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Jazz Model HJ-500 Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar

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Overview

The masterstroke - every inch a jazz masterpiece.

The Hagstrom Jazz Model HJ-500 Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar features a contoured maple body and maple set neck. The Hagstrom patented H-Expander truss rod provides tension at either end and runs the entire length of the neck. The rigid yet lightweight alloy truss rod allows for very low action and a thin neck.

Another Hagstrom exclusive, the resinator fretboard is an extraordinary, homogeneous wood composite that maintains a strong fundamental harmonic and eliminates wolf tones. It offers the articulate sound of high quality ebony but with more consistency and durability. Silky smooth, reliable, and fast.

Two Hagstrom HJ-50 humbuckers, each with volume and tone, combined with the hollowbody resonance, give the HJ-500 incredible power and range of tone.

The self-lubricating graphite composite nut is much harder than bone or plastic resulting in more string vibration through the neck. Tuning is also improved and string binding is eliminated by self-lubrication.

A long travel Tune-o-matic-style bridge and trapeze tailpiece further increase tone, sustain, and intonation quality.

18:1 Gear Ratio machine heads ensure fully accurate tuning.

The high-grade polyester finish is hard, smooth, and more dense than polyurethane. The finish on the HJ-500 looks amazing and provides excellent protection and sonic performance. Case sold separately.

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Features

  • Body: contoured North American maple body
  • Neck: North American hard maple set neck
  • Fingerboard: resinator fretboard with Hagstrom pearl block position marks
  • Truss rod: H-expander truss rod
  • Tuning keys: Hagstrom 18:1 die cast tuners
  • Scale length: 24.75" Pickups: 2 Hagstrom HJ-50 humbuckers
  • Bridge: ebony "Jimmy" bridge with Hagstrom trapeze tail piece
  • Controls: 2x volume / 2x tone
  • Case sold separately

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