still in business and very respected and it is thought that they made the better versions of the Espana. I have little information on the origins or the history of Espana guitars on eBay beyond a possible connection to Scandinavia. Some have noted a Hagstrom Sticker label inside saying Hagstrom Oslo and the Espana headstock may be similar to Hagstroms. Landola guitars were made in Finland and their factory was located in Jakobstad on the west coast of Finland. You can usually tell a Landola acoustic model by a crown logo inlaid somewhere in the body or headstock.

This is the current listing of Espana guitars on ebay.