I BOUGHT THE CHEAPEST THOMANN GUITAR - Harley Benton Single Cut: A full in-depth review
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- Worth the price tag??? A have a look at the Thomann House Brand's 'Harley Benton' version of a classic Goldtop Single Cut guitar.
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If I lived that close to Thomann, I wouldn't have a wife and kids anymore 😂🎸🎸
True that 😂
I don’t live near thomann and I don’t have a wife now ,got a kid still but loads of gear and guitars .fair exchange I think ..and only good sounds come out of guitars 😂😂😂
wow....Harley Benton is the name of a local stripper near me. She's cheap but has a hard body & has wonderful action. coincidence?
If it is a coincidence, that's one of the most rocking coincidences I've ever heard of 😂
Does she have decent Machine Heads?
Hey, I know her!!! She makes some Awesome Noises when she lets me Finger her G-String!!
You forgot tongue n groove.....
Does she have f-holes?
Why oh why do reviewers assume that everybody is interested in fuzz tones. Why can't we hear how the guitar sounds playing straight Blues, Jazz and Dance Music?
Yeah fuzz makes every guitar sound the same.
Dance music °.°
Said no one ever.
But I agree we need more clean tones in general ;)
Yeah I don’t do fuzz but yeah some good blues tones ..make that neck pick up work ,,
I fucking love the matte finish. For me, it looks.. Raw. Like, it's not trying to impress you with flashy things but rather the fundamental design. Really refreshing to see. I own guitars with that gloss finish and an SC-custom FR VB with a matte finish. It's nice to have both. But I might prefer the matte finish. Just looks more mature to me.
Couple of things that impressed me was the thickness of body, a bridge without the retainer wire, and a sculpted heel joint. Really like the gold top on black satin finish too. I would be tempted if I didn't already have a bunch of sub $300 LP style guitars. Not worth buying unless you can do your own setups and repair the flaws. Would be great to see a complete setup and some upgrades done on this.
I recently bought a Harley Benton gold top with p90s.
I received the first one and it had some issues. The fret board was seperating from the neck. I emailed Thomann and they said to send it back. They shipped me another one and it is excellent. No issues.
It sounds really good, and plays nearly perfectly.
It was set up when I got it. It wasn't in tune, I didn't expect it to be coming from Germany. Lol.
I'm really happy with the 125 bucks I spent.
The setup, as long as it's not too far off, is largely irrelevant. Almost all guitars require some setup, until your really luck out and what you bought suits your personal preferences perfectly. Sure, going to a luthier could be expensive, but asking a friend should not cost you more than a couple of beers.
Getting a functional LP for that kind of money is a steal. The details can be worked out over time if someone likes it. If not, selling it without much of a loss should not be particularly difficult.
Kids nowadays have it so easy... ;-)
A couple of guys asked how my purchase went. Well, I bought the exact same guitar for around £100, so bear that in mind with what I'm about to say. On the whole, I am impressed with the instrument. The biggest problem with mine is that the frets aren't level. Now, I like my action real low and it tests the best of set ups, but I can't set up my HB to my preferred specification. If I'm to keep this guitar, it's going to need the frets levelled, and that's going to cost me another £100. The question is, therefore, is the guitar worth the outlay? Especially as I don't like the Roswell pickups and will probably drop another £75 on some Irongear p/ups. So, with the guitar set properly, will it be worth £275? I'd say "yes" given that I'd still be paying more for a Vintage or an Epiphone, and I do like the feel of the guitar.
I bought this guitar in March 2023 and I absolutely love it. It's upgraded now with binding and a different color neck. Sounds great. Feels great. Mine came with a good setup, no fret sprout, and no flaws. Very highly recommend.
How is the gold color?
I want to buy it but I don't like copper orange .
