Incoming Hollow Body, '66 Harmony H-22

[dadagoboi]

Been considering one for a while, this popped up on Reverb...looks pretty clean.

[Granny Gremlin]

Cool!

[Thornton Davis]

Carlo, that H-22 looks to be in great shape and to have the OSSC with it in the same condition is a rare find. Congrats on your score!

I use to have an H-22 many years ago and have recently been hankering for a "true semi acoustic" bass to noodle around the house with. The H-22's I found online seemed overly expensive to me for what they were. My alternative was an original Swedish Hagstrom Concord, another bass that I've also owned in the past and really enjoyed.

Luckily I found a 1967 Hagstrom Concord for sale about 2.5 hours away from me by car. I made an offer subject to a hands on inspection which was accepted. It's condition was very good and the price was quite reasonable, so I bought it. I own a copy of Hagstrom`s production records with all serial numbers of every instrument they made, so it was easy for me to trace it which was how I was able to see that it was made in 67. Here`s a photo.



TD

[dadagoboi]

That Concord is sweet, TD!  Only Hagstrom I've ever owned was the  60s Stratocaster looking bass with plastic face , anodized swimming pool and the switches.  The neck was bad when I got it in '73.  After that I always wondered how they managed an 8 string neck.

[patman]

Now you're ready to honk out some Spencer Davis!

[dadagoboi]

Now you're ready to honk out some Spencer Davis!

Or some Small Faces!

[Pilgrim]

I really like both the H-22 and the Hagstrom.  G.A.S. is ever-present!

[Dave W]

H-22s are tres cool. Coming from Olivia's I expect that it will be a good one.

Check out The Ugly Beats (Austin garage/surf band) for some H-22 action. Jason Gentry on bass.

[rahock]

That Concord is sweet, TD!  Only Hagstrom I've ever owned was the  60s Stratocaster looking bass with plastic face , anodized swimming pool and the switches.  The neck was bad when I got it in '73.  After that I always wondered how they managed an 8 string neck.

I had a Hag 8 string from 1971 till about 10 years ago. That H thing they do with the neck is outstanding. The neck was slim ,about on par with a Gibson 335 guitar, and strong as they come. I believe I could have used it for a pry  bar with no ill effects .
Rick

[Pilgrim]

There's a 4-string Concord on Ebay now pushing $1000...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hagstrom-Concord-bass-guitar-late-sixties-extremely-rare-/291580556050?hash=item43e38e3312:g:WX8AAOSw42JWEDGT

[Dave W]

There's a 4-string Concord on Ebay now pushing $1000...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hagstrom-Concord-bass-guitar-late-sixties-extremely-rare-/291580556050?hash=item43e38e3312:g:WX8AAOSw42JWEDGT

That's a BIN and looks like it's been up since early November.

I had a solidbody 60s Hag like the one Carlo had, they always interested me but the necks are just too thin for me.

[Thornton Davis]

There's a 4-string Concord on Ebay now pushing $1000...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hagstrom-Concord-bass-guitar-late-sixties-extremely-rare-/291580556050?hash=item43e38e3312:g:WX8AAOSw42JWEDGT

Wow, that's $1360.00 Cdn. I paid a lot less than that for mine. This one's from production run 696 which produced 1000 of them in 67. The serial number appears to have been cloned out of the photos of the steel back plate but you can tell by the bridge.

TD

[dadagoboi]

Arrived Thursday.  Time machine complete with original flats! No fret wear, straight neck.  Plays and sounds great.  A little oil on the fretboard and tuners and done!
 



The 'baritone' switch sounds good in either position.  Combined with the tone knob there's a lot of sound options.



'I'm a Man' Live, ragged Winwood vocal.



Time to sell the EB-2.

[Pilgrim]

Keep those flats on there!!

That Spencer Davis Group cut is in my top five favorites of all time.

[patman]

I sing that song in my band...always been one of my favorites also.