Hagstrom I

[Bludave]

I just picked this up from my Luthier. It was refretted. I bought this about 6 months ago. I had one of these back in 66 or 67. It was my first good electric but I had to sell it to fund my SG( which I still have). This, like a lot of older guitars( this is a 1965). Had real whimpy frets. I struggled with it for a while then I just gave in and had it refretted with 6105 fret wire. Now it plays like a dream. The neck pickup on this guitar is surprisingly robust and full for a single coil. When both pickups are on it is reminiscent of a Telecaster but not quite exact. The switches are a bit odd. It doesn't have a tone pot but it has two switches titled mute and tone and by flipping them you are adjusting the tone to fixed positions. It's a very cool guitar and the neck is surprisingly fast and easy to play. I don't remember this being this much fun to play. All in all I am very happy with this cool little guitar

 

[Condemnedsoul]

Re: Hagstrom I

Old Hagsrtums are intersting guitars.
Some play really well and if I remember correctly, some have lots of switches.
Would you post a picture of yours?

 

[That90'sGuy]

Re: Hagstrom I

Sweet guitar! The original, vintage Hagstrom Viking hollowbodies are one of my favorite guitars ever, I love those original singles.

 

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: Hagstrom I

Very cool Dave!

I used to have a real road dawg Hagstrom III that I sold to help fund my 62 Deluxe I bought form Lew but I've wanted to get another one for a while now.

Enjoy it, those are super cool guitars!

 

[AlexR]

Re: Hagstrom I

I've got a Hag III too. Very interesting guitars. Its like they took the look from a cheap sci-fi movie and put it on a guitar.

The bridges are interesting too.

 

[ItsaBass]

Re: Hagstrom I

That's really cool. I fixed one of those for a friend one time. Light blue with a plastic top like that. I am glad you have put it into action again.

I grew up with a red Hagstrom II sitting under my dad's bed. It's the one guitar he didn't bother telling me to be super careful with, so I played it a lot. Super skinny neck, teeny frets, like you said, with an I-beam truss rod that kept it nice and straight (for a cheap guitar). I regret giving it to my cousin after my dad died. He claimed a huge sentimental attachment, and it had a broken pickup anyhow. If he even has it any more, I am pretty sure it still isn't working, which is a shame. It looked just like this one:

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Hagstrom I

Old Hagstrøms are great

 

[TheLivingDead]

Re: Hagstrom I

Ah very cool. Always liked the looks of those.