With the Hagstrom Three Kings Swede Limited Edition, the traditional guitar company presents a unique singlecut electric guitar that combines Sweden's royal heritage with aesthetic design and outstanding sound. The guitar has a classical construction with mahogany body and neck, supplemented by the H-Expander truss rod, pickups developed by Johan Lundgren and GraphTech Ratio mechanics. The unique finish with a shimmering silver heraldic pattern and inlaid medallion of Tre Kronor Castle also captivates with its simple elegance.
The Hagstrom Three Kings Swede is based on a classic construction with mahogany for the body and the glued neck. This promises a warm primary tone with long sustain that provides the perfect foundation for both classic and modern styles. Thanks to the H-Expander tension rod, the neck has an especially slim "C"-profile, which allows every riff and solo to go unhindered when playing the electric guitar. The Hagstrom Swede also features a Resinator Wood fretboard, a composite material with a uniform structure that prevents deadspots across all 22 frets and is also highly stable to climatic fluctuations.
For the development of the Hagstrom Three Kings Swede pickups, Hagstrom collaborated with the Swedish pickup pope Johan Lundgren, whose creations enjoy an excellent reputation worldwide due to their outstanding sound. Lundgren Design No. 2 on the neck and Lundgren Design No. 5 on the bridge, thanks to Alnico magnets, impress with a harmonious sound whose pronounced warmth is reminiscent of the golden era of the electric guitar. At the same time, both humbuckers have a precise representation of every note played, so that they can be used both in classic clean and blues environments, but also not shy away from modern rock. In addition to the 3-way toggle switch, a 3-way "Sound Filter" switch and individual volume and tone controls, which are adorned with "Vine" patterns by chic Q-Parts Dome buttons, are available for control.
The equipment of the Hagstrom Three Kings Swede is completed by perfectly matched hardware. The strings are held on the body by the well-known Hagstrom Stop Tail, which consists of six brass tailpieces on an acrylic glass base plate and a curved cover. From there, the strings run over a classic Tune-O-Matic bridge, which guarantees perfect adjustment of string position and intonation thanks to the wide adjustment range. At the headstock, the strings are fed via the GraphTech Black Tusq XL saddle to the innovative GraphTech Ratio tuners. These have their own translation for each string, so that a particularly precise tuning is possible. In addition, the machine heads have decorative wings in the typical Hagstrom step design.