Harley Benton TE-80 NT Deluxe Series B-Stock

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Electric Guitar

  • Deluxe Series
  • Body: Ash
  • Laminated top made of flamed maple
  • Walnut body stripes
  • Bolt-on neck made of Canadian maple
  • C neck profile
  • Fretboard: Maple
  • Fretboard radius: 350 mm
  • Scale: 648 mm
  • Nut width: 42 mm
  • 21 Frets
  • Black body binding
  • Dual action truss rod
  • Tortoise pickguard
  • Pickups: 2 Roswell Alnico STA-N-BLK / STA-B-BLK single coils
  • 1 Volume knob and 1 tone knob
  • 3-Way pickup switch
  • Hardtail bridge
  • Deluxe hardware
  • Die-cast machine heads
  • Strings: D'Addarío .010 - .046
  • Colour: Natural, high gloss
Available since September 2013
Item number 325826
Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
Colour Natural
Pickups SS
Fretboard Maple
Tremolo None
Body Ash
Top Maple
Neck Maple
Frets 21
Scale 648 mm
Incl. Case No
Incl. Bag No
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Harley Benton TE-80 NT Deluxe Series Electric Guitar

One shouldn’t always be bound to tradition. With the TE-80 NT, Harley Benton has taken the first ever mass-produced solidbody electric guitar to be offered, with its unmistakable design, and given it a distinct twist, in a tribute to one of the most innovative songwriters and guitar players to have graced the instrument. Although he was born Roger Nelson, most of us know him as Prince. But you don't have to be a funk guitarist, or even know who Prince is, to appreciate the TW-80 NT.

Top of the Harley Benton TE-80 NT Deluxe Series Electric Guitar

Time-tested components

The recipe that makes the TE-80 is time-tested and proven: An ash body, with two single coil pickups, is paired with a bolt-on maple neck. But it's the finer details that make all the difference. The body has a gorgeous flamed-maple veneer. A narrow strip of walnut wood going down the centre of the body adds to the striking aesthetic. It looks especially great from the back, as the walnut stripe continues into the "skunk stripe" of the neck, which hides the truss rod. Both body and fingerboard feature black binding, giving the guitar a very distinguished appearance. It has a hardtail bridge, as one would expect with this type of model, but with six individual saddles and without the bridge plate normally associated with this design. The two ST-style pickups add their own unique sound to the mix and are wired via master volume and tone controls as well as a three-way pickups selector switch - that's all you need, really.

body of the Harley Benton TE-80 NT Deluxe Series Electric Guitar - back view

A touch of class

The Harley Benton TE-80 adds luxury and its own unique style to the original design, but it’s no wall-hanger. At its heart, it is still a no-frills guitar, and will be a reliable tool, when you need it to be. The layout of two single coils, single volume and tone controls, and a pickup selector is simple and effective. In fact, it could be argued that because you don't have hundreds of sound variants to fiddle between, you can focus more on your performance. For the straightforward musician with a preference for clean sounds, the TE-80 is hard to beat.

Headstock of the Harley Benton TE-80 NT Deluxe Series Electric Guitar

About Harley Benton

Since 1998, the Harley Benton brand has been catering for the needs of numerous guitarists and bassists. In addition to an extensive range of stringed instruments, Thomann's house brand also offers a wide choice of amplifiers, speakers, effect pedals, and other accessories. In total, the range includes over 1,500 products. Built by established names in the industry, all Harley Benton products combine quality and reliability at attractive and affordable prices. The continuous expansion of the range ensures that Harley Benton always provides new, exciting, and innovative products that keep players perfectly in tune with the musical world, day after day.

A medicine for motivation

That’s not to say that the Harley Benton TE-80 won’t look good hanging on your wall. It’s certainly good enough for that. But it probably won't stay there too long. Every time you to turn to look and admire it, you’ll want to take it down and give it a play. In that sense, it is the ideal instrument for the guitarist who has a sense of style, but a tendency to be lazy. We’re all to blame for skimping on practice sometimes, but a guitar like this just inspires you to pick it up. That’s also why the TE-80 deserves to be on the stage, where its striking looks and distinct tone are sure to make it stand out from the crowd.

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Niallmo 24.02.2015
It's quite a while since I bought this so I have a lot of experience with this guitar to go on. It's a beautiful rendition of a guitar played by Prince and now commanding lots of money to buy older original versions. The top is figured very nicely and double bound in black and is complemented very well by the pick-guards. All the controls work smoothly and have a good range.

The two single coils give some nice sounds and the neck is particularly good, being deep but cutting, giving just the right amount of bite to blues leads.

The best thing is the neck, oh, the neck, just fantastic. Satin finished rather than gloss and very well shaped without being too big. The frets were good and it's playing beautifully. It's a delight to play.

Overall it's agreat guitar and the only slight niggle is that it's a little on the heavy side, apart from that it's great value and has a high quality finish and sound.
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Amazing for the money
Andrew A. 02.06.2015
Great slim neck with lovely maple fretboard. No sharp frets and very even. Good quality singlecoil pickups. Nice big vintage 3 way switch. Cool fat chrome volume and tone controls and a stunning flamed maple top. Scratchplate is kind of ugly but will be replacing it. Decent chrome hardware has kept tune well while played.

