Harley Benton SC-Special TV Yellow

I see that I got the last one before this guitar sold out! Mine came with no black neck (as seen in all internet fotos) and there was a small blemish on the neck too. Thomann is giving me a 30 euro refund. Out of the box the setup was OK. The problem is the big and bulky bridge. It does not allow you to lower the strings very much and the individual settles don’t do anything at all, nor is there much to do with setting intonation. I swapped the bridge out for a Wilkinson WOGT2 52mm Pre-set Ponte Wraparound Bridge (found on Amazon) and I could lower the string action as far as a i wanted and more. The bridge fit perfectly into the body. With the original and this bridge there are only two screws to move the entire bridge back or forward for intonation but I found the intonation is mostly spot on. The frets are OK…the nut was cut OK but I widened the angle of the D and G string as with a Les Paul style guitar these tend to have the most trouble with staying in tune. Also some grease or oil helps in the nut and bridge. I love the pick-ups: strong, meaty and loud and not too much humming for P90’s. The neck is comfortable, not to thick nor thin. The guitar is light too. I don't like the tuners much and will consider an upgrade in the future, but finding the right locking tuners and at a cheap price ain’t easy. All and all it is a great guitar for the price and good to have the P90 crunch in some of my mixes.

Was expecting epiphone quality (the odd sharp fret, faults in finish, horrible hardware, etc.
This guitar has no sharp frets, and despite the expected "cheap" packaging, UPS delivered it from Germany to eastern Canada in 6 days, and the frickin thing was in perfect tune!!
Including customs fees & local Canadian taxes, this guitar came to $254 cheaper than an identical model epiphone at my local chain music store.
A little adjustment on the bridge, new strings & NutSauce, I'm very pleased with this guitar. No faults visible, frets surprisingly smooth from top to bottom.
Pickups are ok. They have that P90 sound, especially the bridge pickup, but can't compete with the fender P90s, which I definitely prefer over the Gibson ones.
I got this to tide me over for P90s while my Noventa Strat is waiting on a new neck (warranty covered, 4 month wait).
The fretboard is flawless.
All the hardware is better than expected, except for the tuners. I expected cheap tuners but would be happy to pay a bit more for something a bit better.
Neck is chunkier than my epiphone es-339, which is fine, but I'd much prefer that the neck NOT be painted. Just a preference.
For value, this is a 5 star instrument, worthy of basic hardware upgrades.