Looking to go from classical to electric

[fickle anvil]

Idk about those HBs but having tried some bullet squiers theyre not really great

if you want a fender look id look into sonics at that price range

as in Squier sonic

[plush spruce]

If you’re gonna play metal I wouldn’t go for any of those you showed

[plush spruce]

That’s the same as bullets just renamed

[fickle anvil]

nah

theyre good

that line took over the bracket tho

[raven stream]

Sonics have like better tuners and bridges in them for sure over the bullets

Are there any cheap LTD ESP in your area?

[fickle anvil]

I'd still upgrade those after some time, but I appreciate them being a great base to build on

[raven stream]

for sure 🙏

damn

[fickle anvil]

HBs are hit and miss

depends on the series I think

i know the SC-500 II are good but maybe a little bit pricier?

(also idk if those are good for metal ive never played any metal in my life besides master of puppets and iron maiden lol)

idk what the II changes tbh

if you live in europe i guess you can return them easy if something's really wrong with one

i had to level frets on a HB lol, but like you can always return them as defekt

if theres problems like that

well youre pretty much sure to have to replace strings

but thats on like every guitar

microphonic pickups?

ive never encountered, still you just return as defective within the 30 days or whatever is their limit

i returned a warped neck one and never had any questions asked

nah id say most HBs ive had were perfectly fine for what they were

most "issues" i think are kinda production and design related

like heavy woods

or at least inconsistent

i got a tele copy once that was like 7kg which oof

sounded alright

but like i cant deal with heavy guitars

i got to do a lot of tinkering and experimenting on it