At the end of the 60s, Hagström launched its 8-string bass and was the first in the world to mass-produce one.
It didn't take long before Noel Redding who played bass with Jimi Hendrix discovered it and uses it on, among other things, "Axis: Bold as Love", listen especially to the song "Spanish Castle Magic" where the H8 really comes into its own. In fact, even Jimi Hendrix himself loved the model and used it at various events for several years. He owned the sixth example produced! Even Lemmy Kilmister from Motörhead could occasionally be seen playing on an H8.
Thanks to Hagström's drawbar H-Expander, the neck is flexible, stable and easy to play.
An incredibly cool and different bass with an absolutely brutal sound!
- Colour: Wild Cherry Transparent
- Model designation: H8II-WCT
- Body: Mahogany with double cutaway
- Neck: Hard Maple - 21 Frets / 30.75” Scale
- Fingerboard: Resinator Wood - 15” Radius
- Upper saddle: 40mm
- Microphones: 2 Hagstrom DynaRail Humbuckers
- Tuning screws: Die Cast Hagström Design 4pcs 21:1 and 4pcs 18:1
- Bridge: Hagstrom Adjustable String-Through Body
- Neck attachment: Bolt-On
- Controls: 1 volume control with Push/Pull Coil Split
- Other Switches: Kill Switch
- On/Off-Switches: 1x Neck, 1x Bridge, 1x Master Tone off/mid and high cut, 1x Mute off/gain reduction and high cut