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The AOS Report - May 2025

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Hagstrom F300 Futura Blue Sparkle  A Single-coil Blue Sparkle Surf Magic Machine! I’ve long heard of musicians walking into pawn shops and finding a guitar that they just had to have. That’s what happened to me with my new acquisition.  The blue sparkle of this Hagstrom Futura immediately caught my eye from across the room. Its sexy curves and the flare of its headstock design were just magical to me. We don’t see a lot of Swedish made guitars around here, in fact I had never played one before. I was drawn to it like a mosquito to a bug zapper. Snap!  My first thought was, this guitar had to be mine. As a reached out to touch it, my soul begged and pleaded, please, please be awesome! Please have no major flaws! Please be in my price range. Thank the Maker, it was everything it needed to be.  I didn’t have the cash, but I did have plastic. I also knew that I had plenty of music gear I could easily part with to pay off the debt quickly. I instantly became super motivat...