Guildedagain
Enlightened Member
I found a guitar...
Tis the story of my life, or rather it found me.
It's been wild lately, I've seen so many guitars go I had for practically 20 years, and seen a bunch of new ones come in, pretty neat.
Just sold my '52 RI Tele I had for 20 years, it was gorgeous but it was a tank, over 9lbs.
Just got feedback on it and the $$$ is headed for the bank account.
So anyway, since scoring these Jet Stars, I've been on a real 60's kick, cept you really can't afford anything from the 60's, cept Jet Stars.
And at the same time, I've been looking at Hagstroms... Guild was very smart to use Hagstrom parts, I'm sold. Love the quality.
I've been wanting a Starfire 3 for geez, a couple years now, not happening.
And the prices now, silly.
I had the Starfire 4, what a battle axe, 9lb 8oz. Playing it sitting hurt.
A Starfire 3 popped up today, full price, broken/repaired headstock, bunch a changed parts. I'm never gonna get one of these and I don't even care anymore.
Then this Hagstrom pops up, really special. I can tell about guitars.
And the price is high as a BIN, better as a bid and wait, but I don't roll like that. It's now or never.
It was eating at me, and for a couple hundies difference, I figured I'd just end up losing it, so I popped the BIN, full price. No offers, I would tried, but didn't want to rub the guy the wrong way. He knew what he had, and I came to realize if was rare as hen's teeth. And it;s like trading a guitar, I sold the Tele, and even after the taxes and all on this, and his shipping was stupid dirt cheap, I'm still ahead by a grand.
I had a Hagstrom once, a 1974 Swede, and I loved that guitar even though it was slightly bastardized, but not too bad, just the average goofiness that comes with vintage guitars. It had a great acoustic quality, a great rhythm guitar. I remember that most of all.
So this Hagstrom pops up, a 1967 Viking, and it looks cool as all get out. Not Cherry like the one Elvis played, or that dark Sunburst like a lot of others, but this one is like a faded flametop burst, with some flame on the neck, all original, with a Hagstrom branded trem, which research shows was made by Bigsby for Hagstrom. Very cool.
I've been wanting a Bigsby guitar for a while, that's part of the reason why I wanted a '66 or so red Starfire III.
It's got single coils, and a video of one on Youtube floored me for tone, good, very good.
So I'm trying to be cautious - a way not to buy things - and I ask about the weight, because vintage Swedes can weigh 11lbs, which is outrageous.
And it only weight 6 something pounds, which is unusual and fantastic.
I actually get pics of the fretboard and frets, and they look good, real good.
So finally, I stop fretting and just buy it, in sort of a haze while in the middle of a phone call with kiddo that wants a Dewalt 20V weedwacker for her Bday.
All I have to do now is wait, and this should make a good mate to my Sunburst Jet Star.
A lot of shared parts with Guild, and man, what a looker!
This guy says he sells a lot of Hags, and he hadn't seen another like this, and i believe it.
The coolest burst.
Way to go Hagstrom, they nailed the Strat headstock pretty good ;]
I tried to Haggle, but in the end it got me ;]]
Van Ghent tuners as seen on Guilds?
Definitely seems to be some shared DNA between Guilds and these beauties.
Tis the story of my life, or rather it found me.
It's been wild lately, I've seen so many guitars go I had for practically 20 years, and seen a bunch of new ones come in, pretty neat.
Just sold my '52 RI Tele I had for 20 years, it was gorgeous but it was a tank, over 9lbs.
Just got feedback on it and the $$$ is headed for the bank account.
So anyway, since scoring these Jet Stars, I've been on a real 60's kick, cept you really can't afford anything from the 60's, cept Jet Stars.
And at the same time, I've been looking at Hagstroms... Guild was very smart to use Hagstrom parts, I'm sold. Love the quality.
I've been wanting a Starfire 3 for geez, a couple years now, not happening.
And the prices now, silly.
I had the Starfire 4, what a battle axe, 9lb 8oz. Playing it sitting hurt.
A Starfire 3 popped up today, full price, broken/repaired headstock, bunch a changed parts. I'm never gonna get one of these and I don't even care anymore.
Then this Hagstrom pops up, really special. I can tell about guitars.
And the price is high as a BIN, better as a bid and wait, but I don't roll like that. It's now or never.
It was eating at me, and for a couple hundies difference, I figured I'd just end up losing it, so I popped the BIN, full price. No offers, I would tried, but didn't want to rub the guy the wrong way. He knew what he had, and I came to realize if was rare as hen's teeth. And it;s like trading a guitar, I sold the Tele, and even after the taxes and all on this, and his shipping was stupid dirt cheap, I'm still ahead by a grand.
I had a Hagstrom once, a 1974 Swede, and I loved that guitar even though it was slightly bastardized, but not too bad, just the average goofiness that comes with vintage guitars. It had a great acoustic quality, a great rhythm guitar. I remember that most of all.
So this Hagstrom pops up, a 1967 Viking, and it looks cool as all get out. Not Cherry like the one Elvis played, or that dark Sunburst like a lot of others, but this one is like a faded flametop burst, with some flame on the neck, all original, with a Hagstrom branded trem, which research shows was made by Bigsby for Hagstrom. Very cool.
I've been wanting a Bigsby guitar for a while, that's part of the reason why I wanted a '66 or so red Starfire III.
It's got single coils, and a video of one on Youtube floored me for tone, good, very good.
So I'm trying to be cautious - a way not to buy things - and I ask about the weight, because vintage Swedes can weigh 11lbs, which is outrageous.
And it only weight 6 something pounds, which is unusual and fantastic.
I actually get pics of the fretboard and frets, and they look good, real good.
So finally, I stop fretting and just buy it, in sort of a haze while in the middle of a phone call with kiddo that wants a Dewalt 20V weedwacker for her Bday.
All I have to do now is wait, and this should make a good mate to my Sunburst Jet Star.
A lot of shared parts with Guild, and man, what a looker!
Vintage Hagstrom Viking Guitar 1967 very rare orange color with Orig. Tremolo | eBay
I try to list one Guitar every week or so. Frets have a lot of life left.
www.ebay.com
This guy says he sells a lot of Hags, and he hadn't seen another like this, and i believe it.
The coolest burst.
Way to go Hagstrom, they nailed the Strat headstock pretty good ;]
I tried to Haggle, but in the end it got me ;]]
Van Ghent tuners as seen on Guilds?
Definitely seems to be some shared DNA between Guilds and these beauties.
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