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At A Glance
- Body Style
- Double Cutaway
- Body Type
- Solid Body
- Body Material
- Solid Wood
- Body/top Wood
- American Alder
- Body Finish
- Gloss
- Orientation
- Right Handed.
- Neck Profile
- Not Specified
- Neck Wood
- Hard Maple
- Neck Joint
- Bolt-On
- Scale Length
- 24.75 In.
- Truss Rod
- H-Expander
- Neck Finish
- Not Specified
- Material
- Resinator
- Radius
- 15 In.
- Fret Size
- Medium Jumbo
- Number Of Frets
- 22
- Inlays
- Thumbnail
- Nut Width/Material
- 1.69 In. (43 mm) TUSQ.
- Configuration
- HH
- Neck
- Alnico V Humbucking
- Bridge
- Alnico V Humbucking
- Active Or Passive Pickups
- Passive
- Series Or Parallel
- Parallel
- Controls
- 2 x Volume, 2 x Tone
- Coil Tap Or Split
- No
- Kill Switch
- Yes
- Bridge Type
- Tremolo/Vibrato
- Bridge Design
- Tune-O-Matic With Roller Saddles
- Tailpiece
- Vintage Tremar
- Tuning Machines
- Die-Cast
- Color
- Nickel.
Hagstrom built the HIIN-BLK-U as part of its Retroscape line, positioning it as a double-cutaway solid-body electric with a vintage-influenced feature set. The instrument carried a bolt-on Hard Maple neck joined to an American Alder body finished in Black Gloss, with a 24.75-inch scale length and Hagstrom's H-Expander truss rod system.
The Resinator fretboard was radiused at 15 inches and fitted with 22 medium-jumbo frets, thumbnail inlays, and a 43 mm TUSQ nut. Two passive Alnico V humbuckers — one at the neck, one at the bridge — ran in parallel and were governed by individual volume and tone controls plus a kill switch, with no coil-tap or coil-split facility. Hardware was finished in nickel and included a Tune-O-Matic bridge with roller saddles, a Vintage Tremar tailpiece, and die-cast tuning machines.
Owners sourcing replacement parts should note that the Tune-O-Matic bridge accepts standard metric or imperial saddle and post dimensions depending on the specific unit fitted; a qualified guitar technician can confirm the correct specification before sourcing replacements. For setup work — including truss-rod adjustment, nut replacement, or tailpiece servicing — consulting a qualified luthier is recommended.
STRAIGHT TALK
What Stands Out
Keep In Mind
From the people who own them
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Owner photos
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The catalog shot showed one finish, under one light, a long time ago. Yours has been played. Photos from owners are what the next person finds when they are trying to identify a part, match a finish, or work out whether the one they just bought is really what the seller said it was.
What do you know about this one?
Specs only go so far. What actually fits, what breaks first, what the factory got right and what everyone ends up changing — that lives with the people who own them, not in a datasheet. Post what you know and it stays on this page for whoever comes looking next.
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