I have a Fusion II with Covered HH configuration and DAMN. My Charvel, Les Paul, and Telecaster are jealous… My Charvel is the closest to it in term of specs and the 500€ difference is a real joke… The Charvel is great, don’t get me wrong (smoother neck and Seymour Duncan pickups) but I just keep picking up the Fusion more often… Something about the feel of it… I bought it by pure curiosity and gear addiction and it blew my mind. Don’t buy a name on a headstock, buy the feel and playability. (Might need a good setup though) My Telecaster is still my main axe but the Fusion is very close behind (without any mods)
Great demo! I have the Fusion II Roasted HSH too in blue and I kinda like having the toggle switch than the push/pull. I like that finish tho. It looks streamlined 👍
Well played - cant believe it took me 3y but i FINALLY found one of these, in this color and for a decent deal again. still stunned at how many features for $400 delivered still a great deal in 2023.
Man these Fusions are Rad!!! I kinda wish I got t strat fusion super strat but I saw the fusion T first on reverb last year. Snagged it. I love it. I really have my eye on the HSS.
Thanks for the review. Any chance you can tell us what the middle position does with the pulled tone pot? I didn't see you use that position in the all of the samplings. I thought I read somewhere that it gives all three split to single coils? Thanks.
The guitar has to go on the scale again, I have it in Gloss Trans Flamed Cherry of course Fusion III, and it weighs without tremolo handle 3.252 g + 35 g for the handle. So the Harley Benton Fusion-III is 283 g lighter than my Yamaha Pacifica 112V 3.535 g + 32 g for the handle. Otherwise, I can only agree with all the information and explanations. 👍👍👍👍
Beautiful looking guitar! The black back is bit of a letdown, but the flame maple looks amazing! Ide like a roasted maple guitar and I think this may be the one. Thanks for sharing!
Please give me an advice, I play covers with my band, tell me should I buy HSH or HSS. Let’s say that HSS looks better (more Strat look) but it seems to me that with HSH I can get a better sound to play, let's say, CCR, Santana, what do you suggest?
Ja, die Fusion Gitarren sind wirklich gelungen und ich habe einige davon. Allerdings kann ich mich nicht für die Edelstahlbünde begeistern. Ich habe festgestellt das immer irgendwelche unangenehme Nebengeräusche mitschwingen in Form von klir geräuchen. Bei normalen Bünden habe ich das nicht. Gutes und informatives Video übrigens!
I know its subjective but I play mostly bass but do play guitar with my worship team at church. I had a nice squier classic vibe tele but im infatuated with this guitar. What would be a good amp for this using mostly cleans?
Probably a Fender. I recently bought the little Fender Mustang LT-25 and it has nice clean tones (as well as as lots of other great modelled tones too).
Useful video. How is the tuning stability on this guitar? I’ve read the trem isn’t so great. On this vid it sounds slightly out despite your excellent playing. I’m not a trem user and wish this had a hard tail.
The tuning stability is surprisingly good. Without tremolo use it stays perfect in tune. The tremolo is pretty decent, at least if you don’t do divebombs all the time.
@Rodolfo Misao tbh, you'll never get the same stability out of the Wilkinson as you would out of a true locking tremolo like a floyd. They just aren't designed to be able to do the same things. But, if you want to give it the best fighting chance, I'd focus on the nut before anything. The tuners and trem are fine, and the springs would be more of a preference based on how you like the trem to feel and your string gauge. I'd just have a luthier set it up and make sure the nut is properly cut and lubricated or have it replaced altogether. Otherwise, just go for Floyd equipped version of these.
I've had the Fusion for half a year now. I have a love-hate relationship with the pickups (less attack) but will eventually replace them. The Wilkinson tremolo is nothing to do with. This one is so unstable that you keep tuning. I have been to several luthiers but no result. So also another tremolo. The thin E string is too close to the edge of the neck, so you press it very quickly next to the neck.
@@cubancoffee3698 If you want crazy whammy movement, you will not get it with this as the rout behind does not allow much movement, You could install a vegatrem and achieve insane whammy OR dremel the rear rout to allow more movement
So the guitar arrived. I bought this as a B Stock supposedly with 'Slight Usage’, it had a large chip where the neck bolts go in on the back with a really poor repair. The action was so high it would require a setup at £55 as I don't want to mess it up. Finally, the ultra flame maple bore absolutely no resemblance to what this one looks like or the pictures on the website. The flame was sub par and dull. Real Friday guitar. I feel like with HB stuff you really roll the dice and there is no continuity with quality control even on their high spec guitars. Besides the above it sounded great. Super disappointed. The grumpy chat guy was as welcoming as a shark tank. Probably going to do an RMA tomorrow.
