You got to leave it to Hagstrom. To even make a guitar that’s perfect for the texture and tone needed for heavy metal riffs; they were even able to make that thing reverberate so gorgeously well and to also have their own articulate texture to their own tone like they always have with stuff like the Swede Tremor and Viking models. I honestly can’t help but come off as an obviously biased consumer to their products. Excellent articulate gorgeous tone and texture overall. They really do know their engineering well.
Ben is rapidly becoming my favorite guitarist. Him playing over Fluff's rock solid solid rhythm is a total win. I recently heard Ben playing old Van Halen riffs for the new Top Jimi Kemper profiles and that was when I knew he was an elite level player. If you haven't heard it, go to his RUclips page and listen. Close your eyes and you think you're hearing old Van Halen records. And Fluff is a staple guitarist on the Tube. Sweet.
you're too kind, sir!!!! When there's players out there like Brandon Ellis, Wes Hauch, Jimmy Herring, Sims Cashion, Andy Wood, and Emil Werstler, i'm not sure that what i do is up to snuff, but i'll take the praise all the same!
Dude, you are selling yourself short. Way short. Yes, those are great musicians you just listed. And there are many more, but your name is right there too. I am not easy to impress, and to cover Eddie as effortlessly and so fluently as well as your other work is just killer. I have been at this for 30 years and Uncle Ben telling me why I suck at _____________ (insert technique here) and then showing me the right way to do it has made my playing better than I could ever have done with anyone else. Perhaps my being a student has made me biased, but that is how it all shakes out to me.
Charlie Foxtrot The 3rd You know what's even better? The actual old Van Halen records. It sucks that people used to support bands by going to live shows and now they support youtubers who don't even write songs on Patreon.
I have a Hagstrom Select Ultra Swede. And I love it. I took it to a Guitar shop to get a string change. And played it along with a Gibson 2015 Les Paul Standard. The Les Paul sounded thin compared to the Hagstrom. I played them both through a Orange Dual Dark, Mesa Boogie Mk V, Peavey 6505. Hagstrom hands down, The guys in the shop couldn't believe it...
Ricardo Fernandes I got into the habit of taking my guitars in every 6-12 months for string changes and set-ups. Now I never pickup a guitar that doesn’t play fantastically. Even if it is only minor tweaks to the setup when I bring it in.
I'm really digging this new body and pickguard shape. It's almost like Hagstrom has come out with an instant "classic" shape! I almost liked the Iceman shape but not quite but when I saw a Nameless Goul playing this I instantly liked it!
I can wholeheartedly recommend the Hagstrom range in general. I've had a Viking Deluxe for nearly two years now, and it's never let me down. Seriously reliable instrument that blows the competition (which at that price range is mainly Epiphone) out of the water. The super swede, a les paul with a 25.5 scale, is particularly fantastic.
@@papaemeritusthe3rd318 I'm 51...I remember when "Sunshine Of Your Love" was considered heavy, then "Smoke On The Water" was considered heavy, then "Iron Man" was considered heavy, then "Rainbow In The Dark" was considered heavy, then "Black Magic" was considered heavy, then "Suffer The Children", then "Davidian" and so on and so on....it's all relative. "Mummy Dust" is considered heavy to my Aunt.
I was seriously bummed by Uncle Ben's solo, he made all the funny surprised faces as usual but where was the Signature "Thumbs Up at the end??? Why Uncle Ben WHY!!!! 👍👍👍🤘 but seriously very cool Fluff and Uncle Ben!!!
I saw one of these at 4sound in Stockholm a few days ago when I went to see Megadeth, fantastic sounding guitar (well, judging by this demo, I didn't actually play it amplified at the store) would definetly love to see a bass version.
Finally some Hagstrom love. I've played them for about 6 years and own both a Swede and HJ800 and the #1 issue with all of them is the pickups. Swap those out and you have something rock solid that you can hang on a wall without worries (H truss). Seriously under rated guitars that are always let down by the pickups.
3:00 It's funny your uh.. truss rod adjuster door cover.. thingy.. says "FANTAMEN" instead of "FANTOMEN" Nice Mummy Dust cover from Uncle Ben and yourself \m/
They used to use Gibson RD's until Hagstrom made the signatures. Definitely the smart move seeing as it's made for their tone and it costs a third of the price.
