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Bought this on behalf of a friend who asked me to find him a decent budget guitar; after trawling eBay for a bit I decided I might just as well buy new. This is a good-looking guitar with nicely-done 'burst and binding; it's let down visually by the cheap-looking bridge inlays, and a scratchplate that was clearly stuck on in a hurry! I took it off and the guitar looks fine without it.
Action was high out of the box, but playability was surprisingly good; I took the bridge down a little and tweaked the truss rod, and although it's still on the high side for my taste (I mainly play electric) it's perfectly usable. Some work on the nut would no doubt improve it further. Sonically it's bright and bold, and I imagine it would record nicely. I'm not a fan of under-saddle pickups but the supplied Fishman unit is a simple, good-sounding system and is all you need for live amplification. At £140 I'd say this guitar is excellent value for money.
Action was high out of the box, but playability was surprisingly good; I took the bridge down a little and tweaked the truss rod, and although it's still on the high side for my taste (I mainly play electric) it's perfectly usable. Some work on the nut would no doubt improve it further. Sonically it's bright and bold, and I imagine it would record nicely. I'm not a fan of under-saddle pickups but the supplied Fishman unit is a simple, good-sounding system and is all you need for live amplification. At £140 I'd say this guitar is excellent value for money.
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Not really a King
Just received this Harley-Benton and unfortunately the first thing I noticed was the scratch-plate was not fully stuck down, not a good beginning. Looks pretty good and actually matches the advert pictures. Sound is not too bad, a 195 Euro / £140 sound so cannot complain about price. Quite heavy in weight if one is planning to perform with it on stage but if you are, I would go for something different.
All in all, probably worth the asking price but for me , this will be my last Harley Benton purchase," NON-STICK" scratch-plate and all.
All in all, probably worth the asking price but for me , this will be my last Harley Benton purchase," NON-STICK" scratch-plate and all.
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Good value guitar for practice.
This guitar needed setting up in order for me to really get to grips with it but once set up, I enjoyed playing it. Reasonable quality, good value for money and a nice tone!
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