Restoration of an early 60's Hagstrom acoustic

This guitar came to me needing quite a lot of work. The main issue was that many years ago the guitar was dropped causing a severe crack in the neck. The crack had been repaired but it was done very badly. This guitar meant a lot to David, it's owner. And it was a pleasure for me to restore it and make it fully playable once again.
Flame Guitars-London
flameguitars.co.uk

[@KS-pj8rk]

What a lovely channel, expertly presented. I came to it via the Bridge Doctor which thank you for that video and hopefully will resolve the bellying on my two early 1980s MIJ Martin clones that is currently feels like squeezing golf balls due to the height of the action. I'm looking forward to watching some more of your videos.

[@JustSleepin61]

Lovely backstory & lovely sympathetic restoration :)

[@flameguitars5770]

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it

[@jlore6344]

Great work as always. It is soothing to watch you do these repairs. Thank you for sharing.

[@flameguitars5770]

Thanks. If people watch my videos and then get a good night sleep, my work is done!

[@MinivanMegafun100]

David, I could listen to you talk about guitars all day. Fantastic work as always!

[@flameguitars5770]

Thanks for the encouragement. When I started making videos I thought that I sounded incredibly boring and that no one would watch them. Still do! But many people seem to like my relaxed approach.

[@MinivanMegafun100]

@@flameguitars5770 Boring? Not at all! Your videos are quite relaxing to watch. You're very thoughtful in your presentation and your work. It's really neat to see what goes into all of these projects. And you have a very good variety of work that you're showing off. Honestly, if it weren't cost prohibitive to send it across the pond I'd happily bring my own guitar to you for work!

[@Kevin-nr9lj]

Neck came out so well. Thanks for the video.

[@glennselwitz1377]

Its been awhile...great to see you back....

[@flameguitars5770]

Thanks Glenn

[@stephenbuckle3278]

Welcome back sir.

[@Ray-um3if]

Hi David, great video and a lovely job as always 🎸

[@flameguitars5770]

Thanks Ray

[@csnelling4]

As ever a nice video and a great restoration 👌👏👏👏👏👏👍🍺

[@flameguitars5770]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@FenderBenderBilly]

Lovely job sir

[@flameguitars5770]

thanks Brett

[@vikingbeard]

It's interesting that it's made in 1962, as the first few Bjärton J-45s were made in 1963.

[@tomkirk6942]

Bravo 👏

[@russellharris5072]

Good work,the Hagstrom looks suspiciously like a levin of the same period to me,were the two models made in the same workshop..................................................

[@flameguitars5770]

I'm afraid i don't know enough about the history of Hagstrom guitars to answer that.

[@philwildcroft1764]

It looks like an H-45 which was made by Bjärton. It was sold as a Bjärton J-45 in Sweden but Hagström had the export rights.