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TL;DR: Tried a Hils HZ7 on vacation and loved the fretwork, 12" radius, sustain, and ergonomics, despite muddy pickups, a plastic nut, and stiff tuners. Ordering one from Thomann and planning immediate upgrades.

I am looking for versatile, active/rail-type pickup recommendations (with great coil splits) and an alternative source to buy the Hils bridge ball bearings.

Hi all! I was on the fence about the Hils HZ7 due to a lack of local availability and reviews, but I managed to play one while on vacation in Europe.

As someone who owns a Schecter KM-7 II and several 6-string guitars, this thing blew me away!

The fretwork is amazing, the 12-inch radius feels surprisingly perfect, and the sustain and compact body shape are top-tier.

It does have a few drawbacks, though: * Pickups: Muddy and bass-heavy. * Plastic nut * Tuners: Stiff and hard to use (dropping to Drop A felt like the tuner suddenly released).

Despite those issues, the playability is so good that I'm going to order one from Thomann and upgrade it. I’d love your recommendations on two things:

* Pickups: Since it's active and has a battery compartment, I'm considering Fishman Fluence sets. Which set offers the best versatility beyond just metal? If you recommend a different set, they must be rail-type humbuckers (for string-to-cavity alignment on the Hils) and offer great coil-split sounds. * Bridge Bearings: I want to add the Hils ball bearings for the bridge, but Thomann doesn't sells them. Where else can I order them (e.g., AliExpress or elsewhere)?

Thank!

TLDR I got ripped off and searching for a solution

Hi all, My friends bought me two months ago this km7 mkii from Facebook marketplace and didn't fully checked with the seller that everything was intact.

I only received the guitar recently, which was sitting in a case and it buzzed due to low action, so I wanted to add a little relief. When I looked on the trussrod wheel I saw it was completely loose, so I took it to a guitar tech for a checkup before I even started doing anything to the trussrod.

He took out the neck pickup and we found the wheel is *broken*. He told me that the trussrod itself doesn't seems to be broken but the wheel is and the solution is nonetheless, replacing the entire truss rod, which is a much more expensive job than what I paid for the guitar.

I am intended to use this as a practice guitar and not do the whole replace, but since the only broken part is the adjustment wheel itself, I thought maybe I can glue (with strong epoxy or something else) or solder it to the truss rod somehow so I can do a little relief. Has someone ever encountered that???

I got scammed hard on that, but I don't want to give up and rescue whatever I can.

TLDR I got ripped off and searching for a solution

Hi all, My friends bought me two months ago this km7 mkii from Facebook marketplace and didn't fully checked with the seller that everything was intact.

I only received the guitar recently, which was sitting in a case and it buzzed due to low action, so I wanted to add a little relief. When I looked on the trussrod wheel I saw it was completely loose, so I took it to a guitar tech for a checkup before I even started doing anything to the trussrod.

He took out the neck pickup and we found the wheel is *broken*. He told me that the trussrod itself doesn't seems to be broken but the wheel is and the solution is nonetheless, replacing the entire truss rod, which is a much more expensive job than what I paid for the guitar.

I am intended to use this as a practice guitar and not do the whole replace, but since the only broken part is the adjustment wheel itself, I thought maybe I can glue (with strong epoxy or something else) or solder it to the truss rod somehow so I can do a little relief. Has someone ever encountered that???

I got scammed hard on that, but I don't want to give up and rescue whatever I can.