Hagstrom HJ-500 Black

In 1969 the legendary luthier James “Jimmy” D’Aquisto began a cooperation with Hagstrom that was to last nearly 10 years. Hagstrom’s hollow-body archtop jazz guitar series is the result, and the master’s craft is unmistakably written all over these fine instruments.

In fact, the asymmetrical headstock used for these guitars and now used for most current Hagstrom models, was Jimmy’s design.

Immaculately clean, well rounded jazz tones for single note patterns and walking-bass chordal comping are the HJ500’s home turf, although it is fully capable of taking a different route into rock-oriented soundscapes when necessary.

Body - Canadian Maple PlyTop, Canadian Maple Ply – Press-Contoured

Style - Hollow-Body

Neck - Canadian Hard Maple,  Set Neck, long Mortise&Tenon neck joint

Trussrod - H-Expander™

Fingerboard - Resinator™Scale Length24,75" (628 mm)

Radius - 15"

Inlays - Pearl Block

Frets - 22 Medium Jumbo

Nut - GraphTech Black Tusq XL

Nut Width - 43 mm

Pickups - 2 x Hagstrom HJ-50

Switch - 3-Way Toggle Switch

Controls - 2 x Volume / 2 x Tone

Bridge - Jimmy Resinator with Hagstrom Trapeze Tail Piece

Tuning Keys - Hagstrom Design 18:1

Strings - D'Addario EXP 115 (11-49)