R-457BK Fanfret : Good guitar for its price

6 years ago

I bought this guitar in order to have a closer look what a 7-strings guitar is.

My impression is the guitar costs its price.

The frets are well installed and polished smoothly.

Electronics/wires are assembled and soldered pretty good.

I replaced the strings to .10-.60 and was able to tune the scale length simply.

But there were a couple of minor issues I have to mention:

- quality of the tuning machines is in doubt, one of them was defective (slipped gear)

- the pickups are passive (no power element inside the guitar), but it's even better, imho

Can definitely recommend this guitar, but you should understand pros and cons of buying a cheap instrument.

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