First of all, I like your videos because you enjoy making them. Particularly for this kit I can surely say that it has a more rock sound than the original teles that sound country. I wanted to buy this kit in order to cut it and make it semi hollow but (as I can understand when you picked up it's body) it must be light weighted so neck dive is expected. Thanks for the good work and sharing!!!
Once again proving the point, that it’s not the equipment, it’s the commitment! He could make a canoe paddle strung with seaweed sound great? Very nice vid!
I got one of these kits a couple of years ago and covered it in Harris Tweed fabric at the request of a mate. Went better than expected so I would actually try that again. The cost was about the same then as now, and the build quality was ok, for the price. The fret ends were sharp though pretty much all along the neck, and the truss rod didn't perform well but the neck was straight enough. Be prepared to do a lot of fettling if you do get one. It's all good fun though!
The cost of the hardware is minimal. You might get the kit for £10 less, which if you plan to replace most/all of the kit hardware, isn't really going to be a deal breaker. Some of the parts, like the neck plate, are worth having, as another neck plate may not quite match the kit one for hole placement. As Brent says, kit tuners these days are pretty good, normally with an 16:1 or 18:1 ratio. It's invariably the nut that causes tuning issues and the nut/nut slots always come set too high. Fair enough if you want to set the guitar up for slide, but not great for standard use. Replacement of the plastic nut with a bone or Tusq nut, and the slots cut to the right depth with a decent set of nut files is the way to make this type of kit guitar instantly better and more stable to play. But good nut files aren't cheap.
I have built one too, my neck is really bad...the frets need some work, am scratching of the skin of my fingers playing it. Have to round the edges...soon. it is my first build, so l am kinda happy with what l did here. Will try more expensive kits later. Cheers
pascal bxl that’s not uncommon with an unfinished neck, it would happen to Fender or Warwick necks too, if they sit unfinished for some time, it’s the wood shrinking (and the frets not). Some fine wet/dry paper should take are of it, and then a good amount of fretboard oil ie. lemon, to keep it from shrinking more.
Enjoyed the video. I'm part way through building one myself. Rattle can DIY seafoam green. Shaped the headstock myself and am pleasantly pleased with the result- expected to make an arse of it!
Looks and sounds pretty nice. I would give it a belly cut and arm rest and probably swap one of the pickups for hot rails humbucker, for some heavier sounds.
That body looks good. A few months ago I bought the CST kit and the body was amazing. I just received the Strat kit and neck was great but the body looks so bad there is one piece on the body that is so different that it wouldn’t stain like the rest of the body. I wish they would at least try to match the wood pieces. Not everyone wants to paint.
Brent That's a sweet guitar. Def a keeper. I would reshape the paddle and stain it and give it a good set up....job done. Well done Harley. Looks like you got dad a great Xmas pressie. Bargain too🤘😁
That plastic neckplate gasket you're referring to is a tone robber anyway so there's no need for one... just build it and enjoy it! Oh yeah, replace that jackplate with an electrosocket too!
Great Video, no Snobish judgements! Great playing too, as mostly always ;-). Thank's for that stuff you do. I will buy one of these, all natural finish, but i do need some place for my belly. And the Pickups need a change, for me with doublerail Humbuckers. No Seymore Duncan, but cheap ones from eBay, they do there job well enough for me, sounds great! And of course the Headstock, i don't want to play a paddle! I like your videos and your playing/singing - always waiting for the bell - new information to enjoy! As Mr. Spock said: Live long and prosper P.S.: sorry for the mistakes - it's more than 55years ago that i learned english in school - i understand your comments, but writing textes is another thing - eine schoene Woche noch...
Hallo. These HB are good for £80 but I bought an SX STL 50 Tele for £139 - Lake Place Blue - normally I like Stratocaster but with maple fingerboard this thing converted me. The stock pickups were good but I broke bridge pickup when shielding. So I got some Ironstone Alnico ones - quite cheap in UK but awesome.tone especially thru valve amp. The SX feels like a Player series quality to me. Chunky neck which I find easier to play as I get older. Got that country twang, Merchant City had set it up. Quality tuners - not lumpy. This one sounds a bit buzzy? SX is cleaner tone. Still the HB is £80 delivered. Ah when put thru its paces it sounds closer to SX. I do love my high gloss maple neck and fingerboard - even sounds bright thru my bass amps :-)
Hey everyone! Here it is Harley Benton Telecaster Kit Build... Question is do I blow Torch It? Paint it or....... Let Me know what you would like to see done to it?
