Thanks you for the comment. Yes, get it off the wall and play it. I am very happy with mine. It's an all around guitar that you can play anything on and it sounds good.
Best instrument video I have seen. Straight forward and shows functions and grounding issue or lack of noise, rather. Looks to be a well made guitar. I agree btw about Hagstrom . I grew up with Hagstrom guitars and find them better than others in many ways. Thanks for the demo.
Great stuff man! I just got to borrow an old Hagström Viking from an old man in my village. Had to clean it and change the strings (as it deserves!) to be able to play properly. It also has the «fender» headstock. Thanks for the inspiration! -Fredrik, 20 yo
Rick, the Super Viking adds a coil splitting feature. My room mate just picked one up. I have a Hagstrom acoustic and a Super Swede. My Super Swede also has coil splitting. Imagine the recording you made here with the backing track done with single coils like a Strat or Tele... And not having to swap guitars.
Thanks for the info, I didn't know what the difference was. I don't need coil splitting. I have several other guitars with coil splitting and I never use it. I have two Epiphone 1960 Tribute's that have coil splitting but when I am playing them on gigs I never remember I even have that available. The backing came from the looper pedal I was using on the video. All the sounds were created live with the looper. I do like the Hagstrom Viking. Thanks again for the info. th-cam.com/video/QeJKyFlXVig/w-d-xo.html
Yes absolutely the build quality is far better than it was 50 years ago. The quality is far more consistent. This goes for almost any guitar brand nowadays because of CNC technology.
Super Viking is fender 25.5" scale vs 24.75" on Viking. Same thing for Super Swede vs Swede. Mostly it's a matter of preference, I prefer longer scale.
Great guitar! The opening few chords you played at the beginning sounded exactly like Randy Bachman's tone from the Guess Who. It also reminds me of some of the great Motown music which I absolutely love! You're a great player Rick, if you ever have to go on the lamb to avoid the law, and find yourself up here in the Great White North, we'll form a mega 50s 60s and 70s band and tour the entire country! :) Are you still performing live? I remember you bought a slim portable PA system and had reviewed it, and it was just great! Looking at it you would never expect it to have such quality tone and clean volume. Great seeing more content from your channel Rick! Jack - Canada ~'()'~
Thanks. I love the Guess Who. They were a big influence on me when I first started playing. It was the music, the great songs and their harmony. Not too many bands had harmony vocals as good as the Guess Who and they were one of the few bands of the era that never needed any session musicians because they all played great. I met Burton Cummings a few years ago at a solo show he did near me. That voice is still tremendous. I am still playing but not as often. I went from regular gigs every weekend to just a few a month. This has been my choice as I have just gotten older, lazier.
Is that full or semi hollow? I found a web site from Firefly guitars where you can order few of their models without having to wait for them to come on sale at Amazon, it's called "guitar gardens" I'd post the link but my internet is acting up and I'm having trouble opening new sites. You can look it up on google I'm sure. Take care and thanks for another great video and another great budget guitar! Jack ~'()'~
Are you thinking of getting the 67 Viking II reissue? www.hagstromguitars.com/electric-guitars/viking-series/67-viking-ii.html This is like the one you played in your band.
I don't think so. It's not really the same. Visually it looks exactly the same but these new reissues have mini hunbuckers and the original pups were single coil.
Rickholly74 Still I agree that the Viking is a wonderful guitar, and has been so, as long as back in the sixties, when Elvis used Al Casey’s red Viking, in the making of the -68 Elvis Comeback, from Burbank./Anders
@@andersbarke I bought mine in 1967/68. Up until then I only had a guitar made in Japan (when Japanese guitars were generally junk). My little high school era band got the chance to play on 77 WABC radio in New York City and I begged and pleaded my parents for a new guitar. I got the Hagstrom Viking. I played it for about five years till about 1973 when I traded it in (with a few dollars more) and I got my first Gibson Les Paul. I always wanted another Viking but it's taken me a long time to finally get it. It was worth the wait. It is as good as I remember. Thanks for the feedback.
The Hagstrom had a very slim neck then (dont know about now) so that H trus rod allowed them to have a very slim neck without curve issues. As far as I know they are the only one using that particular kind of trus rod.
@@daisyholmes650 .yes . The argument for the H shaped rod is that it prevents the wood twisting around it, as it might do with a smooth circular rod. My old Hagstrom 'Futurama 11 Deluxe' had a very slim neck, labelled on the back of the headstock (silver/blue foil sticker) 'Kings Neck with expander stretcher'..the H shaped truss rod. That would have been around 1965/6.
