Description
The Hagstrom Justin York Signature Super Viking in Trans Brown delivers an expansive, highly adaptable playing experience tailored to meet the exacting demands of touring professionals. Driven by high output humbuckers, this guitar produces a harmonically rich, beautifully saturated tone that retains crisp articulation even under heavy overdrive.
The meticulously engineered neck profile promotes fluid, tension-free movement across the fretboard, ensuring optimal comfort during demanding marathon sets. Its resonant semi-hollow construction perfectly bridges the gap between woody warmth and tight, modern precision, translating your unique picking dynamics into a genuinely commanding, authoritative musical voice.
Justin wanted his Super Viking to exude a rich, classic vibe. We developed a warm, transparent brown finish which we applied to maple specially selected for an interesting and more prominent grain. The result is gorgeous, with the rich brown finish highlighting fascinating grain patterns, making each instrument visually unique. Vintage-style “witch hat” knobs, same as used on our RetroScape models, complete the vintage vibe this guitar oozes.
The Super Viking’s 25.5” (648mm) scale length adds some extra snap and articulation to each note, and Justin requested our “Ultra-Thin” 17mm neck pro¬file to match a vintage (c. 1965) Viking model in his Hagstrom collection.
A Hagstrom Custom 58 humbucking pickup in the bridge position provides classic rock tones. Justin chose our “P-Uri¬fied” P90 humbucker-sized pickup for the neck position which exhibits that classic warm, round sound; tonal magic happens when this pickup interacts with our custom tone control and the P90 ranges to an astonishingly clear and pristine single-coil clarity. Individual coil-split is available for the Custom 58 via the push/pull tone control, providing an even more expansive sonic palette.
FINALLY, A USEABLE TONE CONTROL
The tone control is often a source of frustration for guitarists. This is because the design has historically been based on a passive treble-cut concept. The complete tonal spectrum is passed through the circuit when the control is fully open, and as it’s dialed down treble frequencies are eliminated. Many guitarists find this approach unusable, since the tone often becomes muddy and excessively “dark” as the treble component is eliminated. Working with Justin we have developed a tone control which does the exact opposite. Instead
of filtering treble frequencies, we filter the bass as the control is cut. The full treble spectrum is always available, and the tone control performs a bass-cut function. Justin finds this is much more useable on stage, and we think all Hagstrom guitarists will too.
SUPER VIKING TRANS BROWN SPECS:
Body
• Material: Ply Maple
• Top: Contoured
• Style: Semi-Hollow
Neck
• Joint: Set Neck
• Material: Canadian Hard Maple
• Truss Rod: H-Expander™
Fingerboard/Nut
• Material: Resinator™
• Radius: 15″
• Inlays: Pearl Block
• Frets: 22 Medium Jumbo
• Scale Length: 25.5″ (648 mm)
• Nut: GraphTech Black Tusq XL
• Nut Width: 43 mm
Electronics
• 1 x Hagstrom ‘58 Custom Humbucker – Bridge Position
• 1 x Hagstrom “P-Uri¬ ed” P90 Humbucker – Neck Position
• 3-way Toggle Switch Pickup Selector
• 2 x Volume Control
• 2 x Tone Control with Push/Pull
Parts
• Bridge: Long Travel Tune-O-Matic with Hagstrom Trapeze Tail Piece
• Tuning Keys: Hagstrom Design 18:1
• Strings: D’Addario EXP 110 (10-46)
• Hardcase included
You are buying from a registered Hagstrom Dealer with full warranty backup
Flat shipping fee to capital cities and metro areas. Does not include regional areas
Regional areas please email for quote: sales2@stagefrontmusic.com.au
