Hagstrom Hollowbody

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> It isn’t worth much. > If it plays good it could be worth $20.

No way PT, More then that !! It sounds like a Hagstrom Concord, "pegs load backwards, tilted string clamp, slotted set screws on each bridge saddle " Here is one of mine http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze2pdtg/Hag4.jpg Been watching Ebay to sell mine, Seen em go $200-350…found mine in the garbage with am Ampeg B-18 Sadly many aging upright "Mozzarella Band" player’s loved pulling frets out on these years ago. -Joe

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> It isn’t worth much. > Many of the old Hagstrom’s came with a zero fret. > If it did have one and it was removed the intonation would be way off > which could have been the reason for moving the bridge. > If it is playable and the intonation is right it might make a nice toy > as you suggested, but chances are that it is not very useful. > If it plays good it could be worth $20. > It may just be more trouble than you want. > Pt

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> A friend offered me a Hagstrom bass guitar.  I thought I would research > on ebay to see what I should offer him, but could find nothing similar > to compare.  Maybe somebody could help me. > It is a semi – hollow, body like a Gibson ES-335 and headstock like a > Fender.  It is fairly attractive, with tobacco sunburst finish and > binding on the head, neck and front and back of the body.  F-holes flank > the strings.  It has block inlays (some of which are loose and have to > be reglued)  There are some grain cracks in the top and one in the back. > It has 2 pickups that look like harmonicas.  3 way switch and a volume > and tone for each.  Electronics work OK but obvious pickups are weak. > It was defretted years ago, and fret kerfs have been filled in with > epoxy and ebony dust. > The arched top has a dent where the bridge sits.  Somehow it doesn’t > look copacetic, but my buddy assures me that’s how it came.  I believe > him, because if the top weren’t recessed for the bridge, the action > would be ridiculously high.  The bridge has been relocated by my friend > for reasons of intonation.  The old place shows as an offset rectangle. > I would like it as a toy – its fretlessness makes it fun to fool around > with.  The sound is only so-so:  no sustain to speak of and wimpy > pickups as I have described.  It is also covered with the grime that > comes with caseless storage in an attic, then a barn. > What is this axe worth? > Pete Collin

I paid $15.00 for an instrument in similar condition and it is now my main axe. Sustain is highly overrated and even annoying after a while. ymmv. epp

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A friend offered me a Hagstrom bass guitar.  I thought I would research on ebay to see what I should offer him, but could find nothing similar to compare.  Maybe somebody could help me. It is a semi – hollow, body like a Gibson ES-335 and headstock like a Fender.  It is fairly attractive, with tobacco sunburst finish and binding on the head, neck and front and back of the body.  F-holes flank the strings.  It has block inlays (some of which are loose and have to be reglued)  There are some grain cracks in the top and one in the back. It has 2 pickups that look like harmonicas.  3 way switch and a volume and tone for each.  Electronics work OK but obvious pickups are weak. It was defretted years ago, and fret kerfs have been filled in with epoxy and ebony dust. The arched top has a dent where the bridge sits.  Somehow it doesn’t look copacetic, but my buddy assures me that’s how it came.  I believe him, because if the top weren’t recessed for the bridge, the action would be ridiculously high.  The bridge has been relocated by my friend for reasons of intonation.  The old place shows as an offset rectangle. I would like it as a toy – its fretlessness makes it fun to fool around with.  The sound is only so-so:  no sustain to speak of and wimpy pickups as I have described.  It is also covered with the grime that comes with caseless storage in an attic, then a barn. What is this axe worth? Pete Collin

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It isn’t worth much. Many of the old Hagstrom’s came with a zero fret. If it did have one and it was removed the intonation would be way off which could have been the reason for moving the bridge. If it is playable and the intonation is right it might make a nice toy as you suggested, but chances are that it is not very useful. If it plays good it could be worth $20. It may just be more trouble than you want. Pt

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