I bought a Harley Benton SC-550 and I couldn't be happier. Yes, I can set up guitars, myself, so I have that advantage. It had one high fret, which I leveled out. I lowered the action, set the intonation, set the pickup heights, set the neck relief, and that turned it into a fantastic guitar. Switched to locking tuners because I hate winding new strings. Right now I'm doing a lot of unnecessary but fun stuff. I'm adding one push-pull pot to switch both pickups to single coil, and another push-pull to make the pickups work in series, out of phase. I wouldn't call this a project guitar. Project guitars are pretty much junk guitars I want to improve. This is an excellent affordable guitar that can use some easy improvement for those who make fiddling with guitars a hobby.
The pickups in the lower price range of Harley Benton are produced by Shadow Pickups ;-) They work with Epiphone, Aria, Faith, Höfner, Ortega and so on .
I have two HB single cuts, both goldtops, and two HB strat style, all 4 have been fantastic (with a few minor adjustments) right out of the box. Only issue I've had was a broken selector switch on my single cut P90, and that wasn't thomanns fault. I will continue to by Harley bentons because the 4 I have are great players, and combined, were less expensive than a lower level Fender. Next up for me is a couple of the Tele style guitars.
Good to know - have heard some complaints but they are a big company and probably sell a lot of guitars - problems are inevitable !!!
Proper set up is a small amount of relief on the neck ...it’s not supposed to be super straight
Hey!, I live in germany too....why are you living here? just curious...I'm here because my wife got "home sick"...so now I'm a german....american whatever.
That's what I'm wondering too!
Me too - Army Brat from El PasoTexas living in Germany since 30 years - Salute - Rock out from Northern germany :-)
I'm right outside, bro. Look out your window.
The concave bow is intentionally to prevent buzz and can be adjusted with the truss rod. If the neck is straight there will be buzz when the action is (overall seen) low.
every healthy guitar has a slight bow in the neck in tune and at pitch.
Give the truss a 1/4 turn tighten before lowering the action at the bridge.
Its Bass Wood bro, a lot lighter not so great for "tone" but the HB Les Paul's have a pretty thick Maple Cap which Other experts say makes a lot of difference.
The HB has Medium Fat Frets excellent quality and the do come polished.
Not Like Epi's with skinny little alloy junk. That's where the big money is.
The Neck Heel is fantastic and better all around for reach!
Swap out the machine heads, Nut, Bridge, Tail Piece, and gut the electronics (go the Seymores or)
and you got a gigging machine.
I have the strat too. for under $1000.00 can bucks BY a Tech.
I got mine and I'm in Canada!
HB IS the goose that laid the golden egg
I bought a HB SC450 Sunburst at a Guitar Center or $93 US out the door.
There's a few major critical people commenting on here. Go and sit down with a beer or something and chill out. If you're wanting to watch someone widdly diddling to your perfection, go and UA-cam your favourite guitarists. As a reviews channel, this is darn fine. You don't have to be one of the greatest guitarists in the world to qualify to own decent gear either. Or maybe that's just jealousy. You don't have to watch this channel and of course you could always do your own and amaze us. Just to put it into context, Leo Fender couldn't play guitar - how dare he invent some of the best guitars in the world ever!! (LOL). Keep up the good work Harley Benton and Basement GAS .
Actually they weren’t hard on him ...trust I’ve seen rude..they are the viewers and he would do well to listen to their criticism to grow as a UA-camr , that’s what it’s all about trying to be better and do better ..they weren’t calling him a stupid fxckxng idiot or anything they are the customers in this situation.. So listen and grow and know you are doing something right if your audience are asking for more on your next video
I'm an experienced guitarist, and I have just ordered one of these from Thomann (I'm from the UK). I gig with high-end super Strats and a modified USA Standard Strat, and a USA PRS Custom 22. I've gone for one of these purely out of curiosity, to find out what all the hype is about.
As regards setting up the guitar, there isn't a guitar I have ever bought (and I have sold more guitars that I now own - and that's a lot!) and there isn't one that hasn't had to be adjusted to some degree or other. It isn't the fact that the guitar has to be adjusted, it's how easy the guitar is to adjust. Accordingly, I would like to have seen you make the adjustments to the neck (truss rod), and the intonation (saddles). However, overall, I found your video to be very useful and honest.