Ahh right, doesn't surprise me that they didn't keep using them though. They're over £2000 each. And according to Papa, the band wasn't 'profitable' yet :P
The OG Gibson RDs had a Fender 25.5" scale and Gibson wouldn't make them like that as well. Hagstrom has a long history of making guitars with the traditional scale and the longer scale, like the Swede and the Super Swede.
Laurence Nettel I mean under the circumanstances, I would personally shovel out money finding more RDs. I think the real issue is Simon (Alpha) and Martin (Omega) used a custom version discountinued model (RD artist), and finding one of those is utter hell. These new guitars look decent, but Ill admit ghost lacks the big punchy sound they used to have. Live it was mostly the drowned out attempts of Papa to hit high notes, and the sounds of drums layered over bass, layered over rythmn, layered over lead (in short not the sound you want
Late to the party.... I see Uncle Ben I also hit like. Honestly the only guy on YT I try and learn anything from. In any case, awesome video, killer sound and great information. Thank you very much!
Yeah but is it worth $799? For that kind of cash you can get a Gibson or a decent Charvel...or anything else with EMG/SD pickups, locking tuners, Floyd Rose, etc. It just seems a bit bare for what you're paying. At least they could've put actual Lundgrens in it and charges like $50 more bucks...that would make me more likely to buy it and if they added locking tuners it's a no-brainer.
Hey Fluff I'm really in love with this shape of guitar, do you know(or somebody else) which guitars from which company have the same or a similar shape like this one?
Fluff, that bass tone is effing great. How did you got that one? Your fans (some others here in the comment section + me) want to know. Next video idea?
Not sure if someone mentioned but the name Fantomen is based on a comic book character, used to be very popular in Sweden. English wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom
Pretty rad that you get Lundgren's on a MiC version. Not sure I'm in love with the pickguard, but it is a Ghost signature after all, and it does fit them. Laboga sounds sick btw.
Those are the same as "Duncan Designed" pickups, they're not actual Lundgrens. Who knows the QC and tolerance consistency? They can be winding them up in some sweatshop in Taiwan for all we know.
@Riffs, Beards & Gear...I just got this guitar used and in excellent condition...it needs a proper SET UP badly! The nut grooves are too high and the action is too. Tuning stability sucks ass. How was yours when you got it?
Can somebody PLEASE tell me where that little hammer on chord he’s playing at 5:30 is from??? It’s been in my head cause I recognize it but for the life of me I can’t remember the song
Hum... I've been researching this guitar for quite a while now and I've haven't seen it referred to as a signature ANYWHERE so far. I am actually thinking about asking Hagström to build a custom version of this for me. Don't know if they do that though... 🤔 Anyways, the first time i saw this in a shop over here in Norway, the first thought I had was: wow, that's beautiful! I NEED one! The second thought was: Fluff should see this! 😄👍
You got to leave it to Hagstrom. To even make a guitar that’s perfect for the texture and tone needed for heavy metal riffs; they were even able to make that thing reverberate so gorgeously well and to also have their own articulate texture to their own tone like they always have with stuff like the Swede Tremor and Viking models. I honestly can’t help but come off as an obviously biased consumer to their products. Excellent articulate gorgeous tone and texture overall. They really do know their engineering well.
I have a 1965 Hagstrom I and the 2019 Reissue of the Hagstrom III. I’m a big fan.
I usually don't like that guitar shape, but with that pickguard it gets a whole new personality. Really nice.
That rendition of the keyboard/keytar solo was amazing! Any chance of a lesson for that?
Also, glad you guys chose Mummy Dust.
coming next week on my channel :)
You should do a cover of cirice with that guitar
Korman Schiermeyer
I second this comment!
Korman Schiermeyer I like to play Cirice on my acoustic
I knew you had to play some Ghost with this guitar. I need this in my life.
That was a killer, tasty solo from Ben. And some good riffs from you Fluff. You two need to collaborate more.
Ghost is by far my favorite band
Haven't seen a hagstrom in years. And holy guacamole, Uncle Ben and Fluff together what a great way to start off this beautiful Thursday.
Ben is rapidly becoming my favorite guitarist. Him playing over Fluff's rock solid solid rhythm is a total win. I recently heard Ben playing old Van Halen riffs for the new Top Jimi Kemper profiles and that was when I knew he was an elite level player. If you haven't heard it, go to his RUclips page and listen. Close your eyes and you think you're hearing old Van Halen records. And Fluff is a staple guitarist on the Tube. Sweet.
you're too kind, sir!!!! When there's players out there like Brandon Ellis, Wes Hauch, Jimmy Herring, Sims Cashion, Andy Wood, and Emil Werstler, i'm not sure that what i do is up to snuff, but i'll take the praise all the same!
