R-457 BK Progressiv Series : Unreasonably good for the price

If you're curious about 7-string guitars and want to pick one up for an absurdly low price you can do no better than this. I'd been on the fence about getting my first 7 for over a year but after seeing the pages of positive reviews for this guitar and the super-cheap price point I was convinced and made an impulse decision to order one.

I'm beyond happy with what I got. It arrived set up like a dream, intonation and action satisfactory right out of the box. This by no means feels or plays like a budget guitar, feels sturdy all over with a comfortable neck. Stays in tune well even after some hard playing and over-bending, as well as switching from B standard to Drop A and back. The only thing holding it back from a 5-star review is the quality of pickups, which as many other reviews have said are quite muddy. But not so much that it's impossible to get a good tone, just that you'll have to spend more time than usual dialing one in to work around the cheaper pickups.

Most other starter 7-strings I've seen are at double this price point. If you want to begin exploring extended range instruments without dropping a couple of hundred, this guitar will be the one for you.