I played one of these at Guitar Center recently, and God DAMN was it amazing! The neck is definitely unique, thin and small but still vintage unlike the Ibanez Wizard style. The sound is unreal, those mini humbuckers are so good.
Several months back I picked up the Tobacco Burst '67 Viking Reissue and absolutely love it and the improvements. It's ALMOST the same Viking Swedish built Tobacco Burst I played from 1968 until I traded it in on a still owned 1973 Martin D-28. My new, Chinese, 67' Vintage Viking Reissue is sporting the guitar strap that adorned my original Hag 50 years ago. Time for some new memories with an old friend.
Biggest feature for me as a fan. Obviously very famously seen played by Elvis Presley in 68 wearing his leather suit. The Red one. Fun little fact. That Red guitar was borrowed for the filming of the special Elvis enjoyed it so much he bought 1 of his own to play around the house was never a stage guitar and it was a all black 1
Hagstrom's all are great, well-crafted guitars that can stand up against more well-known brands in any situation. Further, they are beautiful instruments AND they are not the guitars that everybody and their great-aunt plays for goodness sake!
What Hagstroms are not made in China? I was so excited & ready to buy one of these Guitars thinking it was made in Sweden & now I have to stomach knowing it is made in China. Very disappointing, I don’t think I can do it. I know there is a new saying that things made in China does not mean what it used too. But I have not seen a single companies products not drop in quality once they moved there operations too China.
For what it's worth, I've had a Hagstrom Viking for 10 years and it plays really well and I've only just had a problem with with one of the pickups last year. The guitar only cost me 900 AUD. For the price of the '67 Viking, you're probably better off getting an American made Fender or something. But I reckon the regular Vikings and Swedes beat any Mexican made Fender model.
You clowns actually think production is going to move back to more expensive countries? And Apple makes it high end gear in China and the quality has not suffered one bit. Stop being racist.
i would have loved this guitar if it wasn’t made in China, for that matter I see it heavily overpriced and it simply makes sense to add a little more and buy entry-american fender
Fender doesn't make a guitar like this. The closest is the Squier Starcaster. Which is made in China. I have one. It's a GREAT instrument, and I wouldn't trade it for any shitty American-made Fender.
Sorry I have to ask again but did you mention that all Hagstroms are made in China? Guitars are discretionary purchases and I am sure there are many people who would not enjoy playing an instrument made by a communist dictatorship especially after their handling of Covid-19 that has brought so much misery to so many people. It would be like you recommend buying Hugo Boss clothing made before 1945, you would not do that now, would you?
Hagström Northern are built in Check republic. iPhones and iPads are built in China and so are some cameras from Nikon, Sony and Canon IIRC. Olympus on the other hand are built in Vietnam.
For starters: the U.S. handled the COVID virus much worse than China because we had a buffoon as President. Thankfully, that clown's gone. As for your not wanting to support a 'communist dictatorship,' you DO know that almost all household goods, consumer electronics, automobiles, machinery, etc., are either made entirely in China or have Chinese parts? There's not a single day that goes by that you aren't using or interacting with some product that has Chinese origins. Finally your 'Hugo Boss' analogy goes both ways; Do you boycott Dow products? Dow made napalm - which killed and wounded thousands and thousands of innocent Vietnamese during the Vietnam war. Mitsubishi built prisoner-of-war camps for the Japanese during WWII. Bayer performed medical experiments in concentration camps. Nestle benefitted from slave labor, while Standard Oil provided fuel to U-boats. I could go on and on. That you think any country's hands are clean is beyond naïve.
I played one of these at Guitar Center recently, and God DAMN was it amazing! The neck is definitely unique, thin and small but still vintage unlike the Ibanez Wizard style. The sound is unreal, those mini humbuckers are so good.
Several months back I picked up the Tobacco Burst '67 Viking Reissue and absolutely love it and the improvements. It's ALMOST the same Viking Swedish built Tobacco Burst I played from 1968 until I traded it in on a still owned 1973 Martin D-28. My new, Chinese, 67' Vintage Viking Reissue is sporting the guitar strap that adorned my original Hag 50 years ago. Time for some new memories with an old friend.
Biggest feature for me as a fan. Obviously very famously seen played by Elvis Presley in 68 wearing his leather suit. The Red one. Fun little fact. That Red guitar was borrowed for the filming of the special
Elvis enjoyed it so much he bought 1 of his own to play around the house was never a stage guitar and it was a all black 1
Everytime I see a Hagstrom I do the thumbs up and after this I am convinced that it is a Nice guitar and I really liked the review...