Do not use wood stain the some parts of the wood will not suck up the stain it will not work. My kit is now for the third time sanded down i will use now paint. Love to see you blow torch it and the use some oil nothing more
I was so happy with the golden glow the body has that i just used it as it came out of the box. And the look gets better by time and age. The two metal plates are sanded to the brass så it really look aged, I gave the knops on the tuners the same treatment and i wouldent trade my guitar for any Fender as it is now.
@@BrentHutchinson As much as i dislike it, Harley Benton could give Fender a serious beating in quality and price. Fender are digging it's own grave with all the variety of models and price ranges. You begin to doubt the Fender brand when there are too many upper end Squiers Low end US models and mid priced MIM models with too few variables that arent that better than one mid priced Harley Benton. And this is only Strats, not to metion all the tele variables.
Nice chops Brent, a decent sounding cheap home build kit, only one small snag, we cant rip it like you mate, really enjoyed the video, and you are a tasty player.I fancy trying the Black Paisley Tele from Harley Benton decent sounding for the money, giving the Squire brand a run for their money
Fretboard: Amaranth. Which is Purple Heart Wood. Peltogyne, commonly known as purpleheart, amendoim, violet wood, amaranth and other local names (often referencing the color of the wood). So its purple to start and turns brown when exposed to sunlight over time, but in this case they stained it black.
It's just PERFECT isn't it. For me, a kit would be pointless because i love the finished Harleys and they do all the tons of work for the same price. But if you want to custom up via a KIT then sure i understand that. When you think about it, buying the finished guitars at the same price as kit, they are doing a LOT of work there for free really........ bolting up....electronics, painting...setting up....etc Half an hour?........good Lord........it would take me 10 hours You could leave it just as it is. Concentrate on the intonation and tuning. Maybe use Roller string guides at a few pence? ........etc (string trees)...a better nut....?
I’d be tempted to go with binding on the body there’s something really appealing to me about a bound telecaster I think it looks awesome. Nice kit though that neck went into the pocket a treat 👍🏼👍🏼🎸 Oh didn’t realise this video was 2 years old lol
Have you ever seen the 60's Ghost Telecasters ? There was a guy at Fender around '67 or '68 who painted coloured flowers on them which were invisible until under blacklights . I'd love to see that sort of thing replicated ! 😊👌
Thank you for the video. I heard wood darkens over time. do you think the wood on the guitar will darken and age over time? Also will you have to apply more tung oil over time? I love this stuff!
Love Freddie. :) Fabulous guitar playing. Brilliant loved the tune. Can't believe the price of the kit. I got too many guitars. Affinity tele and a proper tele delux thing with a humbucker and two single coils. Bought it for my son and he paid me back. I didn't really want it but he was desperate for money and wanted to sell it. So it mine. I love it. Take care. Great videos. Love to Freddie. Hehe ;)
I have been thinking about getting one of these. Only concern is how to shape the head stock. I am not a super handy guy and do not have power saws. I'd probably use a coping saw. Also, did you end up soldering that one wire you mentioned? If so, how, where and why did you? Again, I"m not Mr. Technical when it comes to these things. Thanks!
The ground wire must be soldered to the metal plate that holds the strings, if you don't do it then you will feel electricity when touching the strings which is to avoid
neck pickup sounds really bad to me tbh.. i think i'm getting one and painting it (I WANT IT PINK/ORANGE/ACID GREEN) and maybe upgrade the PUs if i like it. you play very well btw!
Brent, I hope it's okay if I post this: Guys, just a friendly heads up. I bought this because of Brents review, which I think is great and showed everything honestly, but I think they either sent him a selected and polished version of the actual kit or the built quality of these varies extremely, because the one I got was trash. The frets were undercut so much, some of them lifted off the edges of the fretboard about a millimeter. The body looked like I cut it myself (with a scissor) and some of the drilled holes were off so much that I couldn't get the basic parts like the bridge properly screwed on and had to redrill them. Be careful with these kits if you don't have the patience and the experience to fix them in case you need to. Rock on and have a nice 2021, all of you.
