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Byrdland using less-costly hardware and detailing, and offered it as a less expensive model. While that model was also designed with jazz guitarists in mind, it became synonymous with Rock 'n Roll star
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626:Key figures
548:December 1,
407:Jim McCarty
311:Chuck Berry
240:Ted McCarty
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639:Lloyd Loar
494:"Byrdland"
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