For all these years we've been lead to believe you can't make a suitable playing and sounding intrument for very affordable money , kudos to HB for letting the cat out of the bag. I have 3, an I'm still smiling. I own several name brand guitars as well purchased over the last 35 years and these guitars bring a notion to me that a less transparent practice of guitar retailing back then was the norm.
I took a chance a few months ago and bought one of these (with pick-ups) after reading about them somewhere. I was (and am still) gobsmacked at what I got for under £100! The carry bag alone would probably cost you £40 if you bought it separately!!!! Since then, I've bought two more HB electric guitars and found them - bang for bucks - to be great and very playable. Their TE-40 TBK Deluxe (Telecaster) Series is right out of the box an unbelievably playable guitar for £118! Well done on the video and thanks for posting.
I just got this guitar delivered to me in India and wow.... the quality is very good! Thomann really sweetened an already great deal by adding such a cool gig bag. I got mine for 135 euros including shipping.
Hello! I am also from India and planning to purchase guitar from thomann but i want to know about the shipping and custom duties. Please reply if you see my comment bro!
Maybe little bit less compression will bring more body to sound. And I have a lot of guitars, from few thousand € to a few hundred (Harley Benton) and almost all Harley Benton guitars are compatible with lot of K cost guitars. No need to called them a Copy. When you buy Suhr (Strat model) you won't say: it's a copy of Fender Stratocaster just because it looks the same 🙂🙂
Hi. Would you recommend Yamaha apxt2 or this HB one? For traveling, couch playing? Is the lenght between frets and strings the same on both guitar, or is Yamaha more narrow? Thank you for answer and review 😉.
I first bought the H.b for my son to learn guutar..now he owns the Taylor....no match...the Taylor is far better and its price is logical. But you play very well indeed..
Just got mine today. Simply stunning! and it sounds great! One question, once you connect the 9 volt battery, does it just flop around in the sound cavity or does it attach somewhere within?
Just ordered a left handed one with pickup tonight. My grandson ordered a 7 string electric also, this way we were able to share the shipping cost. This will be the second Harley Benton for each of us.
@@BrentHutchinson Grandson (age 13) ordered the Harley Benton R-457MN WH Progressive Series. This will be his 13th guitar, and first 7 string. He is a rocker! Spends all his birthday, Christmas and lawn mowing money on guitars! At least he is easy to shop for! LOL!
Do you perhaps know the weight of the guitar? I need to find out for a flight to bring it to me. Great guitar and don't want to buy another one. Would be much appreciated. Including the bag, I think.
Looks good, sounds amazing, I don't know how they do it there a Thomann, but they're AWESOME. I want to buy an acoustic guitar after my electric one arrives, but I was rather thinking about roundbacks. What are your thoughts about those? Btw great review :)
I know I'm not Brent, but, I can't stop saying enough about the Harley Benton's I have! I purchased a Harley Benton HBO 850 steel string in January of 2019. I'm really cheap, so I got a B stock for $75.00 USD with a $18.00 gig bag. It is an amazing deal even at full price. I love this guitar and play it all of the time. I played some Ovations years ago and loved them. I think this is pretty close to the Celebrity line, but can't gaurentee it. At any rate, I'm impressed with the quality for the money. It sounds amazing and plays great. I will probably lower the action a little, but, that is personal preference. I read some reviews regarding the frets not being properly finished. Mine are perfect. It said, on the box, I received that mine was a floor model. I guess that is why is is a B stock. The good thing about a floor model is that you know it will be set up pretty good. I have no regrets about the purchase. I own five Harley Benton's and love them all! Good luck.
@@overthehillcheapgearnoodle9990 Thank you very much :) I currently own a Harley Benton as wel and I love it, especially for thr price. The electruc guitar I ordered is also a Harley Benton. I really really love Thomann for that!
I just bought the pickup version for 129 € and Thomann even gave me a 15 € refund because of a small dent in the binding which does not bother me at all. I invested 20 € extra for a TUSQ nut and a TUSQ saddle at the bridge, now it’s an even greater performing instrument.
Would you go for this one the HB Delta Blues T or the Yamaha Jr1/Jr2 rather as travel guitar ? PLEASE make a video comparison of those guitars. Nobody ever didi it so far. Thanks.
@@BrentHutchinson thanks. Really looking forward to the comparison of those 3 models. The HB delta blues T is apparently better and cheaper then the GS and the Jr1 apparently beats both.
