Very great presentation skills! I’ve been looking into Harley Benton as more of inexpensive guitars I can get a few of for different projects and mods I want to do and this video really sold me on this guitar.
THis is an excellent review with great camera work. many thanks Vince. they have GONE UP in the uk from £299 to £322 due to BREXIT i expect. Nov 12th , 2021........9.5 months after your review
I am amazed by how professionally you go about every single “chapter” in your videos. Amount of analysis is one of the most satisfying I’ve ever witnessed and overall gives the viewer an outright honest perspective of what the product represents! Great job, man! 🎉❤
I LOVE the consistency of your reviews as well as the explanations of your point system. I also greatly appreciate your sound tests of playing the SAME lick to give a consistent sound so your ear is trained to listen. I am from North St Paul, Minnesota, USA.
Thank you for an informative look in on this guitar. I recently got a Harley Benton Fusion 3, and I'm so pleased with it that I'm considering getting one of these, and you have reassured me, I do think that I will do it. Ross here, from South Africa, and thank you for your deep focus, I'll be watching more of your channel. Much love.
i just found your videos from a youtube search for this guitar model. my favorite guitars are "ARISTIDES headless" but they are VERY expensive at around 2500 euro RAW TONE. Vince (London UK)
Ok the tone pot is a slow taper and many companies use that particular style of pot , if I’m not mistaken that’s actually an audio specific pot... and that fuss we were hearing is probably dust from the build process and a small squirt of “channel/pot cleaner would probably fix that no problem...I have never been interested in a guitar like this but after this review that has completely changed .... I WANT IT NOW!!!!!
Haha :) This guitar is definitely different. I find it pretty enjoyable to play, although I wouldn't recommend it for practicing or learning guitar because of the bridge position. Yeah, A-type pots are common for tone but they aren't smooth with passive pickups. Cort uses D-type potentiometers and those do much better job
@@MaxSoloMusic if it's not for practicing or learning, what's it for then, gigging? I guess I'm not sure what you meant by that. You consider it an instrument for more advanced players? Thank you for the review, BTW. I like your methodology.
@@ketoninja you right, I have to clarify that. I wouldn't recommend this specific model to someone who's making his first steps at guitar playing. In the very beginning it is important to have a guitar of a standard shape with all elements being positioned in the most common places. Like a strat or its copy. Otherwise there's a chance of developing bad habits and things like weird right hand position. Once one developed the right techniques it's not hard to switch to EX or V shapes and there's no harm. Same here - the bridge is closer to the edge of the body than it is on a strat and it leads to a slightly different right hand position. Not a problem for someone who already plays the guitar - it's just a tiny adjustment. But to someone who's working on developing a technique that might be just another obstacle on the way.
I'm currently saving up for the Fanfret 8 String HB and then I saw your Amarok review so I'm saving for that too, and then I saw this new video, so I'm saving for this guitar as well. You keep selling me HBs like a madman. Subscribing for more guitars to save up for :)
When you review a headless guitar, you MUST play with it over your left leg. xD Jokes aside, it may be helpful to some people if you assess whether a guitar is comfortable to play that way because with certain models the output jack gets in the way. Thanks for another great review, Max!
I suggest you try the D'Addario Planet Waves micro tuners they are the smallest on the market they can not be seen from the front yet have an easily readable screen on them. Buy them by the 2Pac they're cheaper. It's only a few dollars more for the two pack versus the single pack and you get two why not. God bless!! Jimmy in NC....
Great review Max! Does the tension of the strings feels different with this type of construction and bridge? Comparing it with something more classic like a tune-o-matic?
Perhaps because I always seen and had guitars with a head stock, I just can't get on board with a headless guitar. Having said that, it looks like HB has another killer, affordable guitar for those of us that don't have tons of money.
I have the roasted maple blue one. I love it! I am just not a fan of how fragile all the screws are. Also very funny that the neck profile is the same as fusion ii. I would have sworn my roasted fusion ii neck is different. I really like the neck carve on my fusion better 😱
Thanks for the good review. I got the FT version and it‘s great! However, do you know where one can get replacement parts in the future? Hardware design seems to be from Strandberg.
Hey, I've got some new intel. Apparently this is the actual manufacturer of the hardware - www.apollomusicparts.com If it is possible to get any replacement parts, it must be from them. They have nothing to do with Strandberg
I ordered one and it has Flaws all over the place. Pots are loose. Bridge is not grounded. Action is high enough to put a pencil under. Bridge design is terrible. You loosen the set screws on the side then you "should" be able to spin the brass saddles up and down. Tool was not included and is not something that can be bought. 2 of my saddles are seized and will not turn. The manufacturer of the bridge refuses to help. And now i'm battling with Thomann to get help and that has been like pulling teeth. I highly recommend skipping this guitar
I really dont understand why some brands (solar, HB, Ibanez, ESP...) do weird radiuses like 350mm (13.78") or 400mm (15.75"). Given the extremely small difference with 14" or 16" respectively and the vast availabity of after market guitar tools with those measurements.
