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TLDR: get this guitar, change the pickups and strings.

Relative to its price this guitar should be 5 stars across the board but if we put the price aside, then I do have a major complaint and a very small one:

- the pickups are high output which is ideal for metal but for some reason the chugachuga is not delivering as I imagined they would, perhaps it would be a good idea to swap em for some seymore Duncans or fishmans.
- the stock strings are a joke, change em right away

But when you add the price to the equation, well these 2 things are to be expected, all things being considered, this is a great instrument to get started into the 7 string world which was my intention and I would suppose your intention too.

A few positive surprises

- I would recommend getting this version over the cheaper matte black one, this one just looks much much prettier, for 50 $$ more you get a white neck binding and also the quilted maple top, I know it's looks but I'd say it's nice to have a guitar that looks somewhat nice, I think it motivates one to pick the instrument up and play.

Last minute edit: I noticed that the headstock had a small dent on one of the pointy parts on the white binding side, I had a close look and it seems like the QC peeps or perhaps somebody at Thomann added a bit of white paint to hide it :D Oh well. Will keep the guitar anyway.

I bought it for 299 Euros. It had some minor flaws but nothing that affects playability or sound. It was more like aesthetics on the back of the guitar rather than something serious.

Nevertheless if you want a beautiful, cheap but an enough decent 7-string guitar you should buy it.

I like playing it because the setup of the guitar it helps you with soloing a lot.

To my ears the magnets are in the metal side and have a very heavy sound. The clean parts are also good.

In general it is a very nice guitar based on the price, and you won't regret it.