Hagstrom trem arm question
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I received the parts for my Hagstrom tremar from Hagstromparts.se. I purchased a replacement black plastic tip for the arm and six string pins for this earlier version of the Hagstrom tremar. I also inquired about my arm being shorter on this version. They went through the old parts literature and the NOS parts they had and confirmed the arm with this version of tremar originally would have been longer and mine has been cut down at some time in the past by a previous owner. The version before my version did use a shorter arm and was straight but it threaded in rather than being held in by the screw thumbwheel. Pictures of the older version is below for reference. I also included a picture of the strings being held in using the string pins rather than being threaded through the holes in the back. Looks much cleaner and “finished” now.
Hagstromparts.se were very helpful with all of my questions and the items arrived relatively quick from Sweden.
Older version of the Hagstrom tremar. This version has a shorter straight arm that appears to thread in with a small set screw to keep it from unscrewing and has string pins like mine:
Mine with the strings pins installed (and cleaned up since everything was apart):
Hagstromparts.se were very helpful with all of my questions and the items arrived relatively quick from Sweden.
Older version of the Hagstrom tremar. This version has a shorter straight arm that appears to thread in with a small set screw to keep it from unscrewing and has string pins like mine:
Mine with the strings pins installed (and cleaned up since everything was apart):
wileypickett
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Big Hagstrom fan here. I owned over a dozen of their guitars (mainly solid-bodies) in my years as an electric player. (I sold my Fender after discovering my first Hagstrom in a pawn shop in the late '80s.)
In the '90s, my band Cul de Sac was on a tour of Sweden and passed through the town of Alvdalen, which I suddenly realized, from those little decals on Hagstrom headstocks, was where the guitars had been made.
I sent the rest of the band out for lunch and explored the town, and by pure chance met Karl Erik Hagstrom, who'd been head of the company throughout their heyday as a guitar maker.
He insisted I get in his Lincoln, which he drove to the outskirts of town in order to gave me a "tour" of the abandoned Hagstrom factory. He also gave me a bunch of old catalogues and parts, had me sign the guest book, and showed me the Hagstrom room in the basement of the local museum, where there were mint examples of dozens of Hagstroms in glass display cases. Quite a memorable day!
This just in: I just sold my remaining five Hagstroms (I'm keeping the very first one I owned) to an LTGer, who is also a big fan.
If anyone needs one of those thumbscrews that hold the tremelo bar in place, LMK. I was always losing them and as they were impossible to replace with anything you'd find a hardware store, I bought a bunch of extras.
In the '90s, my band Cul de Sac was on a tour of Sweden and passed through the town of Alvdalen, which I suddenly realized, from those little decals on Hagstrom headstocks, was where the guitars had been made.
I sent the rest of the band out for lunch and explored the town, and by pure chance met Karl Erik Hagstrom, who'd been head of the company throughout their heyday as a guitar maker.
He insisted I get in his Lincoln, which he drove to the outskirts of town in order to gave me a "tour" of the abandoned Hagstrom factory. He also gave me a bunch of old catalogues and parts, had me sign the guest book, and showed me the Hagstrom room in the basement of the local museum, where there were mint examples of dozens of Hagstroms in glass display cases. Quite a memorable day!
This just in: I just sold my remaining five Hagstroms (I'm keeping the very first one I owned) to an LTGer, who is also a big fan.
If anyone needs one of those thumbscrews that hold the tremelo bar in place, LMK. I was always losing them and as they were impossible to replace with anything you'd find a hardware store, I bought a bunch of extras.
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