Though I was back in the seventies watching some Fuckerty the BBC put out to terrify kids for a bit, talk about flash backs, 😂😂😂😂😂 I'm now thinking of one of those kits now 💭🙄
I looked at them but for about £10 they assemble it and I figured their QC is better than me. The cost of paint for the body is probably more :-). Then again cannot put a price and experience one gets from building their own.
@@lancelot_captain I've built both styles of Tele. (built, not assembled from parts somebody else made.) No difference. There's a difference in FEEL of the strings (thru-body is stiffer, harder to bend, and top-loader feels "slinkier"), but no difference in sustain.
If you got this kit and also purchased a proper fender telecaster neck, neck plate and fender tuners, would the fender neck fit in the neck slot of the Harley Benton body? I have researched this and tried to find an answer but have been unsuccessful in finding out
I order the odd electronics bits and bobs from Aliexpress every now and then, most of these pamphlets usually are disclaimers etc. If I'm curious though I scan them with the Google translate app (use the camera feature) which generally gives you a good idea. Also great for use on travel ^^.
I use the cheap leads "free" Electricity do not ask what the lead cost. but i bought names and promises that got faulty really quick. The leads i get with instruments just keep going on.
hey Brent! Can I buy this kit and install a Fender Vintage Tele Pickup Set and some Fender Tuners? I am quiet new to the world ob "building a guitar". But I want to have a guitar that sounds more like a fender. At the moment I am playing a squire strat and a Cheri Telecaster. They are nice, but I want to make myself a more individual guitar. I will make the body out of epoxy. Do you think my idea with the Fender Pickups and tuners will work? Greetings from Germany!
Hello Brent¡¡ Love your videos. I wanted to ask you something. The body looks much better on this one that on the Stratos.... I was looking to get the stratocaster. My Questions are, Do you think the body is much better because is the telecaster one? (maybe there are made in diferent factories?). How long is the difference between the Stratos and the Telecaster? ( Maybe HB is working to do better bodies). Did the second Stratocaster body had the alignement problem as the firstone? And... After the 3 build it guitars, and knowing the problems on the stratos, how is that you says in the video, you still prefer the stratos? Sorry too many questions, hope you are doing well on the Qarantine¡
Hi ya I recon they must come from different factories. They actually made good guitars. The telecaster body was much better. I kept the Telecaster and sold the strats. For the money they are worth a try IMO however I just reviewed a Glarry and it was awesome for the same money.
Burning things with a blow torch is always fun, but you already done that. How about trying a fabric finish? Someone said wallpaper finish, but I think that fabric one is cool and you have literally tons of designs to choose from.
@@andywrollo2915 My wife and I were just checking them out from your link, they look very cool and the price is right! Thanks for the great review bro........ Mike (Ipswich River Guitars).
The early 1960s Tele I owned didn’t have the plastic gasket under the neck plate but my 1975 one does. I think that they introduced them in order to protect the finish when the screws are tightened although I’ve never personally seen any paintwork damage around Tele neck plates. Anyway the plastic gasket isn’t an essential Tele component, none of my home built Teles and Esquires have them.
I see only one problem with these low cost guitars. The danger is you end up with a collection of ok-ish guitars when you could have bought just one quality guitar. but a lot of it is subjective and a high price tag does not guarantee a good guitar
Does the body and neck come with a satin finish on it? It looks like it from light reflections in the video. If so, you're going to have to sand it down significantly before any attempt to try and stain it. Luckily it doesn't take too long with power tools, but you need to make sure the finish is all gone, otherwise the stain won't take evenly (or at all in places). If you decide to shape the paddle headstock to more of a T-style shape, then you'll also need to refinish the cut edges. It would be nice to know whether its a poly or acrylic finish on it so you can use the same type of finish to ensure compatibility and no unwanted reaction. It may be easier to sand off any finish and start again rather than risk it. The fretboard material, Amaranth, is also known as Purpleheart. www.wood-database.com/purpleheart/ It's slightly harder and denser than rosewood, but will shrink a bit more over time, so it's worth keeping it well dressed with lemon oil. If the screw holes for the neck in the body don't let the screw just be pushed through, then it's worth widening them with a drill bit the same width as the screw. This ensures the screws really pull the neck down as hard and as solid as possible, without the risk that the screw can't turn any more in the body hole before the neck is pulled down fully. The supplied bridge allows for both top-loading and string-through body stringing, though if you want to go string-through, then you'll need to drill your own holes and supply your own rear string ferrules. But this is something you can do at a later date, after deciding whether the guitar is worth it. Overall it does look like a decent beginner's kit for those who like the kit as-is, and sounds pretty decent. But some of the kits with no pre-applied finish might be better for someone who wants to do their own colour scheme.
