In 1969 the legendary luthier James “Jimmy” D’Aquisto began a cooperation with Hagstrom that was to last nearly 10 years. Hagstrom’s hollow-body archtop jazz guitar series is the result, and the master’s craft is unmistakably written all over these fine instruments. In fact, the asymmetrical headstock used for these guitars and now used for most current Hagstrom models, was Jimmy’s design. Immaculately clean, well rounded jazz tones for single note patterns and walking-bass chordal comping are the HJ500’s home turf, although it is fully capable of taking a different route into rock-oriented soundscapes when necessary.
Type |
Hollow-Body |
Colour |
Black Gloss |
Orientation |
Right Handed |
Number of Strings |
6 |
Body Shape |
HJ500 |
Body Material |
Canadian Maple |
Neck Material |
Canadian Hard Maple |
Fretboard Material |
Resinator™ |
Number of Frets |
22 |
Fretboard Inlays |
Pearl Block |
Fret Size |
Medium Jumbo |
Fretboard Radius |
15" (381mm) |
Nut Material |
GraphTech Black Tusq XL |
Nut Width |
1.685" (42.8mm) |
Neck Pickups |
Hagstrom HJ-50 |
Bridge Pickups |
Hagstrom HJ-50 |
Controls |
2 x Volume / 2 x Tone |
Bridge |
Ebony Jimmy with Hagstrom Trapeze Tail Piece |
Tuners |
Hagstrom Design 18:1 |
Strings |
D'Addario EXP 115 (11-49) |
Case/ Bag |
Hagstrom C-56 |