Harley Benton MR-Classic MBL

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Electric Guitar

  • Vintage Series
  • Basswood body
  • Bolt-on neck made of Canadian A-grade maple
  • Roasted jatoba fingerboard
  • Dot fretboard inlays
  • Matte neck finish
  • Headstock in body colour
  • Double action truss rod
  • Neck profile: C
  • Fretboard radius: 305 mm (12")
  • Nut width: 42 mm
  • Scale: 648 mm
  • Graphite nut
  • 22 Frets
  • Pickups: 2 Artec P-90 Alnico-5 Vintage single coils
  • 1 Volume control and 1 tone control
  • 3-Way switch
  • Fixed bridge
  • Kluson style Wilkinson tuners
  • Deluxe chrome hardware
  • Factory stringing: D'Addarío EXL110 .010 - .046 (art. 104555)
  • Colour: Metallic Blue Gloss
Available since April 2022
Item number 513250
Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
Colour Blue
Soundboard Basswood
Neck Maple
Fretboard Jatoba
Frets 22
Scale 648 mm
Pickup System P90, P90
Tremolo No
Incl. Case No
Incl. Gigbag No
Design Mosrite
Top None
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$199
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Great bang for buck
Matija 11.11.2022
This is a great value guitar and a nice tribute which features both Mosrite and Univox features, but it's not an exact copy. It's a very basic and well made instrument. Hardware is excellent, and upon opening the electronics I found it actually has Korean full size potentiometers and a proper (not pcb) switch. Wiring looks like an expensive hand made job, which is great. Frets are really well polished and leveled. Wilkinson tuners have the classic look, but feel very solid. The only thing I didn't like so much is the sound - for a P90 it's fairly dark and muffled. Of course, it came with 250 pots, so I recommend changing to 500 in the future. All in all this is a great starting platform for moddin the guitar to your liking, with new pickups, adding tremolos, etc.
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Surf paradise!
SergeantSmith86 17.01.2023
Learned to play on my grandpa's original 60's signature model of what this guitar is based on and fortunately this guitar is lighter, more stable and the neck is much wider allowing for my fat fingers to find those notes so much easier. The soapbar style pups are smooth and sound great on all the classics through my hotrod deluxe. Just wish it had a vintage tremolo or a tune-o-matic/stopbar setup to pop one on without drilling into its beautiful metallic blue carved top! Keep up the great work HB!
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Harley Benton MR-classic MBL
Grimace 30.08.2023
Purchased this over a month ago and overall a decent guitar. Some imperfections with the finish in a lot of areas which are mostly cosmetic. Thomann were very quick to address my concerns and gave me the option to either return for a full refund or keep it and receive a partial refund. I kept it and they refunded me a portion of the cost. The tuners are very jerky which makes tuning a pain but once in tune, it stays in tune decently. Very fuzzy on the low end and sounds great with some overdrive and distortion. They are definitely the best guitars you can get at that price point.
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It looks fab and sounds decent but,,
Hank Daniels 06.03.2024
It doesn't seem to have been setup even half decently before shipping. Sharp fret edges too.
I had a shop do a setup on it but it's still difficult to keep it in tune. To be fair Thomann did offer To let me return it,but I had thrown the packaging away so it was just too much hassle for me. I'm about to sell it for whatever I can get . It has put me off ordering any more H.B guitars if this is typically how they are sent out.
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