HAGSTROM VISIONARY PAT SMEAR STOPS OFF FROM THE FOO FIGHTERS TOUR TO VISIT THE HAGSTROM NAMM BOOTH

Agoura Hills, CA (Dec 1, 2006) – Pat Smear from the Foo Fighters and the Germs will be visiting the Hagstrom booth #5700 on Saturday, Jan 2, 2006 to sign autographs. Pat Smear, currently on the Foo Fighter’s acoustic tour, and also of the Germs fresh off the Warped Tour and formally of Nirvana, is a long time player of Hagstrom guitars. “I have been playing Hagstroms for over 20 years.” says Pat, “there is no other guitar in the world that has the tone, playability, and distinction of a Hagstrom!”

Pat has over 20 Hagstroms at home including Swedes, Super Swedes, Hagstrom III, Viking’s and more, and he is recognized as having one of the largest vintage collections of Hagstrom guitars in the USA and is the resident expert on the durability and road-worthiness of the guitars.

Pat is playing a Hagstrom Viking Deluxe and an HL-550 on the Foo Fighters acoustic tour. “The Hagstrom Jazz guitars are fantastic. The tone of the guitars fit perfectly with Dave Grohl’s acoustic, “ says Pat. “They look and feel great!”

Try out the new Hagstrom Jazz Guitars at the Hagstrom booth #5700 at NAMM 2007 in Anaheim, CA, and check out Pat’s guitar playing and the Hagstrom sound on the new Foo Fighters CD, Skin and Bones.

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Hagstrom once estimated that some 800,000 musicians had played their guitars, including Elvis Presley, Frank Zappa, Bjorn Ulveus (ABBA), Bryan Ferry (Roxy Music), David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix and Noel Redding, Steve Hackett and Mike Rutherford (Genesis). Current aficionados include the Foo Fighters, Panic! At the Disco, All-American Rejects, Franz Ferdinand, The Secret Machines, and many others.

For further information on the entire range of Hagstrom Guitars: www.hagstromguitars.com info@hagstromguitars.com