Plays as you would expect a tele really good for rock or blues. Tried it trough a practice amp, a marshall combo and into amplitube pc through mixer and it sounds great with a bright rich tone.

All I had to do was some fine tuning and it was up and playing with a nice low action. The neck has a satin finish that is easy for movement and doesnt get sticky over long sessions. The maple is well matched and the finish is that of a far much more expensive guitar. Id read it was heavy and it was but no heavier than my ibanez. all in all fantastic all round guitar and amazing for the money. As good as my squier and ibanez at a less than half the price.
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Die etwas andere Tele
Werner856 03.02.2015
Obwohl B-Stock, kam das Instrument ordentlich eingepackt bei mir an. Wirkte wie neu. Natürlich werden kleine optische Verarbeitungsmängel bei genauem Suchen sichtbar, die haben aber keinen Einfluß auf die Funktion.

Die TE-80 NT ist definitv die schwerste Tele meiner Sammlung, was vorwiegend am Korpusholz liegen muss. Nach den üblichen Einstellarbeiten und Anpassungen (speziell Saitenlage, Halskrümmung) - die Original d'Addarios blieben vorerst drauf - erster Test am Amp.

Keine Beschwerden bei Bespielbarkeit, der Hals liegt gut in der Hand, relativ geringe Nebengeräusche, aber nach einiger Zeit kommen doch Beschwerden: nämlich körperliche, denn das Gewicht fordert Tribut. Als einziges Instrument über eine komplette Konzertdistanz würde ich die TE-80 NT nicht empfehlen - außer man ist Bodybuilder. Die Tuner halten die Stimmung, wenngleich sie etwas seidiger laufen könnten, die Bundabrichtung ist generell OK.

Zum Klang: Die Wilkinsons machen ihre Sache gut, meinem Empfinden nach liegt die TE-80 NT klanglich zwischen Tele und Strat (ohne Zwischenpositionen). Gute Bässe, klare Mitten und Höhen im Clean-Bereich, nicht unbedingt Twangy, aber sehr ausdruckstark mit hohem Output. Wechselt man zur Zerre, kommt massives Rockbrett hervor - man kann mit dieser Gitarre durchaus in das High-Gain Segment eindringen, soferne man die Nebengeräusche im Griff hat. Hier scheiden sich die Geister gegenüber einer Tele in Standardbestückung.

Der Steg-PU unterscheidet sich klanglich nur wenig von einem normalen Tele-Steg-PU - Nuancen können über die Höhen-Positionierung eingestellt werden. Solis mit leicht angezerrtem Hals-PU (meine bevorzugte Variante) kommen heftiger und kompromissloser, verglichen mit dem sanften Schmieren eines normalen Tele-Lipstick. Erhöht man den Gain, kann man auch pure Brutalität liefern - wenn man das mit einer Tele will.

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Grundsätzlich ist die TE-80 NT ein interessantes Tele-Derivat, vorzugsweise für die etwas härtere musikalische Gangart geeignet, aber aufgrund des hohen Gewichts auf Dauer unkomfortabel. Die Ausführung ist gut gelungen, kleine Detailmängel kompensiert der Preis, da sie keine funktionellen Einflüsse haben. Der Stern Abzug kommt vorrangig von der Gewichtsseite, weil das Instrument bei längerer Bedienung unbequem wird.
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Eine "the Prinz" zum Schnäppchenpreis!
stefpappie 10.01.2014
anfang dezember war ich in Treppendorf und hab die TE-80 NT hängen gesehen.
ich bin absoluter Telefan und ne "prinz" sieht schon immer sehr lecker aus - also hab ich mir das teil geschnappt und mich erstmal über die gefühlten "10 kilo" gewicht gewundert, aber egal - anspielen muss sein!
Mitgenommen habe ich sie aber (vorerst) nicht, da ich irgendwie eh zuviele Telcasters habe... (aber sie ging mir nimmer aus dem Kopf)
Kurz vor weihnachten hab ichs dann nach langem hin und her doch gemacht und die TE-80 NT Deluxe bestellt

Beim auspacken war ich hin und weg, das teil schaut wirklich atemberaubend aus!
allerdings war die bespielbarkeit ein wenig suboptimal, einiges hat geschnarrt und so hab ich die Gitarre meinem freund und gitarenbauer mitgegeben, der alles gerichtet hat, sattel nachfeilen und die brückenreiterchen entgraten, neue saiten drauf und die gitarre lässt sich nun bespielen wie butter!

der sound ist für mich ein wenig schwierig, da die gitarre für meinen geschmack viel zu wenig bässe hat, selbst der halspickup klingt sehr höhenreich, aber ohne nennenswerten "Bauch", da werde ich mir noch ein wenig gedanken zu machen, wie das geändert werden kann

aber nichtdestotrotz ist das eine wunderschöne, sehr gut bespielbare gitarre, die, bedenkt man den preis, nur staunen lässt, wie so was geht - der hammer!
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