jephjacques
BUTTS LOL
I keep buying Hapases
got this one from the big and tall section
wait wtf is that bridge, some kinda fixed floyd rose bullshit?
shit looks like the terminator's dick
ooh sexy
ok you can stay I GUESS
WTF IS THIS NONSENSE: Hapas Siren 628 from their latest drop. I've been super into my baritone Dunable so I thought it'd be fun to get something on the opposite end of the vibe spectrum. That guitar's all vintage and fancy woods and shit, this guitar is ultra-modern and much pointier.
SPECS: 28" scale, padauk/ebony/ash neck, richlite board, 24 SS frets. Ash body, Evertune, Hapas humbuckers, 3 way, push pull coil tap on the volume pot.
THOUGHTS: Having a shitload of fun with this thing. I've got four(!) Hapases now, and they're all great but I think this and my FF 7 string are the two best of the bunch. No flaws or jankiness to be found anywhere. Incredibly tight tolerances on the pickup routes, neck joint, etc. I love the look and feel of the neck. The guitar is HEAVY AS FUCK, heavier than my goddamn M8M, because sometimes ash is just Like That and also it has an Evertune.
Pickups are far and away the best I've tried from Hapas, I don't know what they did differently but these things rule. Hot as hell, super fat but still with a lot of clarity even in drop E. Probably a combination of the scale length, stupid low tuning, and various other intangibles. Did I mention I asked them to set it up in drop E and they did and it owns???
The Evertune...is an Evertune. If you know what you're in for, and the benefits outweigh the drawbacks for you, then it's an amazing piece of hardware. This thing spent a week and a half in a freezing customs warehouse while Canadian customs agents rimmed each other for fun (I assume) and it still showed up perfectly in tune. I do feel a slight lack of bottom end (which arguably is a GOOD thing considering how low it's tuned) and there's definitely less sustain on the treble strings when you get high up the neck. But this thing isn't for shredding anyway, it's for writing stupid caveman shit.
TLDR: Hapas makes great guitars, baritones are fun as fuck, Canadian customs are into ass play
