This is a list of musicians who are either high profiled and/or have a long and faithful history of playing
Hagström instruments, both of the original run in Sweden and of the current re-issues sold under the Hagström name.
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Mark Arm of the American grunge band
Mudhoney plays a Hagström F-model.
David Bowie played a 12 string acoustic and a red Hagström Kent with matching headstock during the
Ziggy Stardust era. The red Hagström Kent can be seen in the
Rebel Rebel music video.
Carla Bozulich of Geraldine Fibbers, Scarnella, Evangelista etc. claims two 66 acoustic models are her "obsession," and she played a red electric model in "every Geraldine Fibbers show for five years" (it also "featured heavily in Scarnella." Some of her Hagströms were put up for sale in late 2011 and early 2012.
Larry Coryell played a Swede and Super Swede during 70's era.
Kurt Cobain frontman of grunge band
Nirvana owned both a blue Swede model and a right-handed Hagström II, but these were rarely used in live performances.
Guy Davis played a H22 acoustic guitar and was used in promotional material in the 1970s.
Julie Doiron, Juno Award-winning solo musician and former collaborator with
The Tragically Hip, plays exclusively a Hagström Super Swede.
One of
KISS guitarist
Ace Frehley's first ever guitars was a Hagström.
Billy Gibbons and
Dusty Hill of
ZZ Top has been seen on photo shoots both with Hagström instruments, but it is unknown if they have been used live or during recordings.
Dave Gregory the lead guitarist of
XTC and later a sessions player used a Hagström Futurama II.
Multi instrumentalist
David Grubbs is known to have played a Hagström Viking and Swede.
Jimi Hendrix played an eight stringed Hagström bass purchased in 1967 (apparently the sixth ever made), Jimi used during a jam session with
Curtis Knight and the Squires and can be heard on the album "Summer of Love Sessions".
Mike Krol consistently plays a Hagström H-III on stage and in studio across all four of his albums.
Damian Kulash guitarist of
OK Go plays an Ultra Viking and several other Hagström guitars.
Andy Kulberg bassist of the short-lived psychedelic rock band
Blues Project used a H8 and was also used in Hagström's promotional material.
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard lead singer and songwriter Stu Mackenzie plays a black Hagström F-12, and has used it on a multitude of the bands albums.
Randy Meisner of the
Eagles played a vintage red Hagström II bass and a sunburst F400 bass, early in the band's career.
Micky Moody former guitarist of
Whitesnake plays a Super Swede and a Deluxe 2H guitar.
Bill Nelson was one of a very few to master the complicated
Hagström Swede Patch 2000 a guitar/keyboard hybrid and was also used in promotional material
Michel Polnareff owned one or two Hagström H33E, both with glued neck. His first guitar was one of these!
Elvis Presley played a Hagström Viking DeLuxe during his
68 Comeback Special and later purchased several more Vikings. Hagström used photos of Elvis and the Viking for promotional reasons but had to withdraw the campaign after being contacted by Presley's management.
Noel Redding of
The Jimi Hendrix Experience played eight string bass donated to him by Hagström when they visited Gothenburg, the bass was used on one the songs "Spanish Castle Magic", "You've got me Floating" and "Little miss Lover" from the 1967 albums
Axis Bold As Love.
Mike Rutherford of
Genesis played an eight stringed Hagström bass on "i know what I like". When asked about the somewhat odd choice of instrument Rutherford replied People have this thing about these being the guitars to use and those ones not. I go purely on sound. Like acoustics. Everyone raves about Gibson acoustics. I think they're rubbish....
Peter Peter aka Peter Schneidermann of
Sort Sol and
Sods exclusively played a vintage red Hagström Kent III.
Bob Seger has been known to have played a Hagström Swede in the mid 1970s.
Henrik Schyffert Swedish comedian and guitarist of Whale played a red vintage Hagström Super Swede with matching headstock.
Pat Smear guitarist of
Nirvana,
Foo Fighters and the
Germs has played Hagström exclusively throughout his career and is known to have one of the biggest vintage collections of Hagströms in the USA.
St. Vincent occasionally plays a 1970s Hagström Super Swede, particularly on the song "Surgeon"
Cat Stevens played a Hagström BJ12 and H33 acoustic guitars during live performances and recordings.
Daryl Stuermer played a Swede and Super Swede during 70's while with Jean-Luc Ponty, and later occasionally with Genesis.
Björn Ulvaeus, guitarist of
ABBA, played several different Hagström models from the original Swedish production, including one of the guitars with custom blue and yellow graphics. Hagström also supplied ABBA with the PA-system on their first international tour.
Jim Yester of the Association played a Hagstrom Viking I at the Monterey Pop Festival
Frank Zappa played a Hagström Viking, a
Swede Patch 2000, H12 electric and an 8-string bass as well as promote the Hagström brand through his advertising agency "Nifty Tough & Bitchin" featuring himself in many of the ads.