White Hagstrom Bass 1970s?

Hagstrom HIIB

 

@Thornton Davis

 

Just look at examples on Reverb. That will give you a rough value.

 

I had a nearly identical one, but red, in 1965. It was stolen from my parents’ garage. That, and a Sears Silvertone bass amp.

 

When I was a kid a friend of mine had that Silvertone guitar/case amp set up, the guitar played pretty nice and the amp sounded good. I believe the guitar was made by Danelectro. It had a nice flat neck.

 

This Hagstrom II B was made in 1966 according to its serial number. It was the 369th bass made in production run 700 which produced 999 of them.

Value, is difficult to say because of the bridge swap. White Hagstrom II-B basses were not very common so that helps the value a bit for anyone wanting a white one. Difficult to see the overall condition with just one photo so I wouldn't want to guess at a value.

TD

 

I like it!

 

Hagstrom made fantastic instruments. Play it before giving it away, I bet you’ll want to keep it for yourself.

 

I had one of these... an F400. Got it in 1965. My first real bass. I've always wanted, and still want, a Coronado IV with the Bisonics.

 

Note the reverse Hagstrom string wrap ...



Tt

 

I thought I saw one recently around $700-800? I had one of these a long time ago. FUN bass, not a bad sound, the only reason I sold it was, of course, to get another bass!

 

I've got one exactly like that one, in white. Like others have said: Hagström IIB from the 60s. It's an amazing little bass! One of my personal all time favourites.

I've changed to bridge on mine too. The original wooden bridge tends to wear down over time and couldn't be intonated properly. It was just permanently glued to the baseplate. I installed a Guild Starfire bridge on mine. It has that vintage cool look and has the right spacing for this bass. It was an ALMOST drop in replacement (required some minor woodwork). I read somehere that there was some connection between Hagström and Guild back in those days and that Hagström manufactured hardware for Guild (or was it the other way around?).

I also remember reading something that the pickups are a similar design to the Guild Bi-sonic/Darkstar. But don't take my word for it, this is all based on memory from second hand information online (probably on this forum). But it does make sense if there was some kind of Guild/Hagström connection. Whatever those pickups are they sound GREAT!!!

I believe Hagström used a very unique truss rod system back in those days. Whatever it is it seems to work great and keeps the neck stable. I haven't needed to touch the truss rod since I got the bass 25-30 years ago, even when changing the Pyramid Gold flats. I have mine set up with extremely low action and can dig in with no buzz anywhere. Amazing neck/fretwork.

Are the switches ok on yours? They tend to go bad on these basses and it's very difficult to find replacements.

I've kept mine as a studio bass only. I won't risk anything else. I just love it too much.

 

No info about model, but it looks nice and if sounds good too......perfect.

 

I remember seeing photos of Randy Meisner playing that same model Hag with the Eagles.... only his was red.