With the Hagstrom Three Kings Ultra Swede Limited Edition , the traditional guitar company presents a unique Singlecut electric guitar that combines Sweden's royal heritage with aesthetic design and outstanding sound. The guitar has a classic construction with a mahogany body and neck, which are complemented by the H-neck Expander rod, pickups developed by Johan Lundgren and GraphTech Ratio tuners. The unique finish with its shimmering silver heraldic pattern and inlaid medallion of Tre Kronor Castle also impresses with its simple elegance.
The basis of the Hagstrom Three Kings Ultra Swede is a classic construction with mahogany for the compact body and the glued neck. This promises a warm primary tone with a long sustain, which provides the perfect basis for both classical and modern styles. Thanks to the H- Expander tension rod, the neck has a particularly slim "C"-profile, which allows every riff and solo to go unhindered out of hand when playing the electric guitar. It Hagstrom Ultra Swede is also equipped with a fingerboard made of Resinator Wood a composite material with a uniform structure, which prevents deadspots across all 22 frets and also offers high stability against climatic fluctuations.
For the development of the pickups of the Hagstrom Three Kings Ultra Swede they collaborated Hagstrom with the Swedish pickup Papst Johan Lundgren whose creations enjoy an excellent reputation worldwide due to their outstanding sound. Thanks to the Alnico magnets on the Lundgren Design neck No. 2 and the Lundgren Design No. 5 bridge, the guitar convinces with a harmonious sound whose distinct warmth reminds of the golden era of the electric guitar. At the same time, both Humbucker have a precise representation of each note played, so that they can be used both in classical Clean and blues settings, but they also do not shy away from modern Rock music. For control there are beside the 3-way toggle switch individual volume and tone controls, which are decorated by chic Q-Parts Dome buttons with "Vine" pattern.
The equipment of the Hagstrom Three Kings Ultra Swede is completed by perfectly tuned Hardware . The strings are held on the body by the well-known Hagstrom Stop Tail, which consists of six string Messing holders on a base plate of acrylic glass and a curved cover. From there, the strings run over a classic Tune -O-Matic bridge, which guarantees perfect adjustment of string position and intonation thanks to the wide adjustment ranges. At the headstock the strings are led via the GraphTech Black Tusq XL saddle to the innovative GraphTech Ratio tuners. These have their own translation for each string, so that a particularly precise tuning is possible. In addition, the machine heads have decorative wings in the typical Hagstrom stepped design.