Hagström Fantomen - How worse can it get? 

Just ordered one. Hope it's good to go 🤞

I had a Hagstrom Swede sunburst in the late 70s and it was a great guitar, which I, unfortunately and sadly, sold on. I decided a year ago to buy a goldtop Hagstrom Swede. I didn't realise (my fault) that the tailpiece had changed and it had this metal lump as a tailpiece and the two toggle switches had been incorrectly soldered and operated at strange angles. Sadly it's been sitting in the studio now for about a year and only used about six or seven times.

Mines spot on, absolutely so issues what so ever.

I have a fantomen since 2018-19 probably my best guitar. I like it so much I might end up getting the Fantomen Custom

It is after all a chinese made guitar! Mine came in pretty good condition! I ordered from a shop in my town though, so they might have set it up a bit and played around with it before I got to it. It had a little scratch on the binding on the bottom and the binding isn't perfect but I've honestly even seen that on USA guitars. Only issue I had was after about a month the coil split stopped working on the neck pup, so I had the shop resolder it.. Sadly they scraped tf out of the back and put the knobs back on all misplaced.. But it works. (now I am afraid to bring my guitars to local luthiers.. But also afraid to work on them myself lol) Also not a metal shred guy. I do love some doom and stoner rock though, and never listened to Ghost till I bought this guitar, just love the Gibson RD look for a good price!

This is why I don't buy guitars online, I bought my Hagstron ultra max in store, and have had no problems with IT, ever. Great guitar.

A little low in volume?? I thought I accidentally hit the mute button on my phone...

Wow .. nice work there dude!

My f20t has the same issue, almost unplayable and wont stay in tune.

is 2mm action that high? Always thought 2mm is kind of the middle ground.

Great , Nice👊

I love mine but my cheap squiers are setup better. Also the tone knob came off, the nut fell off, some dead spots on the fretboard, very sharp fret ends, i ended up bleeding and the worst thing, it was not wired correct. Could not use the bridge alone. And zero support from Hagstrom...

Something I've noticed about some new hagstrom's I've seen it shops. They're shipped out of the factory with horrible setups, which is a shame since they're fantastic guitars and gorgeous looking.

Mine is great no issues.

Mine is sweet. No issues.

Idk man mine rules lol