There are several Harley Benton products I've been interested in bit what holds me back are the shipping charges to America. There isn't a HB warehouse in the US ???
@@CameronCooper But where is Reverb shipping from? Not only that Reverb charges a commission or a fee and shipping. I would have purchased many things from Harley Benton, 2 of those Stage Right tube amps, a guitar case, at least 2 of their guitars like the Flying V and more, if it weren't for the high shipping prices.
Well... out of the 14 HB's I bought i only have 1 left. The rest were either returned, sold or given away. Main problems were uneven fret heights and extremely poor craftsmanship. The SC550 i have now is great though.
Got the te25th in may and it's just amazing for £240. Roasted maple, stainless frets, locking tuners, Wilkinson bridge, double bound,elixir strings..... Plays like a dream.... Love it... 😍🎸
I have the Matte Black variation with EMG retro 70s and it continues to be my go to since I got it 8 or 9 months ago. Great bang for buck, and even better than that, really.
I got mine 2 months ago. I have alot of guitars....this is my favorite. Silky smooth neck and fretwork, the build quality, the hardware, the smoothness of the effin pickup switch....everything simply feels "silky". Top-notch quality for less than 500 bucks. Hell...if it were any other manufacturer you'd be paying over 5000 bucks for something like this.
I can tell you a little trick if you would like to keep your matt black guitars in a little better shape for a long long time. Just get a vinyl like for car coverings and cut it for the entire top, or maybe even a pick cover area like I did on my Jackson DK3 that start wearing the paint off. It blends so well you will barely see if even looking for it. You can do it for less than $10.00US by getting the small sample sizes that are usually enough to do a couple guitar bodies or front and back.
I recently subscribed to a lefty guitar site and the first email I got was a list of all the makes of guitars that do them. I must admit that I know nothing about these guitars and I scrolled past them thinking that they just sound like an expensive brand. Please let me know how it plays as I'm very intrigued. Peace fellow leftie!!
3 out of my 16 guitars are harley benton, they are a good brand. They play well and are affordable. If you want to buy one, just avoid the ones with black hardware, I've seen videos where most of those have grounding issues. This guitar should arrive in 5 to 7 weeks
WOW Dude, you can play!!!!! I love H.B guitars! I have 4 and love them! As they are becoming more popular, their price is starting to creep up, but the quality and value is excellent!
This is the best thing to happen to the world of the electric guitar: Major brands getting challenged by more affordable, reliable and better finished instruments.
They are currently offering a 25% discount on 25 products for their 25th anniversary. And considering the already excellent value for money, it's definitely worth it. I've ordered a SC-550 II Gotoh AFB, which I'm expecting on Monday, and I'm always impressed by the quality of Harley Benton. For most people, it's hard to imagine because when you pay so little, you often feel like you're compromising on quality. Do you have any experience with their tube amps? Whether it's heads or combos, I'm looking to equip myself again without spending too much, but without compromising on quality.
Because of this video, I ordered one and got it for Christmas. It is a badass. I ran it side by side with my Fender HSS Strat. And it held up. One thing that I noticed about the roasted neck is that the more you play it the faster is gets. It's a guitar for the money. Here in America the guitar was around $415. And the shipping to my area was 82 bucks. Hell of a deal. And I absolutely love this guitar. Oh and by the way. The neck does not wreak. It smells like you're sitting by a campfire.
@@CameronCooper maybe so. I'm going to change the factory strings on it soon. I just wanted to break it in with what it had. It's a great guitar. Thanks for sharing.
