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Harley Benton ST-20HSS SB Standard Series

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Electric guitar

Body: Basswood
Neck: Maple
Neck profile: Modern C
Fretboard: Roseacer
Fretboard radius: 350 mm
DOT fretboard inlays
22 Frets
Scale: 648 mm
Nut width: 42 mm
Double-action truss rod
Pickups: 1 Humbucker and 2 single coils
1 Volume control and 2 tone controls
5-Way switch
Chrome hardware
Synchronised tremolo
Closed machine heads
Strings: .009 - .042
Colour: 3-Tone Sunburst
Corresponding cases: Article Nr 122213 and Article Nr 136377 (both not included)

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Colour	Sunburst
Body	Basswood
Top	None
Neck	Maple
Fretboard	Roseacer
Frets	22
Scale	648 mm
Pickups	HSS
Tremolo	Vintage
incl. Bag	No
incl. Case	No

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Alex the strummer, 25.09.2020

To be true, it is my first electric instrument and I have only positive impressions about it. As I used to play acoustic guitar it was important for me to try as much as possible versatile instrument to understand if electric is mine, and I made the right decision when chose the Harley Benton ST-20HSS SB Standard Series. After several months, of course, I want some more and sometimes look for more advanced instrument, but then I take this guitar in my hands and understand that I didn't try this or this... It is amazing, and by this I remembered my teenages when I got my first classic guitar :)

To criticize I should only mention (1) some negligible cosmetic roughnesses (but they are almost invisible), (2) a bit angled neck (the fat E string sometimes goes out from neck on higher frets) and (3) some instability in the tone controls work in the neck-mid position (in the beginning sometimes they did nothing in this position, sometimes worked correctly, but today its ok, what was the reason I don't know). Netherless, all these critic comments are nothing at the background of overall price/quality relation.

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Everything is super!

Anton Ibragimov, 20.08.2021

I wanted to be a rock-star one day. But I only have a classical guitar. And you can't really play rock on it. And not only rock, but also blues, funk, and so on.
And, wandering around the Internet, I came across such a wonderful store - Thomann. I compared and weighed all the prices, and concluded that any product here comes out cheaper than ours in Kazakhstan.
As a result, as a beginner, I chose the budget model. And I never regret it. The build quality is excellent. The guitar looks even better than in the photo. Everything is set up and tightened. Everything sounds great (although I tried it only in 1 combo - Harley Benton HB-15GXD JamBox, but I think it will be fine in any device). Switches, turns on everything as it should.
Conclusion - if you are a beginner, and already a seasoned guitarist - Harley Benton ST-20HSS is a great choice!

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Great instrument and price

Cossack-HD, 18.03.2021

This is a very good electric guitar for a beginner.

The strings are close to the fret board and don't require tedious height readjustment (at least it was good enough for me). I did some simple tuning and it was all good.

The frets are all even in height, well finished and the width is good.

The instrument isn't "noisy" even when used in front of a PC (where it could be affected by RF signals and induction), but a higher quality shielded cable is very recommended.

The tremolo and the tonality switch along with the knobs are good to have.

I'd say it needs slightly better packaging as the guitar head's pointy end managed to crush plastic foam and almost got out of the box during shipping, but the guitar was shipped over long distance, so guess it's OK.

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Like A Falling Stone, 28.02.2021

The price and look are the only pros. I'm not very experienced but it doesn't sound like a strat. I have not played one but just according to my listening experience. I'm only using a Boss Katana Mini though.
The biggest con for me was the sharp edges on the frets. It hurts my hand and prevents me from playing it fully. As I'm not very handy I've damaged the fretboard while unsuccessfully trying to file the edges.
Also, it doesn't hold the tuning very well.

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