Incidentally, when I get mine, I will definitely be changing the tuners for some Vanson locking tuners, and the p/ups for some Vanson alnico 2 p/ups (as I am not fond of ceramic p/ups). These parts are very reasonably priced and are very good. I'll look to see what the nut is like, but I do tend to go for Tusq nuts - again, not a costly upgrade. And, if I can find a brass stop-tail that fits, I'll add one of those, too, to help with sustain.
How was your guitar?
Star Man
I would suggest to consider also a roller tune-o-matic. With stock tailpiece but with new roller-saddles my HB sc has increased sustain by min. 15%
Be carefull to aquire the right dimensions: diameter of studs and distance between them on the t-o-m
Also: the rollers might be a touch higher (ca. 2-2,5 mm), so if the old TOM is sitting on the body before mounting the roller-bridge, the stringaction might get to high
I swapped the pups with tonerider alnico II -- brilliant!
Yes please tell us your exp sir..i want one of them with the p-90s..
@Star Man Did you get yours, and if so, what did you think of it? Did you feel the need to modify it? Thanks..
That bow in the neck, is proper (assuming it's the right amount). The strings move more in the center between the bridge saddles and nut. If you had a flat neck you would have really high action. Also, you should not use a fret rocker unless you first adjust the truss rod to make the neck flat with no strings. You have the right tool to adjust the neck flat, but that should only be done for fret leveling.
You are the second person I have seen recommending HB, I think I might just get around to trying them out. Thanks for the review.
I bought an sc550 a year ago... I can't believe how much I dig it. I HAVEN'T Replaced anything on it. I MAY replace the pots at some point just to balance things. The sustain is incredible. It is fairly heavy and there are a couple finish blemishes, but other than that its worth much more than what I paid !!! I just ordered a DC custom from Thomann and am excited to get my hands on it!
The Les Paul copy does not cut through the mix like a real les paul but to me that's not the mission here. Is it easy to play and does it inspire more guitar playing?
My first electric guitar was shitshow. It was a baritone Teisco Soundmaster VN2. I did not know it was a baritone so I put 10s-46s on it. It was horrible to play.
I broke strings constantly. My next guitar was a Korean plywood Strat with a decent neck but a trem that killed all tuning stability. Couldn't use the trem. Still allowed me to progress further.
In 92 I bought an Ibanez R570 second and I've never looked back. Amazing guitar. 25 years later I was made redundant in Scotland after c.20 years. Got a decent redundancy payout, got another job in short order and had 20g to spend. I decided to buy my dream guitar. A PRS, I thought abought the 35th anniversary but I couldn't bring myself to swallow the cost so I bought a 2002 10 top in emerald green.
It's amazing. Plays and sounds beautiful. Dream accomplished.
The thing is you start playing guitar on a shitbox but you don't know any better . If you keep at it and start to have a bit more money you prioritize getting a better guitar.
When I was 17 guitar was my life. I spent a big amount of student loan on the Ibanez and a Boss ME10 pedal box.
Best money I ever spent.
After probably 10 years I gave away the me6 to band member because I had a roland rackmount fx box and a pedlaboard for it and I still play the RG 570 today all the time. These guitars out of Japan in the 90s were some of the best guitars ever made in terms of quality of build. I replaced the bridge pickup with a Dimarzio Multibucker and microswitches coil tap.
Just an amazing instrument.
Loving the PRS now but still playing all my guitars especially the RG570.
Luv and Peace.
HAHA I bet the fact you are living an hour away from Thomann is pretty much the reason you can never cure your GAS :D I stumbled upon your video while looking for reviews on the ST-20 SB from HB.. great videos mate! Keep it going!
I'll probably order one sometime in the first half of next year. I don't know if I want to have one travel weeks in the winter cold. I always wanted a Goldtop because Tom Scholz of Boston is one of the main reasons I became a guitarist and he has an amazing looking 68 Goldtop.
HOAKY HEADSTOCK BLURB.
I got a Les Paul from China, look exactly like a Custom BLK beauty in detail.
