Den halvakustiska Hagström Viking presenterades för första gången 1965. Gitarren kom att bli en av Hagströms mest kända modeller – Elvis Presley använde en i sin comebackshow "NBC TV Special" från 1968. Fram till 1979 tillverkades olika varianter av Viking i flera tusen exemplar. Dagens Viking-gitarrer har ihålig lönnkropp med genomgående stock och F-hål, hals i kandadensisk lönn och 22-bands greppbräda i Resinator Wood, om inget annat anges.

The Viking Deluxe is one of the best-looking members of the Hagstrom family, so when we started work on a new Special Edition model we knew that something very special was necessary. It looks like the design team once again has risen to the occasion. Take the basic Viking Deluxe platform and dress it up in a stunning Miami Blue metallic finish with ivory binding and pickup surrounds topped off with a translucent pickguard. Then, from its Super Viking sibling add some sophisticated metal control knobs with push-pull coil splitting capabilities.

The new Viking Deluxe Special Edition is a classic beauty with a versatile voice that will take you on a sonic journey from silky-smooth jazz through raunchy rock and on to a stadium-sized roar and back. Pure, timeless elegance … but what else would you expect from Hagstrom?