Guitar identication - jag/jazzy copy

holyCATS1415 · Post by **holyCATS1415** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 1:47 am

Hurb wrote:yeah its quite clearly the same tremolo as on hags like this one.

nice hagstrom. it does look more like that when you put them side by side.

holyCATS1415 · Post by **holyCATS1415** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 1:49 am

how nice are the hag trems? i have never played one.

Rashomon · Post by **Rashomon** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 2:08 am

Are any of these weird 60s Japanese guitars cool/nice/really good sounding or are they just weird and wacky and you get what you pay for?

mickie08 · Post by **mickie08** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 2:10 am

Rashomon wrote:Are any of these weird 60s Japanese guitars cool/nice/really good sounding or are they just weird and wacky and you get what you pay for?

They are very hit and miss from what I have heard and/or seen. They can be cool for more indy/noise type stuff I gather but it just depends upon the particular one you end up with and the sound you are going for.

Post by **Hurb** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 2:10 am

Rashomon wrote:Are any of these weird 60s Japanese guitars cool/nice/really good sounding or are they just weird and wacky and you get what you pay for?

depends. but I would say allot of them at least sound cool/different.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 3:12 am

I had a Sekova semihollow that I sold to Minifox13 (who doesn't seem to poast here anymore) that was one of the most fun playing guitars I've owned. Tiny neck that just sorta molded into your hand, nice clean sound (although pickups were wicked microphonic with distortion), real solid build.

I also had an old (late 50's) harmony stratotone that was a real solid guitar but the pickup was just so weak and lifeless and unfortunately irreplaceable so I sold it.

It's all what you're going for.

BTW You know, at first I was skeptical about it being a stock trem, but a random auction I found on ebay showed this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-1966-Sekova ... 0349440033

Those are usually made in Japan, but the trem system definitely looks guild/hagstrom.

holyCATS1415 · Post by **holyCATS1415** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 6:28 am

old silvertones and harmony's are american made. my silvertone played really well. as does my kay and my airline stratotone

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 9:33 am

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 12:17 pm

holyCATS1415 wrote:old silvertones and harmony's are american made. my silvertone played really well. as does my kay and my airline stratotone

I know that. I was refering to the Sekova I linked to that shared the hagstrom trem.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 12:43 pm

Fake Hagstrom trems found their way onto some import guitars. They looks extremely similar to the originals.

I reckon, if your guitar isn't made in Europe, the Hag Tremar isn't real/original (unless it's a Guild, of course!)

See this Univox: