The Contessa trademark covered a wide range of medium quality guitars and solid state amplifiers. The HG series (that possibly stands for Hohner Guitars) featured acoustic "Folk, Classical, and Country & Western" and original design solid body electrics. Source: Tony Bacon and Paul Day, The Guru's Guitar Guide.
Instruments previously built in Italy between 1966 and the early 1970s. Distributed in the U.S. by M. Hohner, Inc. of Hicksville, NY.

CONTESSA Acoustic Guitars Models

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CONTESSA HG 01

- dreadnought style, spruce top, round soundhole, mahogany back/sides, 18-fret rosewood fingerboard with white dot inlay, rosewood bridge with white pins, black pickguard, three-per-side Contessa tuners with plastic buttons, available in Na...

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CONTESSA HG 06 J

- dreadnought style, spruce top, round soundhole, mahogany back/sides, 20-fret rosewood fingerboard with white dot inlay, rosewood bridge with white black-dot pins, black pickguard (half covers soundhole rosette), three-per-side Contessa tu...

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CONTESSA HG 12 J

- dreadnought style, spruce top, round soundhole, mahogany back/sides, 21-fret rosewood fingerboard, rosewood bridge, black pickguard, three-per-side Contessa tuners, available in Natural finish, length 42.5 in., body width 14.25 in., mfg....