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For example, serial number 618324 is from the production run 618 which consisted of 1000 Hagstrom II guitars started and completed in 1964. Therefore, all units with a 618NNNN serial number are from the year 1964. b. However, others are less clear. For example, serial number 680873 is a Viking V-1 and the 873rd guitar made in production run 680.
The Hagström Viking was the first semi-acoustic guitar built by the Hagström company. It was launched in 1965 alongside Hagström's new 12-string guitar and two bass guitars. Two years later there was a twelve-string model launched simple called the Viking 12 and the Viking II Deluxe which featured gold plated machine heads and adjustable ...
The guitar came equipped with two humbucking pickups. Four-hundred and eighty Jimmys were produced in the initial run, they were more or less prototypes because Hagström intended to outsource the production of the Jimmy to the Swedish Bjärton factory, but before this could happen Bjärton closed its doors for good.
Erik Ohlsson plays Hagström guitars just like his bandmate Mattias Färm in Millencolin. Kevin Parker has used a Hagström Impala for recording and live performances; Joe Perry of Aerosmith used a vintage Hagström on "Honkin' On Bobo" from 2004. Alden Penner of The Unicorns and Clues played a red Hagström IIN OT electric guitar and a IIB N bass.
Number 101 was a non-cutaway auditorium as well as number 111, which he made for Laurie Veneziano and Janis Ian. Numbers 102 to 110 were his dreadnoughts. Numbers 102 to 110 were his dreadnoughts. From 112 to 115, are some of his most beautiful auditorium guitars and the only flat tops he made with a cutaway.
A Guyatone LG-140T electric guitar, aka the Kent 533 Videocaster (c.1964–65) Kent was a 1960s/1970s guitar brand. [1] [2] The "Kent" brand was established by Buegeleisen and Jacobson, a musical instrument distributor based in New York City, in 1960. [1] Early Kent guitars were made by Hagström, based in Sweden. [3]
A model/batch number of the form nnnnHmmmm where 'nnnn' is a batch number and 'mmmm' is a model number ('6072H950' for example would be an H950 model). They were also date stamped using an 'F' for instruments manufactured during the first half of the year and an 'S' for those built in the second half, and a 2 digit year code.
The next year mass production of the H8 began. The H8 was based around a regular four stringed Hagström bass but all strings were doubled much like a 12 string guitar. The lighter string was placed above the standard string and tuned one octave higher than usual. This gave the H8 a unique tone which was very suitable for bass solos.