Hagstrom Ultra Swede CBB LH

Do not let the price of this one fool you, you get a lot for the money.

Sound: The two pickups can be split so the tonal variation is great. The sound is very clear which can be heard even before plugging it in. This one quickly became my main guitar and still is two years later. Both the humbucker and single-coil sounds are really useful with their own identities. The single-coils does not sound like a Fender and the humbuckers does not sound like a Gibson but they have it's own sound which I really like with a clear sound that does not get muddy even with lots of effects and still sounds interresting without effects.

Quality: The quality of the hardware is ok apart from the pickup selector which sometimes glitches. The build of the wood is superb.

Finish: Excelent finish that looks flawless. It looks really cool with the binding and feels like an expensive instrument.

In total: I think this is a very good guitar both for beginners and experienced players. It's easy to play and feels lasting. Like I said, this is my go to guitar. I play music ranging from alternative rock to old style surf rock and it sounds great on this. Have tried to play some metal as well and the pickups can really handle lots of overdrive and still sound defined.

I bought this Hagstrom on Thomann.de some time ago. I was waiting with my opinion untill I will get used to this guitar.
On mid range price, this guitar is just perfect for begginers, and advanced guitarists. Got very unique and clear sound. First of all it got strong sound.
If you play your music on clean sound, you will be supprised of many different sound settings on guitar itself.
If you play Rock / Alternative music, its just discovering another tones and sounds.
If you play Metal ( Black / Tharsh :) ) you will be totaly satisfied of full and rich sound of this guitar. Riff after riff, hipnosis of sound madness will not let you out.
This guitar is very fast, easy to use, comfortable, very light and very ergonomic.
Swedish lads did a very good job !!!

Cheers.

My first Les body guitar,
Tone knob doesn't work at all out of the box and is soldered wrong .
G String on the guitar was installed wrong on the saddle and wasn't even inside the string block.

Guitar overall has an ok sound , uncomfortable to play the bridge is too small for me coming from strato / tele background.

Overall very sloppy quality control. Had some problems with my previous guitar too so i think its last time i'm buying from thomann.