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.

GENERAL

Model Name - HJ500

Series - Jazz Models

Colour - Black

Part No - HSHJ500BLK

BODY

Build - Hollow Body

Body Finish - Gloss

Body Material - Canadian Maple

Body Top - Arched Maple

Bracing - Trestle

NECK

Fix Type - Set

Neck Material - Canadian Maple

Scale Length - 24.75"/628.65mm

Fingerboard Material - Resinator

Fingerboard Radius - 15"/381mm

Number of Frets - 22

Nut Material - Graph Tech Black TUSQ

Nut Width - 1.692"/43mm

ELECTRONICS

Bridge Pickup - Hagstrom HJ-50

Middle Pickup - N/A

Neck Pickup - Hagstrom HJ-50

Controls - 2 x Volume, 2 x Tone

Pickup Switching - 3 Way Toggle

HARDWARE

Bridge - Ebony Jimmy

Tailpiece - Hagstrom Trapeze

Tuning Machines - Hagstrom Design 18:1

MISCELLANEOUS

Strings - D'Addario EXP 115 (11-49)

Accessories - Hagstrom Hardcase Included