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New, not-pictured headstock RUINS it!! WORST design decision EVER!!
If you're gonna send me a guitar with the cosmetics changed, you should show it IN ADVANCE & update the listing to reflect the horrible things you've perpetrated BEFORE you make it available for order!
I had a chance to buy a used one but opted to wait for a new one to come in-stock. If I would have known about the headstock change I would have bought the used on hands down!
Also, why make a huge hole in the top of the guitar to use a Telecaster output jack. Would've been MUCH better if you put it on the side or back in a Strat-type output jack a la the EX-84 Modern EMG.
Coil-taps on the knobs and locking tuners would have been awesome too.
All in all, it's a basic V variant. Not bad, but a MAJOR missed opportunity to do something cool and/or premium. The old headstock shape wasn't bad or offensive and not trademark violating. It could have been improved in thousands of ways but OMG you guys made the most horrible choice and just straight-up FAILED and ended up absolutely ruining something decent that had potential. LAME!
I had a chance to buy a used one but opted to wait for a new one to come in-stock. If I would have known about the headstock change I would have bought the used on hands down!
Also, why make a huge hole in the top of the guitar to use a Telecaster output jack. Would've been MUCH better if you put it on the side or back in a Strat-type output jack a la the EX-84 Modern EMG.
Coil-taps on the knobs and locking tuners would have been awesome too.
All in all, it's a basic V variant. Not bad, but a MAJOR missed opportunity to do something cool and/or premium. The old headstock shape wasn't bad or offensive and not trademark violating. It could have been improved in thousands of ways but OMG you guys made the most horrible choice and just straight-up FAILED and ended up absolutely ruining something decent that had potential. LAME!
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Some extra fix is needed
I order this one as first experience, because of its shape and its look. I love this guitar!
But?
Optically perfect and nice as solid structure. If the aesthetics is fantastic, after 6 weeks of practice i bring her to a guitar maker for some tuning (strings and highness) and to fix some noisy vibration and i discover that the frets are not at the level, some more than some other. No problem i thought.. It happens. The problem is that any time you fix a fret, the problem comes back in a few days. You fix some fret, then it happens to some other. At the end, i know i'll be forced to fix all thefretboard and it will cost the same amount i spent for the guitar? not happy of that. Moreover, this problems appeared after more than 30 days (..and i'm using it a lot), so is no more possible to claim a relacement or a refound.
Time to time, sound is getting worse and is really, really frustrating. Considering that Harley Benton is the brand of Thomann and that this is not the cheapest one… it's apoor figure.
I should have known that cheap is... cheap.
But?
Optically perfect and nice as solid structure. If the aesthetics is fantastic, after 6 weeks of practice i bring her to a guitar maker for some tuning (strings and highness) and to fix some noisy vibration and i discover that the frets are not at the level, some more than some other. No problem i thought.. It happens. The problem is that any time you fix a fret, the problem comes back in a few days. You fix some fret, then it happens to some other. At the end, i know i'll be forced to fix all thefretboard and it will cost the same amount i spent for the guitar? not happy of that. Moreover, this problems appeared after more than 30 days (..and i'm using it a lot), so is no more possible to claim a relacement or a refound.
Time to time, sound is getting worse and is really, really frustrating. Considering that Harley Benton is the brand of Thomann and that this is not the cheapest one… it's apoor figure.
I should have known that cheap is... cheap.
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