Can the Harley Benton Fusion iii clean up?
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2021
- Hey everyone today I did a brief test to see how the Harley Benton Fusion iii would do acting the part ( by splitting the bridge humbucker ) of a traditional SSS Stratocaster, in this case my 1982 Fender JV Strat. This is NOT MEANT TO COMPARE THEM, there are simply way too many differences between the two but the purpose of this is to see if the Fusion can manage convincing strat tones at a gig while in stock form. Let me know what you think below!
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The Fusion holds its own well enough. You'd barely notice it in a mix.
It's really wild to think about.
The pickups on the Fusion are closer to the bridge, hence they sound brighter, especially the neck pickup. The 24th fret on the Fusion is where a neck pickup on a Strat is supposed to be.
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cant wait to get my hands on this guitar on saturday. thanks for these demos and overall info of the guitar.
It's a great guitar and I find stuff like this really useful if taken in the right context. I try to give examples that I personally would want to hear/see when I do these things, and if I can help anyone else in the process that's a win for me. let me know what you think of yours when you get it Ali!
Sounds great and it will sound even better with upgraded pickups, thanks for this video! I am still waiting for my Fusion-III to get here haha
Hope it's sooner than later, let me know what you think about the neck when you get it. that was by far the biggest surprise to me
Harley has great tones. Good test keeping it clean because that's where you here the tone of the guitar. Once a stomp box is in play all bets are off. Good vid! Thx
Good idea, I like this demo.
Excellent Point. And by the way, awesome playing🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻 Ihave left an abo!
Thanks Andy, really appreciate it!
i have a Fusion III like that coming soon, hope to keep the same pickups
I love the cleans on the fusion T. Man I really would love to try one of those HSS.
It's a very versatile guitar, the neck feels like butter too. Definitely recommend checking one out!
This was super helpful. I’ve been looking for an all around band practice/gigging guitar and the HB is on my list but the clean tones were the big question. Answer? Perfectly fine! The brightness might even help a bit in the mix. Plus, I’m looking for 24 frets because we’re trying to do Money by Pink Floyd and, whoa, those whole tone bends on the 22nd fret are a beast! Thanks for the great video.
Yeah those bends on some guitars even with 22 frets can be rough just because of how tough it can be to get your hand in that position (Les Pauls for example). I think the cleans on this guitar stock are definitely decent enough
Thanks for the great content.
No, thank you for watching and taking the time to leave a comment
You got serious chops Dude ! 😎🎸🎵
Thank you so much! I love your name, funk is where it's at!
Just the video I was looking for. I've bought the same HB second hand quite cheaply and specifically for surf music. I was really impressed with the cleans. But I didn't have a Fender to compare it side to side. Now I can sleep peacefully, as you've demonstrated that Fender wouldn't be an improvement. What is interesting, event the split humbucker sounds very close to the classical fender bridge single, maybe just a bit less powerful.
I thought the HB had more bass to it but they were close. As for mods, I like to keep things as is. I moded my Epiphone Explore in 2003. Only guitar I've ever changed. It came with "Gibson" pickups, it was like our band suddenly had 2 bass players. I switched them to active EMGs, 60 in the neck & 81 in the bridge. Really warm clean sound on the neck with an excellent metal chug on the bridge.
modifying is weird, sometimes I want to modify things but end up not doing it... other times I will do it out of sheer necessity. When a guitar is being held back on a functional level that's when I find it necessary but other than that I don't find myself rushing nowadays to change things.
I have this exact guitar. It sounds great especially when you work the tone and volume controls. Taking the volume back a bit on a higher gain amp gives you a nice hi pass sparkly sound.
Yes, the volume control is actually very responsive on this instrument and functional. Not always the case for guitars of this value.
Can it dive deep or does the block hit the tremolo cavity. Ability to dive is really dependent on how long the route on the tremolo cavity is.
@@bluwng it can dive pretty deep, but remember it’s a two point trem. not too deep or you’ll just go out of tune
@@alihandal21 a Floyd Rose is a two point trem. Guitarist in general should study just fundamental physics they have so many misconceptions including supposed techs and some luthiers.
@@bluwng meant locking, not two point. thanks for correcting me.
Waiting to receive this guitar, I like the very clean sound of the single coil, I hope I will find this kind of sound.
