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Flash or Trash? Harley Benton 25th!
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- Опубліковано 19 сер 2024
- Harley Benton has made a wide range of guitars... from "Absolute Crap" to "hey, this is awesome!" Will the 25th anniversary strat be any good? @JakeLeighGuitar helps!
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That angled cord into a straight input really makes that guitar sound metal.
I‘m really in love with my hb guitars. As a German I don’t even have any troubles with the shipping
Yeah Thomann did they part of shiping faster than Polish shiping company later
I live in the USA and Thomann gets gear to me in 2 to 3 days. They rock.
@@MercilessGuitar151 im in the uk and it took mine two weeks to come 😭
I bought a Harley Benton Fusion II a few years ago and compared to my Ibanez Prestige it‘s actually not that different.
🇩🇪 here too. I love my HBs too. A little setup to meet my likings and they are ready to go. Thomann stepped up the last years. I play my HB live. They rock for that budget!
Thanks for having me on Glenn!
Cheers Jake, solid playing 🤘🎸🎶
Glenn went to paradise to review gear for us, thank you Glenn, very cool.
With a hotrail??? Definitely awesome !!
It’s not an SD.
@@thegoodguy44 Branding doesnt matter.
Its a humbucker just rock out and have fun! :)
Wow! Only $275 USD! That may just end up in my arsenal. I love Strats, having one with a humbucker in the bridge, at a reasonable price, will be awesome!
Right, and with a bag to boot. Looks and sounds great for a really nice price.
it is 299Eur in Germany, and i ordered mine today..hope for the same built quality and setup as the one Glenn got his hands on..
The first Harley Benton guitar I ever bought taught me that the guitar price does not make the music. Of course, there are always going to be certain guitars that ship with issues, defects, or imperfections, but guess what, that happens on $1500 + Fender and Gibsons as well. I am very fortunate that no Harley Benton I’ve ever bought needed anything more than may be a set up. Never ever had any problems with fretwork, intonation, problems, or visual defects.
Adding a hot rail to a Strat is always a good idea for metal and rock tones, so for Harley Benton to have one that comes stock with the pickup, for under $500; that’s a no-brainer for me.
I’ve played a couple HB guitars and every one has blown me away.
Smooth fret ends. Fine paint jobs. Good setup. Great guitars by any metric but unreasonably good considering the price point.
My HB Pro Series purple glitter kicks ass, locking tuners always stays in tune, slick frets, whammy bends and stays in tune just a great piece of kit for the price and it’s so pretty.
I have the Strat and classic Tele from this series, and haven't found anything to complain. The biggest selling point to me were the stainless steel frets, since I grind through nickel silver frets fairly quick
Glenn; your legs are taking a beating!! Wrestle Mania? LOL Lyndon Johnson says howdy!!
I’ll never get tired of that intro riff Glen!🤌🏻🤘🏻
Why would you want to pay 500.- rather than 350.- just because it has a couple of higher quality pots and switches? For 150.- i can do far more upgrades, but then we're not talking 'budget' anymore anyways? I have a 200.- Harley Benton TE69 and it is freaking awesome, other than the stringtrees there is no need to change anything and it sounds and plays like a 1000.- guitar! I won't even start about the fantastic fit and finish....the beautiful grain in the ash....the satin finished roasted maple neck....😆🎸🤘🎸
Just got a black Harley Benton strat while visiting Thomann Musik in Germany for 189 Euros beats 3.6 million for David Gilmore’s. Plays great I’m going to change the tuning pegs for $40 and there were a couple of buggered screws in the selector switch (0.26 cents a piece). The flight case cost almost as much as the guitar. Having fun!
Got the Strat. My first ever HB. It’s really really good. And at €298 it’s outrageous value for the €€€ 🤘🤘🤘
Glenn really underestimated how good this is for the money imo 😉
I have zero issues with HB guitars, whatever the imperfections are, can be fixed and usually cheaply. My BIGGEST issue is with the shipping cost to the US. When the shipping costs more than some of the guitars. There is a problem. I was going to order 4 cheap thomann gig bags and a set of HB locking tuners total was cost 110.00, Shipping cost. 130.00. The biggest appeal to HB's back pre Covid was not just the prices of the gear but the 30.00 flat shipping rate for up to 100 pounds or whatever it was. When Covid hit, shipping costs went way up, which I understood nothing was really moving much during 2020-2021. But things are back to moving normally, but the costs have gone up even more? What gives. This might hurt HB sales if they keep this up. Thoughts?
