Harley Benton Baritone-7 SBK

I reviewed the guitar on youtube..i know links are not allowed here. but look for "cory mura" on youtube and you will get a lot of informations and sounds about this guitar.thx.

i received the guitar with a good setup,lowered it a little bit...perfect. no dead spots,excellent.
the first thing you notice is the very cool look. agressive but stylish. the finish is something i would describe as "semi-satin"..it still got some shine to it but is satin.
the pickups look almost like BKPs and got much clarity and can handle the 7th string very nice...all 7 strings sounds balanced and can give you nice cleans and work extremely well with gain.
my guitar weights 3.5kg is balanced on my leg and on a strap..no neck dive.
the whole construction is something you wouldnt expect in this price range. the neck-through design is something you will want on every guitar from now on. you can reach the 24th fret without any problems.
i could go on and on here.
so: highly recommended guitar...this machine here competes with everything double the price and higher imo.
dont get fooled by the price tag!
some tiny problems in finish around the neck/body area like always,thats it. i gave it 4 stars in features because most HBs nowadays come with coil split...these pickups here are splittable but they didnt use it...but thats picky.

Use:
I bought this guitar in order to get myself into this modern seven string metal guitar trend and I have to say, it's fantastic for its price.

Pros:
- Baritone neck, which increases stability for low tunings (tested as far as Drop D Octave)
- Locking tuners, which give this instrument absurd stability. It is unreal!
- Blade magnet stock pickups - I plan to change them, but they sound quite well and have very good presence;
- Satin painted neck - Smooth, fast feeling and extremely comfortably sized. It is worth noting that it is a bit bigger than a 6 string guitar;
- Very good weight - Despite not having the numbers, I have played with it a lot and I place it between a classic strat and an Ibanez superstrat in terms of weight;
- It chugs and it djents well.

Cons:
- As with almost all HB guitars, this one had a few sharp frets and a few dead ones, but nothing that cannot be fixed;
- The pickups can do metal, very aggressively even, but they lack the definition needed for modern guitar tones and those big seven string chords;

Conclusion:
If you have read this far, simply add it to the cart and take it home! It is a monster machine and it feels great even for people with small hands such as myself. I have done everything on it from recording my solo album to doing covers of bands that range from Sabaton to Feared and to Periphery.

I was a little hesitant but wanted to buy a seven string guitar, I was looking at the fan fret models and some other more expensive ones but pulled the trigger on this one. I made the right choice, what an awesome guitar. The neck feels amazing and is very comfortable, it is a stunning guitar look wise.I love the shape of the headstock and the locking tuners make it stay in tune very well. I love playing this guitar over many of my others, it just feels comfortable.

Use: I'm a professional musician, gig weekly and do recordings. The guitar does a great job and I would not be afraid to take it out for gigging at all.

Clarity: the sound is great, don't compare it to the abasi pickups or something like that but they sound really good. They actually have a clear sound even when distorted.

Pros: Look, feel, neck size, sound, tuning stability.

Cons: I use this guitar in drop runnings and in some o the lower runnings I the 7th string buzzed, and yes I do use a high tension on the 7th string to avoid this. I just adjusted the nut's 7 string depth a little. Zero fret buzz now.

Overall I could not get anything even close to this guitar for the price, it could well be 3 or 4 times the price and still be worth it especially being a baritone guitar with makes it even better. Great job on this one Thomann.

This is my first 7 strings guitar, I have to say that I really like the quality on this instrument, since I took it out of the box, the painting job and the fretwork looks amazing, there are some slightly differences to the one shown on the website, for example the humbuckers are a little bit different, now it comes with 8 rails but they are thinner than the ones on picture, each humbucker has 4 rails, don't know if there is any difference on sound from the previous model but I would say sounds OK.

I like the body, it is kind of slim but well designed.

Out of the box the guitar came properly set up to my liking

keeps the tuning very well

If you want to experiment with 7 string guitar, this would be a good option, if quality is consistent on all these models, Thomann is doing an excellent 7 string guitar

I would say this guitar should come with more color options, that would be excellent for this model instead of just black, I suggest this guitar should be on blue, red and white, with the same type of painting job, that matte is nice to have on those other colors for this model.

I would say this is an excellent choice for metal style

I've bought 2 of these so far, and I believe an update on my review is necessary.

This guitar is an absolute no-brainer! Although the first one I bought had some small issues with fret buzz, it was nothing anyone couldn't fix. I had someone come into my studio and he was blown away by the guitar and bought it from me for almost the same price as a new one. Recently, I purchased another one and it was even better set up than the last one! The build quality is superb, the pickups are very good and the look is just out of this world.

Whether or not you're looking for your 1st 7-string guitar, or a beautiful addition to your collection, this thing is an absolute steal for the money. Cannot recommend highly enough!

Guys i have the guitar for 2 months it was my first 7 string and i love it you get so many features for so little money you feel like you stole it. I play it every day have no real problems with it. Pickups are awesome and sound like my emg 81/85 guitars locking tuners work great and its comfy to play. The guitar has some cons that for my opinion are so minor i dont even care to mention them considering the price. Remember guys the most ipmortant aspects of an instrument like sound playability and reliability at not notch. In summary i love it its by far my favorite guitar with its stealthy matte black looks <3. Good job harley benton u make dreams come true for us that cant spend a fortune for our love of music. I am planning to buy the 8 string version in the near future for sure!