ukulelelab
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'63/64 Hagstrom Coronado IV and '65 Guild Jetstar:
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Nice. Thank you. Pictures suggest the bridges have different spacing.
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I double-checked and both bridges are identical with same saddles / spacing
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Sweet! I've always wanted one of the Coronados with the bisonics. Looks like a killer pair!
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Thanks. The angles in the picture must have confused me.
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btw does anyone know what connection existed between Guild and Hagstrom in the early-mid 60s? A few models shared similar designs (ie Hagstrom Viking / Guild starfire) with similar if not identical hardware.
I think it was that Mark Dronge was romantically linked with a Hagstrom daughter. And, yes - it's the same stuff for a while.
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It is well established that Hagstrom was the manufacturer of several parts used by Guild. I like mgod's answer as to how the relationship started ;-)
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Hello folks,
Don't have time to go into this in detail, but what I can tell you is that Mark Dronge got involved ( and eventually married) a member of the Levin family, which is a completely different Swedish guitar manufacturer. Hagstrom was involved in the distribution of Guild guitars in Europe; they also had a chain of music stores in Sweden that were Guild dealers as well.
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Thanks everyone, I found the following post in the unofficial Martin forum:
"Al Dronge's son Mark (for a period President of Guild if I am not mistaken) went to Sweden to work in a Hagstrom store. In Sweden he met and married a granddaughter of Herman Carlson Levin, the sister of Goran Levin who was President of Levin throughout the sixties and seventies. As far as I know they are still married. Small world."
"Al Dronge's son Mark (for a period President of Guild if I am not mistaken) went to Sweden to work in a Hagstrom store. In Sweden he met and married a granddaughter of Herman Carlson Levin, the sister of Goran Levin who was President of Levin throughout the sixties and seventies. As far as I know they are still married. Small world."