Harley Benton TE-62CC DR

Wow, what can I not like about this great Tele type? From the wonderful fast neck, faultless, and great Roswell pickups, that I got everything from clean country, through rockabilly, blues and rock. I suspect they can be pushed a good bit more, but I don't play the heavier stuff. The vintage tuners are not only a good look, but they hold the tuning well too. The guitar also allows you to string through body, or as a top loader. It's a brilliant value guitar, and in a blind test, I would have thought this was a very expensive model by a huge USA company who pioneered this body shape. It's a little lighter in weight perhaps, but punches well above, due to the stock Roswell pickups. And what a fabulous colour; I love Dakota Red. More than worth every penny, but wouldn't be overpriced at at least twice the cost. Do yourself a favour, grab one of these absolute bargains!!

I already have a TE62DB but when I saw this on sale for £110 I couldn't resist the maple neck custom colour Dakota red model.
The instrument arrived with no problems. I've been playing for about 25 years I've had this guitar over 6 months now and it's still exactly set up the way it left the warehouse and I do usually tend to adjust the set up a little but so far this is good.
There was a couple of small imperfections namely the back plate holding the neck on had some very light scratch marks on it and the frets ends were a little bit sharp. Is this a big deal? No they're the sort of things one could get on any factory made instrument. I love the colour, the neck is great, quite slim, the baked maple is awesome.
These guitars really impress with the sound of the pickups, genuine alnico magnets aren't the norm in this price bracket, they just sound great to my ears.
This guitar punches way above it's price bracket, I've had £200 squires and it's significantly better in every department. It's a vintage correct telecaster for £110 what else can I add to that?

I got this guitar for 2-3 weeks now just to give a more accurate rating. I bought this one along with VBS saddles (for better intonation) and I am beyond impressed. It sounds really good, all 3 options on the switch have a true impact on sound (that means for me the pickup set is doing the job) and it's gonna be a workhorse for my daughter's lessons! By the way those tuners are great (I get it they are cheap but it stays perfectly in tune and they turn smoothly). You won't regret buying one! P.S. Fretwork was way better than expected, and neck was dead straight on arrival. I only restringed obviously cause it had old strings on.

The Telecaster is is a simple no frills guitar that has stood the test of time.
I bought this guitar out of curiosity. I already have a great USA Deluxe Tele, which I bought 17 years ago.
Could this HB Tele be as good as the reviews I saw on Youtube - YES!
Construction was flawless. The neck feels great and is a joy to play. The tuners and controls all work fine and the finish of the Dakota Red body is immaculate.
The Bridge pickup is my favourite and I have spent nearly all my playing time on it.
I have no hesitation recommending this to anyone who wants a Tele.

After having this guitar for a year I thought I would add this to my comments. The Roswell PUs are good but not as good as the Vintage Noiseless PUs. No surprise there.
I've played it side to side with my Fender DX Tele and would say switching from the gloss finished Fender to the roasted Maple HB, the HB feels so much better in the hand. I've had the notion to switch the necks but have resisted the impulse.
It is crazy that there so little between two guitars that are so disparate in price. I wonder if I had the HB first would I consider buying the Fender at 20 x the price?