I was so close on pulling the trigger here. I love the look of this guitar. The only thing that stopped me is that I already have 3 LPs and my wife was gonna kill me if I bought another guitar. Great review man. Very in depth.
Do what I do, tell the Mrs you've been looking at B and C stocks for months and found a great deal on a return so you got it for dirt cheap. I can't eat solid food since my oral surgery, and I don't give her attitude for buying expensive delivery, so, our little system works, I get the guitars I want, she eats the food she likes and my little white lies keeps a fight from starting. I'm not talking about a 5K Gibson mind you, but 2-6 hundreds bucks a year pales in comparison to what the delivery drivers get (we're both good tippers), so screw them all! I suspect she knows, but we both don't talk about it, her parents are still alive at 93 y/o and live below our apartment and her children are grown living monsters, so we don't sweat the small stuff. I'd tell her the truth, but she doesn't want to hear it, so much other garbage to cope with, we let each other indulge. Keep it in perspective I guess, you don't have to fib if you don't want to. But find a common ground. On those rare occasions when you have to reveal the truth, if for no other reason than you want to, just bring up a senseless purchase she "needed" but not argumentatively. I'm going to buy a stone for my late daughter when I sell an old car, my plan is for the stone and 2 to 3 Harley Benton's, an CST-24T Ocean Flame, an HB-35 CH Vintage Series and just maybe an DC-Custom Cherry (though I have numerous examples of that body style, including a Gibson, but I''d like one I can strip down to do a Cherry Sunburst on that's made better than the crap version of the Epi VE, the Cherry Sunburst on a good one isn't available without selling a kidney these days)
Tell her the only other option is for you to kill her and string her bones up like a guitar to play for her family. That worked for me. Haven't seen my wife since though. 🤔
I have a lutist friend so I dont have problems with spend a lot of money in upgrades(lucky me),Im planning to buy this guitar for fun and modify it in this way: -Di marzio 500k pots,rewring in 50's style with orange drop capacitors. -Prs Mark Tremonti Signature PU -Tone Pros bridge system -Remove 80% of gloss (I hate shiny guitars xD) Cant wait to see the results ;)
Hey Cory! Thanks for making these videos. Your explanations and demos were a big part of why I picked one up originally. A few mods later and I have 3 more on the way. So thank you for sharing your knowledge. Also whatever you're playing at around the 32 minute mark is absolutely sublime! That needs to be a song! Cheers!
Just ordered this guitar yesterday. I hope it isn't any lemon or "monday unit" as we say :) Been somewhat against the Harley Benton for couple of years but after watching you and Eytschpi42 I finally decided to give Harley Benton a chance.
MORE GAIN!! love it! Great thorough review! I do like the sustain part as well. Thanks for doing these, I really like the looks and sounds of this one!
you are right with the upgrades... some people would be better with getting an epiphone directly with no need to upgrade. but some people are very satisfied with their stock HBs
Jarek Roitapfel But if you have a very specific sound you want and would inevitably upgrade it would be cheaper to buy this guitar and upgrade it as opposed to upgrading a epiphone.
Great guitar👍🏽I got the SC 1000 Custom BK.Anyway I love this guitar more than the Gibsons that i had.So i think i will buy this one too,plus the lemom version《all good things are 3😎✌HARLEY BENTON ROCKS🤘
Oh man... this one is gorgeous too. Excellent video man. It's been a bit since I've checked out your channel and you're doing awesome work. Congrats one the 3.4k subs and counting. Awesome stuff!
