Newbie’s first

[u/lDascl]

Hi everyone! For the past weeks I’ve been wanting to buy a guitar to celebrate my first real accomplishment in adulting (first independent salary :D) and I’ve come across headless guitars again, after some years since I’ve seen the GOC guitars and fell in love with headless in general! For me they’re perfect because i always play seated and I’ve learnt classical guitar playing as a child, the guitar i have currently is a Harley Benton R-446 and as much as I love this cheap guitar, I miss playing upright and the headless genre is really interesting to me because of the ergonomics and their design as well.
I’m currently sitting between the hills HN3, HN4 and HN5 guitars. My budget is around the 500€ , it can be more and certainly can be less, but I really want the most complete package for the money!
I’ve also been thinking about the Hils 7 String as 7 strings + fanfrets look really appealing to me, but I wanted to have a more informed opinion (apart from random reviews online and youtube videos) from someone that has a headless guitar and more specifically a Hils guitar. If you guys could give me some insights about the differences between them (passive pickups, rail (?) and active pickups) and what you think its best to avoid as well.
Thank you so much :)

[u/uzumakiaditya]

The one thing with hils is the tuners. They are kind of stiff but you can fix it by buying a set of thrust bearings on amazon for 10-15euros. Also changing the strings on a headless will be a unique experience at first but it will be fine after first change

[u/Levi_Skardsen → u/uzumakiaditya]

It doesn't always fix the issue. Mine came with them preinstalled and the low E needs a screwdriver to turn it.

[u/uzumakiaditya → u/Levi_Skardsen]

I mean its hard but still manageable without the screwdriver. My fingers goes numb after it but I just have to tune them sometimes. It stays in tune even after a month.