Hagstrom Swede Review

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Hagstrom Swede has been rated by 61 musicians.

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Overall Rating 4.5

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Features 4.45

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Quality 4.43

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Reliability / Value 4.62

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Hagstrom Swede Specs

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  • Body Shape: LP  
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  • Number of Strings: 6  
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  • Body Type: Solid Body  
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  • Scale Length: 24-3/4"  
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  • Body Wood: Mahogany  
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  • Body Top Wood: Mahogany  
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  • Pickguard: Yes  
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  • Neck Shape: C-shaped neck  
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  • Neck Joint: Set neck  
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  • Neck Wood: Mahogany  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Resinator (Bound)  
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  • Fingerboard Inlays: Block  
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  • Number of Frets: 22  
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  • Tuners: Hagstrom  
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  • Tuners: Die-cast  
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  • Bridge: Tune-O-Matic  
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  • Hardware: Chrome  
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  • Fret Size: Classic  
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  • Number of Pickups: 2  
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  • Pickup Switch Type: 3-way Pickup Selector  
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  • Bridge Pickup Type: Humbucker  
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  • Neck Pickup Type: Humbucker  
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  • Controls: Tone  
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  • Controls: Volume  
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  • Tone filter toggle with center bypass. Hagstrom Custom '58 humbuckers

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Few guitars can match what Hagstrom's Swede offers in its price range. That's why many musicians decided to go for Swede, and if you decide to do so as well, you surely won't be sorry. With almost nothing to add to this beautiful instrument, rest assured it will serve you well.

This guitar is fitted with all the features you could possibly wish for, for a playing style that goes with this kind of instrument. Carefully chosen features leave no guitar player's desire unfulfilled, which makes Hagstrom's Swede an extremely well featured guitar with which you'll be thoroughly pleased. Highest grades for Swede's features!

If you try playing Swede after an average guitar, it becomes obvious that this Hagstrom deserves to be proud of making it sound so beautifully. It delivers great tone when plugged in to most amps and, versatile as it is, it will allow you to find your own tone that you will be proud of as well. Hagstrom's Swede is surely a world class sounding instrument.

Ready to play out of the box, Hagstrom's Swede is easy to set it up even more precise than usual, thanks to great hardware pieces it has built in. Handling and playing this kind of guitar is a pure joy as it stays in tune 90% of the time, regardless of the level of usage. It feels reliable and it really is, as Hagstrom put great deal of time and effort to produce such a good-looking guitar that is behaving well, as Swede does.

Swede is one of the finest in its class. Hagstrom created a guitar that is both durable, and a guitar that performs well in studio, on stage and while rehearsing/practicing. Quality hardware and finish are a guarantee that this instrument will last long and serve you well, if you take the usual care for your instrument, as you should.