The tone from that engl is 👍
Holy Smack, you two guys?, ... frickin' awesome 🤘
Beach boys and firemist toys. I love both my HB guitars.
I can’t have children, you know the whole being left to die in a lava field thing! Obi wan was a horrible teacher!!!
ive just taken delivery of the sc firemist 25th anniversary, its a quality instrument. and £255 delivered to uk is a bargain
Hey Glenn glad to hear a bit about this guitar 🎸 thank u bud.😊🧨🎆🎸🍻🇺🇸
Sorry to change the subject (cool guitar tho) but can we talk about speaker size?
Is there a tonal reason we're always dealing with 12 inches on this channel or is that just about what most cabinets are set up for?
Would you ever take a 10 or 15" for a better sound?
I'm interested in this too! I do believe 12" are the most common by far, and definitely what most cabs are set up for, but I feel like it would be super interesting to see what options different sizes could give you
My first strat back when I was learning was a Marlin Sidewinder, that had hotrail HB in the bridge. It was as rough as a badgers arse to play but I loved that guitar, the standard of instrument vs cost now is just unbelievable. It must be so cool for someone picking up an instrument for the first time now.
I've got two Marlin slammers. Love them. The nuts are cut really low and the action is obviously low also and they play really fast and feel great.
Just dropped a Seymour Duncan hot rail and an antiquity in the neck on my trusty MIM classic player 50's strat (no HB routing or shielding - so no option for a full size HB - fixed both). Sounds freaking amazing!!
And yes, children are the scourge of the earth... agreed 100%
But what about tone woods?
Thanks!
Hotrails sound awesome. I have one in the neck of my Solar and it's the only neck pickup I ever actually use!
Love my DC & SC Gotoh HP’s. Play great, sound great and stay in tune. Other guitarist have thought I’m bullshiting them about the price.
4:28 that’s what she said
I made the mistake to buy a Harley Benton Fusion-III HSH EB FBLB guitar and it was totaly crap!. The nut on the first one looked like it had ben cut with a hack saw and the frets were really rough and not done properly so I had to finish the job myself. And the f**king thing would not stay in tune! If you bend the B or G-string, the string does not return to its original position so the string turns flat in its tuning. Using the tremolo once fix it and the guitar is back in tune. But I should not have to whammy the f**king thing after each bend just to be able to continue playing in tune. So I sent it back to Thomann and a week later they sent me another one with crappy frets and the same tuning issue. But since I had to (once again) finish of the fretjob just to get the guitar in playable condition, I suspect that they will not refund me since I have "altered the product". I am awating their response on that issue. But one thing i certain, I will NEVER EVER buy a Harley Benton guitar again. NEVER!!
Glenn is on island time and not yelling at anyone. It happens.
It’s a great time to be a guitar player. Sure, you have to sift through a lot of trash that’s out there, but once you do, there are just as many if not more awesome guitars for a really good price point.
My kind of ax. Great price and it's got a hot rail type pickup that sounds as good as any Duncan I've owned.
When I was a kid, and stuck with my guitar lessons, my folks bought me a Strat, This was 1979. I still have the guitar, I love it, but also I don't care for the sound of the bridge pickup. I use the middle one most of the time. A humbucker in the bridge position would be good. I'm hesitant to make any changes to that guitar, but maybe it'll be worth it.
If you can solder; injecting new life into a sentimental guitar is worth it. I've brought a few guitars back to life that way and the satisfaction pays off every day I play them.
@@chance2smoke I'm actually considering it. In fact I think I'm going to swing by my local repair shop and find out if they still make guitars sit around a month before they bother working on them.
@@SalAveNU lol. That's why I ended up doing it myself.
I think you guys should give a HUGE shout out to the people who made them chairs. Now that's some build quality 😉🤣😉🤣
Glenn - "Pickups don't matter for high gain playing"
Also Glenn - "A Tele with a hotrails gave me some of the best tones ever"
😂 Just kidding mother-Fricker, don't get your panties all in a bunch
You probably know this, but just for every should-have-been-a-bass-player who didn't get it and wants to jump on this:
Glenn always emphasized that single coil vs p90 vs humbucker vs ... DOES mean a difference. The difference between two humbuckers is negligable.
I had a '95 standard strat that came factory with a double stacked humbucker exactly like this setup, and a treble/bass boost/cut knob, and it sounded exactly like this.
I can't stress enough that I sold that guitar in 2019 for $500 more than I bought it for lol if this thing is $400-$500 this is a STEAL.