I hope you're happy with it, the guitar really is exceptional
Thanks for this video. I can clearly see a difference in the tone between the two, however, having said that, I really like the HB sounds good. Different doesn't mean bad :)
I agree Pedro well said, it's just nice to know a guitar like this can get close enough where it doesn't sound completely off
Strat is more nuanced, fusion is spanker. I like all my guitars to sound different. Great clip Mike
At first I thought this was a typo but you called me Mike twice in the same day! Strat is definitely the tone I prefer but it's cool this fusion is usable as is
@@AudiomoMusic Sorry Jim. I was responding to three different youtuber guitar guys at the same time, and it was late so Johnny, Jim and Mike all seem to have been given the same name on my replies to great clips. No offence intended.
@@greenslider man I'm not offended at all, I just was laughing trying to figure out who you were watching at the same time? if you had said Phil I would have immediately known who you were watching 😂
@@AudiomoMusic I've kinda stopped watching Phil Mc for a bit. He's the gold standard for guitar youtubers but sometimes it's a pretty full house in there
Im here for the Harley Benton but that Fender Sounds Amazing !!!!!
nice job comparing them and also great review of HB fusion iii in other video, thanks!
Thanks Robert, the more I play this guitar the more I'm impressed with it!
@@AudiomoMusic i just ordered it! Can't wait! :D
Congrats!! Which finish did you pick?
@@AudiomoMusic same as you, I liked other colours too but was not sure about the "light pink" - how it will look in reality, and I have great experience with HB precision that I have in black satin finish - no fingerprints and looks super cool /,,/
The HB sounds a little brighter but it sounds good. If you then think about the price difference it’s absolutly killing it.
I agree, I tried the Charvel version of this guitar and felt the exact same way about the cleans. it's alright but still not as true to the original to the Fender in this sense, BUT... the charvel is more than double what this costs so makes this Fusion iii even more appealing
@@AudiomoMusic not that I’m in need of another guitar but I have always wanted a super strat or an HSS strat and then this could be a nice one to add
I have recently returned to my Fusion 3 after a brief flirtation and a few gigs with what I thought was my favourite guitar, my Fender 66. Without doubt, the Fusion 3 is superior for my needs. I might get a luthier to do a set-up as the action on the 66 is definitely preferable, but otherwise it a perfect fit for me. Also I love the blue, but I might even get a pink one as well! Anyway, nice review.👏🎸
It's funny how things work out like that isn't it? I will say careful with the pink - I've seen a fair bit of them look extremely white and barely pink at all while others its a bit more true to shell pink. Bit of a roll on the dice if you are really after that color but the guitars themselves as you said are great
@@AudiomoMusic Point taken. It’s just a whim, as a rock and roll player fancy pink would look the part, but I sincerely love the blue one.
i tend to like more sparkely tones so i actually prefer the brighter sound of the fusion
That's a win for you then! It definitely can cut through easily in a mix
Nice comparison, no mistaking the Fender sound TBH, maybe with a pickup swap I would like it more. I would also be interested to hear a few chords unplugged for comparison - I often play without plugging in (kid sleeping, it is late or just can't be bothered) so the acoustic part is almost as important to me. And guitars that resonate always felt more like real instruments vs cheap guitars that felt like toys.
Yep, the JV strat just has "it" so to speak, and quite frankly it wouldn't matter what pickups I throw into the Fusion it's never going to have the same sound and that's ok! Just like how the JV would never be able to pull off the aggressive HB tones in the bridge, it's just part of life.
I think your second point is why I love my Gibson ES-339 so much, it's a guitar I can sit with not plugged in and enjoy every bit as much as I do when it's going through a tube amp.
Oof both sound very very nice. The HB suprised me a few times. I do like the warmth of the fender a bit more. Damn that HB looks good.
It's really a great all around guitar, it's not going to match the Fender identically that's way too tall of an ask but it does indeed get you in the ballpark!
So would it make sense to get this and upgrade pickups if the goal is to get clean/stratty tones in a pinch, and play some leads with occasional trem use? 90% of the time i play fairly simple thrash, death and blues rock rhythm, my singlecuts with high output humbuckers don't really inspire me to play clean and leads. Especially not since i only play through plugins these days and i find it hard to get a pleasing tone for that.
I will order it today. In the future i can upgrade the pups.
Exactly, it's the only thing it would ever really need. Great guitar.
Great review! I just got a SC550 II after watching your videos. Ive tried to use the link youve shared it but when i click on it doesnt take me to the page of the product. So im not sure if you are getting credit for that.
