Description
Hex Guitars VG500E
An all-solid Grand Auditorium cutaway from Hex's flagship Vespera line � solid Sitka spruce top, solid okoume back and sides, and an LR Baggs Element Bronze VTC pickup that sounds like the guitar, not a generic DI signal.
Quick Snapshot
Why You'll Love It
An all-solid Grand Auditorium cutaway from Hex's flagship Vespera line � solid Sitka spruce top, solid okoume back and sides, and an LR Baggs Element Bronze VTC pickup that sounds like the guitar, not a generic DI signal.
A Top Built To Open Up Over Time
A Pickup That Sounds Like The Guitar
Back And Sides That Get Better With Age
The Hex Guitars Standard
Hex Guitars is the South Korean team behind HILS Guitars, its international sister brand. Before building instruments under its own name, Hex spent the early 2000s onward manufacturing guitars for other established brands � experience it has since funneled into its own factory in Indonesia, where Vespera, Hex's flagship all-solid acoustic-electric line, is built and inspected in-house alongside the rest of the Hex and HILS catalog. The brand's own stated goal is a genuinely high-end playing experience without a premium-tier price tag.
Engineered With Purpose
New Opti-X Bracing
Hex's own Opti-X bracing pattern is tuned to let the solid Sitka spruce top move freely for fuller harmonics while keeping the top structurally stable � the brace layout is designed to physically reproduce a V-type equalizing effect across the soundboard, according to Hex's own product documentation.
LR Baggs Element Bronze VTC Pickup
The under-saddle Element pickup needs no routing or holes cut into the guitar's sides � its VTC volume and tone controls simply mount in the soundhole, so amplified tone tracks the guitar's own resonance and top-end detail instead of sounding like a generic DI signal.
Solid Okoume Back & Sides
Solid okoume back and sides deliver a warm, deep low-mid response with rich resonance. Being solid wood rather than laminate, the tone naturally opens up and matures the more the guitar gets played.
Specifications
| Series | Vespera |
| Body Type | Grand Auditorium, Cutaway |
| Top Material | Solid Sitka Spruce |
| Top Finish | Gloss (Natural) |
| Back & Sides Material | Solid Okoume |
| Back & Sides Finish | Light Matte (Natural) |
| Bracing | Opti-X (V-Type Voicing) |
| Neck Material | Indonesian Mahogany |
| Neck Profile | C Shape |
| Neck Width | 43mm at Nut |
| Fretboard Material | Indian Rosewood |
| Scale Length | 648mm (25.5") |
| Frets | 20, Nickel |
| Fretboard Inlay | Mother of Pearl, Vespera Diamonds |
| Nut & Saddle | Graph Tech TUSQ, Black (43mm Nut, 73.3mm Saddle) |
| Tuners | Grover 18:1 Rotomatics, Nickel w/ Black Knobs |
| Pickup | LR Baggs Element Bronze VTC |
| Stock Strings | Elixir Phosphor Bronze, NANOWEB Coating, .012"-.053" |
| Case | Deluxe Vespera Gig Bag (Included) |
| Bridge | Indian Rosewood, Vespera Shape |
| Bridge Pins | ABS, Black w/ White Dot |
| Rosette | White Abalone |
| Neck Finish | Light Matte (Natural) |
Compare Models
| Spec | VG300E | VF500E | This Kit VG500E |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body Shape | Grand Auditorium Cutaway | Folk (OM) Cutaway | Grand Auditorium Cutaway |
| Back & Sides | African Sapele | Solid Okoume | Solid Okoume |
| Nut & Saddle | Nubone | Graph Tech TUSQ | Graph Tech TUSQ |
| Tuners | Black Diecast, 18:1 | Grover 18:1 Rotomatics | Grover 18:1 Rotomatics |
| Pickup | LR Baggs Element Bronze VTC | LR Baggs Element Bronze VTC | LR Baggs Element Bronze VTC |
| Case | Premium Gig Bag | Deluxe Vespera Gig Bag | Deluxe Vespera Gig Bag |
All three Vespera models share the same LR Baggs Element Bronze VTC pickup and 648mm scale, so the real differences are body shape and finishing hardware. Stepping up from VG300E to VG500E swaps African sapele back/sides for solid okoume and Nubone nut/saddle for Graph Tech TUSQ with Grover tuners, while VF500E vs VG500E is purely a body-shape choice � Folk/OM versus Grand Auditorium � with identical premium-tier hardware.