Remove neck of Hagström Jimmy

[Bob Steinarsson]

I have a Hagström Jimmy -68. The neck angle is a little flat, and I would like to reset the neck, but I don't know how to remove it. The neck is bolted on, and I have removed the nut from the bolt inside the body, but the neck didn't move at all. The question is: Is there a secret way to loosen the neck, or did I simply not use enough power trying to loosen the neck after having removed the nut?

 

Merry Christmas to everyone!

 

[William F.Eden]

Sounds like there may be somthing else holding it as well.I would look inside under were the fret board is and every were else they mite have fasten it. You may find a pair of dots that have screws under them on the fret board. At any rate I am sure that some one out there will have taken one apart .Good luck Bill.''''''''''''''''''''''

[Tim Mace]

 How do you get the two dots on top of the O in Hagstrom?

 

 

                                                                             

[Bob Steinarsson]

Somewhere (probably close to the upper right corner) you will find a tab with two horizontal spots. Hit this before the O, and you will get the German/Swedish form of the Norwegian/Danish Ø. It sounds close to the u in burn.

[Grahame Myers]

I don't think english/usa keyboards have the dots (called umlauts btw) A German keyboard is totally different, Z and Y are changed round, and you have all kinds of things like Ö,Ä,Ü, and ß which aren't used in english. 

And also, as far as I'm aware Hagstrom is without an umlaut over the O. I could be wrong, but I've never seen it written with an umlaut. I have a swede in for repair at the moment, and look at the headstock in the pictures...

I apologize for getting OT, sorry I can't help with your problem though, I didn't even know that Hagstrom made acoustics (we lead a sheltered life here in Germany .-))

 

Grahame

[Bob Steinarsson]

Grahame, you are right about the missing dots on English keyboards. When it comes to the Hagström, early guitars still had the umlaut in the name (see attachement), but the dots were left, probably due to export reasons. You can see that the same has happened to the German Höfner. Here in Norway, we still use the umlaut in these names. 

Hagström has made many acoustics, both flattops and archtops. The guitar in question is a "Jimmy" -68, see this link: http://www.hagstrom.org.uk/visstory/VisitorsJimmy.htm

By the way, I also have a no-name guitar that I would like to have identified. Maybe someone can help me? See attachements.

 

 

 

 

[Grahame Myers]

Bob

Thanks for some interesting info, never too old to learn something new! As to your no-name: From the shape of the headstock, the body shape, and the bar MOP fret markers, it looks like something German from the 50's or 60's, I'd guess Hoyer? Could also be a Framus, or even a Höfner. If I had to choose one, I'd say Hoyer, but I could be barking up the wrong tree entirely (wouldn't be the first time :-))

 

Grahame

[Bob Steinarsson]

I do also think that the guitar is German. The body is laminate, probably birch.

It has a bolt on neck, though (see att.) The neck is five piece and without truss rod. It is not thick as on a Hoyer that I have, but rather "normal" compared to the standard today. It is very stiff and handles .012 strings without any problem.

The binding and fret markers, I think, are not plastic as on other German guitars that I know. The material swelled instead of melted when exposed to heat.

Frets are brass, and a lot higher than the ones I have seen before (1,2 mm). The fret slots were cut through the binding.

Merry Christmas from the ice cold North

[Mike Kolb]

Not to hijack the thread, but just an off-hand comment....

Some of my favorite posts here are those that contain pictures of the instruments... or, rather what's inadvertently ALSO in those pictures!

I love looking at the various benches, tools, accessories, wine bottles, ashtrays, pin-up calendars, family treasures, potato chip bags and various what-nots.

Some folks are uber-organized, some of us not so much. Some shops are palaces, some are quite spartan, most are somewhere in-between. In any event, it's always one of my secret pleasures to sneak a small glimpse into everybody's world. Thanks for that!

[Eugen C]

You can try http://www.euroguitars.co.uk/ is a forum for european made archtops. I am sure somebody will help you identify the guitar.