Brian Krashpad
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With the ones made in Sweden? Specifically their LP-style Swede? Not their Fender-styles.
There's one available semi-locally (not in Gainesville proper, but a nearby town) for $500 w/ohsc:
I hardly ever play my Fernandes Ravelle, which is also a mahogany dual-HB guitar, and think with the Swede's more traditional look, I might play it more than I do the Ravelle. The 5 bills also seems like a decent price, unless this particular one is a dog, and if I sell the Ravelle I wouldn't be too far out of pocket for the Hagstrom. In fact Mrs. K is all for me having fewer guitars, even if the remaining ones are more expensive, because Casa Krashpad is totally out of storage space. I have a nice setneck Epi LP Junior I haven't had long enough to bond with, and if I sold the Ravelle and Junior, I'd probably even be in the black.
A Canadian internet friend of mine, a talented and experienced guitarist, says they are plentiful and cheap there and that the line he's heard is they have "quality control problems and lousy playability." But fwiw Vintage Guitar magazine (which I would think would try to be objective) doesn't seem to think that. Of the Swede, specifically, they say "Ampeg began an aggressive promotion campaign which focused on the Swede, positioning it as a high-quality, low-production Swedish instrument. Fairly accurate, I’d say," and "guitars like the Swede were just darned good."
Weird.
https://www.vintageguitar.com/1934/hagstrom-guitars/
Anyhow these things are kinda rare, so if anyone has any experience, things to look for, etc. I'd appreciate any info anyone might have!
There's one available semi-locally (not in Gainesville proper, but a nearby town) for $500 w/ohsc:
I hardly ever play my Fernandes Ravelle, which is also a mahogany dual-HB guitar, and think with the Swede's more traditional look, I might play it more than I do the Ravelle. The 5 bills also seems like a decent price, unless this particular one is a dog, and if I sell the Ravelle I wouldn't be too far out of pocket for the Hagstrom. In fact Mrs. K is all for me having fewer guitars, even if the remaining ones are more expensive, because Casa Krashpad is totally out of storage space. I have a nice setneck Epi LP Junior I haven't had long enough to bond with, and if I sold the Ravelle and Junior, I'd probably even be in the black.
A Canadian internet friend of mine, a talented and experienced guitarist, says they are plentiful and cheap there and that the line he's heard is they have "quality control problems and lousy playability." But fwiw Vintage Guitar magazine (which I would think would try to be objective) doesn't seem to think that. Of the Swede, specifically, they say "Ampeg began an aggressive promotion campaign which focused on the Swede, positioning it as a high-quality, low-production Swedish instrument. Fairly accurate, I’d say," and "guitars like the Swede were just darned good."
Weird.
https://www.vintageguitar.com/1934/hagstrom-guitars/
Anyhow these things are kinda rare, so if anyone has any experience, things to look for, etc. I'd appreciate any info anyone might have!