Harley Benton SC-550 II Silver Burst

Muy muy satisfecho con la compra. Calidad de construccion sobresaliente y buenos acabados. Se nota una guitarra de calidad en las manos. Buen sonido y afinacion estable.

Los unicos detalles menos positivos es la notable perdida de agudos al bajar el volumen que he solucionado con un treble bleed. Si viniera de serie seria genial. Y la calidad de los potenciometros es mejorable, la mia venia con una rosca pasada.
Aun asi 100% recomendable, con los trastes de acero hay guitarra para años.

Was sceptical as the last HB I bought was a disaster, but a silver burst Les Paul for less than £300 made me take a punt... Glad I did.

The guitar looks and sounds awesome, did need a slight truss rod adjustment to get the action where I wanted it but that's allowable at this price. I will say though it did need the adjustment, the action was uncomfortably high before it. Also the 10's it ships with seem a bit light for this guitar, that's personal preference though.

It's also heavy, which I like, was a bit put off by the chambering to get the weight down but it still feels substantial so no worries there.

The hardware seems fine, the plastic on the tuners does feel a bit cheap, but I'm comparing it to a Gibson so possibly not a fair comparison, for the price they're fine. Did have a weird click on my A string tuner but it went after a few turns. Switches and pots are all fine. The pickups are quite nice to be fair, they're not mentally high output, at this price point they do the job although I'll probably swap them out for something more articulate at some point. I do have to say this guitar sounds better with the tone rolled off, especially on the bridge pickup... Also there's not a massive difference in sound between the neck and bridge with the tone up, which makes me think swapping the pickups out would be a massive improvement.

Frets feel really nice, the nut is a bit too small, but I haven't noticed it while playing so that's not a big problem. The only big problem I have is that the fret board on mine was extremely dry, it was noticeable while playing. I'm going to keep the guitar and oil it, possibly even sand it down a bit, but if the rest of the guitar hadn't been so good I'd have sent it back.

In conclusion at £240 this is a lot of guitar, out of the box it did need some work, so I'd struggle to recommend it as a first guitar, but if you're prepared to do a little bit of work on the set up and maybe spend another £100-£150 on better tuners and pickups you'll end up with something that punches well above its weight

I saw a friend playing a Harley Benton guitar and I asked him about it and he had great thing to say about his guitar. I figured for the price, why not give it a shot. So I order this Silver Burst on a Saturday and it arrived 5 days later!!! From Germany to California! Amazing! Thomann did a great job with packing and shipping because I opened the box and the guitar felt like it was meant for my hands! Amazing! I mean the setup was perfect (intonation, fret shaping, action) amazing! The paint is perfect and all the hardware is flawless as well. Amazing! And then I took it to my practice room and plugged it it in! I’d never heard of these Tesla pickups but they sound great. The guitar has resonance. It is balanced nicely when strapped up and it’s lighter than my other LPs. For a guitar that cost me under $400 US including shipping to be this perfect is simply….amazing! I’m putting in a bunch of overtime at work so I can buy another!