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![]() | Elgava Unika-2 |
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Elgava guitars were made at the Moscow Experimental
factory in the 1970's and early 1980's, along with the
Roden bass. 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". |
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This is the old style Elgava neckplate, sent to us by Michael Koltuchov from Ukraine. The text is pretty funny if you can read Russian. It says - |
![]() Elgava Unika-2 wiring scheme. |
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Elgava twins |
Two Elgavas: one stock and one modified![]() The mostly-original version on the bottom is a typical Elgava-B. ![]() The "Westernized" Elgava ![]() ![]() Credits: Both guitars owned and repaired by Jamie Chivers ![]() |
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