Hagström ['hɑ:gstrøm], or Hagstrom as the name is sometimes spelled, was a musical instrument manufacturer in Älvdalen, Dalecarlia, Sweden. A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. Älvdalen is a town (pop 1800 in Dalarna, Sweden and the seat of Älvdalen Municipality, Dalarna County. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Their original products were accordions that they initially imported from Germany and then Italy before opening their own facility in 1932. The accordion is a portable box-shaped Musical instrument of the hand-held Bellows -driven free-reed aerophone family sometimes referred to as a Squeezebox During the sixties, the company started making electric guitars and later amplifiers. An electric guitar is a type of Guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current which is made louder Generally an amplifier or simply amp, is any device that changes usually increases the amplitude of a signal. The early guitars were heavily influenced by the accordion production and had a special look and feel. Many contemporary artists, such as Elvis Presley, Tim Armstrong, Bill Nelson, Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Aaron North and Pat Smear used Hagströms. Timothy Lockwood Armstrong (born November 25, 1966) is an influential American musician and songwriter best known for his work with Punk rock Bill Nelson (born William Nelson 18 December 1948) is a prolific Guitarist, Songwriter, painter and experimental William Frederick (Billy Gibbons (born December 16, 1949) Nicknamed the Reverend Willie G, is best known as the Guitarist for Joe Michael "Dusty" Hill (born May 19, 1949) is the bassist and vocalist with Texas Boogie-Blues-Rock group ZZ Top. Aaron Wright North, born March 22, 1979, is the singer and guitar player for Jubilee, and the former guitarist of The Icarus Line and Pat Smear (born Georg Ruthenberg on August 5, 1959) is a musician who has been a regular member of several well-known bands albeit of different subgenres Smear, who has been playing these guitars for over 20 years, is recognized for having one of the largest collections of Hagstroms in the U. S. and is an expert on the guitars' durability and road-worthiness. [1] Most notably today, Nicholas McCarthy from the Glaswegian band Franz Ferdinand plays a sparkle red 1959 Hagström P46 Sweetone. Nick McCarthy (born Nicholas Augustine McCarthy December 13, 1974) is an English musician Franz Ferdinand is a rock band that formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 2001
Models of electric guitar included the Hagstrom 1, the H series (h II, h III, h II N), the Swede (Originally called The Hagstrom LP, or Les Paul, due to the instrument's resemblance to the popular Les Paul manufactured by Gibson Guitars), the Super Swede, the Impala, the Corvette (called the Condor in the US), the Viking, the Swede Patch 2000 (one of the first synthesizer guitars) and the Jimmy (designed by Jimmy D'Aquisto, a respected New York luthier brought in by Hagstom to design the Jimmy). The Gibson Les Paul is a solidbody Electric guitar originally developed in the early 1950s The Gibson Guitar Corporation of Nashville Tennessee, USA is a manufacturer of acoustic and Electric guitars The company's most popular guitar James L D'Aquisto (1935-1995 was an American guitar maker best known as one of the premier makers of custom Archtop guitars He served as an apprentice Basses include The Swede Bass and the H8 - the first ever eight stringed bass guitar, which found fame when used by the likes of Noel Redding, Jimi Hendrix, Mike Rutherford, and others.
Production ended for Swedish-made Hagstroms in 1983 due to the inability to keep up with the competition using labour from Asia to make guitars. Hagstrom did make some Japanese prototypes; however, they were not pleased with the worksmanship and would rather close down the company than cheapen the brand. As of 2004, Hagstrom has been reopened for the international market and is making new versions of a great number of the more famous models from Sweden, being manufactured at a dedicated Hagstrom factory in China. The official Hagstrom design team have taken certain liberties with the designs, made some improvements and other deviations from the original Swedish designs. There was a custom USA shop making master luthier versions of Hagstrom models but activity of this since 2006 is uncertain. According to head-designer of the Hagstrom design team, there might be a limited production of Hagstrom guitars from Sweden, but solid plans for native Swedish production has yet to solidify as of 2008. . .
Some of the users of the newly manufactured Hagstrom models are Colin James, Panic at the Disco, Hellogoodbye, Blindside, Millencolin, Micky Moody, Mustasch, Mudhoney, Sloan (band), Mando Diao, The Secret Machines, Veni Domine, just to name a few of the growing roster of internationally known Hagstrom players. See also Colin James (disambiguation Colin James Munn (born August 17, 1964 in Regina Saskatchewan) is a Canadian singer Panic at the Disco (formerly known as Panic! at the Disco) is a Rock band that originated in Las Vegas Nevada, USA. Hellogoodbye is a Power pop band that was formed in Huntington Beach California in 2001 by singer Forrest Kline. Blindside is a Christian post-hardcore band from Stockholm Sweden. Millencolin is a Punk Micky Moody (born Michael Moody 30 August 1950, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England) is an English Guitarist, Mustasch is a Heavy metal band formed in fall 1998 by Ralf Gyllenhammar Hannes Hansson Mats Hansson and Mats Johansson on the Mustasch farm on the island Orust Mudhoney is an American Grunge band Formed in Seattle Washington in 1988 following the demise of Green River, Mudhoney has for the most of its recording Sloan is a Power pop quartet from Halifax, Nova Scotia. History Early years The band was formed in 1991 when Chris Mando Diao is a Garage rock band from Borlänge, Sweden. Origin The roots of Mando Diao date back to 1995 when Björn Dixgård and The Secret Machines are a three-piece American rock band. Originally from Dallas Texas before moving to New York City, Veni Domine is a Christian progressive Doom metal band The band was founded in 1987 in Sollentuna, Sweden.
The interest in the original Hagstrom brand still has a cult following around the world and a Hagstrom Festival has taken place in Älvdalen, Sweden around the first week of June every year since 2006.
References
External links
- The official website for the original Hagstrom company in Sweden
- One of the biggest collection of Hagstrom Guitars
- The largest US site dedicated to Hagstrom guitars, basses, and history
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