Fantastic Cameron has an explanation of how to practice playing the guitar / for those of us who play the guitar / thirty or forty years old. what he shows is not for beginners.Thank you for everything useful, which you present on the guitar even better than the great guitarists
Thanks! I try to make the complex aspects of guitar seem more approachable to those who want to begin to build their technique, regardless of which stage they're at in their playing
Thanks for the video...nicely done. You get my sub. I have collected guitars since the 1990s, and have owned at least 100 in my time, ranging from super cheap to boutique. After hearing the debate about Harley Bentons for years, I decided to try one last year...got a silver sparkle Fusion hybrid HH tele with a Wilkinson. It was one of their more expensive guitars, but still came to something like $450 shipped to the US directly from Thomann. My example has basically no issues - one small tooling mark blemish on the fretboard, and 2 tiny black specks in the sparkle finish. I was expecting to gut it and swap everything, but there has been no need. The wiring was much cleaner than I expected to see. Yes, it uses Alpha pots and cheaper pickups, but everything works fine, and the pickups sound pretty decent. The coil splits kind of suck, but that’s the case with many pickups. The finish is done very nicely, the neck feels good, the frets are seated and dressed properly. It weighs between 7 & 8 lbs. It’s a solid guitar period, but a steal at this price new. Now, this is my only experience with HB, so I can’t say how consistent the quality is on this model. And no - I wouldn’t trade one of my higher end guitars for a HB. But my limited experience with HB is positive, and this guitar far exceeded my expectations. Thomann is the largest musical supply company in the world. They have connections everywhere, and they can negotiate on huge scales. Also, they use a lot of uncommon woods that are much cheaper to source than a lot of the more expensive manufacturers. And yes, they count on selling in volume with low margins per unit. But the main reason is that they are paying much less for labor costs than anything made in the US or Japan, just like all the companies that buy from the Indonesian factories. I contacted Thomann, asking if I could pick a particular guitar out of the batch, and the service rep told me flat out that they don’t inspect the individual guitars when they receive them from the factory. This is likely why some guitars get shipped to customers with major issues on occasion. So if you add up all of these factors, that’s why they can sell the guitars so cheap.
That's a beautiful guitar - especially the fret board, my god.... Another great, affordable guitar brand is Sire. I am likely to pick up a Harley Benton next
Man i have a fusion 3. It didn't just blow my mind, it blew my luthiers mind... a real luthier who builds $7000+ guitars was astonished. He told me just the wood for the neck(not shaped or cut yet) would run him $150.
Yeah, I have a Fusion 3 and a Fusion T and they're so amazing. If I didn't already have more guitars than I can play, I'd get a few more of the Fusions. The prices make it so hard to not just get a bunch.
I love Harley Bentons, and I have 4. Been playing over 50 years...owned and played everything. HB have completely blown the lid off of the ridiculously over-priced American stuff.
When it comes to guitars its always mind over matter. You can get quality stuff without busting the bank and at the end of the day its the musician that "makes" the guitar and not otherwise.
Have one of their earlier fusions with the aqua green top. gorgeous guitar with incredible features for the price. Worth the investment for anyone starting out or collecting
I just ordered the 25th. Anniversary T- fusion model should receive it in a few days...🤪 Very excited to have a Telecaster with so many great components!! This will be my third guitar from Harley Benton!! Those Tesla pickups some fantabulous!!😊 By the way, your playing is phenomenal as well!!😮 Subbed you of course!! Funny how I did not even mention that I'm a lefty, and us lefties know how hard it is when you walk into a guitar shop with walls covered in guitars!! With 3 or 4 left-handed guitars in the corner...sucks 😞!! But when I saw the lefty in the 25th anniversary T-model with all the goodies it comes with... Yeah, took about a week to say "fudge it" I'm getting it!!😅 Great information, and super playing, THX!!!
Stainless steel, roasted maple and coil split. That is good value. They probably made it gold looking instead of silver in the spirit of value for money! 😁
@@CameronCooper I don’t play enough to notice either though Philip McNight mentioned it in one of his videos recently arguing that unless you are a pro stainless steel frets may not be so much of a benefit and harder frets wear strings quicker as something has to give - that said the HB is an awesome package for the price !
If I recall, Thomann opened something up in America not too long ago. You can buy them through Reverb I think. Not totally sure but could be worth a look.
Gone are the days when you'd buy a Harley Benton as a mod platform. These higher-end models don't need any upgrades to make them worthy of an expert player. Phil McKnight said a few years ago that most Harley Benton instruments compare favourably with instruments which cost aroiund $200 more. That gap has clearly got much wider.