Dude, you are selling yourself short. Way short. Yes, those are great musicians you just listed. And there are many more, but your name is right there too. I am not easy to impress, and to cover Eddie as effortlessly and so fluently as well as your other work is just killer. I have been at this for 30 years and Uncle Ben telling me why I suck at _____________ (insert technique here) and then showing me the right way to do it has made my playing better than I could ever have done with anyone else. Perhaps my being a student has made me biased, but that is how it all shakes out to me.
Charlie Foxtrot The 3rd You know what's even better? The actual old Van Halen records. It sucks that people used to support bands by going to live shows and now they support youtubers who don't even write songs on Patreon.
Had to log in and comment just to say that Uncle Ben rocks!!
awww thanks :)
I have a Hagstrom Select Ultra Swede.
And I love it.
I took it to a Guitar shop to get a string change.
And played it along with a Gibson 2015 Les Paul Standard.
The Les Paul sounded thin compared to the Hagstrom.
I played them both through a Orange Dual Dark,
Mesa Boogie Mk V, Peavey 6505.
Hagstrom hands down,
The guys in the shop couldn't believe it...
Robert Falconer You take your guitar(s) to a shop for string changes????!!!!!?!?!?!?!!!??!!!??!?
Ricardo Fernandes leave him beeeeee
Ricardo Fernandes I got into the habit of taking my guitars in every 6-12 months for string changes and set-ups. Now I never pickup a guitar that doesn’t play fantastically. Even if it is only minor tweaks to the setup when I bring it in.
Ricardo Fernandes if I broke strings with any regularity I’d still do it myself but I rarely if ever break strings
Hello can you help me ? Can you tell me the amp settings to play ghost ?
That Mummy Dust cover is perfect
The pickguard resembles a nameless ghoul mask as well imo which just adds another layer of cool to the guitar design itself
Mummy dust was a great choice!
I'm really digging this new body and pickguard shape. It's almost like Hagstrom has come out with an instant "classic" shape! I almost liked the Iceman shape but not quite but when I saw a Nameless Goul playing this I instantly liked it!
such a beautiful guitar. im currently saving up for one of these.
That Mummy Dust Demo kicked major ass!
Great stuff, and i have to say that i love my favorite youtubers coming together like this.
I getting my Phantomen in the mail tomorrow ;)
my heart stopped when i saw the guitar
My heart stopped when I saw uncle Ben
Obie gayyyy
my heart cringed when i heard him say fantomen and hagstöm
I can wholeheartedly recommend the Hagstrom range in general. I've had a Viking Deluxe for nearly two years now, and it's never let me down. Seriously reliable instrument that blows the competition (which at that price range is mainly Epiphone) out of the water. The super swede, a les paul with a 25.5 scale, is particularly fantastic.
I strongly believe that Ghost guys are playing some custom shop Hagstroms instead of generally available imports.
Ever since this video was uploaded, I needed to have one and finally after 4 years got mine
Love Uncle Ben, such a talented guitarist.
Best tone in ages.
Great riff also.
Nice.
"These pickups are not voiced for extreme metal, more middle hard rock" proceeds to play in a heavily dropped tuning and chug along lul.
@Christian Gendics tbh mummy dust isnt even heavy tho 😭
@Christian Gendics what I am saying is that its not a heavy song
LOL! My exact thought!
@Christian Gendics MUMMY DUST is in Drop C
@@papaemeritusthe3rd318 I'm 51...I remember when "Sunshine Of Your Love" was considered heavy, then "Smoke On The Water" was considered heavy, then "Iron Man" was considered heavy, then "Rainbow In The Dark" was considered heavy, then "Black Magic" was considered heavy, then "Suffer The Children", then "Davidian" and so on and so on....it's all relative.
"Mummy Dust" is considered heavy to my Aunt.
I love my Hagstrom, it's my go-to guitar now, while better known and way more expensive guitars are collecting dust.
I was seriously bummed by Uncle Ben's solo, he made all the funny surprised faces as usual but where was the Signature "Thumbs Up at the end??? Why Uncle Ben WHY!!!! 👍👍👍🤘 but seriously very cool Fluff and Uncle Ben!!!
hahahaha that's on the director's cut, watch for it on VHS soon!
