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OK After browsing Ash's works in progress, I thought I'd bite the bullet and show off my first effort. In January I spent 3 weeks doing a course in acoustic guitar building in Wellington run by Dave Freeman from Canada ( http://www.timelessinstruments.com ) and Paddy Burgin ( http://www.burginguitar...

Can you change me from a Samick to surprise surprise Hagstrom.

Where do you want this silver sent to?

raz

Hi again

Levin was a Swedish marque as well as the Hagstroms we were discussing. The other big Swedish acoustic manufacturer was Bjarton, which hagstrom used to rebrand for their acoustic range. Never played one of either unfortunately.

Levin got bought out by Martin in 1973.

raz

Hi B45 The Swede's a translucent Cherry red. It's the original finish and not that uncommon. Rumour has it Fender tried to buy their finishing process off them in the 60's. Supposedlyyou could order them in any colour you wanted. I've seen pictures of a bright blue and even a pink Superswede. BTW Do...

Any particular reason you chose that marque to be obsessive about? It is, to say the least, rather unusual to find people who have a) heard of Hagstrom B) actually have one. To have a collection is unheard of in my sphere. Hi Rog All of the above apply. Because of the relative obscurity, they are o...

> but the finest instrument is going to play like crap if the setup is off. Converse is true too of course. A crappy instrument no matter how well it's setup will still sound like a well tuned cardboard box. Sometimes you can hide some of it with a super duper MF from hell distortion plus pickup, b...

On another note I totally agree with Rog about old crap guitars. I'm more a child of the 70's/80's so was raised on crappy Diplomats and Maranuccis. I can't believe people are trying to pass these off on TM as "vintage" and "collectible". Most of them had necks like bananas when ...

A Hag 12 string. You mean like this puppy

No probs Ash Actually Hagstroms are an interesting brand, generally well made with those "fastest neck" superthin neck profiles. Some are serious fun like the Hag II I've been working on, while others like the Swede gave the likes of Gibson a serious run for their money. If anybody's inter...

Hey Ash

Whatcha got against old Hagstroms? Some of them are damn fine... Actually I'm sitting here setting up a 67 Hag II which would have to have the thinnest neck I've ever seen.

Cheers
raz