🔴 Harley Benton TE 62 DB - Candy Apple Red Demo - Best budget Telecaster!
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
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New Telecaster From Harley Benton, a 62 Reissue with white double binding on top and back in Candy Apple Red high gloss!
Gear:
Quilter Amp 101R
M Audio
Logic Pro X
No effects
How things have changed !!
I remember the days when I used to run my own guitar repair shop in Paris ( I moved to Miami many years ago and did the same thing )
Harley Bentons were a common joke among my customers... Especially the cheap strat copies 😄 they were TERRIBLE...
The Teles were...Less bad...
And then everything changed...
I own 146 instruments including many vintage guitars that I have gathered over the years and lots of Squiers and Epiphones but the Harley Bentons are so amazing I have bought 11 so far...And so affordable...The latest one is the DC-60 SG-Junior style... It's amazing...It feels like a $600 guitar...And I know guitars 😁
I agree with you, I have many expensive guitars and this 150 euro telecaster is worth a lot more!
I would assume that it was not just Harley Benton but most cheap guitars in general. I won't get tired of saying this: budget guitars are not what they used to be. Now days you can get a solid instrument under 250 bucks (solid enough to get the groove going). Back in the day: Not a chance. buddy,
@@manuele.itriagom.728 That is so true...
Same here... In fact I don't need other guitars on stage, and that's also a point, nowadays you can't afford it to play in a pub and take your '62 strat, it won't be there anymore after a break, unless you sit on it.
@@dickgitaar2012 You're so right...In my life I've heard THOUSANDS of stories like these...I mean, I am not just a guitar tech I am also a guitar player and collector and I understand being so attached to your favorite vintage strat or Tele or Les Paul or whatever that you need it in your hands but at some point people should ask themselves what's more important ? Delivering a great performance using a high-quality affordable guitar or delivering a great performance and having your '62 strat stolen like you said ??
I'm perfectly fine using my Harley Bentons on stage ( with a few mods ) and leaving my prized vintage guitars at home or in the studio where I can look at them at all times...
Great playing and a jem of a guitar 🎸 👏
Thanks Mark!
Great guitar. And great playing!! I love the way you play that thing. Harley Benton has come a long way - and their guitars are about as good as you can get these days, in that budget range. I love them! And this one does not disappoint. Beautiful. Love the biding. I really love the blue one too. Subbed you.
Thanks man!
Thank you very much! I would say that today they are unbeatable in terms of value for money!
sounds great!
Thanks man!
Great review.
Thanks!
Rockn rolly,gianluca,,👍🎸🔊🎵🎶
Yeah!
Grande chitarra
Ottimo rapporto qualità prezzo!
@@gianlucavankery assolutamente
Still a lot of fret buzz while playing I noticed! I have the Blackface T52 HB and love it, after having it Plek'd
it now plays well too, just very heavy, 10lb??? but the buzz is there on all HB Tele's
I would say that I think this noise is present on all HB!
Can you make a comparison between this TE-62 and the te-52 model? They cost the same but they have different pickups, neck, fingerboard etc.
Sorry but i don't have a 52!
Nice playing ,i`m thinking of buying one of these 60`s H.B Telecasters myself ,mainly because they have a bound body and they`re around £200 cheaper than the Squier classic vibe ,i have a Squier bullet Tele and it would be interesting to see how these compare ,any points worth mentioning?.
thank you! I'm not a Harley Benton fan but I wanted to try them and the color made me decide to buy it. the materials are the same as those of a squier but it costs less and in my opinion it sounds much better.
I would tell you to try as it is cheap! Not bad for 160 euros
I have the Squier CV 60s Custom here and had the not double bound TE62 to compare. There is no question that the Squier is in another league - Neck is totally (!) different, much lighter and overall quality was better. I did an Unboxing Video of them on YT and a Setup Video on the TE62 which also had a faulty Switch and lose Tuners. But maybe the DB is different?
@@Worlds_Worst_Guitarist I understand why Squier copies sell more as they are a Fender feel and sound closer if not as good as [ classic vibe] the Fender stamped ,i have a Squier Simon Neil fiesta red Strat i bought in 2009 when they first came out and it matches the previous Mexican standard in quality ,the only problem with cheaper guitars is it isn`t worth having them re fretted as the cost of that can be more than the instrument is worth so i just sell them on.
@@Worlds_Worst_Guitarist i had seen a squier classic vibe 60 in candy tangerine with double binding from anderthons in the U.K. which would have cost me about 450 euros ... when I saw this HB tele in candy apple red with DB I compared the materials and they are practically the same! I would have changed the pick up in the squier by putting some fender CS with an additional expensive 200 euros, to have a squier with a better sound, but always a squier with a total cost of 650 euros !!! in this way I can put the pickups on the HB and with a total cost of 350 I would have the same result! I'm not a fan of the HB, it is the first I buy, I would not go in concert with a squier, nor with a HB, but if I want to take away a whim better HB. I must admit that I had to do a long setup, crooked neck, saddles too low and hard pots, but the neck is toasted and the fretboard even if in laurel like the squier is much better, darker and less dry ... in conclusion the HB is more likely to have control defects, but otherwise there is little difference. I would recommend you to try it!
FENDER....Tutta la vita!....😉
Sono due mondi diversi!
