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Taking a look inside a Bjarton Made Hagstrom you may see
a solid block coming down from the end of the neck.
This holds the neck solidly in place...
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Here we see four bolt holes, in some this would be three,
there were subtle variations on the design over the years, on deluxe models
there would be a chromed plate on the back of the body with a serial number,
on standard models the heads of the bolts could be seen quite clearly. |
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Now we see the block and the holes in perspective, with the
front face of the guitar body, it's sound hole interrupted to receive the
end of the neck when it slots closely into place. |
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Here a glimpse of the internal strutting and reinforcement. |
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In this one we see both the X braced top with another solid
section near the tail, then on the close foreground where the strap holder
screws into the solid block from the side of the body.
This was all that was needed to hold the slim neck right into the body.
Thanks goes to a recent seller of a standard spec B60 for the basis of
these pictures.
The originals were supplied in response to some questions from a
potential buyer.
Yes ...SOLID
ENOUGH ! |
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It must be noted that there are variations on this method
of construction, and some models have a traditional glued in neck with full
heel curving into the side of the body (example at bottom of page). This
design does however look very neat! |
| The two examples of the Hagstrom UK collection with shallow
neck into body attachment purely from the bolts through the solid block.
This allows playing right up into the body of the body more easily than with
a full heel. CLICK HERE
or on the picture opposite to open the page with the two 12 string guitars
H33 and BJ12 shown here >>>
Or CLICK HERE to open
the page
for the Hagstrom UK J45's,
Below is a rear view of a J45 previously owned by
Jon Casselman
... Yes that other notable Bass man!
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