I totally agree about the pick ups and the tone control... very very dark on my sc. It's the only thing I could fault. Maybe I'll upgrade in the future
Sounds very similar to my JHS vintage lemon drop Lespaul, i'm sure they use the same wilkinson pick ups and of course charged twice the price of Harley Benton. Great review keep up the good work, I'm looking forward to those new stock of lefties to arrive on the Thomann website. exciting times ahead
Im in awe. This is fantastic for the price. Gorgeous maple vaneer and mahogany body, Grover Tuners, graphite nut, tuneomatic bridge, d'adario strings for apprx €200
I use those Marvel strap locks on my HB35+. They're the lowest profile ones that I could find for a guitar with the strap button position on the back. They don't rattle when the weight of the guitar is on them... ;^) I have those Wilkinson pickups on two guitars now, my HB35+ and my DC-Custom Cherry. I like the sound better when the pickups are lowered a bit and the the pole pieces raised. Brighter, livelier sounding.
It is likely that the body of the vintage black is not of quite such nice wood as the ocean flame (or the other transparent schemes for that matter). As the head of HB told Cory in an interview, the all black finish can/does hide less select cuts of wood.
I bought a sc-custom ocean flame a couple weeks ago and noticed right out of the box wearing marks and some stains on the back of the guitar, reached out to Thomann and got a: for the price tag You should expect this "cosmetic issues" answer. I think I´ll get BS answers unless I become a TH-camr. Still the guitar sounds great, the customer services needs to do better.
Beautiful guitar. But big problem for LP style guitars as always crooked tuners 1:20 . I don't understand, is it so difficult to install it accurate? Also you can see this problem on original Gibson Les Paul guitars.
@Our Job Maybe they are trying for the authentic look? < tongue in cheek> I just received a current HB SC Custom in a different colour from a recent production batch (ordered June 2018), and in an otherwise truly flawless finish, the tuners are all *very slightly* misaligned, though none individually so obviously as the example seen in this vid. Viewing the headstock from the front, it's not readily apparent at a glance - but you will know. : ) Mine was Made in Vietnam, and they now come supplied with Roswell pickups and coil split. No manual included, so given double humbuckers, unsure if coil split is wired bridge or neck only or both given a single tone knob. Its "Roseacer" fretboard finish is almost as smooth as my Rosewoods, any visible 'cracks' truly minuscule.
How does it compare to the SC Custom Vintage Black? Without the maple top, my Custom VB sounds very dark. And is a very heavy guitar. I am guessing this one is brighter and must have more mids compared to the VB?
I will believe it when I have one in my hand, which I ordered a HB and is taking a LONG time getting here. I am beginning to think, well they look nice, but will need to upgrade, which defeats the purpose of a low cost guitar or return, because you certainly could not resale. Cory still enjoy your videos.
What do you want to upgrade? The machine heads are awesome. The P/Us sound pretty good & are hot enough, plus they have built-in coil split, so I think that'd be a waste. The hard-tail bridge is fine. IMO, the only thing that needs upgrading are the strings, which are completely awful. No, this is a good guitar stock. Change strings, done.
Hello, I don t know if you will answer to this after 3 years but I have one question. I want to start guitar and i don't know what to buy. : Harley Benton SC-Custom II Ocean Flame or Harley Benton SC-1000?
Did you try putting different strings on this did that fix the sound? I love the way this one looks but should I just order the black one if it sounds better?
Hallo Cory! Good, good review as always! You're great! Please, give me an advice. I'm gonna to buy (late this year) HB 35+ for clean and less driven sound and an LP style Harley Benton guitar for more hi-gain sound (mostly for oldschool hardrock and classic Heavy Metal like Judas Priest). But I can't decide which one I have to buy: SC550, SC-Custom Black or this one Ocean Flame? I really like the design of this ocean flame, but issues you enumerated here stop me from getting it. What do you recommend? Thank you!
Hello Cory was just wondering if the electronic specs have improved in 2018 on these SC custom models? You have really sold me on these guitars with well detailed, honest, entertaining vlogs, im going to take the plunge but im mulling over the SC custom lemon drop or the sc 550 afd, the custom looks nicer but the pups on the afd sound great from what ive heard in demos. Ive subbed to your channel great content mate.
