Harley Benton's Best Guitar
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ก.ย. 2024
- When you add all the features up, this one rises to the top....
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Love the Amarok series! Simply great stuff!
I just got the Guitar, mainly because your praise for it Glenn.
I like how the active pickups look like standard passive ones.
An Amarok, or Amaroq, is a gigantic wolf in Inuit mythology, said to stalk and devour any person foolish enough to hunt alone at night. Unlike wolves who hunt in packs, amaroks hunt alone. Writing in the 19th century, Danish geologist and Greenlandic scholar Hinrich Johannes Rink reported that the Greenlandic Inuit reserve the word Amarok exclusively for this legendary wolf, whereas other Arctic peoples use it to refer to any wolf.
Man, your production has gone through the roof since the last time I watched from you.
I've been watching you since 2011.
Have bought expansive Ibanez in the past. I just had some money left en bought the amarok. In mind blown for the price, bought mine for 386 euros. Really happy with the feel and finish, playability and sound is awesome. Sold some guitars because I ain’t looking back since i got this one 🦾
Top notch video as always, Steve. I don't know how you do it, but your videos always look and sound extra crisp....crisper than real life. When I look around the room afterwards everything looks like 480p.
Hey Steve!!.. I JUST noticed you're back!!.. Cool!!!.. Cool axe too.... Been considering a H.B... THIS may be the one.. Good to see ya!!..
I really wish they would release one with a floyd
I love my Amarok 7 string. I do wish the neck was a bit thinner. It's almost like a bass neck. I got one in glorious pickle burst.
Nice . You sold me on this product for looks and tone quality . I believe the ebony neck makes this a fine instrument .
I am thinking about getting a Harley Benton thanks for the video Steve
You should they are fun. If you like singlecuts, there is a new SC 550 plus and SC Custom 2 plus, with EMGs.
I’m ordering on tonight .... I’m a Fender tele and Strat but needed a shredder .... so you sold me 😀😀😀😀😀
Sounds great for my studio sound 🤯😳😂👍
Looks just like my Ibanez RGA-R42-MF-FMT, made in Indonesia (probably same Cort factory), but bolt on neck. $299 on SDOTD from musicians friend, free shipping arrived in 3 days. Plays great, sounds great, I'm quite happy.
yeah i got the dragon burst one
@@thejusticeization they're quite good guitars! The neck is very comfortable, and pickups are surprisingly versatile!
What software do you use on your computer to get all those amp sounds ? Because I love all your amp sounds you are able to get. Please help with any info on your software . Thank you
A nice guitar at a reasonable price, and it has stainless steel frets like the fusion series. Thanks for sharing Steve!
Hello, I’m Brazilian, I’ve been following you for over 12 years, it was great to see you on TH-cam! My name is André Naime, Hugs!
I just bought the Quilted Burst version. I had to paste your affiliate id query string to the end of the URL since it did not carry over when choosing a different version of the same model.
Thank you!! I'll check into whether I need to make separate links for each item. I think they use cookies to track IDs, but it's a little confusing.
I bought an $89 lefthanded one that looks like that with the worst pick ups now has Seymour Duncan that cost 300 is the bomb
I'm happy and sad atm, HB haven't been updating their left handed line ups since. I've owned two of theirs. the EX standard and the TE-40. the SC 550+ is wicked and this model too... i hope they refresh the lefties too... i love their products and they gave me more options than a standard lefty gets.
got a baritone in red and it feels like i got a custom shop guitar and it was b stock...
only issue i found was slight imperfections in the finish.... all the frets where are leveled, no dead notes
paid 380$
I like the construction on these. I wish they'd have options for lower-output pickups on them.
That guitar looks and sounds great plus it has some desired high end specs for the money.
Nice looking and sounds good also, good buy for the money.
So basically, Thomann sells a Chapman guitar, with better specs, better build quality and for half the price.
I have this guitar. While I do think it is a great player I do not like the volume knob at all. I cant do a slow swell at all. Its like its either on or its off. There is no volume control at all. The Neck pick up is loaded with bass. I have to have to have presets for that guitar specific.
Just bought an ex84, seen these ones as well and I want one, serious gas with Harley Benton at the moment 😂
That Benton has its perks but its no comparison to the sc custom + line that just came out i have the one with Red quilted top and Emg Retro 75s.
