SergeBXP
New Member
Hello everyone!
I recently acquired a new 7-string that I thought perhaps would be interesting to see for some of you. It is a B-stock Douglas Hadron 727 I purchased from Rondo Music for $140 bucks (the tremolo arm would not stay in, hence the price).
I've had some really nice expensive guitars, but have been rather frustrated with my music lately, so I sold my lovely Framus Diablo, and decided to buy the cheapest piece of stool I could find. Since I block off the tremolo anyway, this seemed the perfect choice.
So what could I expect for $140? It turned out an okay guitar for the money. The neck is straight, the hardware is made of some soft metal as in I will likely need to replace some parts in half a year. The frets are leveled but what they are made of remains unknown, and that alloy produces some really nasty frequencies in the top end. I threw away two of the pickups, leaving one volume and the bridge pickup (just love that S7420 Luc Lemay of Gorguts has), still need to shield the guitar properly due to the much noise and try it in a live setting. All in all, it is definitely an acceptable guitar for practicing and even recording some stuff. Here's a short clip I did without really eq-ing the guitars:
BOXPNCTE EP 2 Studio Update/Douglas Hadron 727 Demo - YouTube
I recently acquired a new 7-string that I thought perhaps would be interesting to see for some of you. It is a B-stock Douglas Hadron 727 I purchased from Rondo Music for $140 bucks (the tremolo arm would not stay in, hence the price).
I've had some really nice expensive guitars, but have been rather frustrated with my music lately, so I sold my lovely Framus Diablo, and decided to buy the cheapest piece of stool I could find. Since I block off the tremolo anyway, this seemed the perfect choice.
So what could I expect for $140? It turned out an okay guitar for the money. The neck is straight, the hardware is made of some soft metal as in I will likely need to replace some parts in half a year. The frets are leveled but what they are made of remains unknown, and that alloy produces some really nasty frequencies in the top end. I threw away two of the pickups, leaving one volume and the bridge pickup (just love that S7420 Luc Lemay of Gorguts has), still need to shield the guitar properly due to the much noise and try it in a live setting. All in all, it is definitely an acceptable guitar for practicing and even recording some stuff. Here's a short clip I did without really eq-ing the guitars:
BOXPNCTE EP 2 Studio Update/Douglas Hadron 727 Demo - YouTube