Hey cory. I've been watching your videos and I saw the fanfret 5b blackburl bass. And would like to know if harley benton makes them for lefties. Cause I don't see it on the site
this is beautiful, but it looks much more blue than the SC Custom Plus EMG OCF currently on the site. That one shows a bit more turquoise which is what I want...anybody know if this is the case, or is it just the photo online currently?
This here is a different Model that is much more blueish. But to be Sure just contact HB they respond super fast and nice. The new turqouise one looks super sexy
@@benediktvetter4142 Yes, I reached out to them the same day I posted it and indeed it's different from the new turquoise Custom Plus one. I want that turquoise one so badly but just bought three guitars in the past few months and can't swing another one right now. I may try and sell one of them b/c it's an easily replaceable G&L Tele, and then buy the HB. Wish me luck, lol!
Hi Cory. About the nut : Thomann says it's made of graphite (same for CST-24) but I'm a bit confused as Graphite is dark grey. How do they make it white ??
i guess you think of pencils when you hear "graphite"..they come normally in black,cream and white. looke here: www.axecaster.co.uk/images/NT042_01.jpg
Sorry, but I have to ask....... What is the name of that song near the end...... 31:40..... fingerpick style song........ You play it often in a lot of your vids. Sounds nice ! Would love to learn it.
no need to say sorry..its my own stuff. got no name for it.its rather simple. just watch my fingers and yoou will figure it out. drop D tuning..normally its for Drop C
Cory I think you need a better distorsion pedal for demos, these stacked overdrive pedals get muddy, and the pickups in the HBs arent really for high gain fat tones. Otherwise gj again ;)
So, you're done with the demo, what do you do with the guitar? I know, you mail it to me to review and then in 10 to 30 short years, I pass it on to the next person to review it. Sounds fair, right? Let me know so I can pm you my address, I'll even eat the shipping my way and the same when I ship it to the next person (that'll be born someday in the future...)
Between this one and the hb-35 / 35+ which one would you say has the lead? I'm thinking on buying one but i'm stuck in between these 3 models! Thank you!
the models you are naming are semi-hollowbodies. but the hb35plus is the best imo. did a review btw too. great great guitar. the only guitar in your "list" btw with coil split.
I'm going for the hb35plus with that cherry red, i've seen both your reviews but i still didnt know which one to fall for, but i'm definitly going for the hb35, i just love the look of it and sound of it, and after your comment about it i'm sold, gotta get it! Thank you so much for your help, you're the man!
Hey Cory! Been reading some complains about Thomann’s costumer service and how someone bought this very guitar amd it came with some imperfections. The guy contacted them and they basically said: you get what you pay for. What is your take on this? I want this guitar so badly but I am hesitant
I know you asked cory but i read the same complaints recently and am really worried.ordered one last month and I'm expecting it tommorow ill update you when I get it/if you remind me
I'm in the same boat. Got a guitar. An issue with volume pots. They're proposing I fix it, but I replied if I mess it up they you'll blame me & then the warranty is out the window. Still in process. I've asked for a replacement guitar. They're obviously trying to cut their costs, because for the money this guitar is unbelievable. Un-f-ing-believable. Machine heads are phenomenal. P/Us are great. BEAUTIFUL visually. Perfect fit & finish. Even the darn fret-board is really good. No, its a great guitar for the money.
Hi there, I am also planning to buy this guitar. Can you please tell me how good are the tuners and pickups of this guitar and how was your overall experience ? Thanks in advance
Tuners are awesome. Way TOO nice for the money. PIckups are really good. There are hotter, but they're still pretty hot. They sound good & have built-in coil split. I don't like the single-coils, though. They're okay, but they don't really add much IMO. Overall experience with the guitar is very pleasant. Beautiful to behold, plays well, except mine needs a warranty replacement because both volume pots are bad. Experience with Thomann has been mixed so far. I'm in U.S. The folks are nice enough,, but 1st there was issue with payment, then they told me something wrong on shipping, they eventually came through for me, but it took some bargaining. Ordered 2 things at the same time. Both shipped at the same time, one got here in a week, one took almost 4. They aren't open on Sundays, nor late, so expect communication delays.
