The ULMAX-FSY Ultra Max is Hagstrom through and through, and built to be driven long and hard.
It shares the same small body concept of the Ultra Swede, yet with a slightly larger proportioned mahogany body topped with a thick custom carved flame maple top.
The body joins to a mahogany set neck utilizing a mortise and tenon neck joint with a 25.50″ scale length, which naturally features our H-Expander™ truss-rod and Resinator™ fingerboard. Its sleek and “ultra-comfortable fast neck” is paralleled with our Custom 60 Alnico-5 pickups with their eloquent Aluminum Brushed covers, delivering the cutting voice that this instrument demands.
Each of the it’s specially wound Custom 60 humbucking pickups utilizes Nylon coated wire united with an Alnico 5 magnet (unmistakably familiar to the “Custom 58”). However, the Custom 60 ultimately packs a mighty punch and hot sizzle compared to the vintage voiced Custom 58. Each pickup is controlled with its own independent Volume pot featuring our standard R/C circuit on each potentiometer, to help focus on its cleaner tones with a slight turn of the pot. It’s single Master Tone also features a dual coil split, using its push/pull tone configuration to allow for players to switch from “Full Humbucker Tilt” to “Spanky Single Coil Clean” in a heartbeat.
This guitar combines all of the power, long sustain, clarity and attack, as found with the “Ultra Swede”, yet offers players a fresh tonal pallet with additional flexibility and comfortable playability with its compact body. With its longer 25.50″ scale length the Ultra Max handles drop tunings with ease, where players looking for a slightly slimmed body with a searing tone will have found their long-term mate.
H-Expander
All Hagstrom electric guitars and basses include our patented H-Expander™ truss rod. Providing tension at both ends and running the entire length of the neck, the rigid yet light-weight alloy truss rod allows for a very low action and thin neck, two factors that were instrumental in earning Hagstrom its reputation as the world’s fastest playing guitar. The H-Expander™ truss rod not only provides ultimate neck stability, but it also contributes to Hagstrom’s unique tone. Longer sustain and a round attack are some of the sonic characteristics the H-Expander™ adds to the tonal essence of Hagstrom.
Machine Heads
Hagstrom models use 18:1 or 15:1 gear ratio machine heads based on our own designs to insure accurate tuning. Viking® and HB series basses feature machine heads with a 17:1 gear ratio.
Sustain Block Tailpiece
Hagstrom’s unique Sustain Block Tailpiece™ was the result of design work starting in 1976 and made its first appearance on Swede and Super Swede guitars produced in 1978. Since then it has been a signature feature on many of our solid body models. Each string terminates in a single, massive brass block coupled directly to the guitar’s body. The blocks are detached from one another to reduce interference between the strings, maximizing each string’s unique contribution.
The most surprising aspect of these instruments will be their shockingly reasonable price.
Specs:
- Body Shape: Single Cutaway
- Body Wood: Mahogany
- Top: Custom Carved Flame Maple
- Body Binding: White Pearloid
- Neck Type: Neck Set
- Neck Wood: Mahogany
- Neck Profile: Slim “D”
- Truss Rod: H-Expander
- Neck Binding: White Pearloid
- Fingerboard: Resinator Fingerboard
- Scale Length: 25.50″ (647.7mm)
- Inlays: Pearloid Block
- Frets: 22 Medium Jumbo
- Fretboard Radius: 15″ Radius
- Nut: GraphTech Black Tusq Nut
- Nut Width: 43mm
- Pickups: Custom 60 AlNiCo-5 Humbucker, Brushed Aluminum Cover
Controls:
- 3-Way Toggle Switch Pickup Selector
- 2 x Volume Control with R/C Circuit
- 1 x Tone Control with Push-Pull Coil Split
- Bridge: Parts Long Travel Tune-O-Matic
- Tailpiece: Hagstrom Sustain Block
- Tuning Machines: Hagstrom 15:1 Diecast
- Strings: D’Addario (10-46)

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