First of all, I'm a very analytical person and I definitely take my time before making decisions on purchases that reflect my personality and provide the functions I desire. I'm truly impressed with the Viking Deluxe Tremar based on performance, overall craftsmanship, price, feel and sound diversity. I've taken my time playing this guitar through my Marshall, Fender Twin and Line 6 Spider Valve MkII before writing about it. Now that I'm emotionally attached, here's my review.
I've tried other '335 copies that felt weak and flimsy compared to how solid this guitar feels. The neck feels strong, as in it doesn't flex when moving around and thus changing pitch like an Epiphone Sheraton I previously had which to me says the neck joint is put together well. The fret board is amazing - smooth, fast, and responsive to the touch with nice pearloid inlays. I've read others have had problems with sharp fret ends on some Hagstroms but that may have been due to issues with humidity/wood hydration because this neck is smooth with no fret protrusions. The in-house Hagstrom made tuning keys are unique and feel smooth to tune - no "wiggle" to the keys. The design is well crafted from the binding to the cut wood inside the "S" holes. The Tremar "tremolo" system is built by Hagstrom and the weighted tip on the arm feels natural in your hand. Also, new to me, is the fact that it does not "dive" like a Floyd Rose or Fender pivot tremolo which is fine with me since I found out from my guitar tech buddy that this design mimicks the Bigsby Vibrato system (often called "tremolo" but the effect in music is called vibrato) of the 40's made for the nice vibrato effect. I keep using the term "SOLID", well this guitar weighs 8.5 lbs on my scale. It's hardware and wood center block probably give this guitar most of its weight along with the front and back. Just get a wide, comfy guitar strap and you'll be fine. This sides are solid and have a deep sound when you knock on its hollow body portion. I know this design gives this guitar its incredible sustain. From clean to overdrive to complete saturation, this guitar gives an amazing tone and bite. Neck vs. bridge pick up has a nice distinction and both pick ups have enough "power" that I have to roll back the volume knobs to soften up the attack on clean channels but the natural overdrive sounds good too. I'm still waiting for a case to protect my guitar to take it to a gig. Enough for now, I hope to give an update on it's road worthiness in the future.
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Always wanted a nice electric semi hollow jazz guitar.I read up on all of them and decided to save up a bit more of my gig money and go with Hagstrom!I'm a more of a song writer singer rhythm player acoustic man but aspire to learn to do more lead work in my songs.Feels so nice and so easy on the fingers. Great action out of the box.The knob for the whammy bar comes in a separate plastic bag. Not sure how it's supposed to stay in place.Probably gorilla glue it.
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Always wanted a nice electric semi hollow jazz guitar.
I read up on all of them and decided to save up a bit more of my gig money and go with Hagstrom!
I'm a more of a song writer singer rhythm player acoustic man but aspire to learn to do more lead work in my songs.
Feels so nice and so easy on the fingers. Great action out of the box.
The knob for the whammy bar comes in a separate plastic bag. Not sure how it's supposed to stay in place.
Probably gorilla glue it.
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