Harleys arent cheap anymore
Got a 335 best buy ever only changed strings of my liking to 42/09 this meant adjusting truss rod and intonation and she was good to go, I am keeping the pick ups and tuners.
Fret measuring stick thingy. Haha. Great review. Been considering ordering one of the HB dual humbucker tele style guitars. Even shipped to Australia they're pretty reasonable.
I think I'll get one and do the setup myself, I only have 4 guitars but no LP style. I like this one and the p90 version.
Watched this review to get some pointers on HB. You covered it pretty well. (I'd prefer if you mention the neck thickness, width, weight and other quantifiable terms in some sort of measurements rather then heavy, medium, light...) Also thanks for addressing the setup issues with all guitars that rookies would normally assume were ok upon delivery.
BUT BUT BUT... why would you do this when you can buy a REALLY good guitar - albeit used - from a site like Reverb.com? I found a single-cut gold top PRS right after watching this vid 9/12/20 for $495. A PRS for 495! that is a no brainer. There are some other PRSs out there for under $400 and no I don't get a cut from PRS or Reverb. just saying
Thanks a lot for the feedback. Much appreciated. I'm glad I was able to help out in some way. I fully agree though, you can get some fantastic used guitars on Reverb, I have two myself that I got through them. I'm guessing yours is a PRS SE? They are amazing guitars for the price. The only thing is the guarentee and shipping issues. The great thing about Thomann is that you can return items no problem if you end up not liking it. With Reverb it's always a bit of a hassle.
I found it only for 125 euro and 15 euro shipping - is the price now higher or I can't search for good offers? 140 euro is much more than 115..
Great guitar. Your left hand needs to think more about the work it has to do, and learn to get more fingers on the string for your bends, and to just stop and then slow way down so you can analyze what is the best way to play a given part. Don't just hit a note without figuring out what is the best way to hit that note. It is a whole lot more work but work is good. Just play like one riff, or a collection of notes, over and over, slowly until you perfect it, with both left and right hand on the picking. It is not just the left hand, but also the right hand too. But for you the left hand is the weaker hand, and so it has to work a lot harder to hone in on how to get a quality tone. Start small, and super slow, until you find your best tone.
Another guitar review done with distortion that totally obliterates the natural sound the guitar makes. Ridiculous.
HB's usually have a decent but not a stellar set up. It's not a matter of quality control but a matter of price and also you should chose your favorite strings first and then have it set up professionally.
3:35 PLEASE play a solo in the same key as the backing track! That is really bad ...................
So it has dirt on it. Well, then, forget it. You buy a cheap guitar and then criticize it for being a cheap guitar. Get some help.
You search to far, 100 euro guitar is not perfect against a 4000 euro gibson... you are comparing apples with coconuts if it comes to adjusting. This guitar is top if you compare it to the same priced other brands. No I don’t own a Harley Benton but a 100 euro guitar can’t be 100% perfect but it can be a good one! Loved to look your review!
The Harley Benton Gold Top finish looks better than what Epiphone puts on their guitars.
With the p90 its super,rockn rolly!taste the chabronita tele& the sc custom,i want this Single cut juniors&a sc custom with floyd Rose in black this chrismas!🤣rockn rolly,harley benton
Gas-victims!
Guitar sounds muffled, replace everything then maybe
Just ordered my second Harley Benton, i have a 35 CH, and have ordered a Candy apple ST 20, happy with the reviews on both, the 35 was set up lovely just a change of strings for me, i like 9's , the Strat is just a project guitar, maybe an upgrade on the pick ups, will wait and see
Mine have frets buzzing and need to be polished. Tuners have space and need to be changed
Glad I found your channel, you should have way more subscribers.
Isn't it desirable to have that slight bow... relief in the neck??
Also...aren't you supposed to tune and set the intonation in your playing position? One thing to keep in mind... everyone frets with different pressures... so intonation cannot be perfect for every player.
