hagstrom ii

[bearfourstring]

Hagstrom2 has two headstocks. I wondered when they changed. The one I am looking to buy has the one that looks like a Fender.

[Fly Guitars]

The one with a 2x2 headstock is the HIIBN - and has humbuckers. IIRC there was a little crossover, the first HIIBN was a 1969, the last HIIB was a 1970. I'll double check in the hagstrom book.

They are both nice, but I prefer the HIIBN simply because it has four pots rather than the unreliable switches.

[okcrum]

That sounds right. My '65 was the Fender style headstock. Good Switchcraft (silver plated contacts) slide switches, cleaned periodically, solved my headaches with the original switches.