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[sunvalleylaw]

Shultz was a good man!

A little YouTube birdie gave me a clue earlier this week. Hey Steve!

Hmm, I do have a birthday coming up. I wonder if I am saving some birthday $$ for something like this:

http://www.hagstromguitars.com/pdfs/...KING_DEC07.pdf

But colored like this:



And sounding something like this:



As Axel says, schön!

[Tone2TheBone]

Wuuoww! That's the best shot of a guitar I've ever seen. That would make one hell of a birfday present that's for dang sure. :

[Algonquin]

Wuuoww! That's the best shot of a guitar I've ever seen. That would make one hell of a birfday present that's for dang sure. :

+1 :

[sunvalleylaw]

heh, heh, borrowed that shot from the MF site. I will see it in person in a few weeks when my B-day comes. I will post pics and clips of course in due time. The pics may reveal some drool however.

I picked this based on clips, vids and a couple of experiences playing the very few semi-hollows I have had access to. I have not played a Viking in particular though. Robert has however, and gives good reports. He is my favorite gear review guy, of course. I am quite excited in fact.

I leaned toward this Hagstrom way back when in a semi-hollow thread.

http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php?t=3276

When I was looking to diversify from a strat, I was all over the map, but finally decided dual humbucker was the best way to spread to the other side of the compass rose. Some sort of Tele was really tempting, esp. the G&Ls and new Squire CV. But that is still somewhat close to what I have. The LP's I tried didn't wow me. The hollows and semis did. I think this one will rock, rockabilly, and give me a little jazz and some sweet humbucker blues. This one seems like it will be a good fit for now.

Here is another vid with some dude playing some blues:

[Tone2TheBone]

I think you made a good call my friend I'm glad for you! That baby is gonna play and sound sweet.

[Guitar Gal]

Very nice SVL

Looking forward to reading your review of it once you've had it for awhile.

GG

[Spudman***]

Congrats on the new guitar. I'm, er, you'll really enjoy it.

[SuperSwede]

SunvalleySteve, now that is a purdy guitar.. Come on over the pond and I´ll show you the Hagstrom museum!

[just strum]

SVL, man you know my thoughts on the choice - I am extremely happy that you chose this as the guitar to diversify your collection. I couldn't imagine you being disappointed in any way.

One BIG congrats!!!

[sunvalleylaw]

SVL, man you know my thoughts on the choice - I am extremely happy that you chose this as the guitar to diversify your collection. I couldn't imagine you being disappointed in any way.

One BIG congrats!!!

Your influence was actually quite large, Strum. You are passionate about your Dot, and I got to thinking that I was more enthused by the hollows and semis I tried than the LPs. Go with the feeling. So, though I was for a while on a thinline tele track, I got to thinking I ought to look more closely at 'bucker guitars, since I have a nice set of single coils in a nice guitar already. DVM sent me a couple of clips of his Dot and LP, and that helped to seal it. Thanks for the help in shopping. :

[sunvalleylaw]

SunvalleySteve, now that is a purdy guitar.. Come on over the pond and I´ll show you the Hagstrom museum!

Someday before the kids leave the house, I am hoping to make a trip up that way. I will need to be heading to Norway to check that out, but I can't come that close and not try to hook up. : It would be very fun.

For anyone that is interested, here is a link to the stat page (mine is the one in the middle, shown in black), with links to 3 magazine reviews at the bottom of the page, two pickup clips, a link to a good demo vid on the upper right that runs the guitar through its paces, and if you click "ARTISTS" at the top of the page, you can click a vid with Dweezil showing of his Viking, that he modded with an additional toggle that adds mid-range.

http://www.hagstromguitars.com/viking.html

[warren0728]

i think you made a good choice too...i love my ibanez hollowbody with the humbuckers....completely different feel and sound from my solid body guitars....i find myself playing it a lot unplugged too! :

ww

[just strum]

But colored like this:

This is without a doubt a pic that causes some serious GAS. If the "Beer Girl" was in the pic I don't know if I would notice her. Okay, I probably would, but I doubt I would have ever noticed her necklace.

[warren0728]

If the "Beer Girl" was in the pic I don't know if I would notice her. Okay, I probably would, but I doubt I would have ever noticed her necklace.

she's wearing a necklace?

that is a great guitar pic....i am planning on doing some pics of my guitars when i get a break....set up some backgrounds and studio lights and have some fun....

ww

[just strum]

Just to keep the GAS flowing

[sunvalleylaw]

the one I am ordering is the standard viking with set neck like the white one he shows second in this vid. The cherry color is probably less burgandy in appearance then the guitar porn shot I embedded here and more like the transparent cherry you see in the above vid. A little more "red" and less dark cherry or burgandy. I will post pics of the actual unit and give a full report in a few weeks. I don't get it for a few weeks yet as I mentioned above. The only diff that I can discern between the std. Vik and the Vik dlx is the fret markers. Mine has the dots.

Thanks everyone for the congrats, and to everyone who helped out while I shopped all over the map before reaching this conclusion. Like I said, once I have had some time with it, a full report will be shared.

[wingsdad]

Looks like you made an excellent choice, Steve. :

Worth stretching that budget target a bit.

The harp tailpiece instead of a stop tailpiece is a subtle design element. Besides what it can do for tone, it makes it easy to add a Bigsby unit if you ever decide you want to add that.

Good luck with it. Looking forward to pics whan she lands.

[Spudman***]

Hmmmmm. I wonder what this could be?

[sunvalleylaw]

Hmm, could it be this? Thanks for receiving and checking set up on it for me. I can't wait to see it when I come your way in a couple weeks.