Harley Benton TE20 MN BM Guitar Unboxing / Review TE Style Guitar For Under £80 / $90 !!!
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- Опубліковано 11 жов 2024
- Hi Guys
It's Wesley here and I am back once again. Apologies for not posting for a while, life just gets in the way haha
I bought the Harley Benton TE20 MN BM a few days ago in the hopes of making a review and here it is.
I hope to be back in the very near future with more videos for you all and if you have any suggestions please do not hesitate to let me know.
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\m/ Wes
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These guitars are incredible value for money.
The blue looks lovely, if anything the red version is even more gorgeous.
Well done Harley Benton.
Thanks for posting.
They are indeed! I love mine and play it all of the time! I was thinking red, but I have a thing for blue guitars 😅
Thanks for checking out my videos 😄
Wes \m/
I own one of these guitars and can confirm that this is a good and honest review - keep up the good work!
Mark Whitehead thank you Mark! It is greatly appreciated!
Wes \m/
@@WesleyGuitarWebb I also own one of these and bought it for the specific purpose of making my own relic... I can't think of a better cheap guitar to relic up and I've gotta be honest. playing this thing on a fender champion 40 in my home, I don't need to change a thing except the tuners, maybe...
-I absolutely am blown away at what you get out of a Harley-Benton for the price. I remember being 14 and knowing not to touch a Squire because if you plugged it in all you'd hear is garbage. The pickups aren't anything to write home about, but for personal home use, on a really nicely mixed clean tone in my small studio, I see not a thing wrong with them either
Thanks for the vids man! I was on the way ordering my first electric guitar, was going for the fender player series but then I discovered these TE20's and also watched your upgrade video. It seems almost too good to be true, but they sound as good as a fender.. I ordered this exact same model and color, also went for the same upgrade as you did. Hope the microcube gx amp will do it justice as well!
I also watched a video were it was in a blind comparison with some original fenders (1800 USD pricepoint) and I thought this TE20 model was the one that sounded the best.. incredible. Let's hope the saved bucks will be worth it :-)
I just received it an hour or two ago and I must say it's just simply amazing so far. The finish is great, it came perfectly setup, no sharp fret ends, nothing wrong with the tuners and everything else is just personal taste..
This is the first electrical guitar I have in my hands so I have nothing else to compare with except my fender acoustic which was more than 4x the price of this one. Can't really say the fender guitar feels more premium in any sort of way..
I was also very happy that the maple fretboard was way darker than on the picture at thomanns website!
I also understand why people say that you could take your telecaster to war, it's a heavy beast and getting hit in the head with this one means bye bye for good.
About the Roland Micro Cube GX I can say that it'll be good enough for anything me as a beginner will do with this guitar. It can also be way louder than I'll ever want it to be!
I'm rather happy that I chose this path instead of the fender player series at the moment, this seems like it is a perfect beginners guitar that will suit me for a long time ahead.
PS. Alan QCed my guitar as well, he seems like a great guy ;)
Got one these on the way myself and can't wait. Will be my 3rd HB (2 basses, including my new #1). So excited for a $66 guitar that I'm re-watching demos just to see and hear how cool it is.
So how was/is it?
@@yeoldefoxeh254 Oh so worth it.
I typically play vintage Japanese handmade basses (for some background), but have been nothing but impressed by HB instruments. Not just for the $ saved either.
The law of diminishing returns working its magic!
Yes! Good to see you back my friend! 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Jamie Plays Music it’s great to be back! Thanks dude! I look forward to making more videos
\m/ Wes
Mines ordered, coming next week for my birthday and mines in that blue 😊
Great review, many thanks for taking the time out.
