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New Guitar
I picked this up from a place online called HILS America. Hex Industries Labs. Their shop is in Indiana, the guitar shipped from the same city that Sweetwater ships from. Their website says that they don’t have a storefront. The company that makes the guitars is based in S. Korea and this guitar says it was made in Indonesia.
As you can see 7-string, headless and fanned fret. Also active pickups, stainless steel frets and bone nut. Everything about this guitar is nice! The only thing that I noticed that I wasn’t expecting was the weight. TBF I’ve been playing an Ibanez QX 6-string almost exclusively for for over three years and it is a super lightweight guitar.
A couple of different things about this guitar. One is it has two little rubber feet on the bottom when holding it vertically. They are each held in place by a small screw. The idea being you can more safely lean it up against something. And because of where the jack is, a ninety degree plug is needed to keep it plugged in and lean it.
This is my first both 7-string and fanned fret. The QX has slanted frets but the same scale length across the strings. It’s taking a little bit of getting used to. I’m getting more tactile in my playing but still watch my fretboard some so seeing that extra string and also feeling it there is involving a little learning.
The pickups sound great! I’m getting beautiful clean tones and just devastatingly heavy tones out of it. The fretboard and neck feel very smooth and easy to play.
Suffice it to say I’m freaking in love with this axe! It seems to me an upgrade would run me two to three times as much money. Yes, I’m very pleased with my new friend.
Comments
It's a good step up from the cheap Haze headless I have. I like the shape. Good score. How is the build? I like a weighty guitar and the rubber feet is an interesting and potentially great addition.
@Ailerom I am neither a luthier or connoisseur of guitars, just a hobbyist. That being said everything seems tight and well made. It seems to have high quality materials throughout. I gave a pretty thorough once over and all the finishes seem flawless. My experience with varieties of guitars is pretty limited. I will say that the quality control for this axe was superior to that of my Ibanez and the latter was a couple hundred more. If you’re in the market, check out their website. If I remember right they have a fairly generous return policy. It came very well packaged and with a very nice soft case, better than the one that came with the Ibanez.
Sweet guitar. I have never tried faned frets before. What is the benefit vs regular frets
@Jmd8928 Hey thank you! One thing the fanned fret does is give you a different scale length for your higher and lower strings. The longer length on the lower sounding strings means they have a higher tension than they would with standard frets so the lows are punchier and the higher sounding strings ring out better and also slinkier for bends. Another thing is ergonomics. The slants on my Ibanez QX seemed to make chording easier closer to the head, but seemed counterintuitive getting closer to the body. Now as I play higher notes closer to the body, the frets are at a more natural and comfortable angle. In theory allowing me to play faster riffs. In reality maybe a little more comfortable for aging and sometimes achy hands. Also shorter neck real estate for longer scale runs!
Very interesting. I’m intrigued may have to try one.
Beautiful! Love the colour - I went green with my Strandberg. The only problem with these ergonomic, fan-fretted guitars is that they are so easy to play, that it becomes immediately noticeable how uncomfortable it is to play any other guitar. Good catch! Enjoy.
@pbelgium Thank you! And I am! When I mentioned a possible upgrade in my OP your guitar what I was thinking. Maybe someday. And yeah my hands are settling in with the fanned frets and the extra string nicely.