I would say the gold paint job job goes with the the roasted neck better but a silver paint job would of went well with the silver frets and silver bridge pick up so yeah idk lol
@@CameronCooper Thanks a bunch Cameron, I really appreciate it! I hope one day I will be able to acquire at least half of the guitar skills you have.. your playing is really impressive, keep up the good work 🤟
I've had decent cheap guitars from Thomann before for mod projects but I was totally unprepared for what I got when this model arrived. There genuinely are guitars costing thousands that are not as good as this. I bought the 25th Anniversary Fusion III as B-stock but mine is flawless. There was a reddish mark on it when it arrived that looked like a finish flaw but that wiped off with a damp cloth (Sorry, Thomann). The neck and frets are just perfect and the roasted maple looks and feels great. Even the Tesla pickups are pretty good, although in the end I've succumbed to the temptation to swap them out for pups better suited to metal. The trem is actually a unit I've used in a few mods before and it works great but I'm still going to swap it out for a Vega-Trem at the weekend purely because the Wilkinson doesn't give such a wide travel up and down. These are just fantastic. If they're still available and you can live with the colour it's a no-brainer.
I just wish Harley Benton were more widely distributed in America, they look like some really nice affordable guitars, I've never actually seen one in the flesh...my taste in guitars has completely changed since before I started playing...then I dreamt of Les Pauls but now I prefer Teles, Strats, and Epiphone semi hollows, and I don't even play the typical genres associated with them!
I bought that guitar recently. I didn't like the neck and middle pickups so I've changed it to Dimarzio's. Now it sounds very good. BTW the bridge pickup is good.
@@CameronCooper I swapped out the pups in mine and put a DiMarzio SD in the bridge and hot rails in the neck. I *never" use the middle pup so I just unhooked that from the circuit and lowered it out of the way. I've also ditched the tone knob and push-pull (I never use the split) and moved the volume out of the way of my palm muting. Once I've swapped in the Vega-Trem it'll be metal af, lol. Such a great guitar. I've been playing for over 50 years and this is up there with anything I've ever owned and almost anything I've played.
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There are several Harley Benton products I've been interested in bit what holds me back are the shipping charges to America. There isn't a HB warehouse in the US ???
@@jameslanclos568I think there might be. If not, there's a shop for them on Reverb
@@CameronCooper But where is Reverb shipping from? Not only that Reverb charges a commission or a fee and shipping.
I would have purchased many things from Harley Benton, 2 of those Stage Right tube amps, a guitar case, at least 2 of their guitars like the Flying V and more, if it weren't for the high shipping prices.
@@jameslanclos568I think someone said their US based Reverb shop ships from somewhere in Connecticut but not sure. I've not checked
What's the neck shape like ? Is it like a Fender Strat, Les Paul, Ibanez Wizard, other ?
Once you buy one Harley Benton the urge to buy another is absolutely irresistible.🎸
Well... out of the 14 HB's I bought i only have 1 left. The rest were either returned, sold or given away.
Main problems were uneven fret heights and extremely poor craftsmanship.
The SC550 i have now is great though.
Preach on......I have 5 and counting.
@@ksbkonto why would you get to buy 14 guitars if the first ones were already poor? come on bro, RIP logic!!!!
@@luigigetsu they just dont age well. Many was returned within days.
I had Fusion 2 and TE-52. Its amazing for that price. Now its my main guitars)
This is hands down one of the most effective and triggering promo videos!
Ask for a raise!
Got the te25th in may and it's just amazing for £240. Roasted maple, stainless frets, locking tuners, Wilkinson bridge, double bound,elixir strings..... Plays like a dream.... Love it... 😍🎸
Very nice!
I did too, not just for the price but it is such a great guitar. Can't stop playing it. Considering buying the strat as well
@@chrisverhoeff369where did you buy it for that price?
@@chrisverhoeff369 I have both the TE-25th and ST-25th and they are equally impressive.
I have the Matte Black variation with EMG retro 70s and it continues to be my go to since I got it 8 or 9 months ago. Great bang for buck, and even better than that, really.
This guy can play rock guitar and there is no denying it!
I got mine 2 months ago. I have alot of guitars....this is my favorite.
Silky smooth neck and fretwork, the build quality, the hardware, the smoothness of the effin pickup switch....everything simply feels "silky". Top-notch quality for less than 500 bucks. Hell...if it were any other manufacturer you'd be paying over 5000 bucks for something like this.
4:58
OPEN UP THE TINDAAAH, I GOT NOT MATCHEEEES
Good lord you never cease to impress me Cameron
flawless playing as usual, cheers mate!
