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Metal machine with flaws
This guitar was perfect for me to learn the basics, and still learning on it as it's my first electric guitar. Here are the few flaws I find the most annoying but easily fixable. The finish the inlay and the 24 frets Reaaaally inspire me to pick it up everyday. It's my work horse. The black all around finish and design is metal as hell!!!! I love it. It reeled me in like a fish immediately, for the price this is amazing.
Here come the flaws.
#1 i find the bridge being a vibrato system hard to use, or even get to use in the first place. Very very weak and unreliable.. the tuning just feels loose. I blocked it but if someone wants a working tremolo you'd be better off with something else from Harley Benton.
#2 the tuners and the nut seem to be very very weak as well. Doing the job pretty alright until you start to notice some tuning instability. The looks are all there but the inability to keep slight tune post doing a big bend or using the tremolo is one of the main flaws. Combined with the tuners and the plastic nut, if you're willing to modify this like I did, is to get a graphite nut +locking tuners .
#3 id have to say slightly with the electronics.. the pickups are good, pretty okay for the price. Honestly the pickups don't matter that much, the wiring and the pots are sliiiiiiight crackly, but it has kept me on my feet for a while!!
Overall this guitar in my opinion should also include a version of a hardtaill! If it was a beginner again looking for Megadeth riffs I would immediately run here! Well done Harley Benton. But I'd prefer if the beginner options here would be more centered for convenience
Here come the flaws.
#1 i find the bridge being a vibrato system hard to use, or even get to use in the first place. Very very weak and unreliable.. the tuning just feels loose. I blocked it but if someone wants a working tremolo you'd be better off with something else from Harley Benton.
#2 the tuners and the nut seem to be very very weak as well. Doing the job pretty alright until you start to notice some tuning instability. The looks are all there but the inability to keep slight tune post doing a big bend or using the tremolo is one of the main flaws. Combined with the tuners and the plastic nut, if you're willing to modify this like I did, is to get a graphite nut +locking tuners .
#3 id have to say slightly with the electronics.. the pickups are good, pretty okay for the price. Honestly the pickups don't matter that much, the wiring and the pots are sliiiiiiight crackly, but it has kept me on my feet for a while!!
Overall this guitar in my opinion should also include a version of a hardtaill! If it was a beginner again looking for Megadeth riffs I would immediately run here! Well done Harley Benton. But I'd prefer if the beginner options here would be more centered for convenience
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Not a bad guitar, but some issues
Overall, I was satisfied with this guitar as a fixer-upper, but abandoned the project after a year.
Pros:
- I love the string tension with the tuners on the bottom of the headstock; it makes for good playability and looks cool.
- The neck is super playable! I personally love how chunky and flat it feels. If you're used to a more rounded neck, then this guitar might not be for you.
- The sound is good, but not great. It sounds a bit hollow or bland.
- The matte finish is nice.
Cons:
- It's a very heavy guitar. The first time I picked it up I was a bit disappointed. I once owned a PRS guitar which was really hefty, too, but here it seems unnecessary.
- The nut was awful, reducing playability and tuning stability. I ended up replacing it, but had a difficult time finding the correct nut. After some failed attempts I decided to abandon this project. It was more hassle than it was worth as a beginner modder. Maybe I'll pick it up again someday.
- The tone pot is flimsy and 'came loose' after half a year. It's now barely usable.
Pros:
- I love the string tension with the tuners on the bottom of the headstock; it makes for good playability and looks cool.
- The neck is super playable! I personally love how chunky and flat it feels. If you're used to a more rounded neck, then this guitar might not be for you.
- The sound is good, but not great. It sounds a bit hollow or bland.
- The matte finish is nice.
Cons:
- It's a very heavy guitar. The first time I picked it up I was a bit disappointed. I once owned a PRS guitar which was really hefty, too, but here it seems unnecessary.
- The nut was awful, reducing playability and tuning stability. I ended up replacing it, but had a difficult time finding the correct nut. After some failed attempts I decided to abandon this project. It was more hassle than it was worth as a beginner modder. Maybe I'll pick it up again someday.