I have two HB guitars and both are playable but need work. That's all I have to say, rock on!! ! \m/
Neck relief on a lespaul style guitar is common, all of them set up by factory specs will have a slight relief. Just thought I'd share that .great looking platform for a killer build H bs are good I own a hollow body tele and I love it
I just bought an SC-400 (this model) B-stock as a base for modding. Holy crap, it plays well. Fretwork is perfect, neck feels great, tuners and nut give perfect tuning that stays where it should be. And the sustain is excellent. Great!
The pickups are good enough that they don't immediately need replacing. The clean tones are warm without being dull and there is a real distinction between neck and bridge sounds. Pots, jack and switch are fine as they are. No coil split or anything fancy.
So it plays well, better than many guitars choosing a lot more. Unfortunately it *is* ugly. The matte copper-coloured "gold" top is a fingerprint magnet, so is the back but you don't see that. The biggest cosmetic problem on mine, though, is that edge between the front colour and the back looks like it was done by a blind man riding a camel down a cobbled street. But that's why it was B-stock and cheaper. It would still have been pretty ugly anyway but that doesn't bother me. I bought it to mod but I don't feel it needs it (I still will)
...by a blind man riding a camel down a cobbled road. 🤣
What a comparison. Brilliant!
The finish is okay I think. Yours might be a bit wack because it's a b-stock. Maybe do a relic job on it 😉
Thomann says it is a LP style guitar. They do not claim that it is a Gibson Les Paul clone guitar. It is simply a LP style guitar which is what it looks similar to, but it is not a Gibson Les Paul clone. They have taken a very well known & copied look of a guitar & modernized it to what people have actually wished for over the years. As for the tuning stability issues I would suggest you try this to determine if it is the machine heads or the nut. Tune the guitar, stretch the strings several times, re-tune. Now simply press down on a string (repeat on each separately) above the nut, if it does not return to pitch immediately when released, you have determined that the string is actually binding on the nut. It is not a machine head issue.
It’s almost never the tuning machines.
I can understand cheaper parts being put on an inexpensive guitar such as this but having to do some major work like intonation, fret work etc, pricing it way out of range for the low quality of this guitar. The flat paint finish also looks cheesy. Hb has other models like the LP 450, which may be a better deal and look much better with the woodgrain showing, imo.
The hardware looks SO crappy! Especially the tuners!
This thing sounded surprisingly good in the mix ! I wouldn't recommend a chunky neck for learning on though, but honestly for a hundred quid I think this thing's pretty decent. Obviously with a cheap guitar like this, it's always gonna need a set up 'cos there's no way it's coming set up properly (they just never do), so factor in an extra £30 for that, but it's still cheap as chips. As for the inlays being a bit iffy - have you taken a close look at gibson's inlay work lol - it's usually garbage and always has been.
Ultimately if it tunes up and stays there, and if it sounds good and plays ok after a set up, then it's a winner in my book.
I do not understand why retailers do not routinely set up instruments before (or even after) they offer them for sale. When I was a schoolboy / student (a long, long time ago) I would have gladly worked for nothing in a guitar shop learning to quality inspect / control and set-up guitars on evenings and weekends. Today (in Europe) you would have to pay minimum wage; but only apprentice and under eighteen rates. After a year or so a young lad/lass could afford a decent instrument with staff discount. Maybe stay after work for lessons and/or a jam session with their friends? All teenagers, however well-off their parents or their potential career, will benefit from 'work experience' and knowing that they earned money rather than 'handouts' from their parents.
In the UK parents are most likely to buy their offspring's first 'guitar kit' from a 'box shifter' such as Argos. Competent music shops cannot compete with their prices but they could offer 'added value', good advice setting a young musician on a path to success and thereby gain a loyal customer.
Guitar teachers need to be proactive in their local advertising. e.g. Offer the first 30 minute lesson free of charge with parents present. Teach them how to buy a good instrument then charge a fixed fee to set up the instrument for the pupil and demonstrate how setup is so important.
The guitar is fine but loved your soloing
When you picked off the plastics from one of the pickups, but not from the other one really got my OCD ticking....
🤣🤣
Just one question about this video. Why does the title call it the CHEAPEST Thomann guitar, when there are a couple dozen less expensive Harley Benton guitars.