I can tell you a little trick if you would like to keep your matt black guitars in a little better shape for a long long time. Just get a vinyl like for car coverings and cut it for the entire top, or maybe even a pick cover area like I did on my Jackson DK3 that start wearing the paint off. It blends so well you will barely see if even looking for it. You can do it for less than $10.00US by getting the small sample sizes that are usually enough to do a couple guitar bodies or front and back.
Although I like it when my guitars show signs of use, that's a great little guitar maintenance hack there! Nice one!
I just wrap my guitars in aluminum foil
@@CameronCooperi thought i was the only Crazy guy Who loves when matt colors start to show sign of use and fingerprints and dirty😅..
been waiting for my order, its such a cool guitar. I love the fact that there are soo many options for us Left-handed guitarists
I recently subscribed to a lefty guitar site and the first email I got was a list of all the makes of guitars that do them. I must admit that I know nothing about these guitars and I scrolled past them thinking that they just sound like an expensive brand. Please let me know how it plays as I'm very intrigued. Peace fellow leftie!!
3 out of my 16 guitars are harley benton, they are a good brand. They play well and are affordable. If you want to buy one, just avoid the ones with black hardware, I've seen videos where most of those have grounding issues. This guitar should arrive in 5 to 7 weeks
Wow, those pick ups sound amazing
Your playing is top notch.
Nice Guitar nice Video great playing guitar! Harley Benton guitars are realy great now , but not in the past! Greetings from Frankfurt germany!
got a fusion 2 during lockdown which got me back into playing again, did some initial upgrades mainly pickups but it felt and plays great.
+++ cool playing, my big respect, and cool guitar also+++
Truely stunning guitars. Any flaws are worth it.
“Blue Powder” at 3:19? Awesome! Thanks for another enjoyable demo
I think that’s sisters haha. Still both awesome songs.
@@Gldn__yami You might be correct--I wasn't sure which tune it was.
Awesome review Cam! A buddy of mine owns one and it’s a beast! Thanks for the honest input!
Thanks for the review and for the Steel Panther 🤘🏾
WOW Dude, you can play!!!!! I love H.B guitars! I have 4 and love them! As they are becoming more popular, their price is starting to creep up, but the quality and value is excellent!
You certainly are not "Lazy". And you have excellent taste and abilities in your playting. Encore! Encore! Encore!
hell yea, caught some Vai and DP in the mix. keep on rockin !!
This is the best thing to happen to the world of the electric guitar: Major brands getting challenged by more affordable, reliable and better finished instruments.
They are currently offering a 25% discount on 25 products for their 25th anniversary. And considering the already excellent value for money, it's definitely worth it. I've ordered a SC-550 II Gotoh AFB, which I'm expecting on Monday, and I'm always impressed by the quality of Harley Benton.
For most people, it's hard to imagine because when you pay so little, you often feel like you're compromising on quality.
Do you have any experience with their tube amps? Whether it's heads or combos, I'm looking to equip myself again without spending too much, but without compromising on quality.
Really, I’m seeing that all Harley benton 25th anniversary’s are out of stock
ich habe mit die "Fusion III HSS roastet OMS" für schlappe 224€ !! geschnappt ..top Instrument !
Love that Little Texas lick @ 2:51, Cam!
Same. My ears perked up and I thought "Ohhhhhh, nice!!" What an incredibly underrated album.
Extremely well played!
What a monster player! Mannnn this looks sweet
Love Lazy at the end. The guitar isn't bad either. Thanks 👍
Because of this video, I ordered one and got it for Christmas. It is a badass. I ran it side by side with my Fender HSS Strat. And it held up. One thing that I noticed about the roasted neck is that the more you play it the faster is gets. It's a guitar for the money. Here in America the guitar was around $415. And the shipping to my area was 82 bucks. Hell of a deal. And I absolutely love this guitar. Oh and by the way. The neck does not wreak. It smells like you're sitting by a campfire.
Really glad you like it. The neck doesn't get faster, you just get used to the way it feels.
@@CameronCooper maybe so. I'm going to change the factory strings on it soon. I just wanted to break it in with what it had. It's a great guitar. Thanks for sharing.
