Harley Benton R-458MN WH MultiScale

Na wstępie mogę powiedzieć, że najgrubsze struny które są założone na gitarze nie nadają się do standardowego stroju dla gitary 8-strunowej. Dźwięk jest strasznie brudny i ciężko zagrać na tym coś sensownego. Polecam założyć grubszy zestaw.

Gitara wykonana jest bardzo dobrze. Gryf jest płaski i wygodny. Podstrunnica jest dziwnie matowa. Mam wrażenie że wcześniejsza wersja gitary czegoś takiego nie miała.

Korpus zrobiony bardzo ładnie. Gitara prezentuje się naprawdę dobrze.
Jeżeli chodzi o elektronikę to nie można się tutaj za bardzo przyczepić do tego co oferuje gitara w tej cenie. Jest zwyczajnie poprawnie.

Klucze dobrze trzymają strój.

Jeżeli dopiero zaczynasz swoją przygodę z gitarami 8-strunowymi to jest to dobry początek ale nie obejdzie się bez wizyty u dobrego lutnika który doprowadzi gitarę do należytego stanu.

Well built, does the job, it was playable out of the box and after minor adjustments it is now in great shape. Considering the price it is outright steal, if you want to learn 8 string then it is a perfect place to start.
My two small gripes with this one is rather harsh frets, but strings will polish them slightly over the time and also pickups aren't great. They are fine for home practicing but i would swap them if you want to record something higher quality, just bear in mind that 8 string fanfret pickups aren't common.

I'll get straight to it.

Pros:
-The guitar is well built. Having fanned frets and it being an 8 stringer at this price range sounds all too good to be true, but it holds true to what it's advertised to be.
-The important parts, such as the neck is reliable.
-the tuners aren't top of the line but it does the job well enough to warrant as a positive thing for its price point.
-The bridge has great intonation range and its sturdy! wow! That's important! And you nailed it!
-There's conductive shielding paint on the humbucker cavities and the electronics cavities!!! something i didn't expect from a $150 guitar!!
-The fret ends actually had some sort of sanding/polishing done to it! My hands won't get cut going up and down on it!! wowow! Minimal work is required to get to the ideal specs. Big thumbs up.

Cons:
-mine came with a dead capacitor! WOO! Thankfully I'm a tinkering type of person, and I replaced 80% of the original electronics there cause..(segway to the next point)
-The electronics are kinda bad. But that's to be expected for a guitar at this price point. Though QC could've at least noticed the dead capacitor...or at least hear that something is wrong with the output of the guitar.
-lots of blemishes on the neck. A couple of raw unfinished spots, some scratches, uneven finish, and lots of coarseness when you run your hand at the back of the neck. Hopefully it will smooth itself out when it gets worn in.
-some of the frets are already worn?? I don't know what's going on but this isn't even B-Stock and i have crazy inconsistent frets on the one i got. Some frets looked untouched, some looked sanded and scratched but not polished to spec, some already dented by the string. whats going on haha...
-The nut doesn't have a curve to match the neck's radius curve. Nut is flat and requires lots of work to make the strings be at proper height on nut side. That i don't mind as much, just more tinkering for me.

Regardless of all of its issues, I still like this guitar, The cost of this guitar is equivalent to a months worth of Diet Pepsi for a family that drinks a lot of Diet Pepsi, and my family drinks a lot of Diet Pepsi. But this guitar is no sugar drink. It will make you work hard to make it like how you want it to be, but you'll like what you make out of it once you do.

It'd be neat if Thomann sent me a new, better capacitor, and maybe one of them weird German drinks too. I need a break form all this Diet Pepsi.