It's the cheapest classic model single cut style guitar. It's not including build kits, strats, teles etc. There is one other HB single cut, but that's a student edition. 'So what I told you was true, from a certain point of view' - Ben Kenobi ;-)
I got this guitar like 10 years ago, at the age of 8. Sadly I never continued playing
Bought mine for $130 us plus shipping. Took it to guitar center an had a bone nut installed. Paid for their high-end set up an fret dress. New strings. An this thing is one sweet guitar for around $250.
Very cool !!
I've a couple HB guitars and with s little work they are great axes.
Du sprichst aber sehr gut Englisch woher kommst Du?
How is it possible to hear how a guitar is sounding with fuzzzzzzz
LOL that's what they teach the kids to sell more Barley Hentons!
Plastics are common on all guitars when you get them, it's a mar preventative bud!
Why your tone like that? 🤣🤣🤣
Raise the bridge pickup to make it less thin, but more importantly, make 100% sure that is perfectly parallel to the strings. That is by far the most important thing when messing around with pickups. One time I bought a fantastic Van Halen style parts guitar that was super awesome, and sound amazing with just one bridge pickup. I added a 2nd pickup by the neck, and when I did, I messed up the parallel-ness to the strings, and it sounded terrible. I could not figure it out. Many wasted years later, I finally figured out the problem, and fixed, and it sounds bone crushingly good.
Have you ever thought of learning to play with upstroke picking as well as downstroke?
I have thought about it
Watched some of your reviews now. Interesting and amusing. I have been tempted by the HB LP's from time to time but I don't trust bling and have managed avoid temptation without necessarily filling my ears with wax. However, unlike a Strat which someone once described as the equivalent of a Kalashikov, it seems to me they can be complex with that set neck and quirky tuning issues. This does look like an ideal platform if you decide to upgrade from the start.
Your Mom's basement looks amazing.
Hahaha
My black one has bound neck too,but same high frets down around the hump 12,the fret towards the neck pickup....look at the VINTAGE branded guitars n see the headstock n all the same but says vintage on headstock..n lil better quality control....
I have the same guitar even with the white stripes at the body and on the neck. i´am also impressed and i thought it sounds like a typical les paul very warm and jazzy. in the seventies you didn´t get such copies under 400 bucks. what a random. 400 is part of the name of this wonder. the bendings are so smooth on this neck. if you stand on stage with this guitar the sun is laughing because of the fair opportunity.
house brands are fun
Young guys are spoilt,,back in the day you couldn't have dreamed of a guitar like this for sweetie money, amazing !! I,m still on the look for an early Harley Benton, ,the body is Gib shaped and head stock is easy to reshape to the open book style, I think Gibson must have hassled them hence the new range! But they are as rare as hen,s teeth !
That neck is a huge PLUS IMO
Great review, in depth on the sounds, and the feel. Well done! The latter part where you go over the setup was a great addition to many of these types of reviews.
Thanks for the feedback. I believe that the setup for these types of beginner guitars is essential. I was scared to death to adjust a trust rod when I was starting off, so the neck should be out-of-the-box ideal for a beginner. It's little things like that which make a huge difference and it's all about quality control.
amazing review , i bouth mine yesterday , greetings from portugal
Greetings back. I'm sure you'll like it. The gold finish is stunning and as mentioned the feel and tone are super. Enjoy and rock out!
@@BasementGAS thats just what i wanted to ear hahaha , thank you dude , keep rockin
@@danielferra1589 eu comprei uma sc 400 sbk vintage series e ainda nao recebi, consegues me dar feedback da tua Daniel ?
@@vitormarques6610 se compras te pela thomann ela chega mais ou menos no espaco de uma semana, eles deixam te um email com um link onde podes ver o estado da encomenda e o dia em que chega, se mandas te vir de la nao te preocupes que elas chegam sempre, e bem.
I never saw someone investigating a Gibson LP in that detailed way. Guys - it is a 150€ guitar. It ist - in my opinion - the best available budget Gutar.
No P-90’s???
The only guitar that does not suffer in the process of being CLONED/COPIED/BOOTLEGGED/FORGED/DUPLICATED...is...The Tele.
