Chapman ML-7

[Tisca]

Haven't been following the progress but that ML3-7 looks good. Do we know the price point on these? Around ML3 price perhaps?

 

[Skullet]

Rob should take "custom" orders like agile . Regardless i want that hotrod!

 

[will_shred]

I wonder what the price on the ML3-7 is going to be.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Isn't the ML-3 like $600 - $700? I predict $800 - $1000.

 

[Danukenator]

The ML7 looks like those low end Dean 7s.

 

[thisismrfrenzy]

Do they have any Les paul shaped 7 string model available?

They don't mate, sorry. Maybe they'll make it in the future, but I doubt it.

 

[cip 123]

Isn't the ML-3 like $600 - $700? I predict $800 - $1000.

The ML3 has proper Seymour Duncan's in it, I think the 7's could be at the same price or lower.

 

[cip 123]

This was just posted on Robs Facebook.

"Hi guys, exciting news update

Hotrod's & ML-2 Classics are in stock at Andertons now, they will be online Monday - so you could have one (or several) at your door on Tuesday. The Hotrod retails for £499 ($640 USA) and the Classic for £549 ($730 USA).

The Hotrod & Classic both include the CG hard case, the ML-7 comes with the CG gig bag.

The ML-7 S & T will both come without the black back - they will be all natural. I'm going to run a poll to ask what colour stains would be popular - so that will be up to you! They will be ready to preorder from Andertons on Monday - we have only ordered a very small quantity since E.R is a new market for us.

I am happy to announce that due to Chapman's unique "direct from retailer" approach and our Youtube focused sales & marketing method the ML-7 will retail for £499 - Anywhere else in the world they will be £400 plus local sales tax (For example USA Price $640).

Can't wait to see what you guys do with the Hotrod \m/

See you at NAMM

Rob"

 

[stuglue]

I spoke to Rob a couple of months ago, the aim with these guitars is to keep them as competitively priced as possible. The guitars are made in Korea.
They will be a decent price, having played on a couple i can vouch for the quality

 

[Gitte]

I'm digging the Tele!
Just throw some Duncans in there and I'm set

 

[UncurableZero]

Man, that Hotrod is badass and the 7s, too.
Amazing hardware for the price.

 

[Loomer]

Oh .... me sideways I love this.. The ML3-7 ended up essentially exactly how I wanted it, and the Hot Rod is literally the exact guitar I would order, if given total free reign.

 

[danresn]

I love the T style seven string

 

[Jakke]

I really like how Chappers is a tinkerer (I would like to think I am too), which leads him to find things that just work.

I very much like the blackback, shame that it won't be stock.

 

[Stijnson]

I think the models look pretty awesome, and I think there is a whole in the market for a Tele shaped 7. Also love the headstock on the ML-7. But I wish the ML-7 would not be mahogany, like Chappers said, keeping it natural on the back seems to fit the genre of 7 string players. In my opinion the same goes for picking a slightly brighter body wood like alder, ash or basswood. But you can't have everything!
Can't wait for a proper demo on a tighter amp so you can hear the pick-up qualities a bit better. It sounded a bit muddy in the video.

 

[will_shred]

Isn't the ML-3 like $600 - $700? I predict $800 - $1000.

I was thinking about one of these instead of the KM-7, However I don't think anything can top the KM-7 as a production guitar for 2014, at least in that price range.

 

[dean_fry]

Chapman ML7-T 7 String Electric Guitar | Andertons

Introducing the Chapman ML7-T, designed collaboratively by Chapman Guitar fans under the supervision of 7 string supremo Keith Merrow! Chapman's first foray into the 7 String guitar market show all of the hallmarks of the Chapman brand: no filler, all killer, with a huge emphasis on tone!
Constructed from Swamp Ash and finished natural, in keeping with the 7 string communities love for a bare-bones raw style, the ML7-T has a rich sparkling tone, loads of bite and definition and a warm tight low end - the perfect tonal basic for filthy distortion! Meanwhile the set-thru neck has the feel and playability of a thru neck but without the huge expense that it adds to a guitar, so you get great upper fret access and feel!
The Custom Pro 7 Alnico passive humbuckers have all the dynamic range you could want with lightning fast attack and awesome sustain.

Specs:
Swamp Ash Body
All natural finish (note photos currently show prototype with black back and sides)
Set thru neck
Hipshot hardware
Chapman Custom Pro 7 Alnico Passive Humbuckers
Neck depth at nut: 40mm
Neck depth at 12th: 52.1mm
Neck depth at 24th: 57.6
Scale length: 26.5 Inches
Includes gig bag

Chapman ML7-S 7 String Electric Guitar | Andertons

ML-7T looks promising for roughly 600 €

 

[JD27]

Really like the ML-7T, reverse headstocks are so awesome. Nice hardware selection, would probably change the pickups out though.

 

[dean_fry]

Really like the ML-7T, reverse headstocks are so awesome. Nice hardware selection, would probably change the pickups out though.

Yeah, don't know how they sound, but MLs have always been a "customize it to death" guitar

 

[Dayviewer]

I'm really hoping for different finnishes in the future, natural finnishes like this just don't do it for me.
Seem like great guitars though espescially for the price!