I mean a white base material can be easily colored but the graphite raw material is dark. I guess the nuts are made of a compound (graphite + resin ?) but seeing the color of the nuts of your picture maybe there's only few % of graphite inside ? I understand they can't be 100% graphite as it is very fragile. Here is a presentation of different nut material. The graphite type is dark : www.frudua.com/guitar_nut_material.htm. The question is : do some sellers pretend their nut are made of graphite but they are 99% plastic ??
i dont know HOW often i answered this. i dont buy them. i get them for the reviews and send them back afterwards (most of the time). had a 2 Gibson studios here btw...was not impressed at all.
Cory Mura I see a lot of other reviewers say the same thing about the Gibson studios. Was there anything in particular that you didn't like about them?
its just an overpriced old design. i mean even this cheap Harley Benton got a volute and wont break as easy as a $$$$ Gibson. the biggest plus point on a gibson is the aesthetics and the studio doesnt even have that. no neck and body Binding and no nice top. for around 1000Euro thats a pretty bad choice. I am a luthier and i had 2 studios here with twisted necks also for repair and the one i had here without a twisted neck had a bad fretjob and bad slotted nut. soundwise they are pretty okay
PICS: 0:13
SPECS: 2:33
SOUNDS: 10:22
FINAL WORDS 32:41
I was so close on pulling the trigger here. I love the look of this guitar. The only thing that stopped me is that I already have 3 LPs and my wife was gonna kill me if I bought another guitar. Great review man. Very in depth.
You can never have too many guitars. You may have one wife too many by the sounds of it....(joking)
you can always get a new wife aaaaand a new guitar tho !! jk
Do what I do, tell the Mrs you've been looking at B and C stocks for months and found a great deal on a return so you got it for dirt cheap. I can't eat solid food since my oral surgery, and I don't give her attitude for buying expensive delivery, so, our little system works, I get the guitars I want, she eats the food she likes and my little white lies keeps a fight from starting. I'm not talking about a 5K Gibson mind you, but 2-6 hundreds bucks a year pales in comparison to what the delivery drivers get (we're both good tippers), so screw them all! I suspect she knows, but we both don't talk about it, her parents are still alive at 93 y/o and live below our apartment and her children are grown living monsters, so we don't sweat the small stuff. I'd tell her the truth, but she doesn't want to hear it, so much other garbage to cope with, we let each other indulge. Keep it in perspective I guess, you don't have to fib if you don't want to. But find a common ground. On those rare occasions when you have to reveal the truth, if for no other reason than you want to, just bring up a senseless purchase she "needed" but not argumentatively. I'm going to buy a stone for my late daughter when I sell an old car, my plan is for the stone and 2 to 3 Harley Benton's, an CST-24T Ocean Flame, an HB-35 CH Vintage Series and just maybe an DC-Custom Cherry (though I have numerous examples of that body style, including a Gibson, but I''d like one I can strip down to do a Cherry Sunburst on that's made better than the crap version of the Epi VE, the Cherry Sunburst on a good one isn't available without selling a kidney these days)
Tell her the only other option is for you to kill her and string her bones up like a guitar to play for her family. That worked for me. Haven't seen my wife since though. 🤔
I have this guitar in white and mine does have coil split, I can't believe how good these guitars are for the price!
At 8:40 I was sure you were about to say "what did I fuck up" but it sounded like you caught yourself just in time 😁
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I have a lutist friend so I dont have problems with spend a lot of money in upgrades(lucky me),Im planning to buy this guitar for fun and modify it in this way:
-Di marzio 500k pots,rewring in 50's style with orange drop capacitors.