@@BoltRM I've had several B Stock HBs and never had any issues. Just ordered a B stock HSS Fusion, hoping it's a nice as the others. Besides, they have a full return policy if there's any issues.
Where the hell are the lefthanded versions? So strange to see HB pride itself for offering so much to lefties, only to see them completely stop production of them.
Dude you speak English really well, good enough even to run a TH-cam channel. Thanks for this review, it’s an interesting guitar at this price. There is one word you’re mispronouncing, I only mention it because it’s really noticeable to the point of distracting.
@@SRguitar I learnt German but I really struggle to roll my ‘r’s properly. Sometimes I get away with it, but mostly not. Your pronunciation of the soft ‘r’ in ‘really’ sounds like ‘wheely’, and I only mention it because it’s a very noticeable one in English. Frankly if it got really bad, it would be the difference between a successful TH-cam channel and a small channel, as illustrated in this old clip of Raquel’s rendition of “Crying” versus Tony Angelino’s version “Cwying” th-cam.com/video/hQiftd8XvBM/w-d-xo.html
The harley benton fusion guitars are the basis for a good guitar. The first thing you have to do is the crappy tremolo that is massively out of tune. No luthier gets these properly tuned. The pickups have no attack. Very thin. The neck is crazy.
I have to say that my Fusion ll has a really stable bridge. I set it myself for height and intonation, made it float and it stays in tune really well. I did change the pickups for duncans but left the rest of the hardware as is. This is my main player and I have many guitars including a 1973 Strat.
That's how logarithmic pots work. I like them! You can just replace the pot with a linear one and additionally higher value cap. Problem solved! Costs: 6$ and ten minutes of work. 😊🤷🏻♂️
@@lone-wolf-1 That's how linear pots work. It's audio taper pots that have a wider sweep of audible changes on a tone pot. Odd that HB chose a linear taper pot.
@@InGrindWeCrust2010 Strange... I looked it up and you seem to be right. If I swap pots I always chose log pots, and they work antilogarithmic, from 10 to 5 very little volume drop and from 4 to 1 the most... Now I'm confused. I also read that there is a general mistake calling the pots logarithmic and they work antilog. The human ear hears with log. characteristics, therefore the pots should be antilog....🙄🤷♂️🤔
@@lone-wolf-1 It took me a few years and several guitar wiring projects to remember that properly. 😅 But one important thing you mentioned is the capacitor used...too large a rating on the pot and too low a capacitor means that you end up with a similar issue: not *enough* of an overhaul change, even if you hear the changes better with an audio pot.
Floyd version is more stable for trem use.. Wilkenson and locking tuners is lame.. I just hope the floyd version is still available.. Thomann stop listening to lamers trying to phase out the floyd version. Just because they don't know how to set up a floyd why do the rest of us have to suffer.. Stay the course with what you were doing, not this lame path!!
Hi there. Please watch my review on the Harley Benton, Fusion III, Run 2, HH FR EB FCH. The first youtube review on Run#2 of the Fusion III. Many thanks
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Almost three year with this guitar as my main axe, and I just can't be happier. For sure the best guitar I've ever had
Wait but this fusion 3 is a new run, not the like the fusion 2 right?
@@00Glowry new run? Same specs I think, just another string tree and push-pull switch
Is it lightweight?
@@ruok-l5t less than an Ibanez AZ (if I remember correctly). But definitely a light guitar!
I have a Fusion II with Covered HH configuration and DAMN. My Charvel, Les Paul, and Telecaster are jealous…
My Charvel is the closest to it in term of specs and the 500€ difference is a real joke… The Charvel is great, don’t get me wrong (smoother neck and Seymour Duncan pickups) but I just keep picking up the Fusion more often… Something about the feel of it…
I bought it by pure curiosity and gear addiction and it blew my mind. Don’t buy a name on a headstock, buy the feel and playability. (Might need a good setup though)
My Telecaster is still my main axe but the Fusion is very close behind (without any mods)
Play it for 16 months now, onley changed the pick-ups but the rest stayed, happy? Yes! 😁
My friend great video....what is better this is guitar fusion III or the st modern plus ????
I prefer the natural back of the Fusion II but this is a very nice guitar I just think the black back looks out of place with all that flame maple
Kind of generic looking
Kudos! This is without a doubt the most thorough guitar review I’ve ever seen. I’m seriously considering purchasing one of these. Thanks much.
