R-457MN WH Fanfret : Over all expectations

The guitar arrived in great shape, no dinks or issues what so ever (all the way to Norway, with no case just in the packaging). Frets need some polishing, and new strings is pretty much a must but oh lord this guitar surprised me!

I had the idea of replacing the pickups for EMG707's, but as it turns out the stock pickups sound awesome.. they are beyond what I expected. They do sound a tiny bit muddy and lacking in gain, but not as bad as I would have thought.

The guitar looks awesome in white, and except a few dried drops of paint in the pickup selector nothing more to pick on. The tuners hold the tuning just fine. The stock strings are very light and floppy, so I do recommend getting some better strings. Drop A sounds great, and pitch shifted in Neural DSP to drop G it sounds just fine.

All in all I am very much surprised for a guitar in this price range, it actually sounds almost as good as my LTD that I got for 1500. Of course it's super light being in this price range, but it still sounds and feel great. The guitar sounds beefy with the neural dsp gojira plugin. Totally recommend this guitar if you are looking for an entry 7 string. I already have a 6 and 8, but had to get a 7 to complete the collection.