Thanks Uncle Ben, nothing I love better than a director's cut on VHS!!
This is what I have been waiting for since the release of that guitar.
I see uncle ben, i press like
you're too kind!
You forgot that you're a simple men... ;-)
burgerlice we are all blessed to be the neices and nephews of uncle ben!
As soon as Ben started plying I hit the like button. What a cool cat!
I saw one of these at 4sound in Stockholm a few days ago when I went to see Megadeth, fantastic sounding guitar (well, judging by this demo, I didn't actually play it amplified at the store) would definetly love to see a bass version.
Finally some Hagstrom love. I've played them for about 6 years and own both a Swede and HJ800 and the #1 issue with all of them is the pickups. Swap those out and you have something rock solid that you can hang on a wall without worries (H truss). Seriously under rated guitars that are always let down by the pickups.
3:00 It's funny your uh.. truss rod adjuster door cover.. thingy.. says "FANTAMEN" instead of "FANTOMEN"
Nice Mummy Dust cover from Uncle Ben and yourself \m/
Plot twist: Fluff is Uncle Ben's biological stepdad.
They used to use Gibson RD's until Hagstrom made the signatures. Definitely the smart move seeing as it's made for their tone and it costs a third of the price.
Laurence Nettel Nah the Gibson sigs ended when Alpha and Omega left, as the guitars belonged to them, not to the band
Ahh right, doesn't surprise me that they didn't keep using them though. They're over £2000 each. And according to Papa, the band wasn't 'profitable' yet :P
The OG Gibson RDs had a Fender 25.5" scale and Gibson wouldn't make them like that as well. Hagstrom has a long history of making guitars with the traditional scale and the longer scale, like the Swede and the Super Swede.
Laurence Nettel I mean under the circumanstances, I would personally shovel out money finding more RDs. I think the real issue is Simon (Alpha) and Martin (Omega) used a custom version discountinued model (RD artist), and finding one of those is utter hell. These new guitars look decent, but Ill admit ghost lacks the big punchy sound they used to have. Live it was mostly the drowned out attempts of Papa to hit high notes, and the sounds of drums layered over bass, layered over rythmn, layered over lead (in short not the sound you want
Yes I felt it similar when I saw them last. I saw them on the meliora tour and again on popestar. And the sound was noticeably different.
The guest solo was awesome. You should do that more often
I want one, i wanna play blues on it. It seems like Ia good blues guitar tbh
Recently got 1 of these, never had a neck so comfortable, as a dude with bass player hands it is a dream to play.
Might have to get one... simply for the strom
UNCLE BEN. That man has made me 4 times the player I used to be!
awwww shucks
Ben Eller Me too! Unfortunately, as I learned in math class anything multiplied by zero is zero.
RussD I feel you...
Late to the party.... I see Uncle Ben I also hit like. Honestly the only guy on YT I try and learn anything from. In any case, awesome video, killer sound and great information. Thank you very much!
Haven't heard of Hagstrom in years. My guitar teacher had a Super Swede and he often let me play it. I loved the hell out of that thing.
Yeah but is it worth $799? For that kind of cash you can get a Gibson or a decent Charvel...or anything else with EMG/SD pickups, locking tuners, Floyd Rose, etc. It just seems a bit bare for what you're paying. At least they could've put actual Lundgrens in it and charges like $50 more bucks...that would make me more likely to buy it and if they added locking tuners it's a no-brainer.
Very cool guitar
my friend has this guitar!! and its really nice to play on light and unique.. rock on from SWEEEDEEEEN
Great rendition of Mummy Dust!
Hey Fluff, sounds very nice. What are your thoughts on the Resinator fretboard? Overall feel, note definition, comparison to ebony? Thanks bro :)
Uncle Ben always makes things better.
I subbed to ben yesterday. extremely happy.
thanks dude!
The bass guitar tone in the mix sounded amazing...
Hey dude nice playing, do you like the eastwood or the hagstrom more?:)
The demo song is Mummy Dust, as you probably guessed by Ghost.
Hagstrom
I'm gassing for one of these hard!
More Fluff/ Uncle Ben collabs! Great stuff!
So Fluff the big dilemma...Hagstrom Fantomen, Eastwood RD or Balaguer Hyperion standard?
Gibson RD Standard
Awesome cover, Fluff. Thoughts on the new Epiphone RD sig for the dude from BMTH?