Wow, thank you very much!
Great demo! I have the Fusion II Roasted HSH too in blue and I kinda like having the toggle switch than the push/pull. I like that finish tho. It looks streamlined 👍
Love toggle
Reminded me a lot of Guthrie Govan's Suhr and even his Current Charvel.
Yeah, seems to be an imitation of suhr modern.
Beautiful looking guitar Sasha! The colours match up beautifully! Sounds awesome also! Thanks for sharing!
Fusion III with a Floyd Rose plz...I hope they make that. Great review, though! Love your style
400Bucks!!?? Game changer.......Perfect for gigs........
Sehr gute Demonstration. Danke.
+SRGuitar how thick is the neck compared to a squier, gibson, prs?
My guitar has shipped today - same model that you are playing but left handed model for this old man
Well played - cant believe it took me 3y but i FINALLY found one of these, in this color and for a decent deal again. still stunned at how many features for $400 delivered still a great deal in 2023.
Man these Fusions are Rad!!! I kinda wish I got t strat fusion super strat but I saw the fusion T first on reverb last year. Snagged it. I love it. I really have my eye on the HSS.
I just bought one few minutes ago..the color is brighter but it's the same..i've played strats for years..I am rushed to compare..
Fantastic demo
nut slot cut for 10s if u use 9s will get some fret buzz on 1st and 2nd frets..
Great demo
The tuners are also staggered moving downward for each string which is really nice
Outstanding demo of the tones! Thanks 💪
Thank you!
Thanks for the review. Any chance you can tell us what the middle position does with the pulled tone pot? I didn't see you use that position in the all of the samplings. I thought I read somewhere that it gives all three split to single coils?
Thanks.
Wow, you did a great job demoing this. I wish every youtuber was a thorough as you were here. Thanks!
Fabulous playing! I need a Harley
The guitar has to go on the scale again, I have it in Gloss Trans Flamed Cherry of course Fusion III, and it weighs without
tremolo handle 3.252 g + 35 g for the handle. So the Harley Benton Fusion-III is 283 g lighter than my Yamaha Pacifica
112V 3.535 g + 32 g for the handle.
Otherwise, I can only agree with all the information and explanations. 👍👍👍👍
Beautiful looking guitar! The black back is bit of a letdown, but the flame maple looks amazing! Ide like a roasted maple guitar and I think this may be the one. Thanks for sharing!
Agreed... Transparent or a dark stain of some kind would have been perfect. Literally the only thing making me pause from buying one....
@@InGrindWeCrust2010but nobody sees the back?
@@Mnnti. The player sees the back 😉
Great review!! And you’re an amazing player!! Thanks for this.
Thank you very much!
Is there a push & pull button to split the humbucker pickups on the bridge only or both bridge and neck at once?
Man. That sounds good. Looks beautiful also!
Please give me an advice, I play covers with my band, tell me should I buy HSH or HSS. Let’s say that HSS looks better (more Strat look) but it seems to me that with HSH I can get a better sound to play, let's say, CCR, Santana, what do you suggest?
Incredibly thorough and detailed play through and diagnosis bro. Got a new subscriber ! :)
I have just subscribed your channel, good tests, greetings from Poland. ;)
Hey thank you very much! 😊
Wow this made me want to get one of these over a $600 PRS Smith CE (Cheap Edition).
Ja, die Fusion Gitarren sind wirklich gelungen und ich habe einige davon. Allerdings kann ich mich nicht für die Edelstahlbünde begeistern. Ich habe festgestellt das immer irgendwelche unangenehme Nebengeräusche mitschwingen in Form von klir geräuchen. Bei normalen Bünden habe ich das nicht. Gutes und informatives Video übrigens!
Hallo my friend. Can u explain how exactly u change the tones?
I need like a manual for the different sounds
Wel done, thanks! Very clear and systematic approach. And not too much talk! 😊
Thank you very much Hans! I really appreciate it :)
whats the volume different between humbuckers and single coil?
Their website says they are not using sapele wood for the fusion III .... Nayato??? or something.
Looks nice though.
I know its subjective but I play mostly bass but do play guitar with my worship team at church. I had a nice squier classic vibe tele but im infatuated with this guitar. What would be a good amp for this using mostly cleans?
Probably a Fender. I recently bought the little Fender Mustang LT-25 and it has nice clean tones (as well as as lots of other great modelled tones too).
