a great and charming guitar and being great deserves top rating. the pickups on this guitar are same charming in terms of highs and detail as well as do they project an absolutely sharp and clear sound. the swede pickup output is not the loudest BUT well amped up or boosted the super clear sound makes up for that worth it to invest for a good amp setup. and I generally expect guitars to behave different, not only in sound but also output levels. now having 10 guitars (5 electric and 5 acoustic I can tell that from experience. I appreciate the gold standard as said focusing on the tone being really golden not those mixtures which tend more to orange..
.. with a single cold split function I can choose from a lot of sound varieties which adds to the greatness of the hagstrom swede. the sustain and playing accuracy is close to ridiculous. playing and moving along the fretboard is just as those with a bit of experience in rock and crunch would expect. go play some rock?? yes, go blues?? there you go, what about hard rock?? the swede will provide, go jazz??.... hmm, being no jazz guitar by nature lets see BUT in terms of sound spectrum that would do too because the swede has its character no doubt :) anyway, how amazing the hagstrom swede really sounds is by switching to marshall crunch. I m talking about that wonderful early to mid 90s crunch many productions in rock music used back then. just do it and the mids of the swede will unfold their grace at latest and if you keep eye on the guitar maybe you catch the smile it throws back to you after you threw yours! not each e guitar is able to reach full potential marshall sound. for example my gretsch jet electromat and my ibanez ps60-ssl cant do it. the swede once more will provide. the price of around 969 euros is grant in many ways for the fact that I get a guitar of which I can tell straight away that it has what I need to make it to unlock next level playing mode and have a well playing over longer time!
