Tatra Guitars
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Tatra Guitars was a manufacturer of acoustic guitars from the former country of Czechoslovakia
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. These guitars were most popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Mainly making classical acoustic guitar
s, Tatra offered affordable, good quality guitars. They are good guitars to learn on, having wide necks and easy to tune headstocks/machine head
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Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
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Tatra Mountains
The Tatra Mountains, Tatras or Tatra , are a mountain range which forms a natural border between Slovakia and Poland, and are the highest mountain range in the Carpathian Mountains...
. These guitars were most popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Mainly making classical acoustic guitar
Classical guitar
The classical guitar is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones...
s, Tatra offered affordable, good quality guitars. They are good guitars to learn on, having wide necks and easy to tune headstocks/machine head
Machine head
A machine head is part of a string instrument ranging from guitars to double basses, a geared apparatus for applying tension and thereby tuning a string, usually located at the headstock. A headstock has several machine heads, one per string...
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