Its probably the best playing and sounding guitar ive picked up in a long time. Ive bought 7 guitars that cost twice as much in the last 2 years and its got a ease of playability that surpasses all of them and never ending sustain. I Highly recommend any Harley Benton If made in Indonesia.
make sure its Indonesian made.
Just got the red SC custom plus with the emgs. Sounds great, looks amazing. Fit and finish are quite high for the price. Not quite at the level of, say, a prs se custom, but still quite good. The action was a bit too low. Was getting some fret buzz on high e, but that was super easy to fix. Intonation was solid out of the box; fine tuning it took 10 minutes. Great guitar. Amazing value.
Steve, just caught this, that is a nice guitar. What is it like as far as accessibility on the higher frets? Thanks 🙏 buddy!
Steve, have your tried their SG custom model at all? I got one on the waaaaayyy 🤘🏻😝🤘🏻
love your playing and personality! Wish you were in Tucson so we could jam!
what amp sim are you using? that tone sounds great
yeah, what Amp simulation ist this, sounds really great!
I Love HB! I have their top mahogany cutaway electro-acoustic and just got their ST-90SA strat clone. Love both guitars, and the strat is better than a Squier CV at a 200 euro cheaper price point. This Amarok looks sweet, and if I hadn't scored the Schecter C-1 Exotic a few months back, I'd be buying this one! Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful guitar
hello Steve yeah, what Amp simulation ist this, sounds really great!
That guitar is great,I just hate active pickups.If I own one someday,will definitely mod to passive electronic.
came for the guitar review but will stay forever for the playing 👌
great tones uncle Steve
Awesome playing! As always! Have a nice day friend!
Outstanding guitar Steve it sounds and looks great 👌
Definitely looks like they did a good job on it. Hard tail with a neck through should have 'a little' sustain. lol. But clearly this one does. Is that through Guitar Rig? I like how the rolling off the volume thing was working to clean it up.
Is the neck thinn, compared to an Ibanez??
Great touch!
Nice guitar how did it come set up? Sounds like it needs a truss rod adjustment! Gotta a little fret buzz going on...
how is the setup on these higher end guitars Steve ? they have many features of my ESP Horizons but for much less money . I live up north in Ontario and luthiers are scarce and expensive, so I need it to play road ready out of the box . I am no tech and don't want a fixer upper out of the box as I've sadly heard some of HB's other lines are . rock on and thanks for your excellent playing . any chance of you doing a Slipknot cover one day ?
I bought 3 guitars from harley benton, the first 1 was meh the 2nd was good and the 3rd (fusion fr) was setup amazingly well, from germany to mauritius island, only the high e was slighly off tune but that was an easy fix, action was suuper low and playable *_*
@@npaz24 thanks
Very nice guitar and video bruh, it's a looker and I may have to purchase one. 👍🤘🎸😎
And per usual Steve...NO YOU ROCK 🤘
outstanding guitar specs and sound for a reasonable price. Nice!
This is, without a doubt, the best guitar (of this style) you can buy in this price range. In my humble opinion. I have the 7-string version, and it SLAYS. Schecter and ESP/LTD take note!
@@JohnDoe-qz9ji I would recommend. However, my Amarok requires a 9-volt battery. Not sure if the 6 string version has active pickups or not.
@@JohnDoe-qz9ji Schecter Demon 6 IS AMAZING for the price! However, this Harley does have some advantages. It has ebony fretboard, and neck thru. And don't let the battery aspect ruin active pick ups for you. You actually almost never need to change it. You only have to change the battery once every 1-3 years, depending how much you play. A lot of people just change the battery, whenever they change strings.
Please do not put Schecter in the same boat as ESP/LTD! Schecter is not Harley cheap, but they also have guitars, of much higher quality, then any Harley out there. ESP/LTD are getting absolutely ridiculous in price! But Schecter is pretty reasonable with their pricing. Just stay away from the custom signature models.
Hi Steve, thanks alot for your great content
May I Ask your help, I have got Jackson King V + Marshall FX15 + Focusrite Solo sound interface
May I know your suggestion, which softwares and plug ins, should I get to have the ability to get these different sounds? Your detailed answer will be much much much appreciated
I subbed! Keep it up!
It's the name of a Volkswagon in Australia.
Looks and sounds nice, but Harley Benton sounds like a law firm, not a guitar company.
Darn! This is giving me that itch that needs scratched!
What is your amplier et effets, thanks.
