R-457 BK Progressiv Series : Genuinely not sure how they can sell this guitar for this price

As the title says, I'm not sure how they can sell a guitar this good for this little money and still profit.

I fully expected to have to give the guitar a full setup on arrival but right out of the box I tuned up and it played like a dream. Fantastic action, fast neck and generally feels great.

The hardware is definitely the weak point on this guitar but at this price that is to be expected.

The machine heads feel cheap, the switch and knobs feel even cheaper, and the neck pickup is so muddy it's almost unusable by itself. However, the bridge pickup is very nice and with both pickups being selected the guitar sounds good.

All these issues are fixable for a bit of money, and even if I swap out the pickups for a nazgul/sentient set I would have a great performing 7-string for a lot less money than one that was better when stock.

Fantastic guitar for the price! But be realistic with your expectations when it comes to the hardware installed.