Harley Benton TE-62DB LPB

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Electric Guitar

  • Basswood body
  • Bolt-on neck made of vintage caramel maple with roseacer skunkstripe
  • Laurel fingerboard
  • White double binding on top and back
  • Neck profile: Modern D
  • Dual action truss rod
  • Fingerboard radius: 305 mm
  • Nut width: 42 mm
  • Scale: 648 mm
  • 21 Medium mumbo frets
  • Pickups: 2 Roswell Alnico 5 TEA-F-CR/TEA-B single coils
  • 1 Volume and 1 tone control
  • 3-Way switch
  • 3-Ply white pickguard
  • Hardtail bridge
  • Deluxe hardware
  • Kluson-style machine heads
  • Colour: Lake Placid Blue, high-gloss
Available since February 2022
Item number 502852
Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
Colour Lake Placid Blue
Pickups SS
Fretboard Laurel
Tremolo None
Body Basswood
Top None
Neck Caramelized Canadian Maple
Frets 21
Scale 648 mm
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$145
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Good looking, great sounding at a great value price
MerseyDeltaRed 25.03.2022
I already own a TE52 vintage and I am delighted with it.
My family decided to surprise me with this 62 for my birthday as I was so impressed with it.
The finish is flawless. The double binding makes it look really classy.
It is as some have pointed out, slightly lighter than the pictures show, but that is probably down to the metallic effect of the paint.
The frets are well set and polished. I will lower the action as it is a little high for my taste but it was playable out of the box (after tuning). The tuners are fine. They feel solid and hold the tuning well.
It feels like a totally different playing experience to the 52, which is a good thing.
It is good deal lighter for a start. The neck has a different profile which I suppose makes it feel different in hand. The Roswell pickups are the same as on the 52 , and provide everything from a lovely crisp twang on the bridge, or a full sound on the neck, almost like an acoustic, when used with the tone control. The different wood in the construction must make a difference to the sound because it is different to the Te52 , but not in any bad way.
On clean, through my Fender amp, it sounds great, and playing around with the drive channel allows a more crunchy bluesy feel to it .
The problem now is finding the time to play both of them.
In my review of the Te52 I mentioned how it is far superior to my son’s Squier, something he confirmed, although he was surprised by the difference in weight. The 62 is nearer to the Squier in weight but I still think it leaves it trailing in terms of build quality and sound despite costing less.
I am delighted with it.
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Can't beat the Price to Quality ratio
Aftab 23.02.2022
I bough this with some skepticism in mind but man was it a worthy purchase. Can not believe how good this feels and sounds. The finishing is great, could not find any faults there. Roasted maple neck is very comfortable to play on. Set-up was also not bad, I just had to lower the action a bit to my taste, but that's subjective from player to player.

The only improvement could be the pickup selector, feels a bit flimsy, but works just fine. Also, removing the protective peel/sticker was not an easy task, I still have some small pieces left underneath the bridge pickup and the tone and volume knobs, which I can't seem to take off, I think I might have to open some screws to get them out.

Overall, this guitar would be a clear recommendation from my side. It's hard to believe I got such an amazing instrument for such a low price. It looks incredible and plays very comfortably.
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Good, bad & really beautifull (after replacing pickguard)
DalyCro 08.08.2022
Body: Beautifull, no flaws, perfect binding.
Neck: Perfection. Beautifull neck. Superb color combination of neck wood and fretboard wood. Among all the neck type's I already have (Gibson, Fender, Squier, HB, G&L) and the ones I played (Epiphone, PRS, Ibanez), this is the most comfortable neck my hands touched. Producing no fatigue at all. Whoever choose this neck design and profile should get bonus on paycheck. Frets done almost perfectly. Nut was cut perfectly.
Tuners: So, so. Work as intended exept that low E has some gap in mechanism hence causing problem while tuning. They will be changed in near future.
Bridge: Usuall quality for a budget guitar. Fine and usable but I changed it because I wanted brass compensated barrels. Perfect match was Gotoh InTune classic tele style bridge here at Thomman.
Pickups: Not my thing. Neck was okay but bridge..uhhh. To harsh. Not working in my setup at all. I replaced them with Fralin's blues special. Maybe in diferent amp/speaker combo they will work great. (mine is Marshall JVM+4x12Greenbacks and I could only use them on crunch red (wich is dark sound chanel).
Electronics: Do not understand why they installed 500k pot with single coils especially with bright pickups light this. Tone pot camed loose and it couldn't be screwed. I changed pots to 250k and leave switch since its ok.
Weight: 3.7 kg. Right now this is the heaviest guitar I own.

To summerize: Really great guitar. Worth the money and more. Respect to HB team. They did great job again.

Oh yeah..Since binding is cream color I really do not understand why they put white pickugard. I bought cream pickguard and now guitar is a real beauty.

Rock on!
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Yorkshire Lad 16.02.2022
The guitar arrived within 1 week to the UK. It is stunning. The fit and finish is excellent, not a mark or scratch anywhere. The frets are really good and highly polished. The action is perfect. No crackly pots. The volume and tone knobs feel great. The tone is gradual,no on off effect you get on some pots. Overall, I am extremely pleased with the guitar. The colour looks great, the neck and head stock looks beautiful, looks like the roasted maple neck I have on another HB, which cost a lot more. The nut is cut beautifully and the tuners feel good as well. I have a HB paisley Tele, and that is quite heavy. The weight on this one is just right. Absolutely over the moon with this one. Highly recommended.
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