Up for sale is a rare and very hard to find Hagstrom Swede Colorline from 1980, serial number 53 074069. The condition is very very good with only a few minor dings. The guitar comes with the original hard case and the also 'very hard to get' Hagstrom Swede sholder strap. Hagstrom distribution Hagstrom guitars were distributed in the U.S. Originally by Hershman from β59 through β61. Seems to be a smaller, more Florentine pickguard. Half of these were produced in blonde and half in sunburst. The serial number on these β69 Jimmies was 743. The Hagstrom Swede was a single-cutaway solidbody.
Selling my rare 1980 Hagstrom SuperSwede. These are hard to come by, the flagship among old Hagstroms guitars. Serial number: 53 043375 Very solid guitar that has a great vintage tone. Have used it a lot for recording in many different styles.
Not for the ones with a weak back, itβs a heavy one. Can produce a great singel coil tone to the heaviest beefy les paul-ish tone. Cosmetically quite similar to the late model Swede, the Super Swede has a sharper horn shape, a single 3 way switch for pickup variations, and a small coil tapping switch, a zero fret for endless sustain, and the pick guard is set lower down from the strings (against the body more). The pickups are wilder than the Swede models, and on early amps this guitar is almost too powerful. Again compared to the Swede models (which use the Gibson scale, the SuperSwede has the slightly wider set fret spacing of the Fender Scale. The Super Swede guitar was an upscale model with a glued-in neck, a crest inlay on the head matching the head shape, Schaller tuners, a bound ebony fingerboard with zero fret and blocks, and a three-way select on the upper shoulder.
A coil-tap mini-toggle was mounted just under the pickguard. The result of three years of research, the Super Swede (or Superswede, both spellings are encountered), this guitar was designed with the help of a famous Swedish guitarist and repairman named Egil Strazdovskis.
Significant differences from the plain Swede appear to be an optional maple body, a solid maple neck, a more rounded heel, wider and thinner fingerboard, and wider frets. The Super Swede was available with either a maple or mahogany body.
Finish options on the maple guitar were golden sunburst, wine, tobacco brown, or white. Has a few knicks and scratches (see photos). Overall a killer guitar and again not that many of these out t and the newly manufactured hagstroms dont even come close in my opinion.