Great，but the Chinese words say nothing about the guitar. It should be thrown in the wastebasket before sending you. Now, the work belongs to you. HAHA
Hey Brent, love your downtoearth Vibe about the gear. No snobbery, much appreciated. Keep up the good way. Have fun.
Thanks my friend
First of all, I like your videos because you enjoy making them.
Particularly for this kit I can surely say that it has a more rock sound than the original teles that sound country.
I wanted to buy this kit in order to cut it and make it semi hollow but (as I can understand when you picked up it's body) it must be light weighted so neck dive is expected.
Thanks for the good work and sharing!!!
Once again proving the point, that it’s not the equipment, it’s the commitment! He could make a canoe paddle strung with seaweed sound great? Very nice vid!
It sounds nice and twangy like a telecaster should.
I got one of these kits a couple of years ago and covered it in Harris Tweed fabric at the request of a mate. Went better than expected so I would actually try that again. The cost was about the same then as now, and the build quality was ok, for the price. The fret ends were sharp though pretty much all along the neck, and the truss rod didn't perform well but the neck was straight enough. Be prepared to do a lot of fettling if you do get one. It's all good fun though!
New sub Brent, ty for the upload and quality playing, you deserve more subs, great job!
Thank you and welcome
Man får lyst til og prøve og samle en selv. Nice job. 😀good playning 🎸
I'm definitely going to give one of these kits a go. It's a shame they don't sell them without all the hardware. Great video. HUTCH CLUB!
It's a gooden
The cost of the hardware is minimal. You might get the kit for £10 less, which if you plan to replace most/all of the kit hardware, isn't really going to be a deal breaker. Some of the parts, like the neck plate, are worth having, as another neck plate may not quite match the kit one for hole placement. As Brent says, kit tuners these days are pretty good, normally with an 16:1 or 18:1 ratio. It's invariably the nut that causes tuning issues and the nut/nut slots always come set too high. Fair enough if you want to set the guitar up for slide, but not great for standard use. Replacement of the plastic nut with a bone or Tusq nut, and the slots cut to the right depth with a decent set of nut files is the way to make this type of kit guitar instantly better and more stable to play. But good nut files aren't cheap.
I have built one too, my neck is really bad...the frets need some work, am scratching of the skin of my fingers playing it. Have to round the edges...soon. it is my first build, so l am kinda happy with what l did here. Will try more expensive kits later. Cheers
@@BrentHutchinson BETTER than those 'Strat' 1s you got a while back!
pascal bxl that’s not uncommon with an unfinished neck, it would happen to Fender or Warwick necks too, if they sit unfinished for some time, it’s the wood shrinking (and the frets not). Some fine wet/dry paper should take are of it, and then a good amount of fretboard oil ie. lemon, to keep it from shrinking more.
Came for an opinion...stayed for the messy chops that sound great.
Enjoyed the video. I'm part way through building one myself. Rattle can DIY seafoam green. Shaped the headstock myself and am pleasantly pleased with the result- expected to make an arse of it!
Looks and sounds pretty nice. I would give it a belly cut and arm rest and probably swap one of the pickups for hot rails humbucker, for some heavier sounds.
Some great playing and nice blues licks there my friend thankyou 😀
Brent you got to get hold of Harley Benton, JA kit, no one is looking at those at the moment. Would make a brilliant video.
Just finished my CST kit, the pick ups sound superb and the whole kit surpasses my expectations. Greta playing by the way always enjoy your vids.
Thank you and yeah it's a great kit.
Great job! It was fun to watch and sounds great. Glad you like it, I will check out your other videos. Cheers!
