HK
Good basic instrument
I bought the HB R-456 primarily as a modding platform, so it works okay for my use. Expected to do more setup work for instrument in this price-range. Tuners are not great, they feel loose and not very accurate. One of the tuners had a missing backplate and had glue or other substance in the gear. Got a replacement part from Thomann to replace faulty tuner.
Fret ends feel nice, but you can see filing marks at the ends. Frets are a bit scratchy, but with a quick polish fine. No low or high frets. The D-shape makes neck feel wide at the first frets, even though the nut width is standard 43mm. Fretboard was also bone dry, and required oiling right out of the box.
The stock pickups are as described, high gain to a point that getting a clean sound requires rolling down volume to about 5-6. Even then the sound is quite harsh and trebley, with in comparison little low end. Possibly could be fixed with proper EQ, but don't have a parametric eq in my amp. Pickups are mostly silent when idle. I have a set of Fishman Fluence pickups that I planned to install into the guitar anyway, so for me the pickups were not an issue.
Bridge doesn't feel high quality, but keeps tune, and fine tuners work. My low E-string kept coming off while tuning when i got the guitar, but I assume is a setup issue (not tight enough at bridge end). The trem bar feels nice, and locks into place with the nut which is a nice bonus. Intonation was spot on from the factory.
Electronics otherwise seem fine, selector switch is okay and knobs stay on. The output jack was not properly tightened, but an easy fix.
Finish and feel of body and neck are excellent, no complaints.
All in all expect to do a little bit of setup work and maybe polish on the frets and you've got fast playing low action modern metal guitar.
Fret ends feel nice, but you can see filing marks at the ends. Frets are a bit scratchy, but with a quick polish fine. No low or high frets. The D-shape makes neck feel wide at the first frets, even though the nut width is standard 43mm. Fretboard was also bone dry, and required oiling right out of the box.
The stock pickups are as described, high gain to a point that getting a clean sound requires rolling down volume to about 5-6. Even then the sound is quite harsh and trebley, with in comparison little low end. Possibly could be fixed with proper EQ, but don't have a parametric eq in my amp. Pickups are mostly silent when idle. I have a set of Fishman Fluence pickups that I planned to install into the guitar anyway, so for me the pickups were not an issue.
Bridge doesn't feel high quality, but keeps tune, and fine tuners work. My low E-string kept coming off while tuning when i got the guitar, but I assume is a setup issue (not tight enough at bridge end). The trem bar feels nice, and locks into place with the nut which is a nice bonus. Intonation was spot on from the factory.
Electronics otherwise seem fine, selector switch is okay and knobs stay on. The output jack was not properly tightened, but an easy fix.
Finish and feel of body and neck are excellent, no complaints.
All in all expect to do a little bit of setup work and maybe polish on the frets and you've got fast playing low action modern metal guitar.
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