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Mixed feelings
I have somewhat mixed feelings about this guitar.
1. First of all, the guitar came with rusted strings, which wasn´t a big deal as i changed them for another size anyway. But it doesn´t look great on a new product.
2. While adjusting string action, an adjustment screw on one saddle tore the thread on that saddle. Now i have to order spare saddles plus shipping (as for i´m not in Germany, and shipping is more than the price of the saddles), or go to local shop and buy original ones for 50€. Or fiddle a home made solution.
3. The pickups sound nice, although they are a bit weak, and my polytuner sometimes struggles catching them. But compared to a 20+ year old Squier, these sound realy realy nice.
4. The tuners are bit grity, but seem to work well, although they are pretty sensitive, at least compared to grover tuners.
5. Electronics seem to work well, there is no static by adjusting knobs or the switch. The finish is nice, and there are no visible flaws on the paint job. The frets are more or less in height. Mine has no fret sprout, and feels comfortable.
All in all, its great one can buy a usable, good lookin and nice sounding instrument for this budget price these days. As for the price, i understand i get a budget product, the part with the saddles realy irritated me.
1. First of all, the guitar came with rusted strings, which wasn´t a big deal as i changed them for another size anyway. But it doesn´t look great on a new product.
2. While adjusting string action, an adjustment screw on one saddle tore the thread on that saddle. Now i have to order spare saddles plus shipping (as for i´m not in Germany, and shipping is more than the price of the saddles), or go to local shop and buy original ones for 50€. Or fiddle a home made solution.
3. The pickups sound nice, although they are a bit weak, and my polytuner sometimes struggles catching them. But compared to a 20+ year old Squier, these sound realy realy nice.
4. The tuners are bit grity, but seem to work well, although they are pretty sensitive, at least compared to grover tuners.
5. Electronics seem to work well, there is no static by adjusting knobs or the switch. The finish is nice, and there are no visible flaws on the paint job. The frets are more or less in height. Mine has no fret sprout, and feels comfortable.
All in all, its great one can buy a usable, good lookin and nice sounding instrument for this budget price these days. As for the price, i understand i get a budget product, the part with the saddles realy irritated me.
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Blue Beauty
Looks stunning, beautifully finished, great colour.
Cheap knobs, which I think is a weakness of Harley Benton generally.
Better to drop the really dreadful cable that comes with every guitar, and spend the money saved on better switches.
Sounds fine. Well set-up, just needed tuning up.
Cheap knobs, which I think is a weakness of Harley Benton generally.
Better to drop the really dreadful cable that comes with every guitar, and spend the money saved on better switches.
Sounds fine. Well set-up, just needed tuning up.
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Good for the price!
I expectedd a little more than what I got, 7-ish months later I'm having a lot of trouble with fret-sprout, and it shipped with a big chip on the bottom. Otherwise though, it's been a great practice guitar.
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Great for the price
Overall, a beautiful guitar. The action was a little high and it may need some fret sanding to get the action down lower, but everything else was well setup.
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nice guitar
good guitar for getting the strat sound on a budget, came intonated and in tune but the tremolo is a little squeaky, the blue is also much more vibrant in real life
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