HAGSTROM VIKING DELUXE 12-STRING SEMI HOLLOW ELECTRIC GUITAR
The Hagstrom Viking Deluxe 12 string is an awesome electric guitar.
The sound of the electric 12 string guitar has been woven into the tapestry of contemporary music for almost sixty years! The number of hits recorded on an electric 12 string guitar include these gems . . .
• Eagles – “Hotel California”
• Led Zeppelin – “Stairway to Heaven”
• The Byrds – “Mr. Tambourine Man”
• The Byrds – “Eight Miles High”
• Led Zeppelin – “Over the Hills and Far Away”
• Pink Floyd – “Wish You Were Here”
• Stevie Ray Vaughan – “Rude Mood”
• The Beatles – “Ticket to Ride” and “A Hard Day’s Night”
• The Byrds – “Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)”
• Tom Petty – “Free Fallin’”
• Rush – “Closer to the Heart”
Of course there are more, many more and to play them, the challenge has always been to find an electric 12-string guitar that is not up to the task, but affordable as well!
More than 200 pounds of pressure are exerted on the neck of a 12-string guitar, a huge problem for traditional guitar designs. However, Hagstrom’s unique H-Expander™ truss rod, inspired by designs used in jet aircraft manufactured in Sweden by Saab, handles this with no problem and even allows for an incredibly thin neck for playing comfort with no compromise in stability. Your neck will stay straight for years to come with Hagstrom’s Viking® Deluxe 12-string.
Featuring a semi hollow body with a solid Maple centre block, this is a superb guitar. The hardness of Maple enhances tonal brilliance, so it was natural choice for Hagstrom’s 12-string Viking® Deluxe. Maple used throughout the body and neck results in a brilliant voice for this guitar.
Standard equipment on Hagstrom is the H-Expander™ truss rod and Resinator™ fretboard. Both of these features also enhance acoustics by emphasising the octave strings, balancing them with the naturally fuller standard strings, resulting in a lush, choral-like acoustic platform upon which Hagstrom build their pickup magic. Hagstrom H50 humbucking pickups were designed and voiced specifically for this 12-string model. Gorgeous vintage-sounding clean tones can heat up nastily when overdriven, taking this 12-string into new sonic territory.
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HAGSTROM VIKING DELUXE 12 STRING ELECTRIC GUITAR SPECIFICATIONS
• Body Material: Ply Flamed Maple
• Top: Contoured
• Body Style: Semi-Hollow with Maple Centre Block
• Neck Joint: Set Neck
• Material: Canadian Hard Maple
• Truss Rod: H-Expander™
• Fretboard Material: Resinator™
• Radius: 15″
• Inlays: Pearl Block
• Frets: 22 Medium Jumbo
• Scale Length: 24,75″ (628 mm)
• Nut: GraphTech Black Tusq XL
• Nut Width: 45 mm
• Pickups: 2 x Hagstrom H-50 Humbucking Pickups
• Pickup Selector: 3-Way Toggle Switch
• Controls: 2 x Volume / 2 x Tone
• Bridge: Long Travel Tune-O-Matic with Hagstrom Stop Tail
• Tuning Keys: Hagstrom Design 18:1
• Strings: D’Addario EXL 150 (010/.010, .013./013, .017/.008, .026w/.012p, .036w/.018p, .046w/.026w)
• Case: Hagstrom C55 Case included