@@MarkHysteria ummmm because the rest of the WORLD uses the METRIC SYSTEM? I’m just spit balling here but my gut tells me that using the simple world wide measuring system that is used in the country it’s built is probably easier and less room for mistakes lol 😂
@@larryfleming7295 Dude relax..I use the metric system everyday...but sadly all guitar luthier tools in the market are based on the imperial system and the 2 biggest brands (fender and gibson) use inches...given that the difference between 13.78" (350mm) and 14" is so small and basically indistinguishable to the "hand"...why make all this trouble for future guitar repairs or set-ups in the first place?
@@larryfleming7295 If anything doing this "weird" radiuses is worse for the factories that make them because they have to use CUSTOM made and designed tools for the radiusing of fretboards and other stuff instead of the many available imperial system tools in the market for decades.
It won't be long before you streams cut down into those little brass screws that adjust your string height. Friend of mine bought a Carvin guitar back in 1984 that had a brass nut and it took less than six months before the high E string cut down into it to where it was having severe problems buzzing. A few months later the B string had the same problem. That guitar now has a bone nut which is been there for years and been played the death with no problem. Brass nut sounds like a nice idea but I don't think they're very practical not unless you can afford to have a new one put on every few months or you wanting to go to the trouble of doing it yourself. Once those little screws at the bridge where down you're going to be replacing them or constantly jacking them up. I feel this is a design flaw. They should have used hardened steel screws and they wouldn't have a problem. I might be wrong it might not be as much of a movement at the bridge is there is at the nut. And the guitar I'm speaking of was a wraparound Bridge no tremolo arm. I think that a brass nut with a tremolo arm is going to be a nightmare I've never ending Replacements until you get tired of it and put on a bone nut or maybe a graph Tech nut. Bone is probably the hardest there for the most durable. God Bless You & Yourn Jimmy in NC....
The Hughes & Kettner 200 sounds like a tin can can compared to the Peavey 6505 +. The Peavey sound Superior and the using Hughes & Kettner sounds like junk next to it. It reminds me of an AM radio in a car from the 60s the kind with push buttons to change the station and a little teeny single oval speaker on the dash. If you've ever written in the car from that era with that type of radio then you'll know what I mean. I'm sure the Hughes & Kettner is an okay amp but there's no comparison to the sound of that Peavey. That Peavey rattles my nuts and I'm listening through a cell phone with a set of JBL headphones on it. I know how those Peavey's sound in person because my nephew has one and this the 60 watt combo. It will give most hundred-watt heads with 412 cabinets more than a run for their money. I think this is because of the oversized closed-back cabinet. You don't seem any closed-back back one twelves. the head is separated from the speaker cabinet with a board underneath so it's the same as having a head and cabinet only it's all in one piece. I don't believe it would sound nearly as good if it was your standard combo with an open back and the head not being sealed from the cabinet itself. Anyway you're playing is really good and the Peavey really rocks with that guitar. God Bless You & Your Family!! Jimmy in NC....
I really liked the tune at the beginning Max, the guitar seems a winner to me!
Thanks, Chris!
That's the best guitar review I have ever seen. Very informative, no bs. Thanks!
Very great presentation skills! I’ve been looking into Harley Benton as more of inexpensive guitars I can get a few of for different projects and mods I want to do and this video really sold me on this guitar.
THis is an excellent review with great camera work.
many thanks
Vince.
they have GONE UP in the uk from £299 to £322 due to BREXIT i expect.
Nov 12th , 2021........9.5 months after your review
I am amazed by how professionally you go about every single “chapter” in your videos. Amount of analysis is one of the most satisfying I’ve ever witnessed and overall gives the viewer an outright honest perspective of what the product represents! Great job, man! 🎉❤
I LOVE the consistency of your reviews as well as the explanations of your point system. I also greatly appreciate your sound tests of playing the SAME lick to give a consistent sound so your ear is trained to listen. I am from North St Paul, Minnesota, USA.
Thanks Dave! Cheers from Berlin, Germany
Thank you for an informative look in on this guitar. I recently got a Harley Benton Fusion 3, and I'm so pleased with it that I'm considering getting one of these, and you have reassured me, I do think that I will do it. Ross here, from South Africa, and thank you for your deep focus, I'll be watching more of your channel. Much love.
Damm! What a piece of art that intro song bro, BTW, I bought the amarok 6 lefty. Waiting the arriving
Great review! What about the action - could it get pretty low, like some HB single cut, for example?
Subbed, best guitar reviews on internet. Thank you Max !
