HILS Headless on the cheap. Seems too good to be true

Eagle said:
These are better than they cost BUT;
Frets are too small for most people who want this kind of instrument.
The hardware is o huge potential problem because it is unique to the brand and nothing else will easily fit.
Pickups and electrics are pretty crappy.
In spite of these things they are still good for the price compared with most other similar cost instruments.
I would still not buy it though because for me I would have to refret it and fit all new electrics and pickups. Then I would still be at the mercy of whatever the bridge is made of.
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The bridge is made of aluminum. That was one of my concerns as with its long term viability.
 
Why do these companies always get the fretwire size wrong for their key audience??
This should be 6100 or even 6000 ( 57110 - 58118 )
Anything else is just going to make it feel wrong in comparison to the big boys.
Once again hardware that is going to give you serious problems down the road. Why not go with the style that is rapidly becoming standard on this kind of guitar. These things don’t make it a bad instrument but they are unnecessary fundamental mistakes by the company that could have so easily been avoided.
 
Why focus on the negatives when there are many positives to these. For the price the quality is there. Would I/we prefer Jescar SS 57110 fret wire, of course, but it is what it is. I don’t find the quality of the bridge or string clamp auto be an issue on mine. As a matter of fact, I sold my Boden and kept the HILS. If the Boden were $500 I would have been much happier with it. Granted the higher end ones are a lot better but now we are talking about 3 or 4 times the price of the HILS. And frankly the quality is not that much better from what I have personally seen. Anyway, these are great for the money, heck even the pickups sound good, and I am a pretty picky guy.
 
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