Hagstrom Viking II Review

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Overall Rating 4.5/5

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Features 4.75/5

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Quality 2.25/5

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Reliability / Value 5/5

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Hagstrom Viking II Specs

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  • Body Shape: LPS  
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  • Number of Strings: 6  
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  • Body Type: Semi-Hollowbody  
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  • Scale Length: 24-3/4"  
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  • Body Construction: Double cutaway  
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  • Body Wood: Basswood  
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  • Finish: Polyester  
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  • Carved Top: Yes  
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  • Pickguard: Yes  
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  • Neck Shape: D-shaped neck  
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  • Neck Joint: Bolt-on  
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  • Neck Wood: Maple  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Resinator  
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  • Fingerboard Inlays: Pearl Dot  
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  • Number of Frets: 22  
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  • String Nut: Graphite  
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  • Tuners: Hagstrom  
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  • Bridge: Tune-O-Matic  
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  • Hardware: Chrome  
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  • Fret Size: Medium  
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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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  • Bridge pickup: Hagstrom Custom 58 uncovered humbucker. Neck pickup: Hagstrom Custom 58 uncovered humbucker

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Few guitars can match what Hagstrom's Viking II offers in its price range. That's why many musicians decided to go for Viking II, 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.

Hagstrom has put a lot of time and effort into choosing the right features for Viking II and tuning them right, and that just made a lot of musicians happy, causing them to award this instrument with the highest grades. Features of Viking II are brilliant and Hagstrom should be proud of themselves for producing such a beautiful instrument with which you will also be happy, whether you decide to go for it.

Ready to play out of the box, Hagstrom's Viking II 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 Viking II does.

Viking II is a reliable guitar that will go to hell and back with you, and would want to do it again. It's a magnificent instrument that is reliable on stage as it is in studio. It will stand the beating and still would not lose its charm and ability to perform. Hagstrom did make the instrument that should be considered the most reliable in its class!