About thes new model. At the page it says it has a Modern C shape. Do you feel this neck is very thin similar to made in Mexico strat from 2010.? Thank you.
You mean a player stratocaster? If so yeah I'd say it's just a little bit bigger than that. The "modern" C chapes on mexican fenders and squiers are paper thin, this fusion is no way that thin and small feeling in your hands.
Appreciate it about the effort, I'm not sure what's up with that I'll have to reach out to Thomann
Welp, I was surprised about the middle and bridge split, but the neck strat was waaaaayyy better imo
Yeah the neck is untouchable in this one, it is impressive the HB even gets in the ballpark in other positions. incredible when you consider the price difference between them really
I liked the fusion 3 it sounded like a crisper more articulate HD version of the strat lol ... well done.
It's really remarkable how good of a job HB did with this line of the fusions, it's a great instrument.
@@AudiomoMusic I agree, HB is pulling the vail back and showing it is possible to get into upscale features for reasonable prices. not one big box brand would ever offer roasted necks and stainless frets coil-splitting and Gotoh hardware etc.. for the prices HB can deliver at. HB doesn't play around they deliver the goods and don't rape your wallet. I have an HB SC-Delux in Pelham blue on the way and I am super excited to play it. It will be my first Harley B... I got it for a great price so I plan to boutique it out with a Zero fret from Z-Glide and Graph tech string saver saddles and I will leave the Gotoh hardware on but I am going to change the pots to bourns and put B500K's for the volumes and a Push/Push pot to replace the Push/Pull tone pot. I think for now I will leave the Tesla Pickups in with the thought of putting in Seymour Prails in later... I can't afford a real Tesla Pickup truck but at least now I can say I have a Telsa pickup and technically I'm not lying lol 😂 Enjoy your content thanks for making vids !
Playing starts at 0:59.
Would love to hear that Music Man amp!
Does the fusion has ceramic pickups? Or they are alnico pickups?
Is the HB body smaller than the strat? looks a bit smaller, I would really like to know =)
I don't know saying the fusion series overall is value for money is an understatement imo. Fender MIM or Epi could be considered value for money. Getting roasted maple + stainless steel frets + wilkinson or floyd rose + locking tuners + good overall finishes for this price needs to be described in some other way. HB is owned by Thomann so they can cut the middle man fee and they may be selling at a loss or just breaking even too to get the brand name established. Also Roswells don't sound that bad to be honest. If Fender made them and named them Tex Mex Modern with vintage roots or something nobody would have thought they are out of place.
Change pots switch and pickups you have a guitar running over a grand if the neck body etc are well made excellent mod platform!!!
He devuelto una Fusión III por problemas de montaje.
Se trata de una guitarra con una relación calidad/precio excelente pero tiene ciertos inconvenientes.
Las pastillas en limpio suenan peor que las Wilkinson.
En mi opinión el sonido brillante no viene de los trastes de acero, si no del cuerpo de madera de sapeli. El sapeli da un sonido con graves menos resonantes y más seco que la caoba por eso creo que la guitarra se defiende mejor con ligeras distorsiones.
Con alta distorsión las pastillas embarran el sonido.
El arce del mástil en las dos guitarras que he probado tiene la veta muy revirada por lo que no favorece a la calidad final del instrumento. Un mejor control de calidad en la selección de la madera en este punto se notaría muchísimo
Un saludo y gracias por su vídeo.
Hey, do you think is it worth to change the pickups? it might be sth related to my own tone i think, but still, planning to buy this guitar to customize it
I don't see the harm in it, it's a fun project you can do yourself and it would really bring this guitar up another notch for sure depending on what set you decided to go with
Fender pickups win hands down for me. I'd definitely be looking at upgrading the pickups if I got the Harley Benton for playing live. However, I would tell anyone looking for their first guitar and wanting a HB to pick this up over the cheaper Harley Bentons. Some of the really cheap guitars they sell have cardboard laminate bodies which is a no go for me. Even if its a first guitar get something with some resale value, and these fusions might actually hold some of their value down the line.
I am in total agreement with the Fender sounding better but if it didn't I'd have a serious problem on my hands.
When it comes to the really cheap ones I do indeed stay away from them for reasons you mentioned, but these mid/upper versions of HB certainly seem to be much better.
The 100 buck Benton Strats are pretty good actually but the pickups on all HB's are crap since they 'had to give up' on Wilkinson's.
I've never heard about any cardboard laminates, which Benton's would that be?
