A2.7TBR SK : A decent option, not without flaws

The guitar seems well balanced, and the neck is comfortable to play. However it does feel that a few corners have been cut to reduce the price, so I'm finding myself needing to return it as I'm just not in love with it.

Pros

- Solidly built

- Fair amount of features for the price

- Pickups sound good

- Looks very nice

- Smooth thin neck

Cons

- The 18:1 tuners are ok, I prefer locking tuners, but this can be swapped easily

- The top on mine is a little lacklustre, with grain patterns not matching

- Had a few sharp fret ends, possibly fret sprout

- Frets weren't very smooth, would benefit from better polishing

- There was peeling lacquer on the edge of the fingerboard facing the neck pickup

- One small paint defect on the upper horn, underneath the top coat

- Action was super high out of the box, was in sore need of a setup

- Sent a support question to Solar, and never got a reply

Overall, if you get one with QC defects you are happy to live with, I think this would be a great starting point to enter the 7-string world. For me, I think I will keep looking.