Hagstrom Super Swede Pickup Upgrade
I love my Hagstrom Super Swede. The 60’s profile Gibson neck, the over-wound pickups, the sunburst
finish and the solid Mahogany body all come together to form quite an amazing instrument for such a low cost.
Check it out:
The only thing it was really missing was that vintage grainy bite from the pickups. Now don’t get me wrong, the pickups it came with are pretty fantastic – I just knew it could sing much better. My friend
Will Boggs VTPH
Darren Morton has a Les Paul with hand-wound pickups made by Will Boggs. Well Darren went and found an auction on Ebay that was selling the very same pickups at a great price and I couldn’t pass them up.
I was worried when the pickups came in that I would have a hard time installing them in my Hagstrom. Sure enough the pickups screws I had were too big. I had to wait just a few more days for screws to ship from Robert Wiggs of BB’s Tone solutions. Once they came in the pickup installation was a breeze.
Want to know how they sound? Well here’s the after video. Thanks Si for writing this song for me to pretend I can play it.