Fantastic Cameron has an explanation of how to practice playing the guitar / for those of us who play the guitar / thirty or forty years old. what he shows is not for beginners.Thank you for everything useful, which you present on the guitar even better than the great guitarists
Thanks! I try to make the complex aspects of guitar seem more approachable to those who want to begin to build their technique, regardless of which stage they're at in their playing
Your playing, man... ❤
Thanks for the video...nicely done. You get my sub.
I have collected guitars since the 1990s, and have owned at least 100 in my time, ranging from super cheap to boutique.
After hearing the debate about Harley Bentons for years, I decided to try one last year...got a silver sparkle Fusion hybrid HH tele with a Wilkinson. It was one of their more expensive guitars, but still came to something like $450 shipped to the US directly from Thomann.
My example has basically no issues - one small tooling mark blemish on the fretboard, and 2 tiny black specks in the sparkle finish. I was expecting to gut it and swap everything, but there has been no need. The wiring was much cleaner than I expected to see. Yes, it uses Alpha pots and cheaper pickups, but everything works fine, and the pickups sound pretty decent. The coil splits kind of suck, but that’s the case with many pickups. The finish is done very nicely, the neck feels good, the frets are seated and dressed properly. It weighs between 7 & 8 lbs. It’s a solid guitar period, but a steal at this price new.
Now, this is my only experience with HB, so I can’t say how consistent the quality is on this model. And no - I wouldn’t trade one of my higher end guitars for a HB. But my limited experience with HB is positive, and this guitar far exceeded my expectations.
Thomann is the largest musical supply company in the world. They have connections everywhere, and they can negotiate on huge scales. Also, they use a lot of uncommon woods that are much cheaper to source than a lot of the more expensive manufacturers. And yes, they count on selling in volume with low margins per unit. But the main reason is that they are paying much less for labor costs than anything made in the US or Japan, just like all the companies that buy from the Indonesian factories. I contacted Thomann, asking if I could pick a particular guitar out of the batch, and the service rep told me flat out that they don’t inspect the individual guitars when they receive them from the factory. This is likely why some guitars get shipped to customers with major issues on occasion. So if you add up all of these factors, that’s why they can sell the guitars so cheap.
Just subscribed. Dude your playing is freaking tight!
That's a beautiful guitar - especially the fret board, my god.... Another great, affordable guitar brand is Sire. I am likely to pick up a Harley Benton next
Why bring in your Abrahamic deity from the middle east, whose forced introduction into Europe caused 800 years of misery.
Man i have a fusion 3. It didn't just blow my mind, it blew my luthiers mind... a real luthier who builds $7000+ guitars was astonished. He told me just the wood for the neck(not shaped or cut yet) would run him $150.
Yeah, I have a Fusion 3 and a Fusion T and they're so amazing. If I didn't already have more guitars than I can play, I'd get a few more of the Fusions. The prices make it so hard to not just get a bunch.
I has 2 HB Tele and they are amazing, one with EMG's!.
The amp does all the sound.
Well it certainly helps, it is an electric guitar when it's all said and done
Ever since I bought a PRS DGT SE, I don't look at expensive guitars anymore to play. I have expensive guitars but only for aesthetic purposes only.
Very good playing skills!
I love Harley Bentons, and I have 4.
Been playing over 50 years...owned and played everything.
HB have completely blown the lid off of the ridiculously over-priced American stuff.
Love the DLR (John 5) lick in there.
When it comes to guitars its always mind over matter. You can get quality stuff without busting the bank and at the end of the day its the musician that "makes" the guitar and not otherwise.
I agree. But these HBs are brilliant value for money. That being the whole point of this video.
NEAT, GONNA GET ONE
God this solo at the beginning sounds like something Marty Friedman would do! Sounds incredible!
Really?!
+1,000,000 interwebzorz points for bringing a little Steel Panther into the review. Excellent......
If Fender sold that neck as a replacement it would cost more than the completed guitar from HB. Without tuners.. :)
Puts it all into perspective that
Man, who's is that last riff?!! I remember hearing it long ago, but can't recall who. Thanks for the review.
If only I had the money this guitar looks and sounds great.
Welcome back good sir, its been a while Cam, nice to hear your licks again 🤘🏼😈🤘🏼
Have one of their earlier fusions with the aqua green top. gorgeous guitar with incredible features for the price. Worth the investment for anyone starting out or collecting
EXCELLENT.