Thanx Jason :)
That body looks good. A few months ago I bought the CST kit and the body was amazing. I just received the Strat kit and neck was great but the body looks so bad there is one piece on the body that is so different that it wouldn’t stain like the rest of the body. I wish they would at least try to match the wood pieces. Not everyone wants to paint.
Brent That's a sweet guitar. Def a keeper. I would reshape the paddle and stain it and give it a good set up....job done. Well done Harley. Looks like you got dad a great Xmas pressie. Bargain too🤘😁
Guitar look nice as is au natural ☺
Nice video, Brent! You're an awesome player, by the way!
Welcome and thanks :)
That plastic neckplate gasket you're referring to is a tone robber anyway so there's no need for one... just build it and enjoy it! Oh yeah, replace that jackplate with an electrosocket too!
0:18 I'm having a massive Craig Ferguson flashback moment :D
Great value. I wold just give it a vintage high gloss finish. love to see it it's done. Keep it up mate
Thanks I'm loving this guitar
Damn bruv you can play!!
Thanks :)
You should chuck some time rider alnico ii blues pickups in it, they sound incredible
Great playing ,Brent. Marc Bolan fan, here. Please reshape that headstock. I'd replace the ceramic pickups .
Great Video, no Snobish judgements! Great playing too, as mostly always ;-). Thank's for that stuff you do. I will buy one of these, all natural finish, but i do need some place for my belly. And the Pickups need a change, for me with doublerail Humbuckers. No Seymore Duncan, but cheap ones from eBay, they do there job well enough for me, sounds great! And of course the Headstock, i don't want to play a paddle!
I like your videos and your playing/singing - always waiting for the bell - new information to enjoy! As Mr. Spock said: Live long and prosper
P.S.: sorry for the mistakes - it's more than 55years ago that i learned english in school - i understand your comments, but writing textes is another thing - eine schoene Woche noch...
Thanks for supporting me and my channel :)
Hallo. These HB are good for £80 but I bought an SX STL 50 Tele for £139 - Lake Place Blue - normally I like Stratocaster but with maple fingerboard this thing converted me. The stock pickups were good but I broke bridge pickup when shielding. So I got some Ironstone Alnico ones - quite cheap in UK but awesome.tone especially thru valve amp. The SX feels like a Player series quality to me. Chunky neck which I find easier to play as I get older. Got that country twang, Merchant City had set it up. Quality tuners - not lumpy. This one sounds a bit buzzy? SX is cleaner tone. Still the HB is £80 delivered. Ah when put thru its paces it sounds closer to SX. I do love my high gloss maple neck and fingerboard - even sounds bright thru my bass amps :-)
It twangs indeed!!😎
hey man, enjoyed watching this video. You play really well. I want one of these kits now
Thanks man
Hey everyone! Here it is Harley Benton Telecaster Kit Build... Question is do I blow Torch It? Paint it or....... Let Me know what you would like to see done to it?
Tocando como tocas de impresionante suena hasta ese palo de escoba.
Para un principiante le vale esta guitarra,calidad precio.
Shame you don't become a teacher, love you to be my teacher. Keep up the good work boss awesome
I was a teacher once. Fully qualified too. Government cuts and all that
Congrats on the 2000 subscribe mark ! 😎
Yay !
Many thanks for filming and sharing and all that you do M8ty.... M&MX / Mark T X
Yes on the blow torch! :-)
Do not use wood stain the some parts of the wood will not suck up the stain it will not work. My kit is now for the third time sanded down i will use now paint. Love to see you blow torch it and the use some oil nothing more
I was so happy with the golden glow the body has that i just used it as it came out of the box. And the look gets better by time and age. The two metal plates are sanded to the brass så it really look aged, I gave the knops on the tuners the same treatment and i wouldent trade my guitar for any Fender as it is now.
fantastic arnt they !
@@BrentHutchinson As much as i dislike it, Harley Benton could give Fender a serious beating in quality and price. Fender are digging it's own grave with all the variety of models and price ranges. You begin to doubt the Fender brand when there are too many upper end Squiers Low end US models and mid priced MIM models with too few variables that arent that better than one mid priced Harley Benton. And this is only Strats, not to metion all the tele variables.
