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GAS from the past (Swedish content)

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OldHack

Jan 3, 2005
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First saw a partial pic of one of these back in the 70's on a Mel Bay or some bass instruction book. I was wowed by the Fender-like pickups and the cool plastic pickguard with the grille on it. What was it!?! No Internet to Google the thing. This was back in the day when you couldn't tell that electric guitars were made out of wood. It just looked so plasticky and smooth!! It looked like it could do things beyond what a regular bass could do. Would love one in red, just to hang on the wall and stare at.

Any of you lucky enough to own one?
 
#2
Yeah - Pretty cool, indeed!

The wood bridge reminds me of a Danelectro (?)

And the body reminds me of National.
National was a guitar company that made fiberglass shell electric guitars & basses with radical shapes for that time ('60s) Today they'd be highly desireable.

Here's a pic I found of one:

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#3
I've always loved that Hag's "swimming pool" guard, fake mesh inner part, and rivets around the sides. Super cheesy, but cool at the same time. I bought one, and found that I only liked the looks, not the sound or feel. :)
 
#4
Hard to find ones with the plastic still intact , input jack is often broken too. Back side is covered with thin vinyl that usually have shrinked with time . A collectible if you find good ones. Quite weak pickups, I think there was some mod where people put extra magnets underneath them. Hagstrom also had the "Kent" line that was very similar.
Very nice necks on all old Hagstroms, but electronics/pickups were not that good on most of the old ones (some exceptions though, like the Bi-sonic pickups the darkstars are based on).
The Hagstrom logo is very nice , one of the best looking ones IMO ( and yes , I am biased being Swedish...)
 
#6
Note also how these are stringed, you put the string on top of the peg instead of underneath like on Fenders. E and G string on the outside of the string retainer. This is for keeping the strings as straight as possible and to put les stress on the nut. You often see Hags stringed the wrong way. It feels a bit strange to tune up clockwise, but they're designed to be that way.
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THORRR said:
Yeah - Pretty cool, indeed!

The wood bridge reminds me of a Danelectro (?)

And the body reminds me of National.
National was a guitar company that made fiberglass shell electric guitars & basses with radical shapes for that time ('60s) Today they'd be highly desireable.

Here's a pic I found of one:

:hyper::ninja::hyper:
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Ah yes, the Nationals.. and the Kim Sisters!

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Right up there with the Teisco Del-Rays and their whatisit body composition. :)
 
#9
bongomania said:
I've always loved that Hag's "swimming pool" guard, fake mesh inner part, and rivets around the sides. Super cheesy, but cool at the same time. I bought one, and found that I only liked the looks, not the sound or feel. :)
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You lucky dog! This is one bass that is good enough for looks alone. Too bad you plugged it in and played it! :D
 
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bostrowskij said:
Note also how these are stringed, you put the string on top of the peg instead of underneath like on Fenders. E and G string on the outside of the string retainer. This is for keeping the strings as straight as possible and to put les stress on the nut. You often see Hags stringed the wrong way. It feels a bit strange to tune up clockwise, but they're designed to be that way.
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Weird, when I saw that I thought that would be perfect for reverse tuners...maybe in a vintage way that is what they were after.
 
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OldHack said:
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First saw a partial pic of one of these back in the 70's on a Mel Bay or some bass instruction book. I was wowed by the Fender-like pickups and the cool plastic pickguard with the grille on it. What was it!?! No Internet to Google the thing. This was back in the day when you couldn't tell that electric guitars were made out of wood. It just looked so plasticky and smooth!! It looked like it could do things beyond what a regular bass could do. Would love one in red, just to hang on the wall and stare at.

Any of you lucky enough to own one?
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I own one of these. i broke a string and some how the nut slid to the right? gonna fix it...i was gonna put lighter strings on it anyway.
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#15
On some Hagström basses, the strings are designed to wrap around the post clockwise (with the string taut on the left side). On others - like my Concorde (sorry, no pics I'm at work) - you're supposed to string them counterclockwise.

Looking at those awfully-strung headstocks leads me to one conclusion: Just pick the method of winding that allows for the straightest path to the tuner - no angles! (I'm seeing an awful lot of that on your bass, midi_in, that's why your nut shifted)
The little metal bar these headstocks have is designed for 'downward' (perpendicular to the fretboard) pressure. I believe only A and D are supposed to go between the screws, E and G go on the outside of the bar.

I think it works really well, actually.
 
#16
2400 said:
On some Hagström basses, the strings are designed to wrap around the post clockwise (with the string taut on the left side). On others - like my Concorde (sorry, no pics I'm at work) - you're supposed to string them counterclockwise.

Looking at those awfully-strung headstocks leads me to one conclusion: Just pick the method of winding that allows for the straightest path to the tuner - no angles! (I'm seeing an awful lot of that on your bass, midi_in, that's why your nut shifted)
The little metal bar these headstocks have is designed for 'downward' (perpendicular to the fretboard) pressure. I believe only A and D are supposed to go between the screws, E and G go on the outside of the bar.

I think it works really well, actually.
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i've tried winding the other way on all of them and they bend around the screws on the metal bar or look funky.

i havent done much research on my bass until joining the forum. and i see that these are worth some $$$ in good condition. funny because it was given to me by a friend who thought it was an eyesore.
 

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