Need help with an Old Hag

dane · Jun 14, 2009

A friend of my wife bought her daughter an electric guitar for her to learn on. The teacher took one look at it as wanted to buy it. That’s a red flag to anyone. So now the mom is wondering what she bought and would like some info on it. I have not seen the guitar yet but this is what I know, it’s an older Hagstrom with a serial number of 712215. I don’t know much about Hagstrom so any info you have could be helpful. How do I determine what model it is? I will be asking for a pic to post later. Thanks.

hansmoust · Jun 14, 2009

dane said:
A friend of my wife bought her daughter an electric guitar for her to learn on. The teacher took one look at it as wanted to buy it. That’s a red flag to anyone. So now the mom is wondering what she bought and would like some info on it. I have not seen the guitar yet but this is what I know, it’s an older Hagstrom with a serial number of 712215. I don’t know much about Hagstrom so any info you have could be helpful. How do I determine what model it is? I will be asking for a pic to post later. Thanks.

Hello Dane,

Sounds like she has a Hagstrom Viking from the second half of the '60s. It is a semi-acoustic electric guitar, somewhat like a double-cutaway Guild Starfire guitar.

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
http://www.guitarsgalore.nl

jp · Jun 14, 2009

Dane,
Those are great old well-built guitars. Most of the Hagströms I've played have very thin-profiled necks, especially the basses. The company and rights were bought by an American company. I think they're manufactured now in China. The older ones I've encountered have been very nice.

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Darryl Hattenhauer · Jun 16, 2009

Need help with an Old Hag

That applies to almost every geezer on the forum.

hf

fronobulax · Jun 17, 2009

Darryl Hattenhauer said:
Need help with an Old Hag

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That applies to almost every geezer on the forum.

hf

See the video linked in this thread. Maybe Mr. Jagger has some tricks he is willing to share with his contemporary geezers.

stig · Jun 17, 2009

jp said:
Dane,
Those are great old well-built guitars. Most of the Hagströms I've played have very thin-profiled necks, especially the basses. The company and rights were bought by an American company. I think they're manufactured now in China. The older ones I've encountered have been very nice.

I have a 60's Hag 12-string, and I love it. Been using it for over 25 years. And yes, the neck is quite wide and very thin.

Default · Jun 17, 2009

http://cgi.ebay.com/hagstrom-hollow-bod ... 3a4fc06260

Tony Burns · Jun 19, 2009

Use to own a Hagstrom Black swede- looked alot like a black Les paul -believe it was from the seventies- a very nice sounding electric ( I changed out the tuners -still have those old style steeped tuners -)

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