Great review Brett, thanks. Are these much smaller than say my Yamaha F310 Dreadnought which is a proper barge of a geetar? Many thanks for taking the time to do these reviews 😎
I would buy one in a minute. I already have a Taylor GS Mini, but I need a back up for travel. This is it! Soon as that stimulus check rolls in, I'm buying one of these. Thanks for your terrific review. I'm sold!
Will you let me know how you like this guitar verses your Taylor GS Mini. I am a senior player on a fixed budget and have saving up for a GS Mini but maybe this guitar would be good enough. Thanks!
You can't argue with the price. Not bad at all. A little boxy and twangy on the chords, has that dissonance afterburn even on the major chords tho. Still, great for around the house but I wouldn't play it in public tbh
@@BrentHutchinson Oh cool! I was gonna get one anyway (i see they do a spruce version as well, I'm undecided which to go with) and your review settles it. Great vid, thanks for taking the time to make it! I still can't believe the price...!
You are a very entertaining player Brent, I like to watch your videos. If you ever perform in Belgium I would like to come to the concert! I see you also played the Yamaha travel guitar, and you play the same song there, still it is hard to judge the sound over youtube. Do you think the mahogany has a softer sound? I currently have a takamine with a cedar top, but would like to have a smaller guitar to take to classes with a built in tuner. I do not like this "singer-songwriter-strummer-spruce-sound" if you know what I mean :D I only play travis-picking type of songs, not sure if that makes a difference
Buenas, me gustaría hacerte una pregunta, lo primero mi ingles es muy básico. Ya que te veo que tienes una yamaha apx t 2 y la Harley Benton que nos enseñas hoy, que guitarra comprarías si no tuvieras ninguna acústica como es mi caso, la voy a utilizar, básicamente en casa. Muchas gracias, saludos desde Madrid.
Looks similar to the Adam Black travel guitar I bought myself last year - except that comes in at more expensive even *without* a pickup. Wonder if there's a quality difference to justify the higher price (doubt it).
This is the perfect guitar for a Hi6 setup. Tripping over myself to order 1 maybe 2 now. Go electric and upgrade easy as. Is the neck bolted to the body under the fretboard like the Taylor's?
@@BrentHutchinson yea that's awesome news. Once played a small mahogany Taylor that was setup hi6 @ 9-26(?) and in an ensemble it just sang like a bell bird. Not designed for Hi6 but as close as one could get with an acoustic. The scale and string tension is, to me ideal for a Nashville setup whether strumming or picking. Thanks for the info, take care ✌️
Mine has had to be returned today. ...... for some reason, after a week I couldn't get enough relief on the neck even with the truss rod wound to the the point of slack, still buzzing like a hornet and odd resonances on the high strings.....maybe it was settling down oddly or as I suspect had warped?.... Was getting worse otherwise I would of still kept it. Shame, really liked it, played beautifully well, very loud for the size, great action, was sad to see it go😢 not sure if I should buy another?
@@BrentHutchinson none in stock apparently, a lot of gear is out of stock due to the C19.....gutted, been playing my F310 Yamaha and, it's like steering a ferry about😊
Is the neck thick like a dreadnought or thin like an electric guitar? Also, Is the action low like an electric or high like a lot of acoustics? Thank you
Is this kinda the same size as little martin? I've always refused to begin on guitar, until I met a girl who had a little martin, the dimensions made it much easyier for my smaller hands, but it's way to pricey for a beginner guitar´.
I would say they are two different things bit in terms of size it would depend on which make and model. both are small in comparison to a regular sized acoustic guitar.
For the price and the sound which Guitar is better? Yamaha apx or this Harley Benton? Because i want to buy an acoustic Guitar and i can not choose one
The Yamaha has a great sound plugged in but is not as good as the Harley unplugged. The HB is over half the price so you could get a nice pickup to go in it and it would still be cheaper.
Very honest review without any microphone sound effects. I'd like to have an acoustic guitar to play electric parts with some bends when I'm not in the stoudio. Should I buy this one or another with 628mm scale length? Thank you for sharing this video!!!
I use HB strings on all my guitars. I find the acoustic ones very good and they stay bright for ages. It's a matter of taste though some dont like them.
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For all these years we've been lead to believe you can't make a suitable playing and sounding intrument for very affordable money , kudos to HB for letting the cat out of the bag. I have 3, an I'm still smiling. I own several name brand guitars as well purchased over the last 35 years and these guitars bring a notion to me that a less transparent practice of guitar retailing back then was the norm.