Nice chops Brent, a decent sounding cheap home build kit, only one small snag, we cant rip it like you mate, really enjoyed the video, and you are a tasty player.I fancy trying the Black Paisley Tele from Harley Benton decent sounding for the money, giving the Squire brand a run for their money
Thanks yeah I want that guitar too
I've not owned a tele type guitar for years, gotta get hold of one sometime!
Yeah I always played strats but I'm loving the Teles
Fretboard: Amaranth. Which is Purple Heart Wood. Peltogyne, commonly known as purpleheart, amendoim, violet wood, amaranth and other local names (often referencing the color of the wood). So its purple to start and turns brown when exposed to sunlight over time, but in this case they stained it black.
Awesome thanks I didn't know that
It's just PERFECT isn't it.
For me, a kit would be pointless because i love the finished Harleys and they do all the tons of work for the same price.
But if you want to custom up via a KIT then sure i understand that.
When you think about it, buying the finished guitars at the same price as kit, they are doing a LOT of work there for free really........ bolting up....electronics, painting...setting up....etc
Half an hour?........good Lord........it would take me 10 hours
You could leave it just as it is. Concentrate on the intonation and tuning. Maybe use Roller string guides at a few pence? ........etc (string trees)...a better nut....?
Yeah that's where we are at now the price of kits is not really worth it anymore but it's fun to do and I love blow torching em :)
def consider buying one of these for the neck alone, their modern c necks are just too small for my taste
I’d be tempted to go with binding on the body there’s something really appealing to me about a bound telecaster I think it looks awesome.
Nice kit though that neck went into the pocket a treat 👍🏼👍🏼🎸
Oh didn’t realise this video was 2 years old lol
I agree binding is lovely on a Tele
enjoying the videos though Brent 👍🏼 even if I was a couple years later watching that build lol
I'm new to the channel, and fuckin love it.
I fucking love it you are here !!.. thanks for joining us :)
wallpaper it ,like the original 60s paisley Teles
Genius ^^^
I'd paint it blonde/yellow and put an interesting carve in the headstock.
Love it
Do you still have this guitar? How thick are the necks? like front to back? 22mm?
Blow torch it and try a sandblasted type of finish.
please no
Have you ever seen the 60's Ghost Telecasters ? There was a guy at Fender around '67 or '68 who painted coloured flowers on them which were invisible until under blacklights . I'd love to see that sort of thing replicated ! 😊👌
Sounds awesome
Maria says..... Harley should do a picture of you on it and call it "The BH" ......... FASCINATING vid as always.... M&MX / Mark T X
Thank you for the video. I heard wood darkens over time. do you think the wood on the guitar will darken and age over time? Also will you have to apply more tung oil over time? I love this stuff!
I recon it will darken yeah. Tung oil is quite tough but could look cool as it wears
Love Freddie. :) Fabulous guitar playing. Brilliant loved the tune. Can't believe the price of the kit. I got too many guitars. Affinity tele and a proper tele delux thing with a humbucker and two single coils. Bought it for my son and he paid me back. I didn't really want it but he was desperate for money and wanted to sell it. So it mine. I love it. Take care. Great videos. Love to Freddie. Hehe ;)
Craftsmanship. Shaping the headstock finishing. ;)
I have been thinking about getting one of these. Only concern is how to shape the head stock. I am not a super handy guy and do not have power saws. I'd probably use a coping saw. Also, did you end up soldering that one wire you mentioned? If so, how, where and why did you? Again, I"m not Mr. Technical when it comes to these things. Thanks!
The ground wire must be soldered to the metal plate that holds the strings, if you don't do it then you will feel electricity when touching the strings which is to avoid
Hi Brett, the natural color looks really nice, do you think we could paint over the finish it already has?? Thank you for your wonderful videos.
Yes good sand down and it will take paint just fine... Maybe use a grain filler too.
neck pickup sounds really bad to me tbh.. i think i'm getting one and painting it (I WANT IT PINK/ORANGE/ACID GREEN) and maybe upgrade the PUs if i like it. you play very well btw!
Thank you x
Brent, I hope it's okay if I post this:
Guys, just a friendly heads up. I bought this because of Brents review, which I think is great and showed everything honestly, but I think they either sent him a selected and polished version of the actual kit or the built quality of these varies extremely, because the one I got was trash.