Why do you think that is?
That you jumped into a jam was tasteless. The guitar is worthy of a jam but a tone critique would have been nice....
hello pleas can you tell me about the frets ? how does it feel ,i mean
are strong resistant m or soft blunt quickly? thank you!
I bought a Harley Benton strat a few weeks back. I didn't have a single coil in my collection and at the price I thought what the hell?
It came set up OK that is to say two strings were kinda dodgy in terms of intonation. The Nut is really bad that makes the trem useless but that said the guitar is OK. The frets are thin but there's no jaggies to hurt you as slide up the neck. The neck itself was straight and the basswood body for £65 melts my mind. I used to buy plywood strats from Korea for £150+ back in the 80s.
Decent solid basswood although in three glued together pieces makes this a decent sounding guitar. Sounds like a strat. Punchy and single coily.
It is noisy though. No shielding so if you want to take it live you have a job ahead of you.
All in all for 65 quid it's the bargain of the century and there is massive scope for improvement. A new nut and maybe a wilkinson and then maybe lace sensors or similar.
Bargain guitar I wish had been available when I bought my fist semi new guitar in the 80s. (Ninja Nighthawk. Plywood black strat with a very shady floating trem that was kinda a Floyd knockoff but no locking nuts.
It was great at the time but now I look back on it as fatally flawed.
Replaced it with an RG570 in 92 so it's all good.
I'd frankenstratted it and replaced 2 pickups so I gave it to the vocalist in the band I was in at the time.
Luv and Peace.
Had a bit to drink. I realise I'm repeating myself.
And so it goes...
Luv and Peace.
:-)
Nice shirt bro
I wonder could that gold top be shined up with some Nu finish polish, or equivalent? Maybe you could make a video of that. Good job!
You'd have to redo the finish!
Grossly underated I own their 335 copy brilliant!!!
fret rocker
On pause during unboxing. I'm jealous! You actually had a sealed outer box with more packing materials than I got and I'm in the US. The bottom of my box was just utterly smashed and there was reciprocal damage to the butt (eg busted a crack from smashing the strap button into the ground and destroyed the button). I do find it funny the inner box, like mine, has tape but is not taped shut.
Resume.
Seriously, I'm ONLY complaining about the packing and shipping; NOT their guitars. I bought a PRS SE Custom 24, I'm more happy with HB. In fact, ecstatic over my ROI. Player quality instrument for player pricing, how can you beat that?
Any guitar that is shipped to you from anywhere (if you did not buy directly out of a music shop in person) will need a setup when you get it. Truss rod adjustments, height set to your liking and intonation set. I do care how much you pay for it. Simple changes in humidity from where it came from to you will cause some of it.
Normally I would completely agree with you. If I am ordering a guitar from Japan or America, I would also expect that. But from a store that markets and sells their own brand that is barely an hour away from where I live, I would expect their quality inspection and setup to be slightly better. I'm not expecting every guitar to go through a plek machine but intonation and checking the inlays takes 5 minutes and would make a huge difference to a beginner guitarist. Still, for the money, the guitar was in really good condition. For that price range it still gets a 9/10 from me.
Robert is totally right. Ive had guitars get whacky just because i left the dehumidifier on in my basement too long. Anything shipped to you needs to be set up. Ive taken guitars from one room to another in the same house and needed to retune them. Wood shifts and moves. Just nature.
Great review. A couple things. Many experts say to set up guitars with a small dip in the neck. Some players like it really straight. "Rolled edges" refers to the fingerboard edges, not the frets. Again, a nice guitar for the money.
You're right, it's personal preference really, but I think for beginners a straight neck with a low action is more advantageous. Rolled edges does refer to the fingerboard, you're absolutely right, but then the frets have to be rolled off as well otherwise you're going to have jagged edges and slice open your fingers...or not? But yeah, definitely an amazing guitar for that price tag. Hard to beat.
It is probably the same good wood as their kit. Så kit parts as the lowrider model.