I took a chance a few months ago and bought one of these (with pick-ups) after reading about them somewhere. I was (and am still) gobsmacked at what I got for under £100! The carry bag alone would probably cost you £40 if you bought it separately!!!! Since then, I've bought two more HB electric guitars and found them - bang for bucks - to be great and very playable. Their TE-40 TBK Deluxe (Telecaster) Series is right out of the box an unbelievably playable guitar for £118! Well done on the video and thanks for posting.
Thanks for watching and yes I totally agree HBs are excellent value
Agree, I have the hb-35plus lime and it plays great. I also bought this GS travel and love it! Going to put som 11s on there, to see how it sounds.
@@samdeb6506 Let me know what you think once the 11’s are on? 👍🏻
I have the gs e mahogany and what a pleasure to play and hear... one default I think : the strings must be changed for lighter ones ...
I just got this guitar delivered to me in India and wow.... the quality is very good! Thomann really sweetened an already great deal by adding such a cool gig bag. I got mine for 135 euros including shipping.
Yeah man great deal enjoy
Hello! I am also from India and planning to purchase guitar from thomann but i want to know about the shipping and custom duties. Please reply if you see my comment bro!
I am buying this tomorrow as my first guitar. i am excited!
You've made up my mind... Simply can't go wrong.. Cracking little guitar!!
Bang For Buck!!
Nice warm, mellow sound,,,, it that's what you like,,,, TY Bro ! 😜👍
Fantàstica! Muy cálido ese sonido con buena caoba. No se puede pedir más.
Maybe little bit less compression will bring more body to sound. And I have a lot of guitars, from few thousand € to a few hundred (Harley Benton) and almost all Harley Benton guitars are compatible with lot of K cost guitars. No need to called them a Copy. When you buy Suhr (Strat model) you won't say: it's a copy of Fender Stratocaster just because it looks the same 🙂🙂
Wow! What a full sound! 😳
Some HB are fantastic for the value even if I don't like that model because of the V neck 😕
Sweet guitar, and sweeeeet playing! can I have the tabs for what you are playing at 06:22??
I Got Two of these Guitars, one for my Nephew and Another for My Niece..
Hi. Would you recommend Yamaha apxt2 or this HB one? For traveling, couch playing? Is the lenght between frets and strings the same on both guitar, or is Yamaha more narrow? Thank you for answer and review 😉.
I would also love to know this please.
I first bought the H.b for my son to learn guutar..now he owns the Taylor....no match...the Taylor is far better and its price is logical.
But you play very well indeed..
great review and playing, subscribed
Just got mine today. Simply stunning! and it sounds great! One question, once you connect the 9 volt battery, does it just flop around in the sound cavity or does it attach somewhere within?
Hello my good man glad you like it. Mine diesnt have the pickup so cant help you sorry
Hope you found the little rubber pouch
Awsome!! Love it! Where I can find the tabs for what you are playing at 5:30? the first music
Sold and ordered. Thanks man.
I would like to see you do a video on the ResoKing !!! Thank you mate.
Great review thank you so much!
Dobrý den . Dnes mi dorazila a bohužel zvoní až moc kovově struna G. Nevíte jak vadu odstranit? Děkuji.
Thomann did it again
Just ordered a left handed one with pickup tonight. My grandson ordered a 7 string electric also, this way we were able to share the shipping cost. This will be the second Harley Benton for each of us.
Lovely bet you cant wait. What 7 string did you son get?
@@BrentHutchinson Grandson (age 13) ordered the Harley Benton R-457MN WH Progressive Series. This will be his 13th guitar, and first 7 string. He is a rocker! Spends all his birthday, Christmas and lawn mowing money on guitars! At least he is easy to shop for! LOL!
@@richbird23 love it he sounds like me at that age. Have fun !
Do you think I should get this? as a begginer? I've learned to play using the parlour sized guitars and am researching into that type
Do you perhaps know the weight of the guitar? I need to find out for a flight to bring it to me. Great guitar and don't want to buy another one. Would be much appreciated. Including the bag, I think.
Nice sounding ibstrument, I love it. Hust needs to break in it a bit sound very fresh
Looks good, sounds amazing, I don't know how they do it there a Thomann, but they're AWESOME.
I want to buy an acoustic guitar after my electric one arrives, but I was rather thinking about roundbacks.
What are your thoughts about those?
