Long Travel Tune-O-Matic with Trapeze or Stop Tail PieceĢx HJ-50 Humbuckers, Custom 58N (Neck), Custom 58B (Bridge) or 2x H90 Nickel Covered Resinator Fretboard with Pearl Block or Dot Position Marks Set neck or Bolt-on with H-Expander Truss Rod I can tell you that Elvis loved that guitar, he felt that it was a lucky charm for his comeback. In 1979 the Viking was discontinued and four years later the Hagström plant in Sweden finally closed its doors. From 1977 to 1978 all guitars featured Schaller machine-head with special butterfly design from Jimmy D´Aquisto. At the end of 1975 Schaller machine-heads replaced the older Van Ghent. In 1972 the Viking I N replaced the original Viking it was slightly reworked with two humbuckers replacing the original single-coil pickups and a new headstock called the ducks foot which previously had been used on the Hagström Swede. To take advantage of this Hagström used pictures of Elvis with the Viking in ads until Elvis's manager advised them not to. According to Elvis's drummer Hal Blaine it was considered a lucky charm by Elvis. Al Casey played a Viking II in the orchestra and was asked by producer Bones Howe if Elvis could borrow the guitar for the appearance. In 1968 Hagström got much publicity when Elvis Presley played a Hagström Viking at the Elvis Presley Comeback Television Special for N.B.C. A vintage Hagström Viking fitted with a Bigsby vibrato.
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