Hagstrom (guitars)

reens · #1 08-15-2008, 02:41 AM

so I was in a store I've never been to before and tried out some of the new Hagstrom guitars.

(ok, yes, I also play a little guitar; having started on classical in my teens, then went electric, and then dumped it all for bass. My heart will always belong to bass)

I gotta say, for a made-in-China guitar range, the Hags are sure sweet machines. I tried this LP-style called the Super Swede which just had great tone and amazing playability (and coil tapping). Also tried an Ultra and one of their jazz models. Great necks too -- not like LPs, not like fenders. Fast but very playable.

And then, later that night, couldn't sleep for all the GAS in my head. I got a knockabout Squier sixer, but it just doesn't cut it anymore.

Anyone else tried out these swedes, happy with them?

here's a page with sound samples - http://www.hagstromguitars.com/superswede.html

reens in brisbane

bassaficionado6 · #2 08-15-2008, 02:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reens

I gotta say, for a made-in-China guitar range, the Hags are sure sweet machines. I tried this LP-style called the Super Swede which just had great tone and amazing playability (and coil tapping). Also tried an Ultra and one of their jazz models. Great necks too -- not like LPs, not like fenders. Fast but very playable.

Charming nickname.

Deacon_Blues · #3 08-15-2008, 03:14 AM

I've tried a couple. I liked both.

If you can find a real, old Hagström from the 60's or 70's, you're probably going to pay far more than the few hundred bucks you have to pay for these Chinese ones...

Marcus Johnson · #4 08-15-2008, 01:11 PM

I've played the old ones long ago. I remember Larry Coryell just tearing it up on those things back in the fusion days. I asked him a couple of years ago if he still had one, but he couldn't recall.

Marcus Johnson · #5 08-15-2008, 01:12 PM

I've played the old ones long ago. I remember Larry Coryell just tearing it up on those things back in the fusion days. I asked him a couple of years ago if he still had one, but he couldn't recall.

I think Jan Akkerman (of Focus) used one as well.

Liist · #6 08-15-2008, 01:20 PM

Half of your guitars and basses from eBay were made in China!

eBay has a massive bootlegging problem, with fake Nikes, jewelry, Fenders, Gibsons, preppy clothes, and jeans everywhere.