- The tone pot is flimsy and 'came loose' after half a year. It's now barely usable.
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Good beginner guitar!
The guitar it self is good as a beginner/intermediate guitar, but a few things you have to keep in mind the knobs of the guitar are a bit low quality. There is a bit of a buzzing sound when playing with high distortion but it could be because of all the electronics around me. but overall great guitar for it's price.
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It's... whatever.
The amp just sounds bad. The guitar is whatever but christ the nut is terrible; the nut slots were cut way too deep and carelessly, giving it horrendous fret buzz. Aswell as that, the tuning stability is not really up to par. Like, even when im not using the whammy bar it manages to go out of tune in a few minutes of playing. Wouldn't particularly recommend.
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JN
Cracked headstock
For the money it's ok if your a beginner, I wanted a cheap guitar to mod and under closer inspection and stripping the paint off I noticed a considerable crack in the head stock all the way through and along every tuning peg. Other than that a good guitar
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It's horrible
Don't buy it it's horrible there's grounding issues the teem system is loud and screws keep falling out
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Cracked Neck!!!!
I just received this guitar, it looks good, sounds good, but it arrived with a neck crack which is probably the courier's fault, but damn, not even Gibsons crack this easy
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R
A good start but gradual decay in too shorter time period.
I have owned this for a few months now and what started as an odd tremolo effect in my pick-ups that eventually went away, degraded into crazy bad microphonic feedback problems later down the line. Thomann have since remedied the situation with me in an agreeable manor but just a heads up if you consider buying this particular item. Harley Benton are actually unparalleled for their price point and everything else about the guitar was exquisite, I just think this was a bad example of when cheap goes wrong.
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3+
The weakest sides of this guitar are:
Finish – it's made so poor that it holds your fingerprints (even if you washed your hands twice) and it screws the look of the guitar really bad.
Tuning – it's pretty unstable, always need to tune it after a couple of tight riffs, but okay, manageable.
Frets – they are rounded not that good too and scratch your fret playing hand, not to cut off it, but not that comfortable too.
The strong side is sound – it is pretty solid, no doubt there. Clear sound without noises, sounds good on distortion, really nice.
Overall – okay+ value for 100 euro + shipping.
Finish – it's made so poor that it holds your fingerprints (even if you washed your hands twice) and it screws the look of the guitar really bad.
Tuning – it's pretty unstable, always need to tune it after a couple of tight riffs, but okay, manageable.
Frets – they are rounded not that good too and scratch your fret playing hand, not to cut off it, but not that comfortable too.
The strong side is sound – it is pretty solid, no doubt there. Clear sound without noises, sounds good on distortion, really nice.
Overall – okay+ value for 100 euro + shipping.
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Amazing guitar for the price
This guitar I got for only £85 brand new!!! I couldn't believe it either. But this a great guitar and the lefty head stock makes it feel good, I don't know why but i like that feature.
Even though it is amazing for the price. There are only a few flaws with the guitar I got.
1. The volume knob didn't work right. It only was full volume or none at all which is kind of annoying, but it's not that bad.
2. There is evidence of filler for the fret board where the grain is quite wide, but has little effect on playing.
3. Some of the frets had dents in which catch the strings when trying to bend. It's kind of annoying at times when I'm trying to solo and it just nicks the string and makes it twang.
Overall this is a great guitar for the price. A great first guitar and the Trve Kvlt matte black finish and fret inlay make it amazing to look at.
Even though it is amazing for the price. There are only a few flaws with the guitar I got.
1. The volume knob didn't work right. It only was full volume or none at all which is kind of annoying, but it's not that bad.
2. There is evidence of filler for the fret board where the grain is quite wide, but has little effect on playing.
3. Some of the frets had dents in which catch the strings when trying to bend. It's kind of annoying at times when I'm trying to solo and it just nicks the string and makes it twang.
Overall this is a great guitar for the price. A great first guitar and the Trve Kvlt matte black finish and fret inlay make it amazing to look at.
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