Hey Mate! Are you still with this guitar? I´m considering buy one and your video helps a lot, wanna grab it very soon Btw thanks for the tips about oiling the scale too, awesome channel, sub! Cheers

I have this guitar too and I've just gotta say, completely satisfied!! It sounds better than my other guitars. It's got a deeper/richer tone and it's pretty comfortable to play once you get used to the wider neck. going from this back to a 6-string makes the 6-string feel like a ukulele. lol

When I see an 8 string I immediately think about Doom. Rip and tear until it is done!

Great review Alessandro! Thanks for sharing all the pros and cons. Subbed for sure!

Fantastic review. And one of the best unboxings I seen.

00:00 Quick intro song 01:42 Overview 02:13 Unboxing 08:44 Newbie mistake 09:42 Guitar specs 10:28 Signal and FX chain 10:51 Live playing chuggs 16:50 QC issues 19:24 My conclusions 21:00 Shameless self promotion ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hi! I'm Alessandro, but everyone calls me Ale! I'm a metalhead guitarist, self-taught musician and nerdy video editor from the Republic of San Marino 🇸🇲! In my KZfaq channel I mostly publish reviews of VST plugins, amp sims and guitars, as well as my own music plus video and audio production tutorials!

This video was great. I love your honesty. I got lots of hate for my honest review of an HB bass so be prepared for some outrage. But again, great review!

I like how they made the control routing big enough to easily convert to active pickups and put a battery in there. Seems intentional. Thanks for the review!

I was really expecting demiurge sir so thank you

Great Video! I really want to try out one for myself! But next is a Schecter. I just love a transparent top more than the solid black tops. 😁

Nice review, and very honest. I appreciated! Regards from France :)

I been playing 6 string for 15 years I'm really considering this for my first 8 string cause if I hate the extra strings I'm not in too deep

I upgraded my guitar to this harley benton 8 strings, sent to a luthier to adjust, put 0.10 to 0.74 earnie ball 2625 strings,made a new graphite nut, Tunned in 1D 2A 3F 4C 5G 6C 7A 8D, now i have a dropped guitar with 2 string bass on top, no cover song is let out,i can play from low meshuggah to wathever on E Standard,nowadays with any pedal or decent amp you have a profesional sound, i use guitar rig from my pc and i plug my guitar on any gear when im plyaying out,NO REGRETS AT ALL !!!

Do you think the body and neck are okay? I dont know if to buy this and upgrade or go for a Schecter omen8 and still upgrade it If the wood is equivalent to a 400€ 8 string then i will go for it

pretty good solo !

Thanx bro🎉

Just got mine, HB 8 string, black. First multi scale. Decided to go for B E A D G B E A. I don't want a bass and a guitar, I want an extended scale.

That riff was sick

Excellent review Ale \m/ Cheers !!!! Nice budget guitar, does it stay in tune??? I bought an Agile Septor 827 standard, and the Cepheus (passive) stock pickups sound very good in Archetype Abasi. Best Regards.

My fiance ordered me one for christmas, gonna need to do a deep clean!

Great video my friend! I wanted to ask you, do these pickups come with 4 wires to do coil split? Thanks! 😀

I just bought this i ordered better pick ups and im changing the string gauge to 15 to 105. It should be fun

Bro,did the 10-74 strings fit well in that nut?Mine came with 09-65 and not sure if i have to adjust the holes in the nut.Just to mention i replaced the stock pickups with Fishman Fluence Tosin Abasi set.It turned out really good.

you champion you make that shit sound incredible

Hi, Ale. Good demo! I feel encouraged to get one of these to try an experiment. I think it might be possible to convert this into a 12 string double course drop octave, if I can find a bridge that could be modified. I play bass VI, and want a 12 string like the Burns Hank Marvin plays on the song, "On The Beach", from the Cliff Richard film, Wonderful Life. for some reason Burns quickly discontinued their drop octave version of the Double Six. I like a wide fretboard, and this might support the 12 strings with a new nut and bridge. I have a strong utilitarian streak, but The main problem I have is the look of the thing, and the pickups. My preference would be lipstick pickups. And I like a more vintage look, but for the price I could deal with it. Will definitely play it through a guitar cabinet. It would be for "low" guitar parts, not as the bass.

Hey what amp software are you using?

Ciao Alessandro, grazie per il video. In generale cosa ne pensi? Vale la pena fare un tentativo o è meglio comprare qualcosa di meglio fin da principio? Grazie!

My expectations are really LOOOOW (cuac!)

is lemon oil good for Amaranth fretboard? great review btw.. thanks!

I thought this had active pickups. I didn’t see any battery in the video

Its pretty rough out of the box. Frets are absolutely amateurishly polished. And the packaged strings will not do the job for the F# tuning. But its a great option to pick up an 8 string.

i was thinking of demiurge and he plays it that scared me 💀

lol I had the same issue with they're strings.

Thanks for this vid i love cheap guitars i just change the pick ups then enlarge the nuts to put much much heavier strings file the fret board and put in a killswitch and youd never believe its the same guitar im gonna set this up with 15 to 105 gauge tuned G#C#G#C#G#C#F#A#

I will panic if you are wearing a different shirt.

4:16, bro why the sub title there, that is so outta pocket

Meshuggah

Secondo me la cosa pessima sono i pick-up, il resto della chitarra non è male