Always tough to get a feel for tone using youtube but, this sounds a tad wooly or muddy compared to what my ears understand as a telecaster, no twang coming across, what do you think?
fourelmscars fourelmscars thank you very much for your kind words 😄
The amp I used was programmed very much to my taste and it was a Solid state amp. I have played it through my Valve amp and you can get a very twangy telecaster sound from it. I think with the right amp you can get a great twang from it 😄
@@WesleyGuitarWebb many thanks for that. I have the HB ST20 which I'm blown away with, think I'll get her a mate👍😎
Just ordered one going to change the strings,tuners and string trees other than that it cost me 83 quid. Love the colour
That’s exactly what I did and I actually made a video on it too 😄 check it out and it might give you some ideas 😊
Cheers
Wes \m/
I bought the version in candy apple red just a couple of weeks ago. It's my first guitar! I don't have anything to compare it to, but i like it (the only thing I can notice too, even if I'm an absolute beginner, are the tuning machines that don't hold tune very well), and the finish is gorgeous!
luca gare hi Luca, I’ve been playing for a few years now and I can honestly say, it plays better than some guitars I’ve played for £200+ from other brands.
If you’re having tuning issues, I’d highly recommend Harley Benton’s locking tuners which are sub $40 and are extremely easy to install and use. They will keep your guitar in tune extremely well.
\m/ Wes
@@WesleyGuitarWebb Thankss for the suggestion!
luca gare my pleasure 😄
@@lucagare4809 Start off with using a pencil in the slots on the nut. The led from the pencil works as a lubricant for the strings.
darkiee69 agreed 👌🏻
I've ordered the black paisley te70,and while I was about it I got fender tex mex pups to drop in. Just over £200 the lot!
Personally I am not a fan of the Paisley look, but I have heard that they are fantastic guitars! I bet with the new pickups it sounds like a £400 Fender? 😁
Wes \m/
@@WesleyGuitarWebb fingers crossed mate. I've heard varied reports about the stock Roswell pups. From them being adequate "for the money" to them being mismatched and weak. I figured I'd play safe!
@@BassFace68 Is it a good guitar?
@@l.g.5899 it certainly is, my friend. Well worth the relatively small investment
@@BassFace68 Thanx!
Great guitars i bought the Candy apple red one for £77!
Did I hear some string buzz on the clean part?
To my ears, the guitar is either out of tune or the intonation is off slightly. Nice instrument though, seems like you get a lot for the price!
Emerson Vella you’re correct. As mentioned in the video, when I started playing it I had to keep tuning it as the die cast tuners aren’t the best, but after a while it was stable enough with very subtle tuning slippage. The same day I recorded this video, I played a 2 and half hour gig with this guitar and it did the job 👌🏻
For a guitar under $90, you could put a Graph Tech nut and a set of locking tuners for under $50 which would make a big difference to the tuning
@@WesleyGuitarWebb Congrats on your purchase - looks like a keeper! I miss my Tele; might have to look into one of these - the finish looks great! BTW, I skipped around in the video a bit, so you may have mentioned it, but the string-stretching technique discussed by Tommy Emmanuel here has saved me a LOT of aggravation when it comes to keeping strings in tune (even with mediocre tuning machines): ua-cam.com/video/HYEiiJKpfek/v-deo.html .
@@WesleyGuitarWebb Which Graph Tech nut would you think will be the best fit?
Funny this looks more Royal blue compared to some other guys who's same guitar looks grey metallic/blue. I'm a drummer first so wondering if I changed the nut, tuners and pickups IF I'd also need to change the wiring or could I get away with that bit? Cheers Wesley!
What a beautiful color! Are the more expansive ones (the ones around 170 euros like the 52 paisley, for example ) far better than these ones?
It is beautiful isn’t it 😄
I’m not sure what the differences are but for the money I paid for the guitar and mods, it is far superior than the 52 Paisley 👍
@@WesleyGuitarWebb Thanx!
Thanks for this Wesley. Great looking geetar! Did you only tune it up before the demo or did you have to set it up?
Maurice Kilday Hi Maurice, I did not set the guitar up at all. All it needed was a bit of a stretch on the strings and a bit of a tune up. However, I would definitely recommend a set of Harley Benton locking tuners and a graph tech nut for better tuning stability, or at least put your favourite brand of guitar strings on it as the ones that come with it aren’t that great.
