Harley Benton JA-60LH OW

I bought this guitar last month and received it a couple weeks later. Upon taking it out of the box, I could see that the finish was flawless. No bumps or dents or anything of that nature. The colour is much nicer in person than in pictures or videos that I've seen so just based on the looks, this thing is a killer deal. But then I felt the frets... Boy, were those things sharp. And the tuners are awful. They're so stiff, it's like riding a bike while holding the breaks. Luckily I had some nice Hipshot locking tuners from a previous project, and I grabbed some nice graphtech string trees to replace the cheap ones it came with. The guitar sounds as expected, very bright and spanky. The electronics can stay where they are, no problems with them. The guitar I received may have slipped through QC as I had a Harley Benton 5 string bass before and it was much nicer out of the box. With a little TLC for the frets and new locking tuners, this thing is a looker and a player! You will have to put in some more money and work but it's worth it!

Love the color combination on this one. Tort-like pickguard and cream, yummy!
Binding on neck always makes things a little better aesthetics or playability wise (eliminating sharp-fret-end issues most of the time). P-90s are single-coil pickups with a greater output in the midrange. Not the holy grail like so many musicians out there claim (and even more of them hate) but a different sound that you surely won't mind adding to your sonic palette.
Knobs in the way of one's picking/strumming hand in even worse fashion than on a Strat. If you don't mind then you're fine. I for one simply cannot play with those in their original location, so both knobs and pots get removed and thrown in the parts bin. Result: highly playable with an unmuffled full-range sound.
Great little guitar (after the aforementioned modification).

I mean it's my first jazzmaster, its good but the hum is too much. It has good build quality on the outside but inside there are some splinters(quite normal for a cheap guitar) I really like the sound of it, especially the middle position. The bridge pickup is a little bit too hot but not extremely so i don't think it'll be a problem for anyone who wants to buy this guitar. the bridge is upside down .(don't know why maybe there is a reason) I think the body is smaller compared to regular jazzmasters. Also, I WISH it had a tremolo system. Im thinking about changing the pickups and get a trem system. Overall 4/5 cool guitar.