You have great vibrato 🖖 I have a fusion model, its my main gigging guitar functions now.
I just ordered the 25th. Anniversary T- fusion model should receive it in a few days...🤪
Very excited to have a Telecaster with so many great components!! This will be my third guitar from Harley Benton!!
Those Tesla pickups some fantabulous!!😊
By the way, your playing is phenomenal as well!!😮
Subbed you of course!!
Funny how I did not even mention that I'm a lefty, and us lefties know how hard it is when you walk into a guitar shop with walls covered in guitars!! With 3 or 4 left-handed guitars in the corner...sucks 😞!!
But when I saw the lefty in the 25th anniversary T-model with all the goodies it comes with...
Yeah, took about a week to say "fudge it" I'm getting it!!😅
Great information, and super playing, THX!!!
Wow man you are absolutely shred on guitar great job
Cheers!
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Good lord! Cameron used the F word 😱
I really appreciate your work mate 🙏🏻
I very rarely swear in videos aha. I bleeped it out aha
Love the snatch of 'Lazy.'
Stainless steel, roasted maple and coil split. That is good value. They probably made it gold looking instead of silver in the spirit of value for money! 😁
Who knows
I own 3 Harley Bentons. More to come!
Cant lie it sounds pretty damn mint for that price. I would snatch one up now if I had room for another
Well.. if you had a Fender you could get rid of it to make room for the Harley Benton.. J/S
In what kind of “Monster” the guitar is actually plugged in?
Awesome playing by the way! 🤘🏻
Tesla pickups, I fit them on all my builds, fantastic pups.
Great sound...great guitar....
That lick @ 0:39 :O
Thank players like Andy James for that
in order. backordered
The only thing that scares me about the Bentons is the stainless steel frets- if they’re not right it’s no fun leveling them.
Generally, the fret work is absolutely spot on
And wear out your strings 😂
@@eoinjennings519 I've never noticed anything like that
@@CameronCooper I don’t play enough to notice either though Philip McNight mentioned it in one of his videos recently arguing that unless you are a pro stainless steel frets may not be so much of a benefit and harder frets wear strings quicker as something has to give - that said the HB is an awesome package for the price !
After having played SS frets for a while now, they don't wear out strings quicker at all aha
My Fusion 3 was awesome. Though I did sell it, it wasn't the guitar, just had to make room.
So, this HB is about half the price of the EVH 5150 Stealth Black.
Is the 5150 worth double the price of the HB?
this is mind blowing for $279 US on Thomann
What a Guitar 🤩😍😍
Sounded a bit thin and scratchy on clean. But loved it with distortion.
I'm playing with pre mixed tones so naturally have higher mids
I know for sure, my tree Harley benton guitars are good, onley the pick-up change where
Needed!
They really need to get these things to dealers in America. Need to make them just as accessible as all the other brands.
If I recall, Thomann opened something up in America not too long ago. You can buy them through Reverb I think. Not totally sure but could be worth a look.
Mate, I love music and I know quality, it's a cool guitar (my favourite is ibanez)but I want compliment you, I think you'll make any guitar sound good
Thanks !
Gone are the days when you'd buy a Harley Benton as a mod platform. These higher-end models don't need any upgrades to make them worthy of an expert player. Phil McKnight said a few years ago that most Harley Benton instruments compare favourably with instruments which cost aroiund $200 more. That gap has clearly got much wider.
Mine didn't *need* upgrades, I just couldn't resist them! Highest quality mode platform I've ever seen!
I have the Jazznaster version and it is awesome. It's totally equal to the Fender Player version, if not better
I would say the gold paint job job goes with the the roasted neck better but a silver paint job would of went well with the silver frets and silver bridge pick up so yeah idk lol
Even if you prefer a Fender this is good news: it forces Fender to push the quality of Squier up.
You rock Cameron!
wait what is this? It looks FU gorgeous... I don't know if I can resist... please help 😱🤣
Haha should get one!
@@CameronCooper Oh definitely!! Overall would you say that you prefer this one or the Fusion III in satin black? Cheers 😊
@@elenacobhc I happen to prefer the Satin black since I'll take the hardtail bridge and EMGs over the two point trem and Tesla pickups.
