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(See also October 05
Visit | July 05 Visit)
Älvdalen Festival June 2,3,4 -
2006
Well, where should we start today then? I think a view of some guitars, amps
PA, general memorabilia, and items not seen before from the old factory. Does
that sound OK? Good, then follow down the page... although it may take a while
to load all these for you.
Thanks and acknowledgement go to Arne, Ulf, Anders, Stefan and many others for
the opportunity to bring you these delights to view.
First that two neck H series. Clearly a "fun project", the pickguard is hand
cut, and the necks were attached much later
than the original body production given they had D'Aquisto style tuners! |
Nice to have a potential "Hagway to Heaven" model though, I'd have loved a
pic of Jimmy Page using a violin bow across it!
Now I really am making it up as I go along eh? Get serious man! |
Bodies galore, yes it is common knowledge that if you know where to look,
some unexpected items are still lying in stores dotted around the
countryside.
The big problem as always is what it costs to find these items if ever
anyone wanted them! |
A wonderful piece of Arnie's memorabilia this.
A teach yourself accordion kit! |
These posters speak for themselves... |
... mainly because I don't read Swedish much (DOH!) |
...Yep sounds good to me... |
... and we like Hagstrom too! |
Now my son would walk away if I said that... |
... but we're all impressed with this view! |
Talking of views, Arnie's collection of treasures is as diverse as it it is
massive! |
Hey deep stuff... double deep and very usable today. |
Some of the old equipment, jigs and presses, for setting the necks |
Templates for sawing out the bodies, reversible too, clever. |
There is a mass of different equipment to be found in Sweden |
Some you've never seen before like a 1000watt Pro Amp. |
Well the player looks like Tommy Steele, I just can't work out which Guitar
he's playing. I'm probably wrong on the player too though! |
No mistaking the model here. Hagstrom were main agents for Fender in
Scandinavia - of course! |
The original drawings for the
Batman! No it isn't a travel version... there's a gap to show the neck
is longer than that! |
How about the original HIII
dimensional drawing! |
Finally the splendid presentation of the
Jimmy F Hole drawings. |
A mass of pneumatics and templates were also on display some I had seen
before many were newly 'found' for the event. |
Here's the two layers that make up the
Swede body.
Many companies would rout out a lot of the lower layer,
but not Hagstrom. That's why your shoulder aches so much! |
While we're talking about Swedes, Anders Barke showed me his Swede Chess
Table. This is made entirely of wood off-cuts from the Swede production. The
legs from the body contour as you see!Now that's a unique piece of
memorabilia, make by Anders many years ago when he worked for the guitar
company. |
How about some shares?
Well this was the ill fated Jamestown USA company
(See the history pages) |
So, I hope that makes up for all
my 'wordy' pages around the site.But, be warned I'll be back on the story
from now on! |
