I read a lot of reviews here on thomann and online aswell. A lot of them were quite positive and i must say thati am also positively suprised by this guitar.
For starters, the build quality is really good. The fret ends are smoother than on my ibanez rgrt421 which has fairly smooth fret ends, the finish is nice and the roasted maple neck feels amazing. The setup out of the box was also really good. The only thing i did waas just adjust the action and string height to my liking, but thats personal prefference the guitar was playable perfectly fine when i unboxed it. The bridge saddles feel very nicee and smooth and the multiscale feels very natural, which pleasantly suprised me, since other multiscales ive tried felt a bit wierd.
Now a few things that I would like to address are to do with the electronics and the hardware. The pickups on this guitar sound fine, but dont expect them to be on par with the aftermarket stuff. I use the AmpliTube 5 Max plugin for all my guitars and the tone i have is a very djenty and heavy metal tone, however, when i plugged this guitar in it sounded super weak and shallow. When i plugged it into my pedal it suddenly came to life and it sounded fine, even though i did not use any effects which is wierd hahah. The toggle switch is a bit loose but i dont really mind since i use the bridge pickup 90% of the time and the switch works perfectly fine. The tuners are kinda bad, they are very stiff and not very percise but they do the job for slight tunung adjustments. The nut is cut well, ive had no issues with it so far, though i did see a little wood above the nut sticking out, but thats just a cosmetic thing and doesnt impact the guitars playability in any way, which i really dont care about. I also saw a little hole where the fretboard and the neck meet, but again its just a cosmetic thing and doesnt impact playability whatsoever. The guitar looks amazing in person and is not very heavy, it does have a little neck dive but its nothing major and doesnt feel akward. The knobs are very smooth, and the spoke wheel truss rod is really good, its super easy to adjust and it makes everything easier. Though i dont know if its like this on all models, but the truss rod on my guitar is very stiff, but for occasional changes it doesnt really pose an issue.
Overall I am very happy with this guitar, since it costs 426 euro dont expect it to be on par with something like an ibanez prestige, prs or any guitar in the 700 euro and above price range, but the build quality is astounding and the feel is amazing. It feels better than more expensive 7 string guitars ive tried and its a great mod platform. If you wanna test out a 7 string guitar or you just want a reliable instrument that doesnt leave you broke, this is the guitar for you. Though, be aware that if you plan on recording music quite often, or playing live gigs you will definitely have to switch out the tuners and maybe the pickups, but again, it all comes down to personal choice, solid 4 stars for this one
