Yet another strangely cheap German 7 string [/eBay find]...

[Mattayus]

TOP 7-STRING GUITAR - NECK THRU CONSTRUCTION on eBay, also Other Electric Guitars, Electric, Guitars, Musical Instruments (end time 11-Dec-08 19:30:00 GMT)

I see quite a few of these knockin about. I mean, neckthrough, ash body, 7 string... £150?! Something must be terribly shit about this guitar

I often see this one on the bay too -

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TOP-7-STRING-...14&_trkparms=72:1298|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318

 

[Zoltta]

That top one looks like someone pissed on the bottom end of the wood

 

[Gain_Junkie93]

hmmm someone should take one for the team and go for it. Full review of course

 

[Mattayus]

I would, but I'd want full compensation from every one of you if it turns out to be as terrible as I think it will!

That top one looks like someone pissed on the bottom end of the wood

Well spotted

 

[Ketzer]

I would, but I'd want full compensation from every one of you if it turns out to be as terrible as I think it will!



Well spotted

I'll match any donations people send me, I'll shell out... anyone interested? If it's REALLY terrible, I'll give it away via free raffle, too.

 

[Harry]

That top one looks like someone pissed on the bottom end of the wood

It's kinda true as well

 

[Triple-J]

It's worth a punt for the price plus if either of them is a lemon you could resell it for a decent enough price, the 1st one looks like it would make an ok project guitar too.

 

[poopyalligator]

That green one actually looks pretty sweet. If i was in the UK i would maybe try it out

 

[Shawn]

They actually look nice imo.

 

[mlp187]

If someone can find those in the US I'll consider selling my KE-7 for one, I'm kind of tired of that guitar!

 

[ghoti]

Ebay can get crazy. Finding decent deals on there is possible but so is winning the lottery. What it really offers is distribution to a lot of smaller brand names that otherwise would be regional stuff nobody had ever heard of before...helping to grow a business.

It's certainly possible to get a decent deal on an item from a reasonably well-known manufacturer, but it's not that likely. Your real score is taking a chance on stuff you don't know and haven't heard of...and sometimes you get burned that way as well.

That first one might be interesting if I were in Europe; even if it needs some work it's still better prices than you get over there for similar specs. If only shipping didn't kill you for anywhere else.

 

[Kronpox]

I'm laughing my ass off at the green one with the reversed headstock, and the logo text is reversed as well. Clearly whoever built it figured they were just building a lefty headstock.

 

[gatesofcarnage]

First one is nice Looking, i would go for it if i was in the UK.

 

[noodleplugerine]

I quite like the look of this:

TOP NEW 12 STRING GUITAR FROM INFINITY IN 2 COLORS on eBay, also 12 String Guitars, Electric, Guitars, Musical Instruments (end time 04-Dec-08 20:00:00 GMT)

Could we have found a european agile?!

 

[7 Dying Trees]

I've seen these, and yeah, they are intriguing. I mean, they could be a small builder starting out, or something terrible, but, if terrible then why would they be wasting their time using decent wood and putting on decent tops?

The electronics are going to be terrible, but the licensed floyd may be ok, i dunno, it'd be nice to play one really to find out...

 

[7deadlysins666]

I've seen these, and yeah, they are intriguing. I mean, they could be a small builder starting out, or something terrible, but, if terrible then why would they be wasting their time using decent wood and putting on decent tops?

The electronics are going to be terrible, but the licensed floyd may be ok, i dunno, it'd be nice to play one really to find out...

The tops could be fake. Just printed images of quilts and woods. Even Epiphone has done/does that.

 

[Mattayus]

SOMEONE BUY ONE!! I can't take the suspense!!

 

[Jonny]

I saw them too, interesting indeed.

£147? Slightly more than a Squier. For comparison purposes of course.

 

[Ze Kink]

Probably done with the same idea as the Woodoo stuff that was talked about in the bass forum here. They're just some Korean (or possibly even Chinese) stuff that's been ordered from some manufacturer there. The first guitar looks a lot like the Wolf guitars which are used by Woodoo. A forum I write on has made some group orders of those, and they're a lot cheaper that way. Their quality is nothing special, for example, a seven string guitar I tried would not intonate because the bridge wasn't far enough, and it had quality control issues like a loose neckjoint, crappy plastic nut and wobbly tuners, horrible pickups, noisy electronics and all that basic stuff you'd kinda except to come with the price tag.

What I'm trying to say I guess is that I wouldn't order one myself. If not because they're not very good, then at least because they're more expensive than straight from the factory, with an ugly logo and headstock.

 

[petereanima]

yeah, seen some of these infinity guitars on an other board recently - korean stuff. and i remember one guy buying one and had not one good word for it.