Hagstrom I Model F-11 Solid Body Electric Guitar (1965)
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Hagstrom I Model F-11 Model Solid Body Electric Guitar (1965), made in Sweden, serial # 603097, red finish, wood body with acrylic overlay, maple neck with rosewood fingerboard.
The Swedish-made Hagstrom I series guitars were quite popular and good selling instruments in the US during mid-1960's, when any electric guitar was at a premium. With two good sounding Strat-like pickups and the Hagstrom "Tremar" vibrato the F-11 is a handy instrument, good sounding and better made than most European guitars of its time. The necks are very slim, re-inforced with a very sophisticated metal-sheathed truss rod system ("The Hagstrom Secret" according to the catalogs) that keeps them true over time and very easy to play. The two pickups are controlled by a single master volume knob and a bank of switches allowing on/off for each and "Mute" and "Tone" functions. The Hagstrom I was a solid hit in the 1960's and has continued to be a popular choice in a budget vintage guitar.
Overall length is 39 5/8 in. (100.6 cm.), 13 in. (33 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 25 5/8 in. (651 mm.). Width of nut is 1 5/8 in. (41 mm.). Very nice and original with no major wear-just small scuffs and chips, and some finish rubs to the headstock edges. The metal shows some corrosion in a few spots, most notable the neck plate and bottom strap button. The only changed part is the vibrato arm retainer screw. Overall a nicely preserved example of this Euro garage band classic. Excellent - Condition.
The Swedish-made Hagstrom I series guitars were quite popular and good selling instruments in the US during mid-1960's, when any electric guitar was at a premium. With two good sounding Strat-like pickups and the Hagstrom "Tremar" vibrato the F-11 is a handy instrument, good sounding and better made than most European guitars of its time. The necks are very slim, re-inforced with a very sophisticated metal-sheathed truss rod system ("The Hagstrom Secret" according to the catalogs) that keeps them true over time and very easy to play. The two pickups are controlled by a single master volume knob and a bank of switches allowing on/off for each and "Mute" and "Tone" functions. The Hagstrom I was a solid hit in the 1960's and has continued to be a popular choice in a budget vintage guitar.
Overall length is 39 5/8 in. (100.6 cm.), 13 in. (33 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 25 5/8 in. (651 mm.). Width of nut is 1 5/8 in. (41 mm.). Very nice and original with no major wear-just small scuffs and chips, and some finish rubs to the headstock edges. The metal shows some corrosion in a few spots, most notable the neck plate and bottom strap button. The only changed part is the vibrato arm retainer screw. Overall a nicely preserved example of this Euro garage band classic. Excellent - Condition.