The Last Bass Outpost
Gear Discussion Forums => Other Bass Brands => Topic started by: Pilgrim on February 03, 2011, 10:45:22 AM
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Spotted at Imperial Guitars - looks dang nice:
http://www.gbase.com/powered/geardetails.aspx?dealer=4a7154bf-48c4-4357-9eb7-072b556d5b6a&item=2615997#
(http://liveassets.rationalpathinc.netdna-cdn.com/usercontent/gear/2615997/p1_uo5yvrisy_so.jpg)
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Only hagstrom i would want would be the 8 string.
However that place is about 45 minutes from me. anyone want me to check it out let me know....
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I like the instrument a lot, and I love off-beat brands.
But I am confident that the family budget has stretched far enough with two new basses in the last three months...and Christmas to boot.
Dang.
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They're nothing special, if that's what you're asking. Lots of plastic and poor intonation.
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I'm not surprised---I note the wooden bar bridge.
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those are pretty much semi upholstered toys.
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it does look like something you'd buy for the xBox...
my 'lil bro has a Hagstrom Ultra-Swede electric guitar - it's very, very nice...I'm confused about this bass entry.
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I just think the appearance is cool - it's almost like they grafted a radio faceplate into the center of the guitar.
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Hagstrom actually made some pretty nice basses, the ones we have posted here ain't the ones you would want.
Rick
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I definitely like the way the Hagstrom 8 string sounded on the "Axis Bold as Love" album. I don't know how practical it would be to have something like that, though.
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This Concord C-2 "DeLuxe" (http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-1960s-Hagstrom-Concord-4-String-Bass-Hollow_W0QQitemZ370480738754QQcategoryZ4713QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m8QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DMW%26its%3DC%26itu%3DUCC%26otn%3D5%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D6892068450864186441) is more what I would be looking for in a Hagstrom ......
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... or a vintage Swede Bass.
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I definitely like the way the Hagstrom 8 string sounded on the "Axis Bold as Love" album. I don't know how practical it would be to have something like that, though.
I had a Hag 8 String from 1970 until about 5 years ago. It was a beautiful and unique instrument, but like you mentioned, not real practical, so I gave it up :sad:.
The hollow body Concord is a pretty nice bass but they also had a couple solid bodies in the late 60s-early 70s that were my favorites and they were cheap too. I can't recall the names, I have an old catalog around here somewhere that came with my 8 String that I have to find. There was a great sounding solid body that I saw Greg Lake use a few times that had a list price of something like $185. I played one at a couple of jam sessions back in the day and REALLY liked it. It seems like all anyone remembers from Hagstrom are their cartoonlike X Boxish creations. They really did make some other stuff that was really nice.
Rick
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... or a vintage Swede Bass.
.... or a Coronado IV with Bi-Sonics ;)
(http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/4919/hagstromcoronadoiv.jpg)
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I was considering this one because I thought it was beautiful. Got nervous about the neck damage though.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250746526414&ssPageName=ADME:B:WNA:US:1123#ht_500wt_1156
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hagstrom guitars have always been much better than any of their basses, which seems like an after thought.
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hagstrom guitars have always been much better than any of their basses, which seems like an after thought.
Having owned an SG-type Hagstrom guitar (can't remember the model), I disagree. They had a rep for low action and substandard electronics. I ignored the warning of the music store owner who sold me one. Model for model, I don't think the guitars were any better than the basses.
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I'd thought the Super Swede bass was very well made. I played one many years ago. A pretty rare bass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgMj8Pg_yws
Not a bad version. A very bouncy bassline on the original by Rutger Gunarsson.
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They seem to be way more common in the US than in Europe, judging by what comes up on eBay.
I like the look of the HIIB, even if it has too many switches, but I'd have to find one for about half what they usually go for.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2456/3752782401_f756567ee8.jpg)
The name has been revived on a new range, including an 8-stringer, but they don't have the same appeal somehow.
(http://www.redfish-music.co.uk/shop/images/large/hb4_red.jpg)
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The new Viking bass (http://www.thomann.de/nl/hagstrom_viking_bass_wct.htm?feedid=59527) looks cool to me...
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The new Viking bass (http://www.thomann.de/nl/hagstrom_viking_bass_wct.htm?feedid=59527) looks cool to me...
Not sure I like the headstock, but the rest of it is good.
An interesting experiment would be to buy a new HB-4 and stick two of these (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280524407673&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT) in it. Looks like they'd fit.
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Not sure I like the headstock, but the rest of it is good.
An interesting experiment would be to buy a new HB-4 and stick two of these (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280524407673&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT) in it. Looks like they'd fit.
FYI, those pickups aren't from Bill Lawrence (Willi Stich) the man, but from his former business partner. Bill's pickups are here (http://wildepickups.com/).
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They seem to be way more common in the US than in Europe, judging by what comes up on eBay.
I like the look of the HIIB, even if it has too many switches, but I'd have to find one for about half what they usually go for.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2456/3752782401_f756567ee8.jpg)
(http://www.redfish-music.co.uk/shop/images/large/hb4_red.jpg)
That Sunburst one is the one I liked. List price on that was $195 back in 1970 (I found my Hagstrom catalog from that year). That was the cheapest bass they offered and my favorite of the bunch. Like my 8 String, they were loaded with tiny little switches that were very sensitive but if you kept them sprayed with a good cleaner /lube they weren't too bad.
Rick
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I'd thought the Super Swede bass was very well made. I played one many years ago. A pretty rare bass.
Unfortunately for us, Hagstrom only made 356 of them.
TD
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Unfortunately for us, Hagstrom only made 356 of them.
TD
Did you sell your Hagstrom collection?
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Yes, I did Dave. But i've still got lots of photos that I took of each one of them.
TD
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Unfortunately for us, Hagstrom only made 356 of them.
TD
Well, at least one was a lefty!
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I always figured the speaker one was decent, as it was in the Mel Bay book when I was a kid. Then I played one. It is not horrible, just peculiar. The neck was like a Framus - tube-y.
I think I like their pickups on Guilds more than I like Guild-clone bodies on Vikings.