That is an awesome axe!
Thomann, the retailer that owns this house brand is in my opinion, likely selling these guitars at a price that covers only costs and expenses in an attempt to build this brand, since their main business which is online retail sales is where they make their profit. The problem here is that if they are selling a guitar that's as good or nearly as good as a higher end Squier, Epiphone, PRS SE but at a cheaper price point, then the other companies will lower their price point to compete, but will likely also have to lower their quality because they can't sell a guitar at cost. Thus, while these Harley Benton guitars may be a benefit to the consumer in the short term, it may hurt the quality of the entire lower end guitar market in the long term due to everybody lowering price and by proxy, quality in order to compete.
These guitars don’t compete with epis they compete with gibsons
@@aliengrey6052 Right, as clearly stated by Bozeeke, that's the problem, I think.
@@vividvulpe9842 yeah they are clearly undercutting the lower and middle end of the market to build a brand name and if it becomes popular enough, it's gonna hurt the entire market and therefore the consumer. Your $500 Epiphone for example, will either be improved in quality but now cost $1000 or reduced in price to $300 but will be a crap guitar in response. Either scenario is bad particularly because all of the other brands will have to take similar actions because they can't sell a guitar at cost either. Then HB themselves will also go up because this low price point is just to get their name out there. In the end it means no (or at least way fewer) moderate priced, affordable but good bang for your buck guitars for the buyer. Disaster waiting to happen.
@@vividvulpe9842 the elite brands are being replaced by Indonesian genius.
I doubt they're selling at cost .. they're selling shedloads so can afford to undercut .. I've recently acquired 2 Harley Bentons a sc550 emg absolutely awesome build quality & out of the box playability & a hb35plus not quite on the same level but a beautiful guitar .. the only complaint..the fretboard & frets are not up to the Indonesian standards.. but easily corrected.. I want more ..
Hi Steve,in the market for a Tele under 500,what would you recommend,thanks
How’s the shipping over here to the U.S?
$85 last week when I checked. It was a Solar, so weights and whatnot.
Harley IBentonez? With the $ down on the euro and shipping being the issue it still is I lost interest in the HB line. The price advantage is not what it was when the $ was in better shape against the Euro.I had 3 HB's get caught up in the shipping fiasco last summer. Took 52 days to arrive. One box was so tattered when it arrived it fell open coming in the door spilling out some loose items. Pure luck only one guitar had shipping damage .I hope things are better now that DHL is sidelined. I read DHL went to shipping by Ocean containers due tot he airline problems. The $ is still down about 15% from what it was last spring. The$ may never recover in value. I fear higher shipping costs and the low value of the $ will limit interest in the brand over what we could get a year ago. The good old days..
It looks like a Solar guitar copy with the headstock slightly modified..!!
Absolutely
Great video! I’m struggling to decide between the amarok and the sc-550 plus with EMGs.... do you have any advice for which would be better for 70s through 90s metal?
Have you seen their EX-84 EMG 81/60?
How thick is the neck on this? Would you consider it thin? Thick?
Sounds like real rock machine !
sounds great dude sweeeeeeeet guitar
Great review, Steve, thanks! I’m wondering… Why bother with active pick ups that need a battery when they are emulating passive pick ups? Am I the only one not getting it? What is the “active” doing for us here?
Agreed, these pickups sounds 100% passive, thats a waste imo, they should have went full on active with the 81s OR a proper passive pickup
The biggest strength of active pickups is a much lower noise floor. The low powered magnets aren't susceptible to interference as much as the relatively stronger passive magnets. They also claim higher sustain because of less magnetic pull on the strings, but that's probably negligible.
It did seem to have a fair amount of sustain but it didn't sound particularly good to me
Nothing can beat that for the $$$Right!!
I have one of those. It buzzes like hell, I can't set it right but I love it anyway.
If it buzzes at low frets then neck is too straight. If its buzzing the other end then saddles are too low.
@@malcolmhardwick4258 I know. Believe me, I tried everything. I guess there is something wrong with the frets or the neck. Before this guitar, I had another Amarok with a lot of flaws, so I send it back, but the action was very low, it hat sustain for days and there was no buzzing at all. Now it's already way too late to send this one back. :(
@@GASH_one Shame I've had coupe HB guutars and they've been great. Weird why you have this issue with yours.
They're going for $418 now and the b stock is only $325.
