Show your Hagstroms

[skeletonsmith]

I got this Hagstrom Retroscape Impala a few Weeks ago and i love this Thing. Had one a few Years back but stupidly got rid of it.
Offsets really start to bore me somehow, and i was looking for some other weird Shapes and the Impala came back to mind.
That Guitar sounds like nothing else i own (JM, Mustang, Jag, Doheny, Tele's) with all these Filter-Switches.
I think I'm obsessed with Hag's now.








It looks pretty huge, but it's actually not much bigger than a Telecaster.

[hansbrinker]

Hags never seem to get much love. They're definitely quirky!

I have the '67 Viking II reissue. It's a great guitar and looks stunning. Definitely an affordable alternative to a Coronado or other mid-range ES style guitars. I love the six-in-line headstock.

[windmill]

Here is one

[F15hface]

Here’s mine, a modern Viking bass:



I’ve only played modern hagstroms, and not many of them, but I have enjoyed all of them. With more money and space I’d have a Pat Smear signature and a baritone Viking as well, and probably some of those retroscapes. I like how they have kept their heritage models pretty well defined, and built on them for the more varied modern Swedes and Vikings.

[Pacafeliz]

Stripped '67 Viking


70s (?) III with an ancient II neck - it was cheaper than having the original one refretted

[JamesSGBrown]

I was in a band that endorsed Hagstrom for a while. The H-2's and 3' we had were utilitarian and really boring despite looking cool. Really flat, wide necks- not nice. However we had a Swede with a trem that was actually great- until our singer smashed it onstage.
We've got a bunch of Hag's at our shop and NO ONE is interested for some reason. I think maybe they don't quite have the lore to shift them as easy as a lot of dealers were expecting.

[MayTheFuzzBeWithYou]

I once had a black Viking (with the 3 by 3 headstock - the new one with the 6-in line and block inlays looks amazing!)



It had really aggressive pickups and the most wonderful controlled feedback - that I gladly captured on a song of my old band.
I sold it to fund my Liquid Thunder Jazzmaster build… it didn‘t get much play time once I had the Thinline Jag ready.

Over the years I was g.a.s.-ing for various Hagströms -
First Swedes and Super Swedes… later the Deuce and the Viking…which I loved - but playing the F200P destroyed all this. Such a cool looking but absolutely shitty guitar (at least the one I played).

Years later I fell in love with the looks of vintage HIIs, HIIIs and HIINs. And for some reason Hagström guitars still remain affordable vintage guitars.
But as I don‘t like Strat Jacks - I always thought about ways to mod them - to suit me better… maybe I‘ll end up building a Hagström inspired guitar.

[skeletonsmith]

Very nice Guitars.... Thanks for Posting. I also think Hag's deserve more Love.

@MayTheFuzzBeWithYou : Interesting to see your Les Paul i often read about.
I also thought about getting a F200P in White Years ago. Until i had one in Hand in a Music-Store.

[Mechanical Birds]

Always wanted to try more of them. Played a reissue Suede a while back that was nice but don’t get exposed to them very much otherwise