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1966 Hagstrom Coronado IV bass

The Hagstrom Coronado is one of the most distinctive bass guitars ever manufactured; the quirky controls, 32" scale, and unique shape. The body and neck are mahogany, but with bolt on construction. This 1966 Coronado is one of the later guitars, so does not have the Hagstrom Bi-Sonic pickups, but it is still a great sounding, and highly playable bass. Check out the short Hagstrom Coronado bass sound clips on this site.

1967 Hagstrom Concord bass

Hagstrom made the hollow-body Concord bass (initially named the Hagstrom Viking bass) from 1965 until 1971. Hollow body basses were very popular during the mid 1960s, with models such as the Gibson EB2, Epiphone Rivoli, Fender Coronado and Guild Starfire basses all capturing the mood of the times. Hagstrom guitars and basses were, of course, built in Sweden, and this was their first hollow-body bass. Check out the short Hagstrom Concord bass sound clips on this site.

Hagstrom 12 (F-12S)

Details, images and sound clips of the Hagstrom 12, solid body electric twelve string. Also known as the F-12S in the United States. There are obvious similarities to the Hagstrom II and Hagstrom III, but without the Hagstrom tremolo. All have the famous Hagstrom low action, and fast-playing neck.

Hagstrom III

Details, images and sound clips of the Hagstrom III solid body electric. Also known as the H3, and in the United States, the F300. There are obvious similarities to a Fender Stratocaster, but this guitar does have it's own character: in feel, playability and tone. Hagstrom made some very nice guitars!

Hagstrom Concord bass

Profile of the Hagstrom Concord semi-acoustic bass; the mid sixties bass version of the Hagstrom Viking guitar. Two models exist the C-1, and the deluxe version C-2.

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1966 Hagstrom Coronado IV
Solid-body electric bass guitar

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The Hagstrom Coronado is a medium-scale (32") bass with a rosewood fingerboard, mahogany body and neck.

This bass is from batch 658; the sixth of seven batches, and is typical of a late sixties Hagstrom Coronado. Gone are the Hagstrom Bi-Sonics, in favour of these smaller single coil pickups, and the tall finger rest 'posts' replace the rail of earlier versions.

Bisonics or not, this is a great sounding bass, and a lot of fun to play. Check out the soundclips of this Coronado, through various vintage amplifiers.

Also available in Red Sunburst, this bass is finished in in Mahogany Sunburst.

The Hagstrom Coronado was equipped with two single-coil Hagstrom pickups. The lever, positioned between them is the volume control.	Finger rests did change over the course of production of the Hagstrom Coronado; in this incarnation, it has two metallic finger rests above and below the neck pickup.	All electronics and controls are scratchplate-mounted. The positioning of the volume control is quite convienient for easy adjustment whilst playing.
Hagstrom bass bridge. These bridges were also used by other makers, most notably Guild in the USA.	The controls and input jack. An on/off switch (1 and 2) for each pickup, and two tone controls.	Serial numbers were stamped into the neckplate. The first three digits designate this as from batch 658.
Hagstrom Coronado headstock. The logo is a decal and reads 'Coronado IV made by A.B. Albin Hagstrom, Alvdalen, Sweden PAT 171469 190125'	Reverse headstock with open gear tuning keys.	Close up of the Hagstrom logo on the guitar body.

The controls of the Coronado IV are quite simple - but this is in part because of the switches are enclosed as a separate unit. Quite a few Coronados come up with this replaced; unlike a regular potentiometer, direct replacement switch units are not readily available.

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Hagstrom Coronado basses for sale

If you are looking for specific vintage guitars for sale, you may have to keep an eye on numerous vintage guitar stores, classifieds websites and ebay listings. Below are just the auctions - Vintage guitar stores tend to advertise theirs in their ebay online vintage guitar stores - have a look because there are some different listings.