However saying that, the same day of recording this video, I played this guitar at a 2 and a half show and it was amazing! With no set up or re-string. One of the best guitars I’ve played live 👌🏻
I hope this helps.
\m/ Wes
@@WesleyGuitarWebb Thanks for that Wes. That's great news. I already have a TE-52 but that metallic blue tele looks sweet!
Maurice Kilday it’s my pleasure 😄 the metallic blue colour looks a lot better in person
\m/ Wes
thanks wesley keep up the good work im getting 1
MAD PATSY It’s my pleasure! I will do and I appreciate your reply! If you need any suggestions or help at all, you can contact me via Instagram or Facebook!
\m/ Wes
Great video, is it heavy? I had a Harley Benton TE 52, great guitar but it weighed a ton.
Hi Ron, thanks for you kind words 😄 if I’m not mistaken my one weighs around 3.6kg. So not too heavy. It’s quite light due to having a basswood body.
Hope this helps 😄
Wes \m/
@@WesleyGuitarWebb Thank you for your prompt and most helpful reply. That sounds great, on the Thomann site on the first line of the first comment on this model the person said that it was heavy and weighed in about 4Kg. Glad you cleared that up for me, thanks again. And by the way I have just ordered one from Thomann.
Very good guitar for the Price,i like it !!!!thank you
Thanks for the video dude! Just one comment from my side; please don't hold ANY guitar with one hand by the neck unless fully vertically :D
How's the playability? Isn't to hard to handle? How's the string action out of the box? Aren't those pickups to noisy? I play bass but looking for cheap but playable out of the box guitar to have some fun from time to time.
The playability out of the box was pretty good! I’ve had Squiers out of the box with worse playability. It’s a very easy guitar to pickup and play. The strings aren’t great but I played a gig with them on. I would suggest replacing them after a little while as they will go dull very quickly. The pickups are single coils so they will have a little bit of noise when played on the dirtier channels but other than the usual noise any guitar would have, its pretty decent. I’d recommend it for any starter/ beginner. I’d even recommend it for advanced players too!
Oh, and I didn’t have to set it up either. The action was perfect for me 😄
Hope this helps
Wes \m/
@@WesleyGuitarWebb Thanks mate for quick reply :)
My pleasure 😄👌
Yess same name
Hello, you have a great sound and playing technique. I love this guitar, but I have a question - I really want to learn how to play ambient or some indie, please tell me what is the best way to start, on this guitar or Stratocaster at the same price?
Для исполнения такой музыки обе эти гитары прокатят. Я сам бы телек купил, так как гриф на Harley Benton TE-20 - огонь.
@@Daniel-ll3qp хах, спасибо за ответ :3 купил ст20 с хамбакером, ибо вариативность, гитара отличная, насколько я могу судить (можно считать полный ноль). Всем доволен
Thx for rewiev. Wanna try this one. neck single sounds pretty good for me on clean. But bridge...sounds like bunch of shit xD Definately need to change on something like mini-humbucker for tele. This guitar in first condition is not good for overdrive) all sounds like bad ass fuzz xD
Thanks for watching 😄 I think through a decent overdriven amp it can sound really good! I have played with it live through my Egnator and H&K valve amps and it sounds perfect. I think as I played it through my solid state amp, it was missing a bit of punch. But even so, for the money you can get a hot rail pickup in there and still have an extremely affordable guitar 😄👌
Hope this helps you on deciding to purchase one as I think that you will not regret it 😄
Wes \m/
🔴Sounds great. Thanks for te video! Do you know how much it weighs?🔴
Maybe might benefit from a heavier gauge string instead of the stock 9s.
Hi Stephen, the stock 9 strings weren’t that great if I am honest. They do the job, but I replaced them with Ernie Ball’s Super Slinky’s. However, I will be replacing them with Regular Slinky’s as I get too much string bend from them 👌
Wes \m/
@@WesleyGuitarWebb thanks for your reply I will might try 10s. But I like 9s because they're easy to play they suit fender type guitars. I use 10s on my Se Prs ideal gauge. Some of the cheap strings aren't that good. Better to buy a good make. Thanks so much.