Its half that. The hb62 I got was even less. It had a caramelised neck and when I opened the box I honestly thought they made a mistake and put a fender instead.
@@mitchconnerandsometimesjlotoo how do you like the guitar? I'm honestly thinking of buying it next week.
Skip to 4:19 for something completely unexpected.
Question for Glenn , Right before the internet /connection blew up back about 3/4 of a decade ago when forums were king. The Phaez tube amps were the cream of the crop of custom amp offerings on many forums & built by a forum member , Built here in North America & located in Windsor Ontario ...It's kind of weird you guys have not collaborated.. ?
Glen: "I'm really loving the whole strat with a hot rail thing."
But wait a minute Glen...I thought you said pickups don't matter. I thought you said pickups were just magnets and wires 😂
As opposed to a single coil. Duh.. everybody can hear a single coil vs a humbucker in a blind test. Humbucker vs different style humbucker? Not so much…
That guitar looks like it survived a stroke.
That extinction level event update sure is awesome.
I bought Anniversary JazzMaster and holy damn it's an impressive guitar!!!
Love the idea of it, just can't stand the color. I would love to get one of these, but not until it looks like something I'd buy lol.
Still thinking about one of the Fusion III HSS models, really can't beat the specs at the price. Still need to move a couple guitars first, not for the money, just thinning the herd!
I own 4 HB guitars. All but one are humbucking guitars. My S-style HB is garbage. I hate to say it because I'm a huge HB fan but my Strat copy is garbage. The tremolo stinks. It throws it out of tune with mild use and the tuners and pickups are awful. If you are looking for a budget S-type guitar, look at the Yamaha Pacifica. I have the cheapest one, (012) and love it! It played great out of the box and the pickups sound decent as-is.
Haha, You are Right!...We alone can prevent "the most awful sexually transmitted disease of all time...CHILDREN!"😂🤭....that's why the best advice to ALL Men is don't Get Married, practice safe sex or just do it yourself, 😂the best you can do is learn to play guitar which is the GREATEST hobby a man can ever experience...waaay better than having children. 😆.....and collect guitars as much as you can. For you can "never have too much guitars". hahaha. Cheers Glenn!🤘💯
Is it worth spending more for a PRS Silver Sky SE?
Of course.This just a toy.
Hey Glenn, once again thank you so much for the review. I'm a learner on a tight budget. In terms of playability: Would you prefer the 25th Anni Strat or the DC-DLX Gotoh you mention and show so often? The Strat seems to be much more versatile while the DC seems to be Metal only (more or less). Did I get the right impresssions here?
Could you do a review of the fusion III HSS model (25th anniversary)? I am really interested in the tesla coils and the noise they can get!
I was after a charvel dk 24, but when I saw the fusion 3 reviews and comparison with the charvel, I was really astonished, and as far as I know about the noise of the dk24 hss of the neck pickup, I wanted to know how about the noise in the HB model.
Ah, Elton John... Now there was an entertainer!
I remember when he sang...
"Down at Spectre they got a new IR machine
Glenn Fricker says it cuts setup hours by fifteen
Yeah but that ain't natural old man Clay would say
You see he's a tube amp man until his dying day"
It IS a Tusq
The 7-9 week wait time on these kinda sucks but it seems like a great guitar for the price if you can grab one.
$275 plus shipping, not bad. You forgot to mention it has stainless steel frets.
Very interesting! 🤘
What do you call a Canadian on the beach..... a lobster......
It’s not a spectre sound guitar review if Glenn doesn’t play the painkiller riff
I bought the tele s it hit the market
I don't know if it would be worthwhile but I'd love to see how you'd use a synthesizer in a mix or as an effect unit since a lot can take guitar signals
the strat has even the floating conf. Where dime squeal?
Can you please review the FomoFX Virtual Jeff tremolo? This could be a real game change when it comes to tuning stability on guitars with a trem...
Hey glenn, what’s your thought on mixing 4 different speakers into 1 cab? I was thinking the Celestion Heritage G12-65, Randall jaguar, Hempback, and the Vintage 30. But of course there’s the fear of it sounding like absolute shit.
Fearless gear review of the new tc electronics pedals when, right up your street, IR no tubes, cab sims, is it vass player proof?
That Harley strat would be perfect with a hardtail. Otherwise, very cool.
Hey you guys didn’t discuss your setup! Amp, signal chain. What’s that box on top of the ENGL amp?
Im torn between the tele here and a Squier Affinity Tele Deluxe...
I'm with you on the STDs Glenn!
No kids!
