I wanted to get essentially a fretless version of the Squire Bass VI Vibe guitar, and virtually no company I can seem to find on any corner of this earth seems to mass produce any form of fretless Bass VI guitar, so I decided to find a custom guitar company to help me out here. Was quite discouraged to find that almost none of them offered an option to make a fretless guitar, or it would be something needed in a sort of "special instructions" section, and if I was lucky enough to find a company that 1. Didn't hide their price and 2. Had the option to make this kind of guitar for less than 13,000 dollars, because while I might have taken the plunge on getting a $4,500 guitar, that's like, my hard line limit for how much I'm willing to spend, and it's not like it had to be that much money but my goal was to have a good sounding direct guitar signal, so I kinda went hard on the pickups and the pickup switches and the killswitch lol, and the functionality of the instrument really mattered to me which is where things like the zero fret came in, and ultimately I settled at that and a cohesive look, I could have customized it super extreme crazy cool but I'm not the kind of person to spend over 500-700 dollars on any guitar, I don't have some enormous collection of shiny guitars I have for their 'aesthetic' I just want to have a diverse set of sound sources available for the kind of music I make and if a customized guitar was my only way to it, then I was determined to find it and Halo absolutely worked wonders. Fretless was an option, the price was out in the open and auto calculated, and the options available and the price points for them, yes expensive, but clearly and 'retraceably' (for lack of a better word) realistic, my immediate turnoff for most of these companies were these, yes, cool, guitars, but vaguely and expensively priced guitars, like, "check out this double necked guitar for $13,000 or you can get the single neck for $9,000" with very little detail as to why it costs that much, like, I'll just get a car with those numbers holy crap lol. But I digress, Halo made it possible to have both ends of the spectrum with fretted and fretless Baritone Bass VI, fretted and fretless bass, I do have an acoustic Bass VI but not a fretless acoustic Bass VI but I don't think I'm gonna be in a position to change that any time soon but that's alright because this guitar already is almost acoustic with the semi hollow body so I'm kinda covered I think lol.

In shorter words, I like it a lot and think it will fill some gaps that a fretted guitar simply can't do the same. The way the timbre of the strings just shift as you slide, it creates it's own unique resonance that I just love the sound of, I'll admit, without any reference or bassline or something to play to, playing chords or anything like that in tune is HARD AS HELL with fretless instruments but when you record the take that's just right, it's much more than right lol. I'm not much of a performance person, I won't be taking anything to a stage or anything like that, I don't do that, I'm a producer, and I see this thing as a really, really neat tool that stands out from others, and I couldn't have gotten it from any other company than Halo.
I don't know how his wages work but if whoever Jeff Lee and Brandon Benedict's bosses are, should give them a raise or at least some kudos for their work cause they have been great support in the whole process, if you guys are reading, thank you!!

Ordered a custom purple 7 string electric guitar, and it meets all expectations!!

Overall, very pleased with the actual guitar. After thoroughly inspecting it myself and testing it, it plays and looks beautiful. I do wish it wasn't such a struggle to stay updated... but otherwise, staff was very friendly and helpful on answering questions.

I ordered a custom Merus 6 string guitar with all the bells and whistles. It took a while to get here but I love it. Love the configurator, the call with Jeff to consult on what I wanted, and the ease of the payment process.

Custom guitar. I got exactly what I ordered. It looks amazing and sounds great!

TJ Baritone, I absolutely LOVE it! This is my fourth Halo, you guys just keep on getting better!

The ONLY thing wrong with it is the back color was supposed to be blue, with black burst. They did the turquoise with black and blue burst instead. (The front colors) Still nicer than my Fender Sixty-Six.

Absolutely LOVING this guitar! It looks incredible and plays beautifully! All customization came exactly as I designed. The materials and quality of the work are great. Inlays, fretwork, and electronics all seem to be done excellently. I love the custom body shape and striking finish look amazing, the neck-through constriction is smooth, and the BKP Juggernauts sound perfect. Incredible work. It looks and sounds awesome. Also, though lead times were large, the guitar came in earlier than expected.

CONS: (very minor!)

I was a bit surprised to find that the cavity cover for the floyd rose isn’t inset and doesn’t sit flush with the body of the guitar (and was also left unpainted), and so the back of the guitar isn’t as comfortable or aesthetic as it could be, but is otherwise phenomenal and quite beautiful.

The top is absolutely beautiful, but for the price point, perhaps have an even higher grade top wood would make sense. I also expected a more noticeable and less subtle ‘carved top’ (as this one looks very good but is nearly flat).

I absolutely LOVE this guitar. I would have given 4.5 stars if I could, because it is incredible, high quality, and certainly deserves more than four stars, but for nearly $5k, it should be flawless and mind-blowing quality.

Since it came with everything I could've needed, I probably will never buy another guitar again.

Got the guitar ahead of schedule and am very pleased with it. Great professional looks and playability. One thing that stands out to me is that your setup makes a noticeable difference in playability compared to the Warmoth creations setup by me. I'm playing faster and easier on this guitar. This guitar also is my favorite of the four Halo guitars made by you.

Custom Salvus. I love it, beautiful build and it sounds great.

It is a true thing of beauty. Very well made. I love the tone as well (better than my Gretch Country Gentleman).
The solid maple top and the Lolar pickups have a warm / twangy tone. Perfect for jazz or country.
The wider neck is great for the fingerstyle and jazz pieces I usually play.

My compliments to the builder. This will be a treasured possession for the rest of my life.

I ordered a custom six string guitar and I love it. My guitar is the coolest, sleekest thing I’ve ever seen. My family loves it.

I ordered a 2021 Headless Octavia with 24" scale length, 1 7/8" nut, Hipshot headless bridge system and standard Halo pickups. So, far I love it.

Jeff sent me a new guitar case to replace the damaged case. Now my ideal Halo Custom Shop Seraphim will have a solid protection. Other shortcomings were also successfully eliminated. Thank you so much Jeff!

I think the final product was excellent! It sounds great, it feels nice to play, and everything came that I asked for. Jeff did a great job with customer service and helping me with the specs and clarifying what I would like, and Brandon was awesome with making sure my order was complete and shipped out when I reached out to him.

I ordered a custom fretless guitar with my specs and it was executed flawlessly and beautifully.

Great customer service and the guitar is magnificent!

You guys did one of my client's guitars. Got an 8 string custom with Evertune and it’s the best 8 string on the market. My guitar players LOVE this thing. Halo can improve with more brand recognition because the product is better than its competitors.

Ordered a custom 6 string seraphim body/demon headstock back in Dec 2014. This overdue review is for the entire ordering experience as well as the guitar itself.
Communication: Excellent. A 90 day lead time was an unrealistic lead time, but communication was sorted out. Expect a year, anything earlier is a bonus.
Quality: Good. Tone/Vol knobs not flush, but manageable. Frets were a little rough on sides, some buzzing on 13th and 14th frets of hi E, but I didn’t bother to send it back… my rookie mistake. Otherwise, contour/color/finish are excellent.
Overall: I would definitely revisit and go back to Halo for another one. They’ve come a long way since 2014 (based on the more recent pictures and reviews) and I’m looking forward to designing my next custom guitar with Jeff and the team.

I ordered the halo Merus custom, it is amazing. Really smooth, worth every penny. Response times take a little long...