I got an Amarok last summer and it was the biggest hunk of shit I have ever played. Calling it a B-stock is too good for it. Crooked tuners, pot metal knock off Grover (barely) locking "tuners", stripped bridge screws, misaligned and poorly cut nut, shitty active pickups. And they advertise a TUSQ, but it did not come with one. That shit was plastic.
And Steve, that's a Foto Flame. Looks closely.
Lovingly Xeroxed.
And thanks to Mrs. Floria Stroccia at Thomann for ensuring that I won't even buy picks from them ever again.
Unless they changed factories, those Amarok's are made by the same shart-gargling fuk-abouts that have soured the Solar name and Chapman's.... well... Thomann had to pull the ENTIRE line if Amarok's because they were ALL defective.
My personal experience.
I got far less than I paid for. And I have since then refused to buy any more cheap guitars.
Reminds me of a Solar a bit
Yeah but do they do it in left handed, I bet not as we are not afforded very much
There are left hand versions mate yeah
You got your money’s worth right there
awesome
No, harley bentons best guitar is the fusion with the floyd :)
Anything is better than a Chapman
Looks like a solar
Has anybody ran into an issue with the input jack on this guitar being to loose.
I had that issue on a squire cv tele. You typically have to get into the cavity to tighten it from inside. It's a pain in the ass, ngl.
Depends on what you want it for. Les Paul. Na. shredding yes.
so basically its a KM6 haha, love it
Still want an RGA J Custom tho.
what would be the difference? it would sound very close to this
Everything about this guitar screams quality on a budget to me. I find it hard to believe that all that quality comes under $500 bucks, I'm assuming ? I have no idea what they cost.
I would think since it's a neck thru, you don't have the same neck issues like Eddie had when he jumped off stage and needed to add two extra bolts to his neck to keep it from always going out of tune ...
Steve is an expert in making every guitar sound the same.
Consistent players play consistently. It's a skill sought by many, attained by few. Thanks for the validation. I consider myself lucky.
Link is not working Steve
working for me ok
Try it again. There was a typo and I fixed it. Should be working now.
Anorak. Inuit.
Not a very lively clean tone but sounded decent with gain
That guitar is strictly a pro guitar. Nuf said.
🤣🤣🤣
Tremolo is needed, imao.
Amarok - 1990 album from Michael Oldfield. Probably should have been called Tubular Bells 3 - it revisited a lot of the same themes and transitions. It is presented as one piece of music. And the Margaret Thatcher ending is .... special
FYI the link is 404!
Sorry!! There was a typo and I fixed it. It should be good now.
i thought i was the Solar
It looks good, it sounds good, but it's Thomann.
And Thomann is pretty much the reason why so many small shops are closing :(
Socialist fuck promoting inefficiency.
Let’s get real af here. If you buy a mid range Ibanez rga for £300 ish more than this you’re just buying the name. Because there’s no difference lol.
Oooo dont do that to chapman lol! " $500 guitar with a better fit and finish than a $1,000 Chapman, and comes with name brand pick-ups". (i like both companies)
The best guitar you can buy under 400
Abslolutely a big deal guitar!
By the way, you are the first youtuber I see saying the truth about hanging videos on youtube, money!!!
Those horns are too extreme for my taste. Ouch!
How does it hold up against a $500 Ibanez?
Next time cut the lavalier when you play, it's aweful
There is nothing like branded parts to make people feel good about spending more money and believe in extra quality before they even touched the thing. To me, that selling trick is a good reason to stay away from a guitar.
The Amarok is a highly spec'd guitar and delivers. I have the same one that is demonstrated here. It is similarly appointed to the Jericho NT 6 Elite that I have and plays about the same. Both have NT construction, SS frets, nice pickups. Just a good deal. Do you own one? I suspect, based on your comments, that the (honest) answer is a definitive "NO".
@@TheRealBobbyBoogie I have higher spec'ed guitars. I know it is mostly a trick to make the gullible feel good about spending money.
@@Leo_ofRedKeep And your answer (as expected) is 'no'. I have both, an Amarok and many 'higher spec'd' guitars; you do not.
Take my (educated) advice and accept that this is a really decent guitar and not just for the gullible. Seems like you're trying to rationalize you high-cost purchase by criticizing those who paid less and got more. Ouch baby, very ouch!
NO!! That's not the best Harley Benton guitar!
Mine is. 😁
probably german