Btw great review :)
Thanks Luc I don't think I have ever had one so cant really give an opinion on them. Maybe I can acquire one and do a review :)
I know I'm not Brent, but, I can't stop saying enough about the Harley Benton's I have! I purchased a Harley Benton HBO 850 steel string in January of 2019. I'm really cheap, so I got a B stock for $75.00 USD with a $18.00 gig bag. It is an amazing deal even at full price. I love this guitar and play it all of the time. I played some Ovations years ago and loved them. I think this is pretty close to the Celebrity line, but can't gaurentee it. At any rate, I'm impressed with the quality for the money. It sounds amazing and plays great. I will probably lower the action a little, but, that is personal preference. I read some reviews regarding the frets not being properly finished. Mine are perfect. It said, on the box, I received that mine was a floor model. I guess that is why is is a B stock. The good thing about a floor model is that you know it will be set up pretty good. I have no regrets about the purchase. I own five Harley Benton's and love them all! Good luck.
@@overthehillcheapgearnoodle9990 Thank you very much :) I currently own a Harley Benton as wel and I love it, especially for thr price. The electruc guitar I ordered is also a Harley Benton. I really really love Thomann for that!
I just bought the pickup version for 129 € and Thomann even gave me a 15 € refund because of a small dent in the binding which does not bother me at all.
I invested 20 € extra for a TUSQ nut and a TUSQ saddle at the bridge, now it’s an even greater performing instrument.
Would you go for this one the HB Delta Blues T or the Yamaha Jr1/Jr2 rather as travel guitar ? PLEASE make a video comparison of those guitars. Nobody ever didi it so far. Thanks.
I would go for the Harley Benton. I'll look into reviewing it cheers ! :)
@@BrentHutchinson thanks. Really looking forward to the comparison of those 3 models. The HB delta blues T is apparently better and cheaper then the GS and the Jr1 apparently beats both.
Great review Brett, thanks. Are these much smaller than say my Yamaha F310 Dreadnought which is a proper barge of a geetar?
Many thanks for taking the time to do these reviews 😎
Good player, good review. Thanx.
I would buy one in a minute. I already have a Taylor GS Mini, but I need a back up for travel. This is it! Soon as that stimulus check rolls in, I'm buying one of these. Thanks for your terrific review. I'm sold!
Will you let me know how you like this guitar verses your Taylor GS Mini. I am a senior player on a fixed budget and have saving up for a GS Mini but maybe this guitar would be good enough. Thanks!
Would you recommend this or the Yamaha apxt2 for travelling and playing unplugged? Thanks!!!
The Yamaha is better but it's very close. I Think the HB is a little nicer Unplugged
Do you happen to know if it has a solid top?
Did anyone changed the tuner on this guiart? Need some help with this one, any new tuners you reccommend?
Looks a GREAT guitar and at a GREAT price too..... Mark T
bloddy brilliant!
Loved it!
Thanks :)
You can't argue with the price. Not bad at all. A little boxy and twangy on the chords, has that dissonance afterburn even on the major chords tho. Still, great for around the house but I wouldn't play it in public tbh
I've giggled it it's great with a sound hole pick up
@@BrentHutchinson Oh cool! I was gonna get one anyway (i see they do a spruce version as well, I'm undecided which to go with) and your review settles it. Great vid, thanks for taking the time to make it! I still can't believe the price...!
@@Heneggsboss my pleasure
Great review Brent thanks for taking the time to do this.
Are these much smaller than say my Yamaha F310 Dreadnought barge?
Hi it is pretty much the same size as a baby Taylor
@@BrentHutchinson many thanks 😎
You are a very entertaining player Brent, I like to watch your videos. If you ever perform in Belgium I would like to come to the concert! I see you also played the Yamaha travel guitar, and you play the same song there, still it is hard to judge the sound over youtube. Do you think the mahogany has a softer sound? I currently have a takamine with a cedar top, but would like to have a smaller guitar to take to classes with a built in tuner. I do not like this "singer-songwriter-strummer-spruce-sound" if you know what I mean :D I only play travis-picking type of songs, not sure if that makes a difference
Buenas, me gustaría hacerte una pregunta, lo primero mi ingles es muy básico. Ya que te veo que tienes una yamaha apx t 2 y la Harley Benton que nos enseñas hoy, que guitarra comprarías si no tuvieras ninguna acústica como es mi caso, la voy a utilizar, básicamente en casa. Muchas gracias, saludos desde Madrid.
Wonder could you use the GS mini pickup on this guitar
dont see why not :)
Looks similar to the Adam Black travel guitar I bought myself last year - except that comes in at more expensive even *without* a pickup. Wonder if there's a quality difference to justify the higher price (doubt it).
