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    "Fast" neck bass

    How about a neck that is only 1 and 1/2 inches wide at the top and less than an inch thick, with string spacing only 2 inches wide at the bridge? Written up as "the fastest neck in the west". I'm not sure you can do better than my all original 1965 vintage Hagstrom H IIB/F400. And it's for sale...
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    Hagstrom IIB/F400: Anyone else have one of these lovelies?

    Hi All I still have my 1965 H IIB but would like to sell it. It was my first and only bass. I got it, brand new, just after the British Invasion started while I was in Junior High. I played it for almost 10 years. It has been sitting in it's original hard shell case ever since. I'd like to find...
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    Pics showing you and your very 1st bass

    Hi Gang I was a junior high hipster when the Beatles, Stones and Animals first albums hit the shores of the US. I had to play music like that. My first and only Bass was a Hagstrom F400/H IIB serial number 619311. I worked all summer landscaping with a cousin to come up with enough cash to buy...
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    Vintage Hagstroms

    Hi Guys I think I may be getting past the point where I will get back into playing my old Hagstrom, but would be interested in it's date and possibly a guess on it's value. I believe it is an H II B from what I see here and it is in great working condition and pretty darn good cosmetic...