Nice demo, thoughtful review; also nice production. Good job!!
Thank you!
I just ordered one …importing it from France. Can’t wait! 😃
I really like the Fender Coronado, that used to have a bolt on neck despite being a hollow body guitar.
The Starcaster is bolt-on as well
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Sweet playing sir!!!
Thanks man!
Superb review presentation. 👍
Hagstrom's all are great, well-crafted guitars that can stand up against more well-known brands in any situation. Further, they are beautiful instruments AND they are not the guitars that everybody and their great-aunt plays for goodness sake!
The Starcaster is a bolt on semi hollow guitar.
Though this one is a hollow-body guitar.
What a sexy thing that is, the guitar isnt bad too.
😆😆🎸
Have a hagstrom super swede that kicks ass in every way
Good review! Thanks.
The same guitar Elvis played in his 68 Comeback Special.
I have an eko 12string acoustic guitar with a bolt on neck.
Nice
*Hmm.. I was wondering have you tried Sugar by Robin Schulz?*
Awesome video James! It has a surprising range of tones on hand. The real question: black or red!?
Thanks Sean! I think this is the only time I'd go for a red finish over a black one, it's the flame on the red that sells it to me
That middle position split playing circa 5:10. Those are some fine notes, sir.
Haha thank you!
lovely
Thanks man!
How is quality compared to an epi hollow body?
Could you put a bigsby on one of these?
Does this hollowbody have a centreblock?
This one is a true hollowbody so doesn't have a centre block
2:16 I’ve got a 60s Eko (Made In Italy) hollow body with a bolt on neck
What Hagstroms are not made in China? I was so excited & ready to buy one of these Guitars thinking it was made in Sweden & now I have to stomach knowing it is made in China. Very disappointing, I don’t think I can do it. I know there is a new saying that things made in China does not mean what it used too. But I have not seen a single companies products not drop in quality once they moved there operations too China.
That's very appropriate to not buy 'made in China'. They must begin producing elsewhere.
For what it's worth, I've had a Hagstrom Viking for 10 years and it plays really well and I've only just had a problem with with one of the pickups last year. The guitar only cost me 900 AUD. For the price of the '67 Viking, you're probably better off getting an American made Fender or something. But I reckon the regular Vikings and Swedes beat any Mexican made Fender model.
You clowns actually think production is going to move back to more expensive countries? And Apple makes it high end gear in China and the quality has not suffered one bit. Stop being racist.
Those guitars are made in china by 3 swedish guys
😂
I didn't come for the guitar ...
i would have loved this guitar if it wasn’t made in China, for that matter I see it heavily overpriced and it simply makes sense to add a little more and buy entry-american fender
Fender doesn't make a guitar like this.
The closest is the Squier Starcaster.
Which is made in China. I have one. It's a GREAT instrument, and I wouldn't trade it for any shitty American-made Fender.
Sorry I have to ask again but did you mention that all Hagstroms are made in China? Guitars are discretionary purchases and I am sure there are many people who would not enjoy playing an instrument made by a communist dictatorship especially after their handling of Covid-19 that has brought so much misery to so many people. It would be like you recommend buying Hugo Boss clothing made before 1945, you would not do that now, would you?
Hagström Northern are built in Check republic. iPhones and iPads are built in China and so are some cameras from Nikon, Sony and Canon IIRC. Olympus on the other hand are built in Vietnam.
For starters: the U.S. handled the COVID virus much worse than China because we had a buffoon as President. Thankfully, that clown's gone.
As for your not wanting to support a 'communist dictatorship,' you DO know that almost all household goods, consumer electronics, automobiles, machinery, etc., are either made entirely in China or have Chinese parts? There's not a single day that goes by that you aren't using or interacting with some product that has Chinese origins.
Finally your 'Hugo Boss' analogy goes both ways; Do you boycott Dow products? Dow made napalm - which killed and wounded thousands and thousands of innocent Vietnamese during the Vietnam war. Mitsubishi built prisoner-of-war camps for the Japanese during WWII. Bayer performed medical experiments in concentration camps. Nestle benefitted from slave labor, while Standard Oil provided fuel to U-boats. I could go on and on.
That you think any country's hands are clean is beyond naïve.
What an idiotic comment
Dude u need to seriously calm down. I'm sure if I investigated your household and even your personal effects I'd find plenty of Chinese made products.
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Nice
Thanks man!