-Prs Mark Tremonti Signature PU
-Tone Pros bridge system
-Remove 80% of gloss (I hate shiny guitars xD)
Cant wait to see the results ;)
Hey Cory! Thanks for making these videos. Your explanations and demos were a big part of why I picked one up originally. A few mods later and I have 3 more on the way. So thank you for sharing your knowledge. Also whatever you're playing at around the 32 minute mark is absolutely sublime! That needs to be a song! Cheers!
Amazing looking guitar. I could hang it on the wall like a piece of art.
It sounded great in drop D.
Excellent video.
Didn't expect anyone would open the back plat in a guitar video. Definitely good to know.
Nice thorough review.
Thank you!
Just ordered this guitar yesterday. I hope it isn't any lemon or "monday unit" as we say :) Been somewhat against the Harley Benton for couple of years but after watching you and Eytschpi42 I finally decided to give Harley Benton a chance.
Herra Jukka How did your guitar turn out?
Do you still enjoy it?
Love the little piece starting at 31:31
MORE GAIN!! love it! Great thorough review! I do like the sustain part as well. Thanks for doing these, I really like the looks and sounds of this one!
8:15 for some reason that part looks like it should be censored.
HAHAHAHAHAHA°!!!!! now that you say it...hilarious!
what i like about all Harley Benton guitars, is that you can upgrade these guitars!! and at the end you get a super guitar!!!
Yeah but the money you give on the upgrade you could of just invented in a better known and more reliable Brand.
you are right with the upgrades... some people would be better with getting an epiphone directly with no need to upgrade.
but some people are very satisfied with their stock HBs
Jarek Roitapfel But if you have a very specific sound you want and would inevitably upgrade it would be cheaper to buy this guitar and upgrade it as opposed to upgrading a epiphone.
Great guitar👍🏽I got the SC 1000 Custom BK.Anyway I love this guitar more than the Gibsons that i had.So i think i will buy this one too,plus the lemom version《all good things are 3😎✌HARLEY BENTON ROCKS🤘
Oh man... this one is gorgeous too. Excellent video man. It's been a bit since I've checked out your channel and you're doing awesome work. Congrats one the 3.4k subs and counting. Awesome stuff!
thanks Nick!
That guitar is beautiful!!!!! Wow!!! My Christmas gift (offer to myself, that is lol).
I totally agree about the pick ups and the tone control... very very dark on my sc. It's the only thing I could fault. Maybe I'll upgrade in the future
Can't beat Harley Benton prices and quality,,,,, 😜👍
Sounds very similar to my JHS vintage lemon drop Lespaul, i'm sure they use the same wilkinson pick ups and of course charged twice the price of Harley Benton. Great review keep up the good work, I'm looking forward to those new stock of lefties to arrive on the Thomann website. exciting times ahead
Im in awe. This is fantastic for the price. Gorgeous maple vaneer and mahogany body, Grover Tuners, graphite nut, tuneomatic bridge, d'adario strings for apprx €200
@fahd s I bought one. They are even more impressive 'in the flesh' so to speak. If you're hesitating, don't.
Hi Cory loves your review!
to make the single coil connection I also need to install a new push pull potentiometer or just connect the wires?
I use those Marvel strap locks on my HB35+. They're the lowest profile ones that I could find for a guitar with the strap button position on the back. They don't rattle when the weight of the guitar is on them... ;^)
I have those Wilkinson pickups on two guitars now, my HB35+ and my DC-Custom Cherry. I like the sound better when the pickups are lowered a bit and the the pole pieces raised. Brighter, livelier sounding.
It is likely that the body of the vintage black is not of quite such nice wood as the ocean flame (or the other transparent schemes for that matter). As the head of HB told Cory in an interview, the all black finish can/does hide less select cuts of wood.
Probably all the clear-coat are the same. I have the non-burst yellow and it looks really nice. Not the best book-ending, but still looks good.
Great review, Cory, as always!
650Thunderbird thanks!