Thanks for the sub!
i just found your videos from a youtube search for this guitar model.
my favorite guitars are "ARISTIDES headless" but they are VERY expensive at around 2500 euro RAW TONE.
Vince (London UK)
Ok the tone pot is a slow taper and many companies use that particular style of pot , if I’m not mistaken that’s actually an audio specific pot... and that fuss we were hearing is probably dust from the build process and a small squirt of “channel/pot cleaner would probably fix that no problem...I have never been interested in a guitar like this but after this review that has completely changed .... I WANT IT NOW!!!!!
Haha :) This guitar is definitely different. I find it pretty enjoyable to play, although I wouldn't recommend it for practicing or learning guitar because of the bridge position. Yeah, A-type pots are common for tone but they aren't smooth with passive pickups. Cort uses D-type potentiometers and those do much better job
@@MaxSoloMusic if it's not for practicing or learning, what's it for then, gigging? I guess I'm not sure what you meant by that. You consider it an instrument for more advanced players? Thank you for the review, BTW. I like your methodology.
@@ketoninja you right, I have to clarify that. I wouldn't recommend this specific model to someone who's making his first steps at guitar playing. In the very beginning it is important to have a guitar of a standard shape with all elements being positioned in the most common places. Like a strat or its copy. Otherwise there's a chance of developing bad habits and things like weird right hand position. Once one developed the right techniques it's not hard to switch to EX or V shapes and there's no harm. Same here - the bridge is closer to the edge of the body than it is on a strat and it leads to a slightly different right hand position. Not a problem for someone who already plays the guitar - it's just a tiny adjustment. But to someone who's working on developing a technique that might be just another obstacle on the way.
@@MaxSoloMusic That makes perfect sense, thank you.
Now, that first song is the mere definition of Djezz. XD
This the best accurate and detailed guitar review i ever watched .. i hope you have a review also for prs fenders and more ibanez guitars in future
Thanks! Another Ibanez video is on the way. Fender would be nice. PRS - highly unlikely, they're known to be extremely youtuber unfriendly
I'm currently saving up for the Fanfret 8 String HB and then I saw your Amarok review so I'm saving for that too, and then I saw this new video, so I'm saving for this guitar as well. You keep selling me HBs like a madman. Subscribing for more guitars to save up for :)
Hey Carlo! Thanks for subbing. I had the Fanfret-8 from 2018. Never played an 8-string before that so it felt really weird
@@MaxSoloMusic On my way to feeling weird as well. Hopefully it's not a huge jump from 7 - 8 as they say.
Fantastic review!
thanks max, see you next week
Thanks Mohit
I would love to see this model in a Natural Flame Top or Antique Sunburst with the Roasted Flame Maple Neck. THAT would look sweeet!!! 😍 👌🏽🤘🏼
Superb review 👌
When you review a headless guitar, you MUST play with it over your left leg. xD
Jokes aside, it may be helpful to some people if you assess whether a guitar is comfortable to play that way because with certain models the output jack gets in the way.
Thanks for another great review, Max!
Good point! That's what the Part 2 is generally for and I'll address that question
You are Crazy! amazing review
I mean cool review and all but what your playing is awesome! 🤘🤘
Great review..
Thanks, Sabbath
I suggest you try the D'Addario Planet Waves micro tuners they are the smallest on the market they can not be seen from the front yet have an easily readable screen on them. Buy them by the 2Pac they're cheaper. It's only a few dollars more for the two pack versus the single pack and you get two why not. God bless!! Jimmy in NC....
Thanks, Max. Sounds good.
Thanks for watching!
Great review Max! Does the tension of the strings feels different with this type of construction and bridge? Comparing it with something more classic like a tune-o-matic?
I'd say it feels more like a Floyd. But I'd have to swap the strings to 9-42 to confirm
@@MaxSoloMusic thanks for the answer, I’ll look forward to part 2!
I always found the headless guitars weird
if you look closer at the neck it always looks like someone's hand has been amputated
Perhaps because I always seen and had guitars with a head stock, I just can't get on board with a headless guitar. Having said that, it looks like HB has another killer, affordable guitar for those of us that don't have tons of money.
thanks for sharing Max!
Nice video as always! Just wondering; is the Cort KX500 etched still planned for review this month?
Thanks! Oh yes. A couple of videos will go out first but that one is filmed and almost ready to go
@@MaxSoloMusic Sweet! Looking forward to it. 😎thanks for letting me know.
Just orderd one
I have the roasted maple blue one. I love it! I am just not a fan of how fragile all the screws are.
Also very funny that the neck profile is the same as fusion ii.
I would have sworn my roasted fusion ii neck is different. I really like the neck carve on my fusion better 😱
Oh, that's the guitar I wanted! Ordered one back in July and still waiting. I absolutely agree about the screws
Очередное расследование от Макса )))
Haha, right!
