I finally bought my first headless guitar, a Hils HNT1.
Since Strandbergs came out in 2012, the whole point of headless guitars is to be as ergonomic as it gets. But Strandbergs also look like alien axes from Halo, which may appeal to many people, but I'm more into a classic look.
So here's where Hils steps into the spotlight: all their guitars try to ease your eye as well as your posture, especially with the latest HNS1 and HNT1 models. Even my most hardcore traditional friends had to cave in and admit that they nailed the look.
The guitar makes you want to play all the time. It always sits perfectly, whether you're standing, sitting or laying on your sofa and watching TV while practicing scales. And even if I didn't buy this guitar for it's sound, the pickups do their honest work.
For the money (400€), Hils gave a great amount of attention to their product: the guitar came out of the box properly set up and intonated and I was positively surprised when I opened the back panel and found out that the cavity was covered in shielding paint and the volume pot had a treble bleed. You don't see things like these from the lawsuit brand.
10 Comments
Jargkra@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3d
That's a fucking pretty guitar! Wow!
CannonFodder@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3d
Putting a headless on a holder like that worries me
pH3ra@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 3d
Actually all Hils guitars have a wedge shaped portion over the nut so you can hang them without any worries
viral.vegabond@piefed.social · 3 pts · 3d
Nice feature, definitely seems like that company is doing something right.
pH3ra@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 3d
I genuinely have nothing but good things to say about this instrument. Of course it has frets that are a little sharp or the switch that feels a little flimsy, but it's the same with every guitar in this range and those issues are very easy to fix or cheap to upgrade.
viral.vegabond@piefed.social · 1 pts · 3d
I bet that wouldn't be too difficult/expensive to have the frets smoothed up a little.
Are there any upgrades that you are planning on?
Also, how's the body contour?
pH3ra@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 3d
I'd say it's nice, it has an arm contour that make it comfortable to play in the upright position and a belly carve
On the long term I'm probably going to replace the electronics: there is nothing wrong, it's just that the potentiometers are linear when I prefer them to be logarithmic and while I'm at it I'll put a stronger switch on. But it's just perfectionism, if I had to keep the guitar as is it would be totally fine
whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 3d
Very cool, I don't see many headless tele style it's a nice mix of classic and modern.
highduc@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3d
Strandbergs have more classic ones too like single cuts and shit, but they're so expensive like all Strandbergs. I like the Hils ones, and also EART is another cheaper brand with headless options.
pH3ra@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 3d
I've considered EART but the problem is that the informations about it are a bit muddy, there were things that weren't clear about the specs, for example material and output of the pickups.
Also they sold the gigbag separately and that made the whole thing a lot more expensive