Harley Benton MB-20BK Rock Series

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Electric Guitar

  • From the Rock series
  • Basswood body
  • Canadian maple neck
  • Bolt-on neck attachment
  • Amaranth fretboard
  • Dot fretboard inlays
  • Neck profile: C
  • 24 Frets
  • Scale: 648 mm
  • Nut width: 43 mm
  • 2 High-gain humbucker pickups
  • 1 Volume control and 1 tone control
  • 3-Way toggle switch
  • Diecast machine heads
  • Chrome hardware
  • Strings: HB .009 - .042
  • Colour: Black
  • Matching case available under Article Nr 284273 (not included)
Available since August 2017
Item number 410027
Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
Shape Mockingbird
Colour Black
Soundboard Basswood
Top None
Neck Maple
Fretboard Roseacer
Frets 24
Scale 648 mm
Pickups HH
Active Pickups No
Tremolo None
Incl. Case No
Incl. Bag No
$108
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Huge value for money, if not the most comfortable to play
Anon-e-mus 13.07.2021
I had the urge for a small customisation project this summer, so I wanted a cheap guitar I could upgrade. Having good previous experience with Harley Benton I went for the Mockingbird replica which is excellent value for the price.

Pros
- The neck is wonderful for this price! Comfortable "C" shape with a smooth satin finish on the back. No sprouting and the fret ends have been nicely smoothed - great job! Neck was straight, no abnormal fret buzz and no truss rod adjustment required.
- Excellent paint finish, no blemishes or missing spots. Other than a tiny tool mark on the nut this looked perfect out of the box.
- Tuning stability and tuners are good. Machine heads feel precise and tuning only needing a minor correction a week after initial tune-up.

Cons:
- Quality control on the strap buttons was bad. I needed to screw them in tight, since one worked loose after fitting a strap.
- True to the original design, this suffers from neck dive. I've put 400g weights in the control cavity to act as a counter balance, but it's not perfectly balanced yet.

Sounds fine out of the box, with two humbuckers that are well balanced and adequate for the job and there is some warmth from the neck pickup. I was also very impressed there was almost no background noise from the original pickups and electronics. I've replaced the pickups with DiMarzios to give it a more classic hard rock sound.
The biggest drawback is lack of comfort. Because of the design, the neck feels like it starts further back so you need a slightly longer reach. The neck dive I've already described. I had difficulty finding a good posture while standing and playing and I think this could be an uncomfortable instrument for playing a full concert.

For the price this is excellent value. The neck is one of the most crucial parts of any instrument and this plays as well as guitars many times the price. If you can work with the neck dive and overall shape you've got a cool looking instrument for a great price.
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Excellent Metal Guitar
Stonewall 27.12.2021
I absolutely love this guitar although it came with a chipped point from the shipping company which Thomann took care of for me. Great build quality-set up was spot on. I did lower the action and put on heavier gauge strings. Will probably swap out the tuners for black locking ones. Just like the black look. Pickups sound much clearer with more bass than the Harley Benton Warlock I also have purchased recently which has passive humbuckers. The active stock pickups do sound actually really good. Was gonna swap the out for some Lace Dirty Heshers or Emg's but will save those for some other guitars. HB pickups, even stock cheaper ones, sound much better in my opinion than the other low end ceramic pickups found in other less expensive guitars. The stock pickups in both guitars sound really good for a $100 guitar. Neck is straight and smooth with no fret sprout. Will put in a tusq nut but it does stay in tune pretty well with pretty good sustain. The controls and electronics all work and the bridge seems to be pretty good too. I also think it looks amazing. I lost an old neck thru Mockingbird many years ago so very happy to have this guitar. Well done!
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Pathetic assembly quality
Starblind 11.05.2020
The one I got had the neck misaligned with the strings. From fret 12, 1st string is almost impossible to play with. Looks like the holes for neck attachment were drilled in the wrong place. On top of that, scale regulators are made of something far too weak - a screw broke during the first tuning.
The design itself is wrong - the guitar is completely off balance and very hard to play standing, because the neck falls down when let loose.
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Лучшая метал палка п&#1086
Dorsay 20.10.2021
very, very good build quality and great looks
perfect for both beginners and advanced guitarists
the price is very happy
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