Hagstrom Super Swede Bass
One of Hagstrom?s last projects before their Swedish production stopped was a collaboration between their chief guitar designer Per-Åke Olsson and Rutger Gunnarsson, bassist for the Swedish super-group ABBA. This resulted in the Super Swede Bass, which was used by Rutger throughout ABBA?s final North American tour in September/October 1979. Only 364 of these basses were p roduced before Hagstrom ceased guitar production in Sweden, and over the years they?ve become a sought-after collector?s item.
Hagstrom?s original Super Swede bass had a neck-through design, a feature found typically on more expensive hand-crafted bass guitars. Neck-through basses offer unrestricted access to the highest frets since there is no heel needed to support the neck/body joint, and also
Body: �Mahogany
Style: Double Cutaway - Original 1980 Super Swede Bass Design
Neck: Mahogany
Trussrod: H-Expander?
Fingerboard: Resinator?
Scale Length: 34? (964 mm)
Radius: 15"
Inlays: Hagstrom Perloid Block Inlays
Frets: 20 Medium Jumbo
Nut: Graph Tech? Black Tusq XL
Nut Width: 40 mm
Pickups: 2 x Hagstrom Design J-Quad - quad-stacked Humbucker
Controls: 2 x Volume, 1 x Tone
Hardware: Chrome Kno
1 x tone control Hardware: Chrome-plated knobs Bridge: Individually adjustable, direct-mount HAGSTROM saddles Machine heads: Chrome-plated 22:1 die-cast tuning machines by Hagstrom Strings: D'Addario (55-105) Optional case: B-70 Optional gig bag: B-40