Sorry if I missed in the video, but is there a neck dive? EDIT: Yeah around the 36:00 mark you said there was NO neck dive. Thank you :)
I lemon oiled my sc-custom fretboard to very good effect. I think they are forgetting this at the factories maybe.
awesome guitar, and great video
Just got one in white with active pickups
I wonder of changing those pots to 1M would brighten up the pups a little?
I bought a sc-custom ocean flame a couple weeks ago and noticed right out of the box wearing marks and some stains on the back of the guitar, reached out to Thomann and got a: for the price tag You should expect this "cosmetic issues" answer. I think I´ll get BS answers unless I become a TH-camr. Still the guitar sounds great, the customer services needs to do better.
Nice guitar for good money! Greetings from Poland! :)
Beautiful guitar. But big problem for LP style guitars as always crooked tuners 1:20 . I don't understand, is it so difficult to install it accurate? Also you can see this problem on original Gibson Les Paul guitars.
@Our Job Maybe they are trying for the authentic look? < tongue in cheek>
I just received a current HB SC Custom in a different colour from a recent production batch (ordered June 2018), and in an otherwise truly flawless finish, the tuners are all *very slightly* misaligned, though none individually so obviously as the example seen in this vid. Viewing the headstock from the front, it's not readily apparent at a glance - but you will know. : )
Mine was Made in Vietnam, and they now come supplied with Roswell pickups and coil split. No manual included, so given double humbuckers, unsure if coil split is wired bridge or neck only or both given a single tone knob. Its "Roseacer" fretboard finish is almost as smooth as my Rosewoods, any visible 'cracks' truly minuscule.
Good review Cory
How does it compare to the SC Custom Vintage Black? Without the maple top, my Custom VB sounds very dark. And is a very heavy guitar. I am guessing this one is brighter and must have more mids compared to the VB?
I will believe it when I have one in my hand, which I ordered a HB and is taking a LONG time getting here. I am beginning to think, well they look nice, but will need to upgrade, which defeats the purpose of a low cost guitar or return, because you certainly could not resale. Cory still enjoy your videos.
What do you want to upgrade? The machine heads are awesome. The P/Us sound pretty good & are hot enough, plus they have built-in coil split, so I think that'd be a waste. The hard-tail bridge is fine. IMO, the only thing that needs upgrading are the strings, which are completely awful. No, this is a good guitar stock. Change strings, done.
Hallo, I am trying all the time this week to understand if all the HB Custom have split coil push pull on the tone. Have also the active ones?
hello Cory Mura...very nice review...would u recommend Harley Benton DC Custom over SC Custom? can u make a comparison vedio? thank you
Theres no diffrence between this one and the black one right ? Since you did a review on the black one.
Hello, I don t know if you will answer to this after 3 years but I have one question. I want to start guitar and i don't know what to buy. : Harley Benton SC-Custom II Ocean Flame or Harley Benton SC-1000?
Did you try putting different strings on this did that fix the sound? I love the way this one looks but should I just order the black one if it sounds better?
8:27 When you want to show how youre playing the guitare
Hallo Cory! Good, good review as always! You're great! Please, give me an advice. I'm gonna to buy (late this year) HB 35+ for clean and less driven sound and an LP style Harley Benton guitar for more hi-gain sound (mostly for oldschool hardrock and classic Heavy Metal like Judas Priest). But I can't decide which one I have to buy: SC550, SC-Custom Black or this one Ocean Flame? I really like the design of this ocean flame, but issues you enumerated here stop me from getting it. What do you recommend? Thank you!
Hello Cory was just wondering if the electronic specs have improved in 2018 on these SC custom models? You have really sold me on these guitars with well detailed, honest, entertaining vlogs, im going to take the plunge but im mulling over the SC custom lemon drop or the sc 550 afd, the custom looks nicer but the pups on the afd sound great from what ive heard in demos. Ive subbed to your channel great content mate.
Hi! What do you think which is better?! SC-Custom with Wilkinson or SC-Custom with Active pickups?
