I’m looking to get a Hagstrom bass, does anyone own or play one,any advice or review’s would be most appreciated
Is this inspired by Peter Hook by any chance?
Hagstrom Viking is close to the Eccleshall Viking that Peter Hook used on some of Joy Division’s and New Order’s songs, and often live. Solid choice if that’s what you want.
He usually used a Yamaha BB1200S (and did so on every NO album) but the Eccleshall was his other go to bass; Eastwood makes a signature edition if you are looking for some Hooky mojo.
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Does it have to be a Viking or do you just want a hollow-body or semi-hollow bass?
Not putting down Hagstrom, but similar basses are available for better prices.
Save yourself some money and try this one first.
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Thanks for the advice I’ll have a look around, what I’m looking for is a 60’s style guitar
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Not familiar. What is the make and model.?
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Check out Eastwood, they have many vintage (hate that word) inspired bass
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Epiphone Jack Casady bass…best-selling semi-hollow bass of all time. Very versatile despite only having one pickup.
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You’re welcome.
Should’ve never sold mine.
Yeah I would absolutely check out Eastwood.
Thanks for the tip I’ll look it up
Yeah Epiphones can be good. However I would suggest you check it out in a store or buy it somewhere with a generous return policy because I have seen some that were pretty bad. Quality control is not Gibson’s strong suit, and this is their Squier.
You mean the same Squier that’s been making basses as good, if not better, than Fender MIMs for years?
At one point, I had a Hagstrom Viking. It looked very cool and sounded really good…but the neck dive was awful and it wasn’t the most comfortable thing to play.
I traded it in when I bought my Ibanez EHB1000S.
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Nearly every Squier I have tried recently has been good, yeah. Especially the CV’s.
At least half of the Epiphones I have tried in stores, mostly LPs, have been okay. Some quite good, most fine, not great but not bad.
About a quarter were simply not good, with obvious minor quality defects they should have caught - bad frets, bad binding, cheap loose press-on knobs, etc. The other quarter were somewhere in between.
YMMV.
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Which to bring it back to the Cassady - totally willing to believe some of them out there are awesome, they look super cool, and when I was looking at hollow bodies they were absolutely on my list. Plus as a signature model it might get more attention than most.
But based on my experience looking at other Epis, if I were buying one, I would definitely want to try it in a store first.
In a similar price range, another I was looking at that I liked were the Ibanez Artcore line like the AGB:
It’s actually a crowded field. You have the Epiphone, Viking, Guild Starfire, Jack Casady, and Schecter Corsair.
My advice is to track down a case. Those are hard to find. I had a Corsair for a while, found it uncomfortable to play, but Schecter doesn’t make a case. Fortunately the Epiphone case fit like a glove.
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And the best ones out there IMO, the Gretsch (which have both short and long scale options).
I really liked the look of the Guilds too but never found one in a store that I remember.
Thanks for the tip I’ll bear it in mind