HAAR guitars

[AlexVoulgarakis]

Hello guys. I would like to learn anything that has to do with Haar guitars (either Strats or Teles). Do they sound and fell vintage enough? Comments on value for money.

[tedwoods]

I have no experience of their guitars but Erik,the owner,is a nice and reliable guy to deal with.

Ted

[Chun13]

Never tried the guitars, but the man is really nice !

[Telecaster]

I have one; a swamp ash tele with oiled birdseye neck and a Fralin P90 (10% underwound) in the neck position.
Fantastic guitar. Absolutely vintage sounding. Very punchy and his necks are extremely playable. A friend of mine has 3 Haar guitars and they are all fantastic as well. You really can't go wrong with either a Haar Tele or Strat. Great value for money btw, especially when you live in the EU. Quality is on par with American boutique builders and if you want fancy woods it won't cost you an arm and a leg.

[fred dons]

I have 5 Haar guitars
http://www.pixum.nl/members/freddons...7daf684e67cce3

http://www.pixum.nl/members/freddons...7daf684e67cce3

http://www.pixum.nl/members/freddons...7daf684e67cce3

les paul replica (he doesn't make these anymore)
http://www.pixum.nl/members/freddons...0fff850f58cf80
I also have custom tele but I don't have pictures of that one

he uses the best woods available (he used to work in the wood trade and import his wood by the containerload, the best parts go into guitars the rest in to floors and furniture )
his guitars are finished in nitrocellulose

and he is very (relatively) cheap

[AlexVoulgarakis]

Originally posted by fred dons
I have 5 Haar guitars
http://www.pixum.nl/members/freddons...7daf684e67cce3

http://www.pixum.nl/members/freddons...7daf684e67cce3

http://www.pixum.nl/members/freddons...7daf684e67cce3

les paul replica (he doesn't make these anymore)
http://www.pixum.nl/members/freddons...0fff850f58cf80
I also have custom tele but I don't have pictures of that one

he uses the best woods available (he used to work in the wood trade and import his wood by the containerload, the best parts go into guitars the rest in to floors and furniture )
his guitars are finished in nitrocellulose

and he is very (relatively) cheap

Is the nitro finish std or you have to ask for it?
What about the sense of the fingerboard/neck?

[Telecaster]

Nitro is standard.

[itsLars]

Hi,

I have a custom made Haar strat....60's style, very light alder body, fat asymetrical D neck shape, VSV vibrato, locking Kluson style tuners....Suhr V60LP pickups.....in vintage oypic white ...plus aging.

I am very much satisfied with the guitar and Erik's service. Great deal!


Bye,
Lars

[r9player]

Wow Fred that Mary Kaye and the sunburst with Fralins very nice .. (Heel erg mooi!)
And eh nice collection you got. You do a lot of inlay/photo stuff on those guitars yourself?

[fred dons]

thanks
yeah I do my own finishing (airbrush) and inlay (otherwise I could not afford this collection )

[jruano]

I have a question regarding the Haar teles. Is the body shape standard tele?... from the pics I've seen it looks like around upper part of the neck pocket the distance from the pickguard to the edge of the body is bigger than usual (?)

[fred dons]

no Erik uses the 70ties tele shape instead of the classic 50ties shape so his bodies are a bit off but I believe that on request he will use the 50ties shape

[jruano]

Ah... that makes sense, thank you!