Thanks for the good review. I got the FT version and it‘s great! However, do you know where one can get replacement parts in the future? Hardware design seems to be from Strandberg.
That's a good question! So far I could only find those bridges and parts on AliExpress. But there are a few different versions.
Hey, I've got some new intel. Apparently this is the actual manufacturer of the hardware - www.apollomusicparts.com If it is possible to get any replacement parts, it must be from them. They have nothing to do with Strandberg
@@MaxSoloMusic Thanks Max that‘s great news! I will look into it.
I ordered one and it has Flaws all over the place. Pots are loose. Bridge is not grounded. Action is high enough to put a pencil under. Bridge design is terrible. You loosen the set screws on the side then you "should" be able to spin the brass saddles up and down. Tool was not included and is not something that can be bought. 2 of my saddles are seized and will not turn. The manufacturer of the bridge refuses to help. And now i'm battling with Thomann to get help and that has been like pulling teeth. I highly recommend skipping this guitar
Would low tunings be an issue with this? Tunings like drop A with 62 on lowest string? Nice review!
I can imagine drop A and similar tunings wouldn't get the best performance on a standard scale. But I never tried it with this guitar
Both guitars sound very good. For me the Dullahan was smoother
Actually 350mm radius (as it is clearly stated on the thomann website) is 13.779" so I dont understand the penalty point.
I really dont understand why some brands (solar, HB, Ibanez, ESP...) do weird radiuses like 350mm (13.78") or 400mm (15.75"). Given the extremely small difference with 14" or 16" respectively and the vast availabity of after market guitar tools with those measurements.
@@MarkHysteria ummmm because the rest of the WORLD uses the METRIC SYSTEM? I’m just spit balling here but my gut tells me that using the simple world wide measuring system that is used in the country it’s built is probably easier and less room for mistakes lol 😂
@@larryfleming7295 Dude relax..I use the metric system everyday...but sadly all guitar luthier tools in the market are based on the imperial system and the 2 biggest brands (fender and gibson) use inches...given that the difference between 13.78" (350mm) and 14" is so small and basically indistinguishable to the "hand"...why make all this trouble for future guitar repairs or set-ups in the first place?
@@MarkHysteria The actual radius on Dullahan is about 13'' or below. Definitely not 350mm. Tiny difference, but still
@@larryfleming7295 If anything doing this "weird" radiuses is worse for the factories that make them because they have to use CUSTOM made and designed tools for the radiusing of fretboards and other stuff instead of the many available imperial system tools in the market for decades.
It won't be long before you streams cut down into those little brass screws that adjust your string height. Friend of mine bought a Carvin guitar back in 1984 that had a brass nut and it took less than six months before the high E string cut down into it to where it was having severe problems buzzing. A few months later the B string had the same problem. That guitar now has a bone nut which is been there for years and been played the death with no problem. Brass nut sounds like a nice idea but I don't think they're very practical not unless you can afford to have a new one put on every few months or you wanting to go to the trouble of doing it yourself. Once those little screws at the bridge where down you're going to be replacing them or constantly jacking them up. I feel this is a design flaw. They should have used hardened steel screws and they wouldn't have a problem. I might be wrong it might not be as much of a movement at the bridge is there is at the nut. And the guitar I'm speaking of was a wraparound Bridge no tremolo arm. I think that a brass nut with a tremolo arm is going to be a nightmare I've never ending Replacements until you get tired of it and put on a bone nut or maybe a graph Tech nut. Bone is probably the hardest there for the most durable.
God Bless You & Yourn
Jimmy in NC....
The Hughes & Kettner 200 sounds like a tin can can compared to the Peavey 6505 +. The Peavey sound Superior and the using Hughes & Kettner sounds like junk next to it. It reminds me of an AM radio in a car from the 60s the kind with push buttons to change the station and a little teeny single oval speaker on the dash. If you've ever written in the car from that era with that type of radio then you'll know what I mean. I'm sure the Hughes & Kettner is an okay amp but there's no comparison to the sound of that Peavey. That Peavey rattles my nuts and I'm listening through a cell phone with a set of JBL headphones on it. I know how those Peavey's sound in person because my nephew has one and this the 60 watt combo. It will give most hundred-watt heads with 412 cabinets more than a run for their money. I think this is because of the oversized closed-back cabinet. You don't seem any closed-back back one twelves. the head is separated from the speaker cabinet with a board underneath so it's the same as having a head and cabinet only it's all in one piece. I don't believe it would sound nearly as good if it was your standard combo with an open back and the head not being sealed from the cabinet itself. Anyway you're playing is really good and the Peavey really rocks with that guitar.
God Bless You
& Your Family!!
Jimmy in NC....
Hife