No kids!
No kids!
Lol
Single size humbuckers. A bad single coil or a bad humbucker? You choose.
Man it must be nice to have a life and be able to afford it
That strat is on my GAS list pretty hard
7:00 what did he play? I for sure recognize that riff from somewhere.
Remember when you used to do videos about production related topics? Ah those were the days...
Like this? ua-cam.com/video/MXElgek9J78/v-deo.html
I just put this out
2:25 Gotta love that nonsensical “shredding” 🤦♂️
Sweet axe for the price! Move over Sears!
So did your review change, considering it's a graphite (not TUSQ but better than plastic) and only $275, not $350?
Just saw this is £259 👀 updated stars?
Is it possible to review firefly guitars?
Glen is still like a kid in a candy store discovering pinch harmonics rofl! Like end every passage with a PH haha lulz
Jake likes his pinch harmonics 😂
Love gold guitars i havnt had a harley benton but i do knkw cheap can be good. Im poor 😅
£259 for the strat
Hey Glenn, would it be fine to mix video game soundtracks with headphones? Is it a different beast entirely, or am I as dumb as I think I am.
Also, just curious, have you ever done or considered doing video game soundtracks?
Sound is sound
I think he worked on quake or something like that
What was that last riff ?
A big part of me feels like it’s totally useless to review a guitar that has not been properly setup. Just because you got lucky with the double cut dlx-gotoh hb, doesn’t mean that all the other HBs could be quite on the same level with minimal setup by someone who knows what they are doing. 🤷♂️ the same lottery you play with any brand.
Very nice!!!Me likey
Pain killer!!!
That’s your standard Glen! It’s what I want to hear you play to judge a Guitar
The HB ST-20HH I bought had great frets if you like your action at 1-1/2in, nice fret ends if you like your fingers cut up, awesome active pickups if you love fuzzy AM radio toned power chords (they sound like sh*t is what I'm saying wink), now it was actually 95% intonated and the neck is....okay.
Not bad for the money
Fit n finish rating of a gibson for 1/10 of the price, not bad… 😂 fu glenda love from ky
Hilarious.
Can you believe men made these, and then learned them? ROH-ADS. I swear.
After my experience with HB guitars I would never recommend them! You have to be very lucky to get a playable one and the electronics are rubbish. As usual at the sponsert reviews everything is great. Hope one day someone of them has the balls to say the truth...
Sorry to hear about your bad experience! I have 5 HB's and they are all awesome guitars, my Maybach T54 is def. not 10x better...🎸🤘🎸
I must be v e r y lucky, having 15 of them and always being very pleased with the quality (locking tuners, steel frets, roasted maple neck, ....) considering the price. Only ones Thomann had to send me a 5 way switch to repla e a faulty one.
I was more interested in the Tele. Boo
Two guys who can't play guitar doing a guitar review...
Lmao I'm sure you're the next generation's John Petrucci.
but they are playing guitar on this video
Tbh, Glenn usually plays better in his reviews, but I don't think either of them is that bad.
And maybe they should dial the gain down to clean everything up a bit.
Who cares? It's an electric guitar, they all sound the same....🤣🎸🤘🎸
2100 US smackaroonies for the 2017 T one up for sale. Not bad all things considered given how used Gibson’s have exploded in value. I’m just gonna be here kicking myself forever for not buying a used sunburst colored one at the Guitar Center in Boston in February 2017 for $975 though 🥲
Thomann has it at $275.....
It’s so frustrating with these budget instruments having garbage hardware and especially electronics. Are they better than they were ? Of course . Is it acceptable when your instrument doesn’t actually work because the pats are so bad? I’d gladly pay 500 instead of 350 for some cts Bournes switchcraft oak grigsby, ect. I’m happy to do the work for people but it would be nice if you got a guitar and your first thought wasn’t wow they couldn’t have made this any cheaper if they tried. None of that shit is very expensive so why the half measures? We’re talking literally 1$ per pot so you don’t have the piece you feel work like garbage. Let’s not even talk about the abomination that strings are on cheap guitars are. It’s 5 bucks for Ernie ball. Saving a dollar instead of putting out a real instrument is kinda sad. You shouldn’t have to spend over 1000k$ because you want to play a nice guitar. It’s wood and magnets. I’m pretty sure schecters entire philosophy was based around this principle. As for the go start your own guitar company if you don’t like it… we’ll fuck I just might. Firefly and Eart don’t seem to be having any trouble staying in business.
I hate fender guitar styles. Especially that middle pickup.