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Hagstrom produced the Super Swede Bass as one of their final projects before Swedish guitar production ceased. The design originated from a collaboration between Hagstrom's chief guitar designer Per-Åke Olsson and Rutger Gunnarsson, bassist for the Swedish group ABBA. Gunnarsson used the instrument throughout ABBA's final North American tour in September and October 1979. Only 364 examples were produced before Hagstrom ended guitar manufacturing in Sweden, and the model has since become a sought-after collector's piece. The SUSWEB-NMG-U is Hagstrom's reissue of that original 1980 design, rendered in Natural Mahogany.
The bass is built on a neck-through-body construction in a double-cutaway configuration following the original Super Swede Bass outline. The neck carries Hagstrom's H-Expander™ truss rod system and is shaped to a deep "D" profile, with a 34-inch scale and a 40 mm nut machined from Graph Tech™ Black TUSQ XL. The Resinator™ fretboard runs 15-inch radius and carries 20 medium-jumbo frets dressed with Hagstrom Perloid block inlays. Tuning duties fall to Hagstrom's own 21:1 ratio pegs. Pickup configuration comprises two Hagstrom Design J-Quad pickups — quad-stacked humbuckers in a J-bass footprint — controlled by two volume knobs and a single tone knob fitted with chrome hardware. The bridge uses Hagstrom individual adjustable direct-mount saddles. Factory strings are D'Addario gauged 55–105.
Owners seeking setup adjustments, fret work, or compatible replacement hardware for the direct-mount saddle system or Graph Tech nut should consult a qualified bass guitar technician familiar with neck-through instruments.
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