@@DerEchteBold i saw a youtuber cut open the te-20 and there was cardboard on top which is why it cracks sometimes if you try and make it string through. i imagine this is the same process for all of their cheapest guitars since they are the oldest HB models. HB hasnt really come out with sub 200 dollar guitar models for years, so buying a newer HB is the go to imo to avoid poor design choices.
Now that squier has moved affiinty guitar production to indonesia i think the quality to price beat out harley benton, and their contemporary line also do a good job competeing with fusions. However the squiers have the bonus of being much easier to mod since they follow fenders design specs. All in all a great time for finding quality cheap guitars that are good mod platforms
holy crap you HAVE to link me that video Michael
@@AudiomoMusic ua-cam.com/video/AVv6IkpyoaI/v-deo.html
Sounds great I'd wonder how it sounds with heavy riffing.
I am working on some stuff with that, tomorrows video will include the fusion with some heavier stuff indeed when I compare it with another guitar
the hb sure surprised me. I'm a fender guy all the way, usually?! Lol
I think it did a really good job, certainly good enough for me to take it on a gig and not worry about sounding completely out of place.
They definitely sounded different, but not better or worse. The Harley would make a great gigging guitar as is.
Completely agree, also side note I have no idea why I never received a notification of this comment.
I believe the Harley Benton quacks better than the Fender! I didn't expect that
It's strange to think about these things until you actually hear them! You never know until you try, which is why I try so many unreasonable things!
Well, the HB has 24 frets, the Fender Strat has 21, that means the neck and middle pickup on the HB are placed totally different than on the Fender Strat. I think that's why they sound so different even if you would drop in the same Pickups, they still would sound very different because of the different pickup positions. They should produce a HB Fusion with 22 Frets instead of 24 for exactly this reason, but maybe that's just me.
You're definitely right with the spacing for sure, but I could have sworn at some point they made a fusion with 22 frets - maybe it was only available as a HH?
Very interesting. And not that bad for hb. I actually found the hb sound efficient for funk rythm, sounded more snappy and bright. Wonder how it d sound slightly overdrive or on the edge of breakup vs the fender. It sounded promising on your first video
Don't you worry, the gain video will be early next week. I wanted to start specifically with the cleans because I have a 4 hour gig coming up that is 99.9% clean tones, and I wanted to use this as a benchmark to see if I could potentially use this to cover that gig.
I liked the Harley B , because You can just dial down tone control to sound warmer.
Won't take much for the fusion to cover all bases at a gig, even just an EQ pedal would work wonders, which is something i plan to make a video on in the next week
Fender is a bit warmer, but I still ordered the Fusion 😁
You won't be disappointed, the thing plays great.
The other pick ups sounded close but the bridge and middle together sounded significantly better on the Stratocaster
I think it pretty well for what it is, but definitely give the edge to the actual stratocaster in those positions and really I hear a huge difference in position 4 ( neck/middle ) compared to the Fender. Not bad for 300 bucks!
To be honest I didn't like the clean Neck Pup on the HB. It was too thin, to me. Good idea though! Best, Pete.
Wow, if someone is looking at a Charvel they have to take a look at these Harley Bentons. A strat will always be a strat but the HB can definitely do the job.
There is zero reason in my book to pay more than double for the Charvel.
@@AudiomoMusic I agree. So much value for the dollar.
Man off topic but what a night Randle had right? The garden was giving me goosebumps from watching it... I really miss that place.
@@AudiomoMusic Yeah that was some game! I’m going to try to take my son to at least one this season.
The Fusion gets pretty close in positions 1 and 5, but the closer you get to position 3, the more evident the differance becomes. Overall, the Fender is clearer, with stronger note fundamental.
This is a pretty good analysis and I agree with it. The Fender just has the polished full sound to it the HB can't match exactly.
Yes it's not only a mod guitar but thomman is the only place to find old hofner pickups so. 2 birds 1 strat
Genius from Thomann as always, they know exactly what they are doing !
Seems to be a much brighter sounding high end to the fusion
This surprised me but it's absolutely an accurate takeaway.
That daphne blue with white pickups has started to appeal to me. I'm looking for something I don't have to mod again like I did with the TE-20 HH SBK although I did make it a better guitar.
The only thing you might want to swap out on this guitar are the electronics depending on what you really want out of it, outside of that it doesn't need any upgrades.
