Hagstrom Viking Deluxe Baritone Electric Guitar

A natural step for Hagstrom was to extend the popular Viking models voice to a deep, resonant tone with the Hagstrom Viking Deluxe Baritone guitar. Hagstrom's Viking is established as the most versatile semi-hollow guitar on the market today, delivering a wide variety of tonal color to an incredible diversity of musical styles. Many guitarists consider a baritone instrument to be somewhat limited and narrow in its application, but Hagstrom's Viking Baritone shatters this stereotype.

Two entirely new Hagstrom pickups were developed specifically for the Viking Baritone's rich acoustics, adding shading and enhancement to deliver a broad spectrum of sonic colorings. In the bridge position we find Hagstrom's new Custom 58'C, a semi-open-coiled humbucker voiced to enhance the ringing clarity native to the Viking, even in its lowest sub-registers. Sitting in the neck position is Hagstrom's new P-Urified pickup, a specially designed full-humbucking-sized P90 pickup, adding warmth and openness while keeping lower frequencies tight and controlled. The result is a tonal continuum from clean and classic 1960s sounds, to "Spaghetti Western" twang, through the overdriven crunch of the 1970s and 1980s and on to the "Uber-Driven" tones demanded by today's players. All of these sounds are built on top of the Viking Baritone's gorgeously deep, distinctive acoustic voice.

Resinator Wood

Resinator wood is a wood composite material that is both more uniform in density and more stable than any… read more standard wood product. These characteristics eliminate dead spots or "wolf tones" sometimes associated with conventional wood fingerboards. Resinator wood has an articulate sound similar to high quality ebony, but without any of the problems associated with ebony. It provides a stable and clear tone, and also adds higher overtones and harmonics which uniquely detail each note. Like our H-Expander truss rod, Resinator wood is a major contributor to the distinctive "Hagstrom tone".

Hagstrom Machine Heads

Hagstrom models use 18:1 or 15:1 gear ratio machine heads based on our own designs to insure accurate tuning.

H-Expander

All Hagstrom electric guitars and basses include our patented H-Expander truss rod. Providing tension at both ends and running the entire length of the neck, the rigid yet light-weight alloy truss rod allows for a very low action and thin neck, two factors that were instrumental in earning Hagstrom its reputation as the world's fastest playing guitar. The H-Expander truss rod not only provides ultimate neck stability, but it also contributes to Hagstrom's unique tone. Longer sustain and a round attack are some of the sonic characteristics the H-Expander adds to the tonal essence of Hagstrom.

Set Neck

Hagstrom uses a variety of different neck joints throughout our range. Our set-neck recipe is the classic and time-tested Mortise and Tenon joint, a design that most efficiently transfers string energy from neck to body, and can often only be found on more expensive custom-built guitars. A team of experienced and dedicated craftsmen hand carves every neck joint, insuring perfect execution of this traditional technique preferred by luthiers for generations.

Body

- Maple Contoured Body
- Semi-Hollow Style Body

Neck

- Canadian Hard Maple Set Neck
- H-Expander Truss Rod:
- Resinator Fingerboard Material
- Pearl Block Inlays

Electronics

- 58'C Bridge Pickup & P-Urified Neck Humbucking Sized P-90 Neck Pickup
- 3-Way Toggle Switch
- 2 x Volume Controls / 2 x Tone Controls

Hardware/Misc

- Long Travel Tune-O-Matic Bridge with a Stop-Tail Piece
- Hagstrom Design 18:1 Tuning Keys
- D'Addario EXL 158 (13-62) Strings read less