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Hagstrom developed the Super Swede Bass as one of the final projects before Swedish production ceased. The design originated from a collaboration between Hagstrom's chief guitar designer Per-Åke Olsson and Rutger Gunnarsson, bassist for ABBA. Gunnarsson used the instrument throughout ABBA's final North American tour in September/October 1979. Only 364 examples were produced before Hagstrom ended guitar production in Sweden, and the original run has since become a sought-after collector's piece. This reissue carries the SUSWEB-BLK-U designation and presents the instrument in Black Gloss, built around the original 1980 double-cutaway Super Swede Bass design with a neck-through-body construction.
The all-mahogany body feeds into a neck-through construction with a deep "D" profile neck made from Resinator™, topped by a Resinator™ fretboard with Hagstrom Perloid block inlays across 20 medium-jumbo frets. The 34-inch scale runs to a Graph Tech™ Black Tusq XL nut at 40 mm width, and the 15-inch radius fretboard is managed by Hagstrom's H-Expander™ truss rod system. Two Hagstrom Design J-Quad pickups — quad-stacked humbuckers — drive a straightforward control layout of two volume knobs and one tone knob, all fitted with chrome knobs. Hagstrom's own 21:1 tuning pegs handle tuning stability, and the bridge uses individual adjustable direct-mount saddles. The instrument ships strung with D'Addario strings gauged 55–105.
Owners requiring setup adjustments, fret work, or hardware replacement should consult a qualified guitar technician, who can advise on compatible parts given the instrument's through-neck construction and Hagstrom-specific components.
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