Is the finish nitro ? And is it good for beginners
Great job. Thank you
No worries! I hope I helped you make a decision 😄👌
Wes \m/
I have a similar model and yes that also has the issue with the tuners, so I will replace those. How was the fretwork on yours? With mine the frets had a lot of sharp edges that needed filing down. But a great guitar especially for this price.
Thon Huijser I’d highly recommend the Harley Benton Locking Tuners. I will replacing mine with those. The fret work was actually pretty good. I had no sharp edges. The only thing was that they were not polished, but on a guitar at that price I wouldn’t expect them to be.
\m/ Wes
hi Wesley thats a nice guitar whats the weight of it in kgs thanks
MAD PATSY it’s a great guitar and would highly recommend it 👌🏻 they also do one in a candy apple red. The one I purchased weighs 3.3kg, however im lead to believe that the max weight can be 3.6kg which wouldn’t make much difference, but I thought I’d let you know.
\m/ Wes
I reviewed the Fusion T HH FNT and wow! Killer axe!
hi, im a beginner and im looking for a nice beginner friendly guitar. I started playing around like 6 months ago but on an acoustic, but that has started to get really boring and i would like to get into electric guitars. So my question is: is the neck thinner than normal acoustics? im asking because my hands are small so i struggle with barre chords and chords that requier 3 to 4 fingers.
Memis hi, I would highly recommend it. Keep the acoustic as it’s great to build strength. Now, it depends on your acoustic guitar, but in my opinion it would be a lot easier for you on the Harley Benton, especially on your fingers. I find it quite easy to play Barre chords on this guitar.
\m/ Wes
Wesley Webb thanks for the advice:) my acoustic is an yamaha f310 i believe. is the tuning good? how long does it stay in tune before it goes sour?
Memis tuning stability is ok and will stay in tune after a little bit of playing, but I would recommend the Harley Benton locking tuners which are extremely easy to fit as this will increase the tuning stability and also 100% a set of brand new strings, i.e Ernie Balls (I use these all of the time)
Wesley Webb alright, thank you very much!
Memis absolutely my pleasure ☺️
the blue looks much lighter here than on the website
Website makes itvlook almost grey😎
The sunburst is also slightly darker than on the website
hi again is the neck slim
MAD PATSY I’m not a fan of chunky necks as they feel really uncomfortable for me but on this guitar, in my opinion is very comfortable to play, but my PRS neck is slimmer. So I’d say it’s almost in between (more on the slimmer side)
Hope this helps
\m/ Wes
Hello man. By any chance, can you please tell me if there's a humbucker routing for the neck pickup of this guitar?
K0Lder Hi, from my knowledge I don’t think there is. However, as I am not 100% sure I will take the bridge off and let you know 👌🏻
\m/ Wes
K0Lder apologies, I meant I’ll take the pickguard off 👌🏻
@@WesleyGuitarWebb Thanks a lot! Can't wait for the result
@@WesleyGuitarWebb I'm sorry to disturb you, but have you checked the routing yet? It's really important for me to know
K0Lder apologies, I have just checked and it does look like there is a humbucker sized routing. If you have Instagram or Facebook, contact me on either through direct message and I can forward you a photo so you can see for yourself ?
\m/ Wes
How much does it weigh?
3-4 kilograms
The one I purchased weighs 3.3kg, however i'm lead to believe that the max weight can be approximately 3.6kg on these guitars.
I hope this helps!
Wes \m/
Could somebody tell me why taking things out of a box became such a big thing on U Tube It seems very strange that people like it I just want a guitar review
For the money 💰 excellent.... but tbh the pickups are not nice sounding
With distorsión it sounds shit, to muddy.
High level of crunch is not the friend of any neck pickup and especially not a tele-style single coil.... But overall the Lead was complete trash tbh. Not your play, not the guitar. The tone set up on the amp. Way too muddy even with only the bridge pickup.
6:45 - out of tune :(