Did you mention that all Hagstroms are made in China? Guitars are discretionary purchases and I am sure there are many people who would not enjoy playing an instrument made by a communist dictatorship especially after their handling of Covid-19 that has brought so much misery to so many people. It would be like you recommend buying Hugo Boss clothing made before 1945, you would not do that now, would you?
I don't buy my guitars based on politics. If it bothers you to buy anything made in China you'll have to give up most cell phones, computers, gaming consoles, clothing etc. I just don't think politics when I buy a guitar.
Yes, it's a shame they don't make them all /any? in Sweden still. I bought my Swedish made Hagstrom 'Futurama 11 Deluxe' (with their patented H shaped truss rod) new in 1965/6 for about £35.00 UK pounds. This would equate to about £586 pounds in 2021, probably around the price mark of a 'Made in China' one today. Conclusion...cheaper labour, bigger profits...or?
Some made the comment that although the guitars are assembled in China, all the parts are sent over from Sweden. Not sure if that's just the electronics or all so the necks and bodies. All I know is just picked up a 67 Viking II reissue, and I'm very happy.
My grandpa got a Hagstrom Viking from the 70's, now it's sitting on my wall waiting for parts. I love the sound of these guitars. Great playing
Thanks you for the comment. Yes, get it off the wall and play it. I am very happy with mine. It's an all around guitar that you can play anything on and it sounds good.
This is the coolest old guy on youtube
hes not that old! lol
Moudi 1 he ant young either
My cat was fascinated with the music 👍🏻 from him.
I am happy to watch it till the end. I like the backing track that you made with that looper. Very nice. Cheers from Indonesia.
Thanks for watching.
Best instrument video I have seen. Straight forward and shows functions and grounding issue or lack of noise, rather. Looks to be a well made guitar. I agree btw about Hagstrom . I grew up with Hagstrom guitars and find them better than others in many ways. Thanks for the demo.
Thank yo for your comment.
Great stuff man! I just got to borrow an old Hagström Viking from an old man in my village. Had to clean it and change the strings (as it deserves!) to be able to play properly. It also has the «fender» headstock. Thanks for the inspiration!
-Fredrik, 20 yo
You are looking for the Viking 67'. It is the same as your original Hagstrom Viking..
Very nice man!
Nice playing man! have fun with the guitar! They are nice for the little price they are. Very nice quality
Thanks for your comments. As I said in the video I was curious about whether my 40 year old memories of the Viking were still valid. Yes they are.
Great guitar and great vibe w/ looper !
Thank you for the video Sir. Well done!
...love you man and i love my hagstrom viking!
theyve just released a viking II with the fender type headstock and coil split mini humbuckers
Thanks , a good Hagstrom Viking .
I almost bought one of these. I got a HJ-500 Tremar instead.
I love your videos
"This is the fender viking" 😂
Yep, at 1:25, had to hit replay to notice it :-)
Nice review, great guitar, it's on top of my wishlist ...
meh, close enough..
Rick, the Super Viking adds a coil splitting feature. My room mate just picked one up.
I have a Hagstrom acoustic and a Super Swede. My Super Swede also has coil splitting.
Imagine the recording you made here with the backing track done with single coils like a Strat or Tele... And not having to swap guitars.
Thanks for the info, I didn't know what the difference was. I don't need coil splitting. I have several other guitars with coil splitting and I never use it. I have two Epiphone 1960 Tribute's that have coil splitting but when I am playing them on gigs I never remember I even have that available. The backing came from the looper pedal I was using on the video. All the sounds were created live with the looper. I do like the Hagstrom Viking. Thanks again for the info. th-cam.com/video/QeJKyFlXVig/w-d-xo.html
Yes absolutely the build quality is far better than it was 50 years ago. The quality is far more consistent. This goes for almost any guitar brand nowadays because of CNC technology.
Super Viking is fender 25.5" scale vs 24.75" on Viking. Same thing for Super Swede vs Swede. Mostly it's a matter of preference, I prefer longer scale.
Thanks for the information.
SOunds great!
Good job, Rick!
There’s nothing wrong with the the Hagstrom guitars made in China. Top quality Axe❤😊
You must have some collection of guitars, I'd love to see them all...
Great guitar! The opening few chords you played at the beginning sounded exactly like Randy Bachman's tone from the Guess Who.
It also reminds me of some of the great Motown music which I absolutely love!