@@CameronCooper Thanks a bunch Cameron, I really appreciate it! I hope one day I will be able to acquire at least half of the guitar skills you have.. your playing is really impressive, keep up the good work 🤟
I've had decent cheap guitars from Thomann before for mod projects but I was totally unprepared for what I got when this model arrived. There genuinely are guitars costing thousands that are not as good as this.
I bought the 25th Anniversary Fusion III as B-stock but mine is flawless. There was a reddish mark on it when it arrived that looked like a finish flaw but that wiped off with a damp cloth (Sorry, Thomann).
The neck and frets are just perfect and the roasted maple looks and feels great. Even the Tesla pickups are pretty good, although in the end I've succumbed to the temptation to swap them out for pups better suited to metal. The trem is actually a unit I've used in a few mods before and it works great but I'm still going to swap it out for a Vega-Trem at the weekend purely because the Wilkinson doesn't give such a wide travel up and down.
These are just fantastic. If they're still available and you can live with the colour it's a no-brainer.
If they did a 7-string version I'd have that as well.
So would I
Playing Steve Vai to demo a guitar is always cool
Great video, pity you didn’t elaborate on the whammy I have a fusion iii. I prefer the fender neck, but the roswell pickups are superb
I'm not really much of a whammy bar guy so sorry about that
You've got me interested and by the way if that's your guitar collection it's incredible 🎸🎸🎸🎸
I'm very lucky
Lol 😂 you said before you get into the weeds about it! I need a translation for that lol 😂 it made me laugh. Plus that guitar does look awesome!
Into the weeds, it means getting into the details or going into depth about something.
@@CameronCooper btw what are the pickups? Alnico, creamic? They sound good.
@@iroc-z-blues8570They're Alnico 5s
@@CameronCooper that’s why they sound so good!
I just wish Harley Benton were more widely distributed in America, they look like some really nice affordable guitars, I've never actually seen one in the flesh...my taste in guitars has completely changed since before I started playing...then I dreamt of Les Pauls but now I prefer Teles, Strats, and Epiphone semi hollows, and I don't even play the typical genres associated with them!
They have a distribution centre in the USA and they can bought from their Reverb Shop from what I've been lead to understand
@@CameronCoopercorrect. With free shipping.
I bought that guitar recently. I didn't like the neck and middle pickups so I've changed it to Dimarzio's. Now it sounds very good. BTW the bridge pickup is good.
I'm putting in a Dimarzio in the bridge soon fully enough
@@CameronCooper I swapped out the pups in mine and put a DiMarzio SD in the bridge and hot rails in the neck. I *never" use the middle pup so I just unhooked that from the circuit and lowered it out of the way.
I've also ditched the tone knob and push-pull (I never use the split) and moved the volume out of the way of my palm muting.
Once I've swapped in the Vega-Trem it'll be metal af, lol.
Such a great guitar. I've been playing for over 50 years and this is up there with anything I've ever owned and almost anything I've played.
I love the 25th anniversary color. Looks realy good on these fusions
I've been trying to buy the Firemist range (all of them ) but they are NEVER in stock......
They're popular
What's the riff at 3:20?? Is it a Vai tune? Cheers
If fender: 1k
If gibson: 10k
That AWWWWesome was awesome!! hahahaaa
I want one 😎
Any chance you’d break down the tapped sequence at 35 seconds in?
Sounds great
Many thanks!
I might at some point. I'm just enjoying the fact that I have learned it for now
That would be fantastic if you get the chance.
Sounding great my friend
I enjoyed the demo/ review as well.
All the best- 😎
Nice job, locating the switch, right where you will hit it with your strumming hand. Was this guitar designed by an actual guitar player?
Everyone's so quick to blame gear these days. I have no problem with it
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Looks like a fantastic guitar. I’m not super impressed by the pickups, but the rest looks great!
They're easy enough to change
that how I feel about my LP style. Nicer than almost any gibson i've played for 200 bucks
Hey Cameron. Another awesome video. Thanks! Do you think this guitar is able to handle Van Halen style playing?
If you're referring to whammy bar use then no. Go for the Fusion iii FR. But as far as everything else EVH, that comes down to you as a player.
Seems like a decent axe especially for the price. What's the weight of the guitar?
I'm not sure, I don't weigh guitars. Not a lump of lead but not super light either