Gassing for a HB?!

ThePrettyDamned

https://m.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_r_457_wh_fanfret.htm

I've wanted a 7 string or an 8 string for a while, but they're very different to play. One of these might be just the ticket. 

Anyone had one? Seems far too cheap to be true! 

There are some 7 and 8 string bargains on ebay from ibanez, Jackson etc but they're still more expensive. 

HarrySeven

"Gassing for a HB"

















Hmmm...now there's a phrase you don't hear too often...

dazzajl

Buy it. It will be ‘good enough’ to let you know if you like the concept and feel enough to play one long term. Then if you’re lucky, it’ll be fine as is or you can improve it or trade to something higher up the food chain 

Barnezy

Standards in GAS have fallen recently.

As above. If you want to upgrade further down the line, you should get at least £40 back on this. 

Alternatively you could buy a decent used 7 string and sell it on if you dont like it, for what you bought it for, in effect costing you nothing. Alternatively if you like it you dont have to fanny about and wasting more money upgrading it. 

HarrySeven

Barnezy said:

...you should get at least £40 back on this. 

Alternatively you could buy a decent used 7 string and sell it on if you dont like it, 

In either case, you could sell it to a well-known ‘conversion’ specialist (for fat-fingered 6-string players) and watch it become a thing of true beauty, whilst quadrupling in price...

MLten80

I can see it now... "HB / pccg custom special rare pro setup, waffle waffle - £450"

Some mug would buy it too 

Funkfingers

HarrySeven said:

In either case, you could sell it to a well-known ‘conversion’ specialist (for fat-fingered 6-string players) and watch it become a thing of true beauty, whilst quadrupling in price...

LOL + Wiz = Wow!

ThePrettyDamned said:

a 7 string or an 8 string ... they're very different to play. 

I would set an eight string up like a Chapman Stick or Warr touch guitar, including the string muting pads then, play it by tapping and hammering-on/-off.

ThePrettyDamned said:

Anyone had one? Seems far too cheap to be true! 

HarrySeven and I have both been temporary custodians of the forum bicycle H-B Baritone Mosrite lookalike. (To the best of my knowledge, JamesOliver1234 is still its current host.) That instrument had the benefits of a few minor upgrades. I conclude that, in stock specification, it would have been the proverbial curate's egg. ("Good, and bad, in parts.")

I would like to have had the opportunity to directly compare the HB Baritone and an Eastwood Sidejack. I suspect that they would have much in common.

Probably best purchased pre-owned.