Just received a package with a Hufschmid H6 guitar prototype for test / experiments

Body made of 1 piece Sapeli Mahogany. Same with neck and fretboard. There are some custom build pickups inside but don't know the name yet P Instead of well know theory that mahogany is warm and muddy...this guitar is very bright. It's the highest quality, premium sapeli. Demos comming soon!

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Awesome! I will wait for you comments and video. It looks very Metal.

Nice axe, your Hufschmids sound awesome. The texture of the neck looks great. But i liked the previous headstock more

how much is that girl in left handed

Very nice! I always felt if a neck humbucker (specially if on the hot) should have a blade facing the neck so the output or tone won't decrease when bending, I noticed this on my guitar when tweaking the pickups

I'm curious to hear how it sounds

It's very bright! Got very first playthrough behind me and it's not even close what we could suspect

jstcrsn - You have to ask Patrick directly

Mertay - I get Your point. Will take a very close look at this aspect

Jouve - this headstock design helps strings to get straight through the nut , into the tuners wit minimal or even no angle at all. That's the main purpose

Nice!

Cant wait to hear you're demo Darius. Guitar looks amazing

Looks beautiful! Really looking forward to hearing the demo

Beautiful!

Looking forward to hearing it in action

She look beautiful I listened Patrick's demo but until I will say my opinion I will wait your demo Always something will sound different in your demo

Bro, this looks like a baritone to me A lot like a baritone How low does it go?

He he It's a regular measure - 25,5" But the headstock is pretty long. First impressions are positive. I have 3 hufchmid's at home, all from sapeli and all have different tone and a color tone as well That's very interesting... All are premium quality Sapeli, and one pice body.

My thoughts on those 3 are (not supported by any knowlege, just a conclusion) that the brighter piece of mahogany the brighter guitar sounds. At least in case of those 3. I did change the pickups to have a good reference point

You mean brighter in respect to the color of the mahogany? I tend to associate the raw wood of the Hufschmidt with the Ibanez MMM and that's why I keep looking at them like they are baritones

the headstock is a bit long and sometimes the photo perspective is not as natural as it should but for me those shapes are very regular As for the tone it's probably the brightest mehogany guitar I ever had in my hands. There is no way I could show You via any record. You just have to take it in Your own hands

She's a beaut!

I assumed so The darkest one I had, was the K7 - it was like I was playing Darth Vader's voice on 7 strings and it was heavy as hell But, as Darth's voice, it was a bit impersonal, so that's why I thought I would say goodbye to it..

As promised - very first demo

Honestly I can't find anything negative for the tone, seems its perfectly balanced and very dynamic

What I thought was though the body shape and tone wasn't very complementary...I mean that guitar can get any tone no questions but when looking at that body one expects more compressed sound or when hearing the guitar imagines as if its a traditional Fender or even Gibson design. Atleast thats what I felt.

You know I like a bit more compressed pickups for that guitar without changing the pickups, I'd only slap a 0.33 cap. on the volume pot (like on my ibanez and I read prs does that trick too) and that would be more than enough to make me happy

You know that I always tell my honest opinion

For my taste the tone it's somewhere at the limit between like and unlike. And now I will argue my opinion:
On the low strings the sound it's great because it's a more open sound but on the higher strings unfortunately become unpleasant for me.
I like how sound on the solo tone but not on the heavy tone.
At the end of the video, over the backing the tone of the guitar it's somewhere in the mix and don't sound very well between the other instruments. I mean it's not so distinctive.
But overall I have the feeling that has more sustain.
I like more your Hufschmid model Has a richer tone Actually your model it's one of the guitar that someday I will buy it

This is very interesting of how different people feel about the tone in demos I'm curious what You'll say after hearing this one in a few different situations

To be honest I was satisfied with the tone very much but I also know the type of tone You both Mertay and Monica like and I understand Your arguments. Personally I like bright guitars and bright pickups because of their dynamics response and response for messing with the volume knob while using real tube amp. I know what You mean about a bit compressed and warmer tone of most popular Ibanez guitars and here we have the opposite - those doesn't fit my taste.

I've bit a fan of dark / warm mid-focused tone same as You both, for Years...but people changes. Know I like when the tone has some breath in the treble end.

For my taste it really fits the mix - I love it's heavy tone as well but I'm used to make "tone for the mix" and when guitars treble become hidden under cymbals it's only some tiny attack left and no unpleasant harsh . Of course I do LPF those anyway but not as much as modern taste seems to be (You know...as for heavy tones I grew on Mesa tones from the 90's

The cutting through the mix is just my fault if any of you feels it's not ok on Your audio stuff. I was to exited to publish the vid quick so:

1. I didn't left my usuall "one day rest" to fix the mix with fresh hearing
2. I didn't wanted that solo guitar to be on surface - it was the purpose to keep a bit hidden so there is a risk of misunderstanding between our concepts


There will be some more demos on different stuff so will see what You say then


Those are just a few samples of how This could sound

Very nice review man Can you please tell me if the nut material is better than bone? I am curious, as I am usually installing bone nuts on all my guitars.... also, your voice and sounds a lot like one of my polish friend's voice, not the accent, but the tone

Techtron is a thing that I'm not sure what could I tell about It does the job but I would not compare before I can test different nut in the same guitar

You made me confused...maybe all Polish people have the same voice tone while speaking in english

Hmmm, it means I will have to dig a little Nah, mate, my ears can tell things You sound a lot like my friend Tomasz - that's a good thing, because I always enjoy a good conversation with him.

So we have to meat someday and...get a good portion of "soda"

Cosmin - If you go in Poland you can visit both Darek and Piotr
I don't remember where I read but I have the feeling that Piotr it's more closer to Romania, right Darek?
So, if you will have time you can visits 2 cities and make alot of pictures You can see if both have the same voice tone while speaking in english

unfortunately it's a huge distance between me and Piotr...but Yes Monica - Piotr is much closer to Your country

Well, if I get there this year, I will most likely try to get to see them It would be awesome if all of us instructor dudes here would meet up in a city in Europe. This would be totally epic - Gabi would have the longest ride by far, but he said he wants to visit Romania someday. Oh and Todd as well... Who knows? Me, Darius and Ben would have a far more easy task at hand tho

I think Europe is a bit more open and it would be easier to meet. I don't know how about Romania but in Poland we have huge problems to get Visa for travel to US :/

I haven't ever traveled to the USA, but out of what I know from friends, it wasn't such a big fuss to get the visa and all that. Well, let's discuss this - I for one am all for it and I think it would be an amazing thing if we actually manage to pull it off!