What signal chain? What amp and recording with real cab? Thanks
I forgot to put it in the description, it’s straight from Quad Cortex into Pro tools. Amp is the Captain 50 cab is the UK 2x12 greenback any reverb is from the Strymon Volante.
Should i by this harley benton or the Hagstrom F200P. ?? Can get the hagström with hardcase for 300€.
I'd rather have the HB, but it's not a clear choice whichever you feel more comfortable with
I'm guessing that the ones using a HB for gigging would more than likely be playing small to medium gigs, in places with bad acoustics, or a lousy PA system, so getting the sound close is good enough.
Yes exactly, and there are a few other reasons for that as well. In a bigger venue, the green room is often bigger and some dive bars call closets a green room and more often than not security watching to make sure noone sneaks in or out through the back.... so there is a safer place to leave gear both before and after your set. In those instances I just bring my main guitars, I have never had any incident playing a show like that with a more expensive guitar. It's the dive bars where I've had guitars stolen and broken... can be heartbreaking stuff when it happens and I'd much rather someone make off with my HB than my 30 year old strat.
any difference can be adjusted with an eq pedal. People get so hung up on pickups
Its funny you say that, I am doing that exact thing in a video this week with the $20 hb version to show how useful an EQ can be.
How low can you make the action on the harley?
Lower than I'd ever need honestly, really you could basically floor it just like any other high end guitar given you adjust the saddles and truss rod correctly with no issues.
Both guitars sound very good. The Fender has more low end.
I think the Fender sounds a bit fuller indeed, but I'm very surprised how well the fusion sounds clean.
aw dude love that you realize that little things like wood,fret wire do impact tone! Sure its not huge but those things do make a difference. I also think roasted maple necks change a guitars tone, something with the pick attack although i cant really hear it in this vid. Great comparison!
I preferred most tones on the Harley Benton till it came to the neck pick up comparison then Fender took it back
It's wild to think it was even comparable in any position.
Strat has more chime and jangle. It sounded round. HB was a little flat to me compared to Strat.
Strat just has more life to it as a whole, I completely agree Rudy.
Ya... it surprised me how close it sounds
Definitely close enough to be able to gig with and not worry about it sounding like a sore thumb haha
Hi and thank you for this video. I've found your comparison invaluable as I own an American Fender and just thinking about buying one HB Fusion for gigging. But honestly after I discovered the fact that some HB bodies are partly built of cardboard I was a bit disappointed. Is the body of this guitar made completely of solid wood or it has that layer of cardboard on top of it? My guess is all their guitars with a top veneer are manufactured in the same way (cardboard on top). Perhaps it is not the case with this matte color.
Apparently, it was some of the older "veneers" that were made of a similar material as "cardboard" and it blew up pretty big. This is a big concern and I share it. I don't have a dog in this race so if it was a really normal thing and I saw it first hand I would be roasting them for it. I did just send them an e-mail asking for some clarification on it.
The only way I can seem to describe it is... the HB has stuble, but the Fender has medium length hair.
Well not so similar, but seems the Harley Benton can do a good job.
Absolutely, enough for covering all the bases at a performance. Maybe not in a studio situation but it's definitely decent enough.
So the Fender isn't worth the extra money, is it?
Depends what you want, for me it absolutely is because it does a few things the HB simply can't just due to basic design that only really a strat can pull off but there are also enough other brands making strats that you wouldn't necessarily need it to be a Fender branded model. The thing with this specific comparison and these two guitars are the bridge pickup being different and also the fact the HB has three extra frets on it, which alters the position of the neck neck up and how it reacts in upper registers. If you want something that can get close to a strat sound the HB will do the job fine, but if you want THE strat sound well, its gotta be a traditional strat design imho
The only thing you can compare is the middle pickup. The split humbucker is not the same, and the neck pickup not the same as one is a 21 fret guitar and the other is a 24 fret guitar. The placement of that neck pickup completely changes the tone.
Hence why I specified it was NOT a comparison...
The purpose wasn't to compare at all, it was to test to see if the HB would get me in the ballpark as stated in the video and in the description. 👍
Also, the trem arm is a screw in arm, then you can tighten it.
Bridge and middle sound almost more Strat-like on the Fusion than on the Strat…? :-)
Bridge I don't hear at all, that's a split humbucker that's pretty apparent but middle I can definitely see that
I can't comprehend why you would think that HB sounds brighter because of the SS frets and not because of the cheap pickups? Or even trem block? Or the wood itself and mass? I mean, pickups are the biggest sound factor with electric guitars after all, frets are the last (if even any)...