Useful video. How is the tuning stability on this guitar? I’ve read the trem isn’t so great. On this vid it sounds slightly out despite your excellent playing. I’m not a trem user and wish this had a hard tail.
The tuning stability is surprisingly good. Without tremolo use it stays perfect in tune. The tremolo is pretty decent, at least if you don’t do divebombs all the time.
@@SRguitar Thank Sasha, I’m thinking of dropping the cash on this.
@Rodolfo Misao tbh, you'll never get the same stability out of the Wilkinson as you would out of a true locking tremolo like a floyd. They just aren't designed to be able to do the same things. But, if you want to give it the best fighting chance, I'd focus on the nut before anything. The tuners and trem are fine, and the springs would be more of a preference based on how you like the trem to feel and your string gauge. I'd just have a luthier set it up and make sure the nut is properly cut and lubricated or have it replaced altogether. Otherwise, just go for Floyd equipped version of these.
I am planning to buy it next month, can't wait
That’s great :)
@@SRguitar I couldn't resist. This beauty will arrive to me in tuesday :)
Awesome bang for the buck guitar incredible tones and versatile!
I need one now
Does the coil split function on bridge humbucker only or both bridge and neck?
ON both.
Does tremolo move in only one direction?
Officially, yes. I removed one of the rear springs and now I can get a good semitone up. Tuning is still super solid.
This is guitar is great
La escuché muy bien very good...👏👏
Great intro song!
Thank you very much!
@@SRguitar your very much welcome! Just ordered a Fusion III - fingers crossed it will be great! 😉
What is the name of the composition you play from 6:20 onwards?
Slow Dancing In A Burning Room by John Mayer :)
Are the humbuckers splittable into single coil even without the toggle in the center like in the previous model?
Yeah, on this new model you have a push pull tone control to split the humbuckers
@@SRguitar it's the knob that goes up and down?
Yeah exactly, if you pull it up then you get the coil split
@@SRguitar thankss
Should I get this as my first electric?!
Would definitely a very good choice for a beginner guitar. Very versatile and easy to play!
Definitely yes
I've had the Fusion for half a year now. I have a love-hate relationship with the pickups (less attack) but will eventually replace them. The Wilkinson tremolo is nothing to do with. This one is so unstable that you keep tuning. I have been to several luthiers but no result. So also another tremolo. The thin E string is too close to the edge of the neck, so you press it very quickly next to the neck.
I mean what else can you expect from a cheap guitar like this? A warmoth roasted flame maple neck costs more than this guitar.
@@nomnom112 lol that's what i was thinking! And this thing has more flame than my warmoth...
What is the neck like. A fender modern C? Or thinner
I have no Fender Guitar with modern c shape neck to compare here. It is really comfortable to play and it's not too thin.
Good sounding guitar.
Yeah definitely :)
Does the tremolo bend both ways??
yes it's floating
@@SRguitar thanks !
Is the trem on it floating? I really need to know
Yeah it’s floating
@@SRguitar awesome I’ll get it then cuz I’ve been looking for a floating bridge for crazy whammy pull ups and stuff
All Strat'-like bridges can be set floating.
@@cubancoffee3698 If you want crazy whammy movement, you will not get it with this as the rout behind does not allow much movement, You could install a vegatrem and achieve insane whammy OR dremel the rear rout to allow more movement
@@bullyakker I already gave up on Harley Benton I think I’m going to buy a Jem or a schecter sun valley shredder tele model
GOD Bless You 🎸🎸🎸
Awesome👏🏻👍👍👍
Thank you!
Nice!
Саня, ты в какой стране живешь?
So the guitar arrived.
I bought this as a B Stock supposedly with 'Slight Usage’, it had a large chip where the neck bolts go in on the back with a really poor repair.
The action was so high it would require a setup at £55 as I don't want to mess it up. Finally, the ultra flame maple bore absolutely no resemblance to what this one looks like or the pictures on the website. The flame was sub par and dull. Real Friday guitar.
I feel like with HB stuff you really roll the dice and there is no continuity with quality control even on their high spec guitars.
Besides the above it sounded great. Super disappointed. The grumpy chat guy was as welcoming as a shark tank. Probably going to do an RMA tomorrow.
I get the impression that their B-stock at HB aren't worth the savings :(
@@BoltRM I've had several B Stock HBs and never had any issues. Just ordered a B stock HSS Fusion, hoping it's a nice as the others. Besides, they have a full return policy if there's any issues.
Why every reviewer does with distortion and play blues rock???
