Electric guitar with Riegelahorn top and Hagstrom Custom 60 pickups
The Hagstrom Ultra Max Black Satin combines the classic Swede single-cut design with contemporary features in terms of playing comfort and sound, making it the perfect electric guitar for modern rock and metal. In terms of construction, Hagstrom has opted for a mahogany body with a arched maple top and a glued maple neck with a Resinator Wood fingerboard, combined with a 25.5" scale length (648 mm), which ensures a clean tone even with drop tunings. Furthermore, the extremely slim “Ultraslim D” profile and the flat 15” (381 mm) fretboard radius provide comfortable playability right up to the higher frets. Equipped with two Hagstrom Custom 60 Alnico-V humbuckers, the Hagstrom Ultra May also delivers extremely powerful tones that remain crisp even in low tunings. The option to split the humbuckers also provides dynamic single-coil sounds. Last but not least, the Hagstrom Ultra Max Black Satin is fitted with a Tune-O-Matic bridge, a Hagstrom Sustain tailpiece and precise die-cast tuners.
The Hagstrom Ultra Max Black Satin is a modern single-cut electric guitar with agile handling and a powerful sound.
An Hagstrom Ultra Max Black Satin at a glance:
Electric guitar in a single-cut design
Mahogany body
Laminated maple top
Glued maple neck with ‘H-Expander’ truss rod
Resinator-Wood fingerboard with block inlays
"Ultraslim D" neck profile
Two Hagstrom Custom 60 Alnico-V humbuckers
Coil split via push/pull switch in the tone control
Hagstrom Tune-O-Matic bridge
Hagstrom Sustain-Block tailpiece with brass string retainers
Hagstrom die-cast tuners
Manufacturer information
Tricor AB Stenstravagen 3C 12739 Skarholmen Sweden https://www.hagstromguitars.com/about/contact EU economic operator MUSIK MEYER GmbH - KORG & MORE Industriestraße 20 35041 Marburg Germany [email protected] +49 6421 989 - 500
My 3rd Hagstrom and the guitar is as good as ever from them - perfect setup on arrival (for me), smooth fret ends, nothing to complain about in the finish, no apparent glue, just perfect. The sound is great (strangely, the pots are reversed on mine, meaning the bridge pot is closer to the neck and vice versa, did not see any circuit diagrams on the web ... not sure this is normal but no problem). What was a bit of a let down was the actual colour: looks more like tomato soup than orange in fact. The satin neck also feels very special, not like other satin necks I have felt, but I like it. I almost returned it to be honest, but I love the handling and the sound too much. In any case, once more, an example of the principle 'not to buy before seeing the guitar in real' though - not sure I would have taken it home from the actual shop.
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(This review is from the same product in color Milky Mandarin Satin)
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