Harley Benton MultiScale-7 TPB

Harley Benton MultiScale-7 TPB

I wanted to try a multiscale guitar. There are no music stores close to me, so I ordered one of these with a kit bag. This is a very nice guitar and I play it basically everyday now. Flawless finish, comfortable neck profile, has massive sustain with thicker strings. The factory setup was spot on. I put thicker strings on it, which required some setup. Intonation, nut slots opened up, etc. But that is just my preference to have thicker strings. It impressed me so much, it has become my main guitar. If you want a fan fret that is a 7 string, this is a really nice guitar.... 5 stars.

probably one of the best inexpensive ways to enter multiscale

this is the first multiscale 7 string I ever bought and i'm relatively happy with it as an introduction to the multiscale world. with a bit of tinkering like replacing the strings with higher gauge ones, oiling up the fretboard and adjusting the truss rod it is a great 7 string for its price. the things I had a bit of an issue with are that the frets are very sharp on the side and the pickups are a LITTLE bit on the spongey sounding side. The tuners are also not very accurate. might be the nut, or both. apart from the points above, I am very happy with the guitar. recommended for if you don't want to break the bank for a 7 string multiscale.

Very good, I like it

That's my first e-guitar. Very good for this price range 7 string guitar that have good sound, I like the machine heads. Neck are comfortable and frets are not cutting my hand when playing. Highly recommending this guitar if you have limited budget. For those who thinking that fan fret will be very unusual, I didn't have to get used to it

Looks as good if not better in person

The guitar looks and feels really good. The finishing was excellent. The fret work was much better than what I've seen from Ibanez at twice the price. The neck is about 2mm thicker than I am used to, but it's fine. Some people prefer it that way. The frett board was DRY but took oil well. For the money, this is a really nice guitar. The multiscale is only a difgerence of 1.5" from lo to high. There was no adjustment period. I just picked it up and played. The pickups are passable but not great. They have enough output for easy pick squeals. But they sounded soft a spongy to me. So I installed a 24v emg setup, and now she screams.

Amazing price to quality

The only thing I'm planning to do with the guitar is replace the pickups, everything else feels amazing after a bit of setting up out of the box! Also, had to smooth out the nut edge a bit, since it was cutting into my finger.

Excellent guitar

The setup out of the box was pretty good. Was able to tune it and play. Fret job is pretty close to perfect. I'm not a fan of the pickups, but they get the job done.

Solid 7 string but with some issues

I'll start off by saying I enjoy the feel and playabilty of this guitar but there are some issues.

The tuners are very jumpy, i could be turing it for neary halfway around before getting the pitch to change and when it downs it'll jump to being too sharp/flat. locking mechanisms aren't great.

Pickups are very muddy and alot weaker than i expected.

it's not bad but it could be better. There aren't many video reviews of this guitar but Andrew baena has a video on the 8 string model which has similar issues so you can equate the same to this.

The reason i kept it even with this issues is that they can be solved with after market parts anyways. which makes it a good mod platform. i really like the 5 piece neck and its been a great intriduction into multiscale guitars

Excellent multi scale for tremendous price.

Fretboard plays smooth and easy. Sounds is outstanding. I’m loving the figire in this trans black