Hey cory. I've been watching your videos and I saw the fanfret 5b blackburl bass. And would like to know if harley benton makes them for lefties. Cause I don't see it on the site
Hi Cury Mura. Kann man die Volumenregler austauschen auf splitbare?
cool! when are are you going to review the 456-fr?
this is beautiful, but it looks much more blue than the SC Custom Plus EMG OCF currently on the site. That one shows a bit more turquoise which is what I want...anybody know if this is the case, or is it just the photo online currently?
This here is a different Model that is much more blueish. But to be Sure just contact HB they respond super fast and nice. The new turqouise one looks super sexy
@@benediktvetter4142 Yes, I reached out to them the same day I posted it and indeed it's different from the new turquoise Custom Plus one. I want that turquoise one so badly but just bought three guitars in the past few months and can't swing another one right now. I may try and sell one of them b/c it's an easily replaceable G&L Tele, and then buy the HB. Wish me luck, lol!
Hi Cory. About the nut : Thomann says it's made of graphite (same for CST-24) but I'm a bit confused as Graphite is dark grey. How do they make it white ??
i guess you think of pencils when you hear "graphite"..they come normally in black,cream and white. looke here:
www.axecaster.co.uk/images/NT042_01.jpg
Hey, Cory. Do you feel or hear any difference between that Roseacer Fretboard and the old Ebenol (However you spell it) one the older SC Customs have?
+Still Livin' The Blues yes.. massive! ebonol much louder and harder in attack. i can hear and feel. prefer the ebonol!
Sorry, but I have to ask....... What is the name of that song near the end...... 31:40..... fingerpick style song........ You play it often in a lot of your vids. Sounds nice ! Would love to learn it.
no need to say sorry..its my own stuff. got no name for it.its rather simple. just watch my fingers and yoou will figure it out. drop D tuning..normally its for Drop C
Coolio !! I will mess with it a bit and see what I can figure out. Thanks Cory.
Please, make one more vid about HB bass vi copy, maybe bass vi vs normal bass or something
Where do you buy Harley Benton guitars?
Greate gitar..nice sustain
How does it stand against cort cr250?
Cory I think you need a better distorsion pedal for demos, these stacked overdrive pedals get muddy, and the pickups in the HBs arent really for high gain fat tones. Otherwise gj again ;)
So, you're done with the demo, what do you do with the guitar? I know, you mail it to me to review and then in 10 to 30 short years, I pass it on to the next person to review it. Sounds fair, right? Let me know so I can pm you my address, I'll even eat the shipping my way and the same when I ship it to the next person (that'll be born someday in the future...)
Between this one and the hb-35 / 35+ which one would you say has the lead? I'm thinking on buying one but i'm stuck in between these 3 models!
Thank you!
the models you are naming are semi-hollowbodies. but the hb35plus is the best imo. did a review btw too. great great guitar. the only guitar in your "list" btw with coil split.
I'm going for the hb35plus with that cherry red, i've seen both your reviews but i still didnt know which one to fall for, but i'm definitly going for the hb35, i just love the look of it and sound of it, and after your comment about it i'm sold, gotta get it!
Thank you so much for your help, you're the man!
you will like it,i am sure! thanks! :)
This was his 1st day in school, sep 3rd. Name written on t shirt
What song is that from the beginning?(from the photo slideshow)
Josh Woodward - Golden Sunrise
Hey Cory! Been reading some complains about Thomann’s costumer service and how someone bought this very guitar amd it came with some imperfections. The guy contacted them and they basically said: you get what you pay for.
What is your take on this? I want this guitar so badly but I am hesitant
I know you asked cory but i read the same complaints recently and am really worried.ordered one last month and I'm expecting it tommorow ill update you when I get it/if you remind me
Hadi Nasrallah how did your guitar turn out?