I did a video soley exposing the pickups on this guitat last week and it was a separate talking point I wanted to make, so I compared it with the Eart HSS. Frets absolutely impact tone, theres video of some nobody named Paul Reed Smith explaining it in detail in case you’ve never played them in person back to back with other fret wire.
@@AudiomoMusic I actually own an american PRS Tremonti and I wish it had SS frets (you can see it in the background in some of my demos) and I did play a lot of guitars with SS frets...Paul is a bussinesman and what he says isn't always a fact..If you're familiar with guitar building you surely know that installing SS frets is much more expensive than installing nickel frets...There's a video on youtube where you can see literally the same stratocaster, only necks swapped, one with SS frets and other with nickel fretwire and the difference is barely noticeable, if any - ua-cam.com/video/eLstfUO9OZ8/v-deo.html ...Guitars in your video definitely sound a lot different, but it's not cos of the fretwire but cos of pickups, wood, mass, setup, trem block and so on...
Considering that i can get the HB and put whatever pickups i want for less than what a regular fender strat cost (new) and with better feel (which is personal, but i hate how fenders feel), i would be happy with the HB
During the listening of the neck clean sounds of HB I rolled back the tone control, I found that HB was as Good As the Fender if not better.
You could get away with not putting in the pickups and still come out well ahead. Fender mexico's pricing takes all the appeal away for me at this point.
Nice clean sound but could be nice listen with a little overdrive too and push it more on lead distortion sounds....
I had some in the first video I made for it, and next week I'll have a video specifically going after the light gain to medium gain in a similar test.
I have a Harley Benton Fusion mk 2 HSH, the Roswell pickups have an
edge to them that realy show up with clean tones.
As i only play clean, the pickups had to go, a new set of Vanson Alnico
classic pickups gave me a much smoother tone without that "edge"
Roswell pickups are a weak spot on all Harley Bentons.
Don't let them put you off buying a Fusion, the rest of the guitar is fine
and better spec than a Fender Player series for a lot less money.
I personally could never justify spending almost a grand on a Player series Fender, period.
@@AudiomoMusic The latest Player Plus models are just too expensive.
They might be better than the Harlley Benton Fusion, but not at more than double the price.
Buy 2 Fusions or buy one and fit new pickups, this will leave you some spare cash towards your next guitar.
You can hear the difference HB has more Ibanesque sound
I think you're exactly right!
what about the value of the tone pot.. A regular SSS start uses a 250k pots ,, a HH guitar tend to use 500k pots.. If your harley benton uses a 500k pot on the singel coils pickups they will be slightly brighter than the fender with its 250k pots.
A full harness replacement would do this guitar well, this was just to see how it would handle playing the role of a traditional Fender in stock form
Change the pickups. I find the Roswels are too weak compared to Fender pickups!
You sound so much like David Spade.
One of the first comments that got a lot of likes on an early video said "If you close your eyes, it's David Spade talking". I get that a lot, and I'm also told I look like Cory Wong in comments too haha, I guess these things can't be helped
Brighter sounding ss frets is a myth dude :)
No, it absolutely is not.
The pickups on the Fusion are slightly closer to the bridge, hence they sound brighter. Especially the neck pickup.
Ok, you notice a real difference.
I personally notice a huge difference, but the fusion absolutely can get away with getting in the ballpark for going out and playing live. I can leave the vintage strat at home safe and sound
Just upgrade the pickups and you get a better guitar than the strat
It's not often a comment makes me laugh, this one did got me and I really did like the Harley Benton.
The HB has too much high end. It doesn't sound as good.
It kind of surprised me how bright it is, luckily a little EQ can fix that fairly easily.
Cory Wong?
Everytime I see this comment I smile, however you and I are more likely to be related due to the last name 😂
@@AudiomoMusic The resemblance is uncanny!
Interesting! HB is strong in Bridge-Middle and Middle-neck positions! Snappy! Fender win in 3 5.
Yes, the "quack" positions were the biggest surprise. Definitely does a decent job.
Guitars don't "clean up". Amps do.
No, the wife's is a more effective.
My wife did not approve of this comment, but I got a chuckle because that's not the case here haha
Just a shame it's such an insipid colour.
The sad thing is, between this and the shell pink it was a no brainer color wise
I thought the Fusion was brighter, more articulate, and the voice of each individual string came through better on the middle and especially the bridge pu, however the Fender neck tone is much better to my ears.