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DeArmond S67 7-String Guitar |
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This was one of the earlier mass-produced seven-strings. I bought it for $280 through Musician's Friend around '99 or 2000. It seemed like a great deal at the time. Musician's Friend advertised it as having a set neck and fretboard binding, and I tried a six-string DeArmond and it looked, felt and sounded good.
When this guitar arrived, however, I found Musician's Friend's catalog advertisement to be false: the neck was a bolt-on, with no binding. What's worse, it was mounted so crookedly that one of the strings was almost missing the fretboard, and the holes for the tuning pegs weren't completely drilled, so some of them were not even mounted properly--just stuck in part way. I thought that was pretty ridiculous, but apparently that's not so weird with big, cut-price catalog stores like Musician's Friend. They seem to get the stock that stores and in-person customers would flat reject.
Getting a return was going to be a big hassle so I just fixed it myself by re-shaping the neck-joint cavity and re-mounting the neck, and redrilling the tuning peg holes and getting the cheap tuning pegs mounted. It only took a day and then I was just excited to have a working seven-string.
The tone had a pretty good, nasal growl, and the action was actually great on this guitar. I would recommend avoiding any DeArmond made in Hong Kong, though, and I would recommend against Musician's Friend--the few other items I've chanced with them were also rejects. I'd suggest finding a local store with civil employees who don't mind sharing their knowledge and experience, and supporting them.
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