@@genemckeel1432 it's great haven't experienced any problems
I'm in the same boat. Got a guitar. An issue with volume pots. They're proposing I fix it, but I replied if I mess it up they you'll blame me & then the warranty is out the window. Still in process. I've asked for a replacement guitar. They're obviously trying to cut their costs, because for the money this guitar is unbelievable. Un-f-ing-believable. Machine heads are phenomenal. P/Us are great. BEAUTIFUL visually. Perfect fit & finish. Even the darn fret-board is really good. No, its a great guitar for the money.
Where are you going to photograph the guitars when the weather turns nasty? :)
really good question..i am already planning a green house in my garden...really, i do :D
Hi there, I am also planning to buy this guitar. Can you please tell me how good are the tuners and pickups of this guitar and how was your overall experience ?
Thanks in advance
Tuners are awesome. Way TOO nice for the money. PIckups are really good. There are hotter, but they're still pretty hot. They sound good & have built-in coil split. I don't like the single-coils, though. They're okay, but they don't really add much IMO. Overall experience with the guitar is very pleasant. Beautiful to behold, plays well, except mine needs a warranty replacement because both volume pots are bad. Experience with Thomann has been mixed so far. I'm in U.S. The folks are nice enough,, but 1st there was issue with payment, then they told me something wrong on shipping, they eventually came through for me, but it took some bargaining. Ordered 2 things at the same time. Both shipped at the same time, one got here in a week, one took almost 4. They aren't open on Sundays, nor late, so expect communication delays.
If it had 24 frets I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
Sifuben there’s one with 24 frets and a floyd rose bridge
This with a Bigsby or Duesenberg whammy bar
Did Harley change the body design on their LP style guitars to a pointy cutaway?
Gawd I hope not!
its good or no good ??
Also mir würde die SC550 besser gefallen, aber ich schau mir zwar immer die Videos an, aber ich kann nicht spielen.
Mega Sound
I got a shirt with my name on it. My wife said she had never met me before.
Lovely
I mean a white base material can be easily colored but the graphite raw material is dark. I guess the nuts are made of a compound (graphite + resin ?) but seeing the color of the nuts of your picture maybe there's only few % of graphite inside ? I understand they can't be 100% graphite as it is very fragile. Here is a presentation of different nut material. The graphite type is dark : www.frudua.com/guitar_nut_material.htm. The question is : do some sellers pretend their nut are made of graphite but they are 99% plastic ??
dont overthink this topic. even Frudua did not mention that a graphite nut has to be black. there is also artificial graphite.
Graphite nut? White? Please explain that to me. Because that is probaply some fake or lie.
+lapinmaki
its artificial graphite and can be made in any color. but mostly available in black, white and cream white.
Artificial = fake, but good if it work well.
Maybe Boron Nitride?
Great video, the intro song was really cringy though...
+L1amZR yeeeep.. supposed to be like that 😊. easy listening with a cringey twist 😂
Flojoooooo
This video is WAY too long...
You Said in another that you have no money for Gibson, but if you didn't buy 3 bentons you can have a Gibson studio so please learn to save money...
i dont know HOW often i answered this. i dont buy them. i get them for the reviews and send them back afterwards (most of the time).
had a 2 Gibson studios here btw...was not impressed at all.
Cory Mura I see a lot of other reviewers say the same thing about the Gibson studios. Was there anything in particular that you didn't like about them?
its just an overpriced old design. i mean even this cheap Harley Benton got a volute and wont break as easy as a $$$$ Gibson.
the biggest plus point on a gibson is the aesthetics and the studio doesnt even have that. no neck and body Binding and no nice top. for around 1000Euro thats a pretty bad choice.
I am a luthier and i had 2 studios here with twisted necks also for repair and the one i had here without a twisted neck had a bad fretjob and bad slotted nut. soundwise they are pretty okay
An American Gibson is like $3,500.
That's like 15 Harley Benton's dude
Your turning me off completely on this guitar by that song you're playing in the beginning....lol