By now (2014) it’s properly established that I like to have an extra low string on my guitars. Towards that end I went on eBay last Spring to find an inexpensive 7 string electric to travel with. Just as with my Carvin Fretless bass I thought it might be nice to just deposit a guitar in Germany so I didn’t have to take it in the airplane all the time.
I found a whole bunch of these guitars on Ebay. No company logo, no info who made them or where. At a little over $200 I thought it might be worth a try. It’s not a bad guitar at all. The neck is a bit thick and I wish the fret markers were easier to see, But it sounds decent and I like the looks. Also, for the price it’s well built – probably mostly by a machine in China. I did put in a new set of tuners and now the instrument also stays in tune. The guitar came with individual volume/tone knobs for each pickup but I recently rewired it – hence the two little holes where two of the pots disappeared.
Needless to say I ended up keeping the guitar at my house and I play it all the time. I guess I could have bought two of these and left one in Germany. I think these are still on eBay every once in a while but they cost twice as much now.