Archive for the 'Hagstrom' Category

Hagstrom Viking

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

This is one versatile axe with all sorts of tone variations available. Excellent hollow body sounds will inspire you, its good looks will arouse you. The cherry red model is especially pretty. The fret board is a tad narrow but does play nicely.
This version, the Viking 1N, has a bolt on neck that [...]

Hagstrom 12

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

What’s this? A Hagstrom 12 with DiMarzio humbuckers, that’s what. Did a 12 string blues axe exist before now?
The pickups add some real macho to this firecracker. Don’t even pretend to play a Byrds tune and think you’re sounding like a Rick 12 string.
Hagstrom was proud of their guitar [...]

Hagstrom 3

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

A great alternative to an Asian axe. Thin is the word with this one. Thin neck, thin body, fun to boogie on. The two pickup version sounds a little thin in the bridge pickup mode, but it’s useful still. The other two modes are very cool. Single coil tones but less bite than a Stratocaster. [...]