The recessed Knack and the head stock is so they don't get sued by Gibson in no way can they look the same have a great one
Thanks J A. Headstock I can understand. Is the neck joint really patented by Gibson?
They do hold a patent on a neck joint design. Problem is that reading the patent seems to paint a picture of the neck joint of about any guitar. Gibson is not known for letting brands use much off their designs if their lawyers can help it. They are also known to patent designs that they did not invent. the patent I am referring to is US4027570A. I am not a lawyer by the way.
From Leo: With bargain basement guitars from Thomann being so good, adding another $800 really does not get you a whole lot extra. Except for something awful, pickups are generally not good or bad, they are what you like or what you don't. It amazes me how good the paint and finish is on those guitars.
I had the L400 with real gib shape at the neckheal also very like headstock big regret i sold it.these sc400s neckheal and headstock shape makes it just a big NO
I recently bought a HB Neck-through 5 string fretless bass, I was shocked at how nice it is. I did set it up and re-cut the nut but I have had to do that on every bass i ever bought except the Peavey American cirrus, i have had a half dozen of them and the nut was right on every one. It takes about 20 minutes if you have to re-cut every slot. NBD....
Is this any good for RnB and jazzy style?
I have one of these but passed it on. Sounds like mud, terrible switch, tone pretty much on or off. Very poor
Seriously? The switch is 10x better than anything Gibson has provided the last 10 years and the tone is sweet as hell. I'm surprised to read this review. @anybody this guitar is a great bang for your buck
Gear Acquisition Syndrome! GAS-love it and will use it, thanks Jack
That is not his. We all have been using the GAS acronym for about a decade, if not more. He wisely chose to use it in his channel name🙂
Nice review 👍... I love my Harley Benton guitars. Such good value for the money. Subscribed too 😁
Im a begginer and i love the les pauls is this easy to play or should i look something else for the same budget ?
It's easy to play 😉
Ideal for beginners
i have one im changing the pickup magnets to alaco 5
I would advise to play it without distortion next time. It makes the sound of the guitar clearer to listen to. I think.
Thanks for the feedback. I'll keep that in mind
@@BasementGAS Thank you for making it.
I had tuning stability issues on both my sc 450 and my st-20hss, but after stretching the Strings, they stay in tune fine. As long as you dont smack the handle thingies on the tuners against anything(which would turn them obviously) that is.
The strings don't actually stretch, what happening is that they are becoming "seated " or fully into place as you pull on them.
@@benindavisca i know, but stretching is sort of commonly used and easier to write than "pulling the strings so they get seated tightly around the tuners"
@@EstelonAgarwaen ok, so... Im sensitive 😂😁
I've seen those reliced and they kick ass.
Very nice review. Now I think I want to get one :)
For that price, you'll be pushed to find a better Goldtop. The satin finish looks amazing.
@@BasementGAS I agree - very classy !!!
You should get an HB-35!!
Hey Dude, Its only natural to adjust truss rod and intonation frequently on a new guitar while the wood settles. Knowing how to do this is part of being a guitarist :-)
What in hell are you playing in the beginning ?? Super super Locrian on an untuned guitar ? Don't you hear that ? This one is on my list this month. Vielen Dank für die Bewertung !
Grüße aus Gent Belgien ! Und gehen Sie bitte zum Gehörarzt.. LOL..
Well at least it made your list 😉😂
@@BasementGAS You got me there ! LOL :p Hell, you even made me a subriber HAHAA.. I love Harley Bentons ! And Thomann ! As soon as i have my new car.. i'll make a visit to TreppenDorf. Don't think it's easy to get there with public transport ? Damn, i have some nice American Fenders, Tokai's, Ibanez, Yamaha, etc guitars and i play mostly only my CST 24 and ST 62 DLX.. This one would be a travel guitar, but i'm gonna buy the SC 550 BUT put my own made humbuckers in there. I make pickups and my own brand guitars too. Soon i will make a You Tube Channel. Grüße aus Gent Belgien und spielen Sie nicht mehr so viele falsche Noten und stimmen Sie Ihre Gitarre von nun an ! ;D