You're a great player Rick, if you ever have to go on the lamb to avoid the law, and find yourself up here in the Great White North, we'll form a mega 50s 60s and 70s band and tour the entire country! :)
Are you still performing live? I remember you bought a slim portable PA system and had reviewed it, and it was just great! Looking at it you would never expect it to have such quality tone and clean volume.
Great seeing more content from your channel Rick!
Jack - Canada ~'()'~
Thanks. I love the Guess Who. They were a big influence on me when I first started playing. It was the music, the great songs and their harmony. Not too many bands had harmony vocals as good as the Guess Who and they were one of the few bands of the era that never needed any session musicians because they all played great. I met Burton Cummings a few years ago at a solo show he did near me. That voice is still tremendous. I am still playing but not as often. I went from regular gigs every weekend to just a few a month. This has been my choice as I have just gotten older, lazier.
Ricky don't loose that number
Is that full or semi hollow?
I found a web site from Firefly guitars where you can order few of their models without having to wait for them to come on sale at Amazon, it's called "guitar gardens" I'd post the link but my internet is acting up and I'm having trouble opening new sites.
You can look it up on google I'm sure.
Take care and thanks for another great video and another great budget guitar!
Jack ~'()'~
Thats a semihollow so witch center block. Pickup sucks, change it to sd sh4 and sh1 and youre good to go.
Are you thinking of getting the 67 Viking II reissue?
www.hagstromguitars.com/electric-guitars/viking-series/67-viking-ii.html
This is like the one you played in your band.
I don't think so. It's not really the same. Visually it looks exactly the same but these new reissues have mini hunbuckers and the original pups were single coil.
Hagstrom has NEVER had two trus rods in one guitar. It has always been the H-trus rod, and still is! Believe me!/Anders
I'm sure you are correct. 50 years ago I didn't know a truss rod from a hot rod. Just my bad memory. Thanks for the info.
Rickholly74 Still I agree that the Viking is a wonderful guitar, and has been so, as long as back in the sixties, when Elvis used Al Casey’s red Viking, in the making of the -68 Elvis Comeback, from Burbank./Anders
@@andersbarke I bought mine in 1967/68. Up until then I only had a guitar made in Japan (when Japanese guitars were generally junk). My little high school era band got the chance to play on 77 WABC radio in New York City and I begged and pleaded my parents for a new guitar. I got the Hagstrom Viking. I played it for about five years till about 1973 when I traded it in (with a few dollars more) and I got my first Gibson Les Paul. I always wanted another Viking but it's taken me a long time to finally get it. It was worth the wait. It is as good as I remember. Thanks for the feedback.
The Hagstrom had a very slim neck then (dont know about now) so that H trus rod allowed them to have a very slim neck without curve issues. As far as I know they are the only one using that particular kind of trus rod.
@@daisyholmes650 .yes . The argument for the H shaped rod is that it prevents the wood twisting around it, as it might do with a smooth circular rod. My old Hagstrom 'Futurama 11 Deluxe' had a very slim neck, labelled on the back of the headstock (silver/blue foil sticker) 'Kings Neck with expander stretcher'..the H shaped truss rod. That would have been around 1965/6.
You download something that so doesn't relate to the guitar. Proud American Trump supporter????
What are you on about? This video is all about guitars. Put down the pipe for a little while.
Did you mention that all Hagstroms are made in China? Guitars are discretionary purchases and I am sure there are many people who would not enjoy playing an instrument made by a communist dictatorship especially after their handling of Covid-19 that has brought so much misery to so many people. It would be like you recommend buying Hugo Boss clothing made before 1945, you would not do that now, would you?
I don't buy my guitars based on politics. If it bothers you to buy anything made in China you'll have to give up most cell phones, computers, gaming consoles, clothing etc. I just don't think politics when I buy a guitar.
Yes, it's a shame they don't make them all /any? in Sweden still. I bought my Swedish made Hagstrom 'Futurama 11 Deluxe' (with their patented H shaped truss rod) new in 1965/6 for about £35.00 UK pounds. This would equate to about £586 pounds in 2021, probably around the price mark of a 'Made in China' one today. Conclusion...cheaper labour, bigger profits...or?
So, how much Chinese stuff are you currently wearing or using, or products made elsewhere with Chicom components?
Some made the comment that although the guitars are assembled in China, all the parts are sent over from Sweden. Not sure if that's just the electronics or all so the necks and bodies. All I know is just picked up a 67 Viking II reissue, and I'm very happy.