Reviews

Really nice brown burst top. The wide neck is pretty wild, yielding a string spacing that allows easy fingerstyle play (I mainly play classical or flamenco guitars). It makes a huge difference. Thanks!

As a lefty, it is extremely difficult to find an extended range guitar. Especially one as high of quality as this one. I'm impressed with the craftsmanship of this beast. Hopefully, I can post some videos soon.

This Halo guitar plays nicer than 6 other guitars I have, including one that costs twice as much. The Octavia is now the guitar that I do all my hours of practicing on and I also use it for the majority of my recordings and performances as well.

This is the first time I have ordered a guitar off of a web site without ever playing the product. This guitar is actually not as expensive as some of the guitars that I already have, but is quickly becoming my favorite. The extra wide neck is perfect because I have very big hands. After playing other popular name brand guitars for over 30 years I feel like ive finally got the guitar I was meant to have. The neck plays like a dream. I originally ordered the natural wood finish but the guys at Halo showed me two new finishes for 2020 and gave me the option to switch the finish. Which I did. I would call it a brown burst but the finish is awesome. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for such a beautiful guitar. It looks amazing, sounds amazing, and with 30+ guitars in my collection, I cant put this one down. Well done!!

I love the guitar! Communication was good throughout the process. I got the extra wide neck with bare knuckles and a brown burst. This thing is awesome!

It's a beautiful instrument. The scalloped fretboard is amazing, and everything on the guitar looks and feels lovingly designed and built. Even the selection of different thicknesses of plectrum was extremely thoughtful and professional. Your company is evidently committed to quality and attention to detail, and that's great to see.

- The combination of 27" scale length, 7 strings, and evertune is absolutely killer for low-end riffage - tight and accurate.
- Beautiful finish!
- Fair price
- Marcus Henderson very helpful - good guy to talk to.
- Get yourself a Halo - you won't regret it!

The combination of 27" scale length, 7 strings, and Evertune is absolutely killer for low-end riffage - tight and accurate.

- Beautiful finish!
- Fair price
- Marcus Henderson very helpful - a good guy to talk to.
- Get yourself a Halo - you won't regret it!

Seems pretty flawless... Great Work!

I love the beauty of the natural-finish Swamp ash wood, the curves, the accessibility of the upper frets, and the touch of the Tung-finished neck. It plays great. I couldn’t ask for a better guitar.

The minimalist aesthetic is very pleasing, pickups are great with a nice range, sound is great, most of all it inspires me to keep going/relearning guitar because large fingers can be a real challenge. I had an old strat---this is much lighter and way easier to play, I'd pick it over the strat anyday. Workmanship, finish, attention to detail, packaging all first-rate. Finally, all my notes ring out!

The guitar is absolutely beautiful and is truly a work of art. It sounds amazing and has an amazing tone. I’m overwhelmed by the sheer majesty of the instrument.

You guys have done an amazing job.

I love the way that one sounds and plays. Both pickups together are great too. When I first played it, the neck sounded louder than the bridge pickup, which I expected, and I lowered the neck pickup to compensate, and now it is perfect. The guitar feels great, the weight is perfect, the contours are nice and it feels wonderful in my hands.

Took over 2 years with minimal updates from the company. On one of the multiple times I had to chase them up, I was told they had to start from scratch because of a change in law to do with rosewood and they damaged the body trying to remove some parts. Needless to say I was not impressed that the only reason I found this out was when I was chasing them for an update because they were already 3 months overdue from the last time they had pushed back my order (sounds confusing? Imagine how I felt having to deal with these guys) . I wouldn't recommend Halo. Personally, I felt they were abusing the fact I was ordering from outside the US. Ending on a positive though, when the guitar eventually arrived it was very good.

Custom Shape guitar. Love it. Fit and finish perfect. Quality and consistency of Abalone inlays great. Placement and centering of components accurate. Fret job top notch.

It's beautifully made - even Arnold would be hard-pushed to find any issues. The build quality is easily on par with the best I've seen, and somewhat better than the average Gibson. I have big hands and fat fingers, so I'd been on the lookout for guitars with wider-than-standard necks for a while.

Playing-wise, it took a me a while to adjust to the super-wide neck and particularly the wider string spacing at the bridge. I might have to lower the action a trifle once it's settled in and - in an ideal world - I think I would have preferred a slightly fatter neck carve. But once I got used to it - wow!

Plugged straight into a single ended non-MV tube amp, it sounds stupendous. The tone is huge. There's an endless range of sounds from those BK Blackhawks - anything from sparkly clean single-coil jangle or shimmer to searing or thick saturated overdrive on the bridge and front p/ups, respectively. The sustain is superb. Chords ring out forever and it just sings on the higher frets. Like the very best of guitars, single notes bloom and last indefinitely with a touch of vibrato. And, as I'd expect from BK p/ups, note definition is excellent, even on heavy overdrive, and it cleans up beautifully from the guitar and responds well to picking dynamics.

So, to summarize my first impressions - it's up there with best guitar I've ever owned (a Gibson Les Paul Heritage Series Standard 80 Elite, to give it its wondrous full name) for tonal complexity and sustain - and far better in terms of versatility. I have a feeling the Halo is going to become my Number 1 instrument.

Keep up the great work

Give Halo a shot you will not question it. The build quality, playability and customer service is top notch. I just purchased my second one after having the Merus for only 1 day

I ordered an Octavia WIDE NECK (50 mm) Halo guitar, and I really love it. After playing it for only a short time I realized that having an electric guitar with a neck with identical specs as a classical guitar opens up a vast number of possibilities not before possible. It’s the only electric guitar I‘ve ever played that I am comfortable finger picking as well as playing with a pick. And because of the shape of the guitar I can play it seated like a classical guitar, but it is also nice to play standing up. The guitar is amazing in its craftsmanship, very easy to play with its low action, and is beautiful to look at.

Great Deal A+ all the way Thanks

It’s a no-nonsense guitar built to be light and strong. A simple design without too many bells & whistles let’s you just focus on picking it up and playing. The intonation all the way up the neck is unlike any other guitar I have personally owned and I love having two full octaves to play with. Since I don’t have to worry about keeping it in tune, my practice/writing is less interrupted. Also the tone is great with or without distortion. I’m fully satisfied with this purchase

Stunning guitar! Thanks

6 string, Clarus Style, 25.5 Fender scale, custom electric guitar.

Incredible looking and sounding guitar. Halo has done a great job with this whole model. The Evertune bridge is amazing; it was in perfect tuning right out of the shipping box. Smooth neck, super playable, no complaints!

Custom built electric solidbody