HADEAN

[Zepfan]

Hadean EG-491 MN Nat

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www.rondomusic.com

Rondo Music site indicates the Hadean has 3 piece poplar body, approx 8 pounds guitar weight, and 13.7” fretboard radius. Any comparison with your item? How is that flat radius to play? Might indeed be a fun tinkerer platform!

The body on this guitar is actually made of possibly 12 boards of a soft and fibrous wood(which I found out while chiseling the pickup cavity), so 3x3x3 boards at about 8 lbs by guessing.

 

[Zepfan]

The humbucking neck pickups sound very good in series and the neck/bridge position sounds good too. No obvious OOP tones in that position but good tone. May change the bridge pickup, may not. Definitely have to work on lowering the nut about a 1/16".

 

[Burn Yesterday]

Hadean EG-491 MN Nat

Love This : Hadean EG-491 MN Nat

www.rondomusic.com

Rondo Music site indicates the Hadean has 3 piece poplar body, approx 8 pounds guitar weight, and 13.7” fretboard radius. Any comparison with your item? How is that flat radius to play? Might indeed be a fun tinkerer platform!

I don't like the flat radius. If I ever decide to spend any money on it I'll replace the neck.

 

[Zepfan]

I think this neck is 12 degrees radius.
I got the nut fixed, put a 1/4 degree shim in the pocket to give the need pocket a little tilt so I can get the string action down a bit.
Now the action is good enough and the intonation is fixed.

 

[Gardo]

I think this neck is 12 degrees radius.
I got the nut fixed, put a 1/4" shim in the pocket to give the need pocket a little tilt so I can get the string action down a bit.
Now the action is good enough and the intonation is fixed.

1/4” shim sounds like a lot , are you sure about this

 

[Zepfan]

Yes. Had to give the neck a tilt. It was a 1/4 degree not 1/4". Sorry for that.

 

[Gardo]

That sounds a lot better , you had me wondering

 

[Zepfan]

The neck pickups are good, but they're not wowing me. May put a Firebird in there. Already have a Tort guard for a Firebird and just bought a couple pickups from Rob.

 

[Gardo]

The neck pickups are good, but they're not wowing me. May put a Firebird in there. Already have a Tort guard for a Firebird and just bought a couple pickups from Rob.

That’s what I like about inexpensive guitars, you can take a chance and do any mod you can imagine with little risk. I learned how to work on guitars that way.

 

[Zepfan]

Me too!

 

[Zepfan]

I was about to put in the Firebird when my eyes caught a runaway Strat pickup. It was a 5.5k ceramic magnet. I added 2 rubber magnet straps for extra attraction and added that pickup in place of the other to test out. I stuck the poles right up to the pickguard.
This one works better. Couldn't do much because of thunderstorms.

 

[bender66]

I got a Hadean yrs ago to mod. It caught my attention because it had an ashtray toploader for $79. Had the same toploader setup in a natural SX Furrian around then too for $125. That had the nice fatty neck and the natural wood grain a full size body was great. I sold them both locally without ever having touched them. Shoulda kept the Furrian. They never returned like that.

 

[Zepfan]

The SX guitars punch far above their weight.