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'All that Glitters is not Gold?'
I have been playing guitar for over 60 years have owned too many to count and having spent many years working on guitar repairs and upgrades regard myself as a guitar Tech. Just received a Harley Benton HB-35 and these are my findings.
Positives:- Fit & finish outstanding for the price. Set-up was perfect.
Negatives:- The nut action is way too high in my view making the guitar unplayable. The nut is of cheap plastic (as expected) I replaced the nut with a quality bone one and set the nut height to correct specs.
The frets require work to polish out the ridges.
The Tuners ie Machine heads are dreadful, complete rubbish, way too much backlash so these need replacing.
The pickups sound Horrible and so need upgrading.
The electrics work but again of poor quality but as expected of a guitar at this price.
Conclusion:- When you take into account the cost to bring this guitar up to a reasonable usable instrument. It would make more sense to buy the Epiphone version instead, you would also enjoy a better resale value.
Positives:- Fit & finish outstanding for the price. Set-up was perfect.
Negatives:- The nut action is way too high in my view making the guitar unplayable. The nut is of cheap plastic (as expected) I replaced the nut with a quality bone one and set the nut height to correct specs.
The frets require work to polish out the ridges.
The Tuners ie Machine heads are dreadful, complete rubbish, way too much backlash so these need replacing.
The pickups sound Horrible and so need upgrading.
The electrics work but again of poor quality but as expected of a guitar at this price.
Conclusion:- When you take into account the cost to bring this guitar up to a reasonable usable instrument. It would make more sense to buy the Epiphone version instead, you would also enjoy a better resale value.
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