Harley Benton R-457MN WH Progressive Series

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7-String Electric Guitar

Progressive Series
Body: Poplar
Bolt-on neck: Maple
Neck profile: D
Fretboard: Maple
Offset dot fretboard inlays
ABS nut
24 Medium jumbo frets
Fretboard radius: 400 mm (15.748")
Nut width: 48 mm (1.89")
Scale: 648 mm (25.512")
Pickups: 2 Hi-gain humbuckers (neck and bridge)
1 Volume knob and 1 tone knob
3-Way toggle switch
DLX bridge
Black hardware
DLX die-cast machine heads
Strings: HB .009 - .054
Colour: White, high-gloss

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Item number 419527

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Colour White

Body Poplar

Top None

Neck Maple

Fretboard Maple

Frets 24

Scale 648 mm

Pickup System HH

Tremolo No

Incl. Case No

Incl. Gigbag No

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Great bang for your buck

Synic42 29.07.2019

I've been playing guitar on and off for 25+ years and was wondering if a 7 string would be my kind of thing. This is the perfect instrument to try it out, at an affordable price with decent enough quality. Of course you can expect some problems at this price point, but I was surprised by how minor and manageable they are.

I only found one chip in the finish on the back, which is negligible. One ferule was protruding a bit, which needed a couple of taps to be put back in place. The strings it came with were too light, but I ordered some power slinkies with it anyway. And the frets were a bit dull, some even a bit corroded. All of these things are minor issues and easily fixed with a bit of TLC.

I discovered the worst problem however while polishing the frets: a sub-standard fret job. Some frets were leveled, but not crowned, giving a flat, unpolished surface. This even resulted in one dead spot on the 7th string at the 12th fret, which couldn't be polished or intonated. This will require a leveling and crowning job in the future, so it's not a quick fix. However this is not a deal breaker, the guitar is still very usable and payable.

Overall these sort of problems are to be expected at this price and I am still amazed at the value for money. With a little effort this quickly transforms from a decent enough to a good instruments. This guitar makes me wish entry-level instruments had this kind of quality back in the 90's.

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Great entry level 7 string

drntheripper 03.05.2018

I'll try and keep this simple.

I am not the greatest player in the world, I've struggled my entire playing life to progress and to "get good" which has only been made worse due to a fairly serious hand injury a few years ago. Along the way I've become partial to the "Ibanez Prestige" guitars the neck profile works well with my busted up hands and the build quality keeps my inner gear nerd happy.

When I first started looking for a 7 string I could not find anything local that I liked for under $1000 CAD which was far more then I wanted to spend on something I was not sure that I would like. After reading some reviews I decided to Order this Harley Benton unit.

I had mixed feeling when I opened up the box..

The good:
*Good quality hardware
*The electronics are nice quality and work well.
*Almost perfect set up
*Fantastic finish
*great neck profile
*Really light weight, this may be a double edged sword (see negatives)

The bad:
*Mine came with three good sized dents on the body despite there being no damage to the packaging. i suspect the body wood is soft
*The pickups are muddy down low and lack definition

Overall I am super happy with my guitar, I would say it is as good as the competitions guitars at twice the price.

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Very Good for the price

Pablo56 17.02.2018

First venture into 7 string territory and didn't want to spend much. Here's my opinion of the R-457MN WH.

Pickups - not great but passable, and they are either on or off, a small turn of the the volume control and its on full blast, but for the price cant complain and this is the type of guitar that needs to be full on all the time.
Neck - unfinished, Ibanezesque, the fret ends are sharp and need to be sanded/filed down and polished, the neck is relatively straight, an hours work would get a good setup. Its not so wide that its uncomfortable for a 6 string player and access up to 24th fret ok.
Tuners - not very accurate, but my strings are staying in tune ok.
Bridge : had to lower the saddles to bring the string height down. standard block no real issues.
The overall guitar is very light and sits well, the neck is not heavy so it doesn't tip over when standing up.
For the price, this is a very good guitar, with some work it can be better. I'd say it's comparable with the Ibanez GIO but at half the price, this is very good value for money.

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Awesome.

beratguitar 18.10.2022

this guitar is just awesome. I've been playing a cheap strat copy for 2 years and finally bought my 2nd ever guitar. it's worlds of difference! absolutely no regrets. i love it. its beautifully set up, no sharp frets, no buzzing. tuners work fine, bridge is fine, pickups are ok, the finish is really nice, knobs are fine, everything is pretty decent. and for this price, it's an absolutely amazing deal. thank you so much thomann and Harley benton. i can finally play metal songs!!!
oh, by the way, its just a little bit heavy. and the neck has a tiny damage but it took me like 30 mins to notice that, not a big deal at all.
i actually wanted the fanfret one, i couldn't buy it. i think it would be a better option for me. but this one works just fine. im gonna get some .74s for this and i can finally play some of my favorite modern metal songs in Drop F
oh also, u get a free cable and 2 allen wrenches for adjusting the saddles and the truss rod. thanks a lot for those :D

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