This guitar is great for the money, actually all HBs I have owned have been brilliant... I dont know how they do it... Thanks for watching :)
thank you for your work. great video
This is the perfect guitar for a Hi6 setup. Tripping over myself to order 1 maybe 2 now. Go electric and upgrade easy as. Is the neck bolted to the body under the fretboard like the Taylor's?
I beleive it's a glued neck
@@BrentHutchinson yea that's awesome news. Once played a small mahogany Taylor that was setup hi6 @ 9-26(?) and in an ensemble it just sang like a bell bird. Not designed for Hi6 but as close as one could get with an acoustic. The scale and string tension is, to me ideal for a Nashville setup whether strumming or picking. Thanks for the info, take care ✌️
Mine has had to be returned today.
...... for some reason, after a week I couldn't get enough relief on the neck even with the truss rod wound to the the point of slack, still buzzing like a hornet and odd resonances on the high strings.....maybe it was settling down oddly or as I suspect had warped?.... Was getting worse otherwise I would of still kept it.
Shame, really liked it, played beautifully well, very loud for the size, great action, was sad to see it go😢 not sure if I should buy another?
That's a shame will they send you another?
@@BrentHutchinson none in stock apparently, a lot of gear is out of stock due to the C19.....gutted, been playing my F310 Yamaha and, it's like steering a ferry about😊
Just an uodate, returned to Thomann, prompt refund great service....bought another in the end which is a peach😍😎
@@richardrichard5409 That's good to hear. I ordered one of these from Thomman today, can't wait!
Is the neck thick like a dreadnought or thin like an electric guitar? Also, Is the action low like an electric or high like a lot of acoustics? Thank you
It's a v neck not fat very comfy and the action was pretty comfy too. Not a foot off the fretboard like a lot if cheaper acoustics
@@BrentHutchinson okay, thanks a lot!
Is this kinda the same size as little martin? I've always refused to begin on guitar, until I met a girl who had a little martin, the dimensions made it much easyier for my smaller hands, but it's way to pricey for a beginner guitar´.
Hey everybody....
Can anybody tell me which one to choose ,Fender ct60s or Hb gs travel mahogany ?
I would go for the HB
Great review
😘
good informative video! Would you recommend this guitar to a beginner?
Yes certainly
Question, Body: Selected mahogany is it laminated or solid wood?
Laminé
Do you recommend installing say fishman pickup?
Yeah would be good
As per spec bridge is blackwood. Its not plastic..
Hello, can you please tell me if a parlour guitar is bigger than this travel guitar?
I would say they are two different things bit in terms of size it would depend on which make and model. both are small in comparison to a regular sized acoustic guitar.
How's the action of this guitar ?
For the price and the sound which Guitar is better? Yamaha apx or this Harley Benton? Because i want to buy an acoustic Guitar and i can not choose one
The Yamaha has a great sound plugged in but is not as good as the Harley unplugged. The HB is over half the price so you could get a nice pickup to go in it and it would still be cheaper.
Brent Hutchinson thank you very much, i think there is an plugged version of HB, can be better or the same of Yamaha guitar?
@@DocRazzi I would buy the HB
Very honest review without any microphone sound effects. I'd like to have an acoustic guitar to play electric parts with some bends when I'm not in the stoudio. Should I buy this one or another with 628mm scale length? Thank you for sharing this video!!!
This would work great I use a Yamaha XPT2 its aweaome
What tuning are you in please ? I just bought one !
Standard
Perfect
I just bought one of these myself (pickup version + mahogany). What replacement strings are you planning on using on it? I think it ships with 10-47s.
I actually use Harley Benton strings on all my guitars 12 guage for acoustic
@@BrentHutchinson Do you need to adjust the neck going from 10s to 12s?
Yeah tighten the trust rod to compensate
This model is built for 10s even if you go to 11s guitar will need setting up because intonation is out. I did it and quickly changed back to 10s phew
Is it a solid top at least?
No, Laminate.
Do these guitars have a solid top?
No
Laminate
Sounds quite out of tune as you go up the neck?
Origin?
do you know its weight ?
Sorry I dont but all specs are on Thomman website
@@BrentHutchinson weight there is not
@@narcsoul ahh I see. I'll weigh it and get back to you
@@BrentHutchinson thanks a lot
Brent Hutchinson hi! Sorry, do you know how does it weight ? Thanks! Loved your video!
I think the Guitar is ok but the Strings are very bad ?
I use HB strings on all my guitars. I find the acoustic ones very good and they stay bright for ages. It's a matter of taste though some dont like them.
maybe a good bang for buck but sounds like shit to me