Harley Benton Amarok-BT BKNT Flame Burst

Es una guitarra bastante impresionante para su calidad-precio, excelente para tocar metal por su escala barítona que hace que se mantengan rígidas las cuerdas en las afinaciones graves sin perder tono, su diseño de neck-through de 5 partes hace que aumente el sustain bastante bien. El diapason que es en forma de C le va bien a mi mano, pues es bastante grueso y se acopla bien a mi mano, siento que este exceso de madera también afecta al tono de manera positiva, pero tal ves a alguien con manos pequeñas no lo sienta comodo, un punto negativo es que al tener mas madera el mástil se vuelve muy pesado y tienda a caer.
Otro detalle es que el potenciómetro de volumen rosa con la madera, se puede solucionar jalando un poco la perilla hacia arriba, pero puede que se baje al usarla. La entrada de la pila es bastante genérica, en lo personal es algo incomoda de poner.
La guitarra ya biene ajustada de fabrica, pero pude sentir un poco de disonancia al tocar dos cuerdas después del traste 12,solo es un pequeño ajuste de octavacion y ya

Es un guitarrón, pero tiene un problema de entonación muy importante. Llevo casi 2 semanas con ella, y es una gran molestia. He intentado ajustarlo pero no se puede. He contactado con alguna persona que le ha pasado lo mismo, asi que puede que haya varios modelos con este problema.

La cejuela hace que alguna cuerda este más baja que otras, y hace que roce con el diapasón, aunque subas la acción del puente (siempre puedes cambiar la cejuela fácilmente, pero me parece importante). Los controles rozan mucho con el cuerpo, y el selector de pastillas esta muy suelto, aunque funciona bien.

It's almost annoying that there's no real competition for the specs of this guitar. Depending on what kind of model you're used to, the body might take a bit to get used to, and if you haven't played baritones before (like me), you might be a tiny bit alienated for the first 5 minutes, but that disappears almost immediately.

I can't say I can notice a huge difference in the sound from the baritone scale length, but I can barely feel the longer neck in the first place. It's only a 27 neck, which is barely in the baritone ball park anyways.Whether this is worth it for you is entirely up to your priorities. Would you sacrifice a tiny tiny amount of comfort for a tiny tiny amount of tone or vice versa? Then again, it's probably much more noticeable on higher end amplification e.g. not my 200 euro practice amp.

Honestly, the biggest change in sound might reasonably be the wound g string. Do keep in mind I'm playing a 12-68 set in C standard, which is higher than most people use baritones. Perhaps the neck shines through in tunings lower than B. Still a unique and satisfying feel though.

The quality control can be a bit nefarious, but with Thomann's return policy it should really never be a major concern unless your packages take a month to arrive and you have no patience. If you don't need it right NOW you might as well gamble with a b stock to save some cash.

The tuners seem fine (I have no experience with locking tuners so I can't really comment well), the input jack is decently responsive (although it doesn't seem like it will survive for more than like, 2 years), the volume knob is cut weirdly and scrapes against the body when turned (really easy fix that everyone can probably do though).

As for the EMG's, I have a really bad ear for comparing stuff when it's not like, a direct playback comparison, so I can't really comment much on their sound quality. If you haven't used actives in the past, it takes a bit to get used to having to unplug when you're not playing to conserve battery life. Not exactly a concern or anything, just something I wish I didn't need to do, but that's extremely picky. According to other, more experienced players, they sound less compressed than EMG 81s, basically kinda like more aggressive passive pups. No complaints here. They don't limit your sound much, and it's not like you can't get a satisfying clean or crunch sound with em.

All of these things barely matter. The only real issue I can see with this guitar is that it might just not inspire you. An instrument with 3/4ths of these specs with a finish that makes you want to play it more is probably more worth it imo.