The frets were undercut so much, some of them lifted off the edges of the fretboard about a millimeter. The body looked like I cut it myself (with a scissor) and some of the drilled holes were off so much that I couldn't get the basic parts like the bridge properly screwed on and had to redrill them. Be careful with these kits if you don't have the patience and the experience to fix them in case you need to.
Rock on and have a nice 2021, all of you.
Thanks for the heads up. Shane yours was bad. It may be a hit and miss thing. Happy new year :)
Though I was back in the seventies watching some Fuckerty the BBC put out to terrify kids for a bit, talk about flash backs, 😂😂😂😂😂 I'm now thinking of one of those kits now 💭🙄
Lmao 😛
I looked at them but for about £10 they assemble it and I figured their QC is better than me. The cost of paint for the body is probably more :-). Then again cannot put a price and experience one gets from building their own.
Are you keeping this one? Will sound good on some songs that we do!
Yeah this is mine. Harley got me it.
You should mount the strings through the body for more sustain like the "real" Fender Telecasters :-) The kit sounds great for the price!
I might still do this in the future. Yeah it's amazing value :)
There is no "more sustain" for string-thru. FYI
Michael Polutta Ofcourse it is.
@@lancelot_captain I've built both styles of Tele. (built, not assembled from parts somebody else made.) No difference. There's a difference in FEEL of the strings (thru-body is stiffer, harder to bend, and top-loader feels "slinkier"), but no difference in sustain.
Michael Polutta Try to change wood in the body and you see the differense.
If you got this kit and also purchased a proper fender telecaster neck, neck plate and fender tuners, would the fender neck fit in the neck slot of the Harley Benton body?
I have researched this and tried to find an answer but have been unsuccessful in finding out
That's a tricky one. It would fit but its a gamble how well it would fit.
Originally I said blow torch it then burst with accented wood grain. BUT can you pull off a drop top or veneer
Well that would because challenge..I'm thinking about a burning design
Thank you for your video.
It makes me to buy and build that kit myself. What is the weight of that guitar? Thank you!
Cant remember exactly but I would say same as a squire
You should plaster it with Rick n Morty stickers then clear over it!
I order the odd electronics bits and bobs from Aliexpress every now and then, most of these pamphlets usually are disclaimers etc. If I'm curious though I scan them with the Google translate app (use the camera feature) which generally gives you a good idea. Also great for use on travel ^^.
I use the cheap leads "free" Electricity do not ask what the lead cost. but i bought names and promises that got faulty really quick. The leads i get with instruments just keep going on.
hey Brent!
Can I buy this kit and install a Fender Vintage Tele Pickup Set and some Fender Tuners?
I am quiet new to the world ob "building a guitar". But I want to have a guitar that sounds more like a fender.
At the moment I am playing a squire strat and a Cheri Telecaster.
They are nice, but I want to make myself a more individual guitar.
I will make the body out of epoxy. Do you think my idea with the Fender Pickups and tuners will work?
Greetings from Germany!
Yeah should not be a problem
wood dye then laquer
It would look very nice
Hey how's the neck profile on this? Is any bulky like a proper tele or is it modern thin
It's in the middle I would say. A comfy c not thin but not a bat either
Hi dude, which amp and pedals did you use in the video?
Hi at this time I would have been using a line 6 pod 2.0 but now I use the Harley Benton DNA fx GiT
Hello Brent¡¡ Love your videos. I wanted to ask you something. The body looks much better on this one that on the Stratos.... I was looking to get the stratocaster. My Questions are, Do you think the body is much better because is the telecaster one? (maybe there are made in diferent factories?). How long is the difference between the Stratos and the Telecaster? ( Maybe HB is working to do better bodies). Did the second Stratocaster body had the alignement problem as the firstone? And... After the 3 build it guitars, and knowing the problems on the stratos, how is that you says in the video, you still prefer the stratos? Sorry too many questions, hope you are doing well on the Qarantine¡
Hi ya I recon they must come from different factories. They actually made good guitars. The telecaster body was much better. I kept the Telecaster and sold the strats. For the money they are worth a try IMO however I just reviewed a Glarry and it was awesome for the same money.
chines to ang " The two 4s mean the smallest angle of meaning (the V is right, the double digitis wrong). More or less something like that :D
Do you have to pay extra to get a kit vs pre built HB Tele?
