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Welcome to the World of Hagstrom vintage guitars basses and amplifiers! made in Sweden - Where else! |
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Latest News from Hagstrom Vintage Guitars 2010-09-01: Viking IN, Coronado IV bass, Hagstrom HI-0 on the way! 2010-08-02: Hagstrom Standard 80 in mahogany finish on the way. 2010-07-07: Karl Erik Hagström, son of Albin Hagström, who founded the Swedish Hagström music enterprise, passed away on July 7 2010.
2010-07-01: A black Super Swede and a black Viking soon available! 2010-06-23: New basses on the way, Swede, Jazzbass and a red Futurama II 2010-05-28: Two Sunburst Scandi on the way Hagstrom Vintage Guitars.se is now a part of the Vintage & Rare web site, visit Please note and remember that all Hagstom guitars, basses and amps on these pages are made in Sweden during the years from 1958 to 1981. All new Hagstrom instruments sold on the market (shops, ebay etc) today are made in China. Probably fine instruments, but they are not made in Sweden! Vintage Hagstrom spare parts are always hard to find! We will now increase our effort to be able to supply as many NOS, used and replacement Hagstrom spare parts as possible. | | Hagstrom picture of the month September 2010 
Swede - Super Swede Sweet couple!
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| Karl Erik Hagström 1932 -2010 | | 
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Karl Erik Hagström, son of Albin Hagström, who founded the Swedish Hagström music enterprise, passed away on July 7, aged 78. Karl Erik Hagström lead the company through its guitar making years from the late 1950s to the early 1980s.
After business trips to the United States in the late 1950s, he suggested the transition from accordion to guitar manufacturing – he had seen the new rock´n´roll music, seen an increased demand for electric guitars and realised the imminent demise of the “squeezebox”.
Under his management, many innovations were made, such as the eight-string bass, as played by Jimi Hendrix, and the Patch guitar synthesizer. Hagström also collaborated with famous luthier James D´Aquisto on the design of a jazz guitar and guitar hardware.
The first Hagström guitars from the late 50s were sold in the US under the brand name Goya – guitars covered in glittery pearloid and “mother-of-toilet-seat” materials. In the UK, Hagström guitars were sold in the early 60s as Futurama. The cheapest beginner´s electrics were often sold in Europe with a “Kent” decal.
The semi-acoustic Viking model was immortalized by Elvis Presley when he used one in his 1968 comeback TV show and on the cover of the “Elvis in Memphis” album. Frank Zappa was another Hagström user – the Swedish guitar brand was actually the only one he ever officially endorsed in ads.
A total of nearly 130,000 guitars were made in the main Hagström factory from 1958 to 1981, when it shut down due to the increasing Asian competition.
Hagström guitars have also been played by artists such as Kurt Cobain and Pat Smear (Nirvana), Denny Laine (Paul McCartney & Wings), Neil Young, George Wadenius (BS&T, SNL studio band), Larry Coryell, and Joe Walsh and Randy Meisner (The Eagles) – and of course members of ABBA and their touring bands.
In 2005, the brand name was relaunched, with Mr Hagström´s permission, on a series of guitars made in China for the American Sound & Music corporation. Many of the new designs were based on the old models such as the Viking and the Super Swede. —Mikael Jansson
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Here you find the story of the instruments that went from "Mother of toilet seat" to Super Swede in just 25 years! This web site is dedicated to the Hagstrom Vintage guitars, basses and amplifiers that once was built i Älvdalen, Sweden. It's also a tribute to the Hagstrom family and the great impact and influence they have had on Swedish music and musicians. It's not only in Sweden Hagstrom has suplied musician with insruments and equipment, in fact most of the Hagstrom production was sold outside Sweden! |
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We sell, trade and buy all Hagstrom vintage instruments and amps built in Sweden from the late fifties to the early eighties. All vintage Hagstrom guiatrs, basses and amps (1958 - 1983) are made in Sweden! Almost all new Hagstrom guitars and basses (from 2005) are made in China. This Hagstrom site will continue to be updated and more information and pictuers will be added as soon as we have somethig of interest to put here. If you have information, pictures, storys or any other vintage Hagstrom information suitable for this Hagstrom web page, please send an e-mail to: info[at]hagstrom-vintage-guitars.se / +46 (0)70 1850017 |
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