New build - HENT one piece 7string!

[wintersun]

Actually they are... Zacharys

Haven't tried Strandbergs yet, but I must admit that Zacharys are quite good!

I was referring to strings here nevermind lol.

 

[wintersun]

I love the way the figure on the headstock looks ... This will be amazing!

Ya, can't wait to have it stained to see how it all turns out!

 

[wintersun]

Yo everyone! New pics are here!

I finally had a chance to play it, although unpluged, and here are my observations:

- The guitar has a LOT of sustain

- It is very loud acoustically

- The low B sounds better than ANY guitar i've played, but I've never had a chance to play a baritone. I've played several 25.5 scale sevenstring, and on each of them low B sounded so much weaker when compared to low E, especially palm muted. Makes me think that no 7string should be shorter than 26" in scale.

- It is NOT heavy at all! In fact, it is amazingly light!! Weights around the same as Ibanez RG1527. And theres still some wood that needs to be removed, for top carvings.

- The extra 26" scale doesn't seem to make any noticable difference compared to all my 25.5" guitars playability wise.

- The tone acoustically is NOT bright at all (like most would expect), and there are PLENTY of lows. It sounds very balanced, and low B resonates equaly strong. Like I said tho, I've never heard any low B sounding this good unplugged in my life.

So, here are the pics! I'll post another bunch shortly cos maximum is 20 per post.

 

[wintersun]

And here's more!

Will post more as soon as the top bevel is done!

 

[AwDeOh]

My mind just exploded a little.. and now I have GAS: Builder's Edition.

 

[Kroaton]

Looking awesome so far , though I'm not a fan of the pickup rings you guys are gonna install. Why not keep it simple?

 

[wintersun]

Looking awesome so far , though I'm not a fan of the pickup rings you guys are gonna install. Why not keep it simple?

Cos I always wanted pickup rings

 

[b7string]

That heel is amazing. Just wowwww! What a great lookin guitar and its still naked!

 

[kn1feparty]

This god damned thing is just ridiculous in the best of ways.

 

[Watty]

That color. Ohhhhhhhh yes.

 

[72xmulch]

yeah this is definitely one of the coolest f-ing things ive ever seen!!! i really want to make one of these, ive never even thought of this idea before.. so cool

 

[Vicious7]

Holy shit!

 

[Majkel]

I think your luthier is going to have a busy couple of years ahead of him now that ss.org has seen this and thus found out about him

 

[nutsock]

Excellent work! That looks awesome!

 

[Mike Azazel]

looks awesome, respect

 

[WeLookLikeGiants]

I can't wait to see this beast finished! Looking awesome, dude. Big ups to Robert Hent.

 

[IkarusOnFire]

+1 on the scalloped frets! Very sweet build =)

 

[wintersun]

I think your luthier is going to have a busy couple of years ahead of him now that ss.org has seen this and thus found out about him

Haha, yeah, gotta make him a website as well! He really could make it big.

 

[wintersun]

Just letting you guys know: everything except the finish is now complete Rob said he made the bevels a bit deeper than initially planned, and that it turned out awesome!

So brace yourselves, cos early next week I'm going there to take some kickass pictures!

 

[Gregori]

What is up with this glue joint?