Heathkit products were like that.
No they are cheaper
Is the neck rounded or is it à flat fretboard ?
Not a flat board no
@@BrentHutchinson is it comparable to a fender neck or a PRS ?
@@GlobalAgendaFreak like a squire I would say
Burning things with a blow torch is always fun, but you already done that. How about trying a fabric finish? Someone said wallpaper finish, but I think that fabric one is cool and you have literally tons of designs to choose from.
Interesting idea
@@BrentHutchinson it could be finished with worn blues jeans ;)
Spray paint finish to the body
Agree and matching headstock!
Looks and sounds like a great kit! Do you know if they ship to the U.S.?
Yes they do. Think shipping is around $35 but you'll have to check. Good luck.
@@andywrollo2915 My wife and I were just checking them out from your link, they look very cool and the price is right! Thanks for the great review bro........ Mike (Ipswich River Guitars).
No problem it bang for buck alright
Brent love the videos. Simple question. Is it too late to learn to play at 30?
Never too late. Im an old git, still learning. Sorry to jump on your post. Get learning its lovely when you can play stuff. 👍
@@andywrollo2915 thanks pal im looking for guitar atm and dunno what to get. The thought of one of these diy ones seems cool to keep me interested
Never too late
Yeah very easy to put together and affordable
Thanks do you know if they have the jag style?
Some pretty fancy playing I say. Cant do that in The States cause everybody gets booboo lip and don't want ya around them.
Lol what's a booboo lip?
@@BrentHutchinson When the get jealous of other players and give ya the cold shoulder and you got no clue what you did.
Google Translate reckons that piece of paper says: so now you know.
What ? Lol
I have NEVER in all my many years of working with guitars, seen a plastic spacer underneath the neckplate.
Quite common
@@BrentHutchinson My many years are at least 40, so no it is not.
@@kimhansen6384 sorry you are wrong
I do like feeding the Trolls though ;) yum yum
The early 1960s Tele I owned didn’t have the plastic gasket under the neck plate but my 1975 one does. I think that they introduced them in order to protect the finish when the screws are tightened although I’ve never personally seen any paintwork damage around Tele neck plates. Anyway the plastic gasket isn’t an essential Tele component, none of my home built Teles and Esquires have them.
I see only one problem with these low cost guitars. The danger is you end up with a collection of ok-ish guitars when you could have bought just one quality guitar. but a lot of it is subjective and a high price tag does not guarantee a good guitar
Does the body and neck come with a satin finish on it? It looks like it from light reflections in the video. If so, you're going to have to sand it down significantly before any attempt to try and stain it. Luckily it doesn't take too long with power tools, but you need to make sure the finish is all gone, otherwise the stain won't take evenly (or at all in places).
If you decide to shape the paddle headstock to more of a T-style shape, then you'll also need to refinish the cut edges. It would be nice to know whether its a poly or acrylic finish on it so you can use the same type of finish to ensure compatibility and no unwanted reaction. It may be easier to sand off any finish and start again rather than risk it.
The fretboard material, Amaranth, is also known as Purpleheart. www.wood-database.com/purpleheart/ It's slightly harder and denser than rosewood, but will shrink a bit more over time, so it's worth keeping it well dressed with lemon oil.
If the screw holes for the neck in the body don't let the screw just be pushed through, then it's worth widening them with a drill bit the same width as the screw. This ensures the screws really pull the neck down as hard and as solid as possible, without the risk that the screw can't turn any more in the body hole before the neck is pulled down fully.
The supplied bridge allows for both top-loading and string-through body stringing, though if you want to go string-through, then you'll need to drill your own holes and supply your own rear string ferrules. But this is something you can do at a later date, after deciding whether the guitar is worth it.
Overall it does look like a decent beginner's kit for those who like the kit as-is, and sounds pretty decent. But some of the kits with no pre-applied finish might be better for someone who wants to do their own colour scheme.
Yes you are right it will need a good sanding down. Its sealed and very smooth. Mot sure with what though.
Great，but the Chinese words say nothing about the guitar. It should be thrown in the wastebasket before sending you. Now, the work belongs to you. HAHA