Hagstrom F400 1972 Honey Goldburst Metalflake. Refinished. Excellent Player. Short neck bass. FAST.

HAGSTROM

F400

BASS

1972

Refinished and Redone.

I own 30+ vintage Hagstrom guitars in my collection. Most are all original but a few have been upgraded, refinished, and otherwise “hot rodded” as players. Hagstrom guitars from the 1960’s and 1970’s were made in Sweden following the tradition of highest quality Swedish products. They are all built from high quality parts and materials but also are finely crafted based on innovative and stylish designs.

This bass has been well played by a band member from an almost famous band from the West Coast. When I got, I thought it was the worst looking “relic” guitar that was also the best playing and sounding short neck solid body I had ever owned. It is that good.

Its previous player replaced the original Van Ghent tuners with the solid Gotoh tuners that hold the strings in place no matter how hard you play. The back of the neck on this one had been sanded down to an incredible smoothness that makes it a real glider. It has been sealed to preserve its fast playability while also keeping it smooth. Frets are still very good. And the body has been refinished in a breath-taking “honey gold” metallic flake that reflects forever.

About this Hagstrom model:

Model: Hagstrom HIIBN / F400N / HB901

Pickups: Two chrome covered humbucking

Scale: 30 1/2"

Body: Solid birch

Neck: Birch with Rosewood fingerboard. H-rod neck construction. Pearloid dot inlays. Attached to the body with three screws

Controls: Individual tone and volume controls for each pickup. Pickup selector switch, and on/off switch

The  HIIBN was the descendent of the ; a broadly similar model produced from 1965-71. The HIIBN shared the same styling, especially with regards the body / scratchplate; but had an entirely different neck, with contrasting peghead arrangement: two per side rather than four-in-a-row. It had new humbucking pickups instead of the older single coil units, and four control pots, rather than one pot and four switches.

They were produced by Hagstrom in Alvdalen, Sweden, between 1969 and 1976; a total of 3493 basses in 14 batches. In America, it was known as the F400N and was Hagstrom's bass companion model to the HIIN (F200N) six string guitar. The model was later renamed HB901 when it was distributed by Ampeg in the mid-70s.

Stylistically it was also very similar to the Hagstrom  eight string bass, but importantly with two volume and two tone controls; a big improvement on the pickup and mute switches of the 1960s Hagstrom basses. Like these other instruments, it also had the on/off switch on the top body horn.

NOTES:

1.      This guitar comes to you in a gig bag.

2.     Guarantee. You have 3 days from the date you receive this guitar to try it out. If it is not what you want, please send it back for a full refund (you will need to pay return shipping).