Strange but...

	No it isn't an H-IIN guitar as it has the D'Aquisto stepped tuners ala Swede, SuperSwede, Late Jimmy, etc., The neck is that of an H-IIN and has had them fitted. This leads me to the probable answer for this emerging view. Ah yes, you say... but then Oh Yes?
A Viking? Single coil Version one... ...with a neck and headstock (like Dirk's one) ...but also with D'Aquisto tuners??? No string retainer tree before the nut. I know Hagström hated to waste anything, but this is going a bit far surely? Yes the bridge is different. Not like an early single coil, and apart from the wooden base, not like a humbucker 1N version. The knobs are the dished insert knobs like the "H" range and like on the amps. Have you noticed yet? No cut-outs in the body, no "F" or "S" denoting the semi-acoustic nature of the model. Does this mean it really is a solid body??? It must 'weigh a ton' if it is. Call me a wimp, but a SuperSwede requires weight training before a full gig! So, not one for Elvis then... (We are waiting to hear again from Per about this point)
	Taking an overall look at this guitar, it actually looks very nice - and then the styling and shape of a Hagström body is always "a cut above the rest" (makes a Gibson look ugly). The thing here is that here there's a few "cuts" missing in this example, so my conclusion is that it is a workman's project, taking blanks and pieces from stock, making up a guitar from available parts. With so many different era's of Hagström inventory put to use, it must have been made after the factory ceased to trade. There is no badge on the chrome-tail, which again says it was made from parts made available to use. Has anyone got a better view than this please? We've seen workman projects before; they do not always fall into the "strange" category, but they always have the tell-tale signs of someone having a go at making something from parts. A most exquisite example was on show earlier on 2006 at the Älvdalen festival - an H-6/12. Another one-off I still like the looks of this one a lot, but I wonder how it sounds too. If it really is solid there's plenty of scope for resonance, as well as a hernia. SINCE POSTING THIS INFO PER HAS CONFIRMED IT IS HOLLOW BODY, JUST NO 'F' or 'S' CUT OUT HOLES (I had wondered, as this is not a solid manufacture model) Thankfully it doesn't compare with some of the horrors shown below... Those are just simply strange of course. Deep breath before looking further down this page...