R-457MN WH Fanfret : Great value, big tone

5 years ago

It's a beautiful guitar and plays very good.

The neck profile is a bit odd at first, but now I'm loving it, also the frets feel spacious, but would like to see them a bit more polished, as they felt a wee bit rough when bending. There are no rough fret ends though so that is always nice to see on a lower priced guitar.

The pickups are hi gain, and had to tweak some settings in my DAW to accommodate, but they sound tight.

All the rest feels solid; tone and volume pots are smooth, jack feels snug, tone switch has a nice stiff feel to it.

All in all, this is a seriously good deal!