Edit: Thanks for the review
You did not watch it entirely. Listen 4:06 😊
This w wilky isnt for metal anyway. You need a floyd or fixed bridge for lower tunings.
@@che2335 okay. Cool
Where the hell are the lefthanded versions? So strange to see HB pride itself for offering so much to lefties, only to see them completely stop production of them.
How is the tuning stability?
They're great.. The locking tuners are really good.
Dude you speak English really well, good enough even to run a TH-cam channel.
Thanks for this review, it’s an interesting guitar at this price.
There is one word you’re mispronouncing, I only mention it because it’s really noticeable to the point of distracting.
Thank you!
Which word do you mean?😁
@@SRguitar I learnt German but I really struggle to roll my ‘r’s properly. Sometimes I get away with it, but mostly not.
Your pronunciation of the soft ‘r’ in ‘really’ sounds like ‘wheely’, and I only mention it because it’s a very noticeable one in English. Frankly if it got really bad, it would be the difference between a successful TH-cam channel and a small channel, as illustrated in this old clip of Raquel’s rendition of “Crying” versus Tony Angelino’s version “Cwying”
th-cam.com/video/hQiftd8XvBM/w-d-xo.html
Haha okay i understand, thanks for the tip 😊
The harley benton fusion guitars are the basis for a good guitar. The first thing you have to do is the crappy tremolo that is massively out of tune. No luthier gets these properly tuned. The pickups have no attack. Very thin. The neck is crazy.
I had troubles w this wilky trem on a Laguna strat maybe 15yrs ago. Glad it wasnt just me early Indo production i guess I didnt keep it very long.
I have to say that my Fusion ll has a really stable bridge. I set it myself for height and intonation, made it float and it stays in tune really well. I did change the pickups for duncans but left the rest
of the hardware as is. This is my main player and I have many guitars including a 1973 Strat.
Bridge single coil sounded great with distortion. Not so good in humbucker mode. Amazing value guitar. Very informative video and well spoken👍. Thanks
That tone control didn't really kick in properly until you had it all the way off. Not great
Yeah that's how it is on the most guitars, it mainly changes the sound between 1-3
That's how logarithmic pots work. I like them!
You can just replace the pot with a linear one and additionally higher value cap. Problem solved! Costs: 6$ and ten minutes of work. 😊🤷🏻♂️
@@lone-wolf-1 That's how linear pots work. It's audio taper pots that have a wider sweep of audible changes on a tone pot. Odd that HB chose a linear taper pot.
@@InGrindWeCrust2010
Strange... I looked it up and you seem to be right. If I swap pots I always chose log pots, and they work antilogarithmic, from 10 to 5 very little volume drop and from 4 to 1 the most... Now I'm confused. I also read that there is a general mistake calling the pots logarithmic and they work antilog. The human ear hears with log. characteristics, therefore the pots should be antilog....🙄🤷♂️🤔
@@lone-wolf-1 It took me a few years and several guitar wiring projects to remember that properly. 😅
But one important thing you mentioned is the capacitor used...too large a rating on the pot and too low a capacitor means that you end up with a similar issue: not *enough* of an overhaul change, even if you hear the changes better with an audio pot.
The weight is about 3,6 Kg / 3,6 Kg beziehen sich auf das normale HSH Modell. An der Verarbeitung der Gitarre gibt es überhaupt nichts zu bemängeln
Why you move the guitar that way? 😳 there's no any kind of vibrato...🙄
Bad sounding pickups, no doubt.
Слышь, Саша, где субтитры на русском?
Please English or German ;)
А если серьезно,то I don't understand anything because there are no subtitles
@@alexfokin8114 с чего ты взял что он по-русски говорит? :)
@@maxkhrisanfov ну имя и акцент, не много я видел иностанцев по имени Саша и с таким акцентом
No actual difference with fusion II, Just the finish, why calling It fusion III?
Mini toggle replaced with a push/pull switch.
@@kingstumble oh wow, all anoyher Guitar now
And string trees instead of the retainer bar
@@adieltm mine Is the fusion II and has the tree
Floyd version is more stable for trem use.. Wilkenson and locking tuners is lame.. I just hope the floyd version is still available.. Thomann stop listening to lamers trying to phase out the floyd version. Just because they don't know how to set up a floyd why do the rest of us have to suffer.. Stay the course with what you were doing, not this lame path!!
xD
Hi there. Please watch my review on the Harley Benton, Fusion III, Run 2, HH FR EB FCH. The first youtube review on Run#2 of the Fusion III. Many thanks
This guitar would've been awesome if the radius was at least 14'.