@@gianlucavankery Lo So ma a quel punto se devo prendere una chitarra così e starci a cambiare tutto (elettronica, meccaniche ponte ecc...) preferisco optare per un prodotto piu' di qualità..Se non vuoi prendere un Made in Mexico con 500 euri ti prendi una G&L che é uno strumento spettacolare...Non so se mi spiego.....
I bought both black and candy apple red, with laurel Fingerboard. Out of the box i love the setup (high actcion is my pretty like) Awesome guitars although far away from classic vibes. However, they're quite over the price, the neck is meant to be loved, the finish can't get any better and it brings 10-46 gauge which is great....the only thing i don't like is the sharp high cuts on the bridge pickup, i have to turn the tone knob down to 9 or 10 to avoid that ultra-sharp high tone and it works fine that way. The overall tone is really rich. Don't expect a wide dynamic range like a fender or a classic vibe, but good cleans anyway. The good point is when you play high gain tones, the work even better than fender in a certain way, the output is great. Not a heavy load, they're to light due to poplar buildin'. This guitar is worth it for sure. how do you find the bridge pickup????...didn't you find it too too too sharp?
Hi, all right! I must tell you that in general the pick ups don't drive me crazy! and in fact the one on the bridge is not the best! i think as soon as i have some money i will change them both.
I have this guitar in lake placid blue. I ordered some Bootstrap pickups, so when they arrive I will drop them in.
I wanna buy one but I am unsure if I should take a black or a red one because sometimes the red one seems to become pink in a bright light.
you're right...mine looks purple and others pink....it's not foreseeable with hb!
Thanks for the video ! I wanted to put some "filtertron" pickup in the neck, I wanted to ask are the routes big enough, if You checked. Anyways.. thanks for the very nice playing !
Hi there! I asked Thomann the same question, and they said it is only routed for single coils. Wouldn't stop me from getting my chisel out :D
thank you! I haven't opened the pickguard and I don't know if there is room for a bigger pickup! however, the pickups must be changed, in my opinion, to improve the electronics which unfortunately are poor, but at this price you don't want more! Thanks again!
@@gianlucavankery @eertje01 Thanks ! Chisels OUT ! :P
@@eertje01 I imagined that there was no space! thank you
@@gianlucavankery no problem! If you want to upgrade the pickups for reasonable money, look at Tonerider pickups or Irongear pickups. Amazing quality for roughly 50% of Seymour Duncan price! The only downside nowadays is import fee because they come from brittain
I think it sounds also In this music world there's 2 many Fender Snobs fender is scared that if alot of company's start making better guitars cheaper then there gonna loose money and guys that have expensive fenders there Value will drop its just a money thing that's it alot of guys don't have 1500.00 or 2,000 to put in a Fender so they get one of these and upgrade nothing wrong with that have a great day !!!
you are right!
it looks more fiesta red than candy apple. Is that accurate?
actually the color on these guitars has many shades, mine tends to purple in the sun but if you look at the official harley Benton demo the guitar is orange!
Nice, how much set did this require out of the box? Was the action high?
thanks ! it took a lot of work unfortunately! neck to pull a lot and action to lift!
I got a chinese Squier cv tele custom great guitar that it is, I am sure the HB would give it a run for its money. Basically you cant go wrong for 150 euro's
you said well! hb with 150 euros can't go wrong!
Excellent review! How much does it weigh?
thank you very much! it is very light, I think it does not exceed 3 kg
Ciao Gianluca... pareri sullo strumento??? Costruzione, verniciatura, suono, componenti, meccaniche , elettronica. Grazie tante
Ciao Giuseppe, la chitarra è un ottimo strumento entry level e a questo prezzo non si può chiedere di più!
comunque ho appena fatto un video dove parlo di tutto quello che chiedi tu, se ti va lo trovi sul mio canali, anzi fammi sapere nei commenti cosa ne pensi quando lo vedi, grazie!
@@gianlucavankery ok... grazie tante. Li vedrò con piacere
@@giuseppefrazzetto3409 ti ringrazio molto, fammi sapere!
and how did you find laurel?? does it need to be oiled???
it is Indian laurel and needs to be oiled
I must tell you that strangely the oil did not dry quickly, I doubt that it is not laurel but a poorer wood ...
@@gianlucavankery Laurel ain't porous as it is rosewood, i guess that's why it takes longer to get dry. I've never played a Laurel fretboard, i heard it is like half way between maple and rosewood. i'm eagerly waiting for the delivery of my second harley benton telecaster which is your model but in black. By the way, i've seen you playing Manesquin, quite a good guitar job to be an Eurovision song...cheers mate
@@thesecondaryone6758 unfortunately, to say that laurel is a poor rosewood, in my opinion a little harder and aesthetically less beautiful than rosewood unfortunately, but on the economic ones there is no longer a way to have rosewood unfortunately! however you will see when it arrives that it is not bad! I played the maneskin song this summer, it brought rock back to Italy in the young generation! great song in my opinion! thank you!!!
I have no trouble working on guitar's, been doing it for decade's, so if I get a HB turd I fix it. Sadly not everyone can do that, so the HB case remains 'If you get a good QC one it's great. But if you get a bad one, they're goddamn awful'. It shouldn't be a bloody lucky dip!
you've hit the problem! if you have to do it regularly for a fee it is no longer a bargain, unfortunately with these guitars you have to hope to be a lucky guy!