Impossible NGD: 1962/63 Hagström Batman red glitter beater

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Re: Impossible NGD: 1962/63 Hagström Batman red glitter beater

Post by Ceylon » Fri May 08, 2020 4:22 am

Sweet find! My dad has a vintage Hagstrom (essentially the single cut version of this in black plaintop) that he never plays but which he spent a bit of money fixing up back to it's original state. It plays all right and sounds super-nice unplugged. It sounds good plugged in too but the pickups are microphonic to the point where you can shout into them.
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Re: Impossible NGD: 1962/63 Hagström Batman red glitter beater

Post by Pacafeliz » Fri May 08, 2020 4:23 am

BoringPostcards wrote:
Thu May 07, 2020 7:58 pm
Richtig Gutes Zeug! Mega schwer zu kriegen!

You always find the coolest rare stuff, Pat.

How does it sound? Are all the electronics working?
It sounds pretty cool but the SOLO/ACC knobs don't really sound different and the roller wheel/pot on the treble side seems to not work. Will open it up and have a look.

Neck has quite a bit of an upbow and I have to figure out the truss rod thing (does anybody have any usable hands on info on the H system?)

The plastic fretboard feels REALLY WEIRD. But I CAN'T take my eyes off it!!!
i love delay SO much ...that i procrastinate all the time.

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Re: Impossible NGD: 1962/63 Hagström Batman red glitter beater

Post by Scout » Sun May 10, 2020 5:52 am

Awesome quirkiness!

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Re: Impossible NGD: 1962/63 Hagström Batman red glitter beater

Post by MayTheFuzzBeWithYou » Sun May 10, 2020 11:41 am

HNB wrote:
Thu May 07, 2020 9:52 pm
Na na na na na na na na hag strom

hag strom ... hag strom..........
Haha, oh yeah! Here it goes! And suddenly I want to watch that old series again!

Congrats, Pat! That one is really cool!

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Re: Impossible NGD: 1962/63 Hagström Batman red glitter beater

Post by Fiddy » Mon May 11, 2020 12:18 pm

This is one of the prettiest guitars ive seen.

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Re: Impossible NGD: 1962/63 Hagström Batman red glitter beater

Post by Mechanical Birds » Fri May 15, 2020 10:57 am

What the fuck that is such a cool guitar

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