Hagstrom Swede 4 String Bass Vintage Sunburst

[Shortie]

Hagstrom Swede 4 String Bass Vintage Sunburst:

This looks like a very sweet Les Paul style piece, and the price is right. Trying to find out about it. Anybody have experience with it?

Is is solid body or semi-hollow?

 

[Thornton Davis]

It's a sold body and pretty much an exact copy of the original Hagstrom Swede bass.

No one seems to have any in North America from what I can tell. Haven't been able to find out anything regarding its price.

Nice looking bass. It would be 30.5" short scale.

TD

 

[Justice]

And if it is an exact copy of the original Swede basses, the nut width makes a Fender Jazz neck look wide. You can see my 1976 Swede in my profile pic.

 

[Shortie]

the nut width makes a Fender Jazz neck look wide

That's a negative for me. Too cramped.

 

[Shortie]

And if it is an exact copy of the original Swede basses, the nut width makes a Fender Jazz neck look wide. You can see my 1976 Swede in my profile pic.

They say it has great clarity and sustain, unlike most shorties. Is it true? I have an SG that I really like but it's muddy (I know I can mod it.) Does that Hagstrom seem like a viable substitute for an SG? Both solid body shorties but the SG has a mini - humbucker by the bridge and I think it's closer to the bridge. I like the bridge pup on the SG.

 

[Justice]

They say it has great clarity and sustain, unlike most shorties. Is it true? I have an SG that I really like but it's muddy (I know I can mod it.) Does that Hagstrom seem like a viable substitute for an SG? Both solid body shorties but the SG has a mini - humbucker by the bridge and I think it's closer to the bridge. I like the bridge pup on the SG.

Mine is currently strung with Fender flats. I would not call it muddy, it's pretty thumpy. Certainly clearer than my Epiphone EB-3