Hey Fluff I'm really in love with this shape of guitar, do you know(or somebody else) which guitars from which company have the same or a similar shape like this one?
This is a perfect budget ‘Kurt Ballou’ sound guitar.
Crunchy and airy - and even has that Rick guitar look to it.
Dat signature Uncle Ben eyebrow raise. Good shit.
The tune. Man. Very different tone wise and riffage. I like it alot
I do love my Hagstrom tbh
Same here!
(Am I late? ;^P. )
Fluff, that bass tone is effing great. How did you got that one? Your fans (some others here in the comment section + me) want to know. Next video idea?
I just bought a black one. Love it
TRY TO DEMO LEE MALIA'S NEW SIGNATURE EPIPHONE RD
Not sure if someone mentioned but the name Fantomen is based on a comic book character, used to be very popular in Sweden. English wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom
thats a sweet design! could you compare it to a gibson explorer? Im especially interested if it balances as nice, when you play it live.
I'm willing to bet your probably gonna get your hands on the new epiphone Lee Malia RD
Why does it say "Fantamen" on the Trussrod cover, I thought the name of the guitar was Fantomen? :D
The nameless ghoul guitarists are sponsored by Fanta™.
Don't you wanta, wanta Fanta?
Jonnzon in Sweden we have the letter "å"
It says Fantåmen, probably spelled it wrong
Your ceiling lamp is awesome! Where can I get one?
Ben is the man
Pretty rad that you get Lundgren's on a MiC version. Not sure I'm in love with the pickguard, but it is a Ghost signature after all, and it does fit them.
Laboga sounds sick btw.
Those are the same as "Duncan Designed" pickups, they're not actual Lundgrens. Who knows the QC and tolerance consistency? They can be winding them up in some sweatshop in Taiwan for all we know.
That riff you play at 5:03 😳 is that an actual song if so what is it ?
Mummy Dust is perfect for a tone test, chunky and chuggy kinda Metallica style. Anyway great guitar, great shape.
They got it in baritone? I have an Eastwood Sidejack deluxe baritone thats sweet.
Looks nice but how does it compare to the Gibson RD?
Uncle Ben is my hero, very flossy solo
you're my hero!
Wow great playing!
Beautiful tones!! Thanks for this
Shit, yeah!!! Uncle Ben! cool collab gents.
Is this the Fantomen Custom Or The Regualar One
Love the pickguard.
@Riffs, Beards & Gear...I just got this guitar used and in excellent condition...it needs a proper SET UP badly! The nut grooves are too high and the action is too. Tuning stability sucks ass. How was yours when you got it?
FIRST! That guitar sounds really great man! Are you gonna do a riff contest at 200K subs fluff?
Can somebody PLEASE tell me where that little hammer on chord he’s playing at 5:30 is from??? It’s been in my head cause I recognize it but for the life of me I can’t remember the song
It's "Long Train Running" by The Doobie Brothers
Greg Christensen THANK YOU!
Is this what the new guitarists use for the band or the ex guitarists?
Wish they stuck with the RDs, but these still look pretty neat (you should review the Lee Malia Sig RD that came out).
but what strings did you use? Like stock? If not what gauge
Bruh you’re playing Mummy Dust! I love it
Are you running straight into the laboga?
So thoughts on this guitar for thrash?
This one or the Epiphone Lee Malia Signature RD?
Hum... I've been researching this guitar for quite a while now and I've haven't seen it referred to as a signature ANYWHERE so far. I am actually thinking about asking Hagström to build a custom version of this for me. Don't know if they do that though... 🤔 Anyways, the first time i saw this in a shop over here in Norway, the first thought I had was: wow, that's beautiful! I NEED one! The second thought was: Fluff should see this! 😄👍
How is it stay in tune? I just purchased a used one setup in drop C , Im thinking about putting fishman willie adlers in it
man im gassing for this :)
My dude Fluff just legitimately started playing "Party in the USA" at 5:30
Dad n Friends That’s a Doobie Brothers tune you fool. Don’t care if a year late, had to be said.
I am digging the look. It kind of looks like the result of an Explorer and a Firebird getting together and making a baby.
You ever seen a Gibson RD? That’s the original
You should try to get your hands on the Fret-King Esprit Fluence.
Is the guitar heavy?
Uncle Ben is my favorite uncle ever.
You're signature model is nicer in every way. Whats up with that pick guard too?