Harley Benton CST 24T Paradise Flame Review
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So far so good, I might replace the nut and I need to figure out the tremolo. I might just make it a hard tail. $217 of a hell of a deal though. Please like, subscribe, share, comment etc. www.thomann.de...
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I've played guitar every day for 35 years. I've all the high end guitars from prs, fender, Gibson +++ My opinion.. buy a HB.
Wow cool! Thanks for chiming in. Yeah for what you get its a no brainer.
Do you recommend this guitar for a complete beginner over 50 for his first ever guitar? I like modern rock and rhythm n blues. I am lefty so I am talking about the harley Benton CST 24 Black Flame Left Handed. Thank you.
@@guardianobserver6593 I have a lot of guitars and i am a lefty i recommend the CST-24T LEFTY Black Flame. I have one and i just ordered the Paradise Flame.
@@mirecmusic Thank you. I still search my inner self if it's a goid idea to start guitar at this age. Have a nice Christmas.
I totally agree with you. I’m playing a bit longer and I have. CE, a Paul’s guitar an S2 a Les Paul and so on. I now have 2 Harley Bentons in transit with another scheduled for Mid May. I could have saved a lot of money!!
As far as comparing one guitar to another every guitar sounds and play a little different, no matter what brand. There are so many things that can affect that. As far as having to do work on Fenders and Gibsons and Epis every one I have bought I have had to do some work on to meet my style. Nuts, bridges, pickups and so on. Its all in the setup. Bridge height and adjustments, nut adjustments cut and so on, Neck relief, Pickup height means a lot also. For the money having an axe that simply may need some adjustments, so what. Its well worth it
Thank you for mentioning Pickup height.
I have the CST-24 with a wraparound bridge. It's an older model with Wilkinson pickups. I love it.
Wilkinson pickups are way better than Roswell, I have the CST24 Paradise Flame, bought
in the first 3 months the company started to sell guitars. It's so much better than the new CST24 with Roswell pickups. The new ones have frets that are too high, and a composite
mixture for the fretboard which is awful. The original ones are so much better. I replaced the pots with CTS 500K and orange drop caps and it plays like a dream
@@risahu1 I also have a Vintage V100 Icon that I bought new in 2007 at the NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA. It's been my go-to guitar ever since.
You are very prestidigitatious and articulate in your playing. I enjoyed it!
That is a beautiful looking and sounding guitar for $217!
Thanks! Ive been playing it out live alot lately!
My son got me this work of art for christmas im 53 starting to learn late always wanted to playso lookin forward to the journey...peace out to all
It would be good to demo this guitar completely clean as well as with the smooth crunchy sustain. Nice playing.
I bought one of these in black cherry flame.
Tighten the trem bar by depressing it all the way, there is a set screw underneath the rear of the bridge.
One sweet guitar.
Great video. Retired now and looking for something on a budget to occupy my time, I ordered the Harley Benton CST-24T in Black Cherry Flame from Thomann ($211 US, currently) a couple of weeks ago. Your demo makes me think I made a good purchase for my first electric guitar. Unfortunately, the Black Cherry Flames were out of stock at the time, but they're making some new ones in Vietnam as I post this. Looking forward to sometime early March for delivery. Pairing it with the also budget-minded Peavey Vypyr VIP 1 for the versatile tone possibilities and the option of adding a budget bass and acoustic later on for some DAW jollies. This will be a purely low-key bedroom rig.
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Thanks for the sub brother! Hope you enjoy the guitar!
As an entry level guitar you simply can’t beat HB, looks, value for money, playability. When I first started the action on some guitars was so high lol put me off for a bit. TBH there is way too much snobbery around guitars. Many on low incomes should start off with an HB or perhaps a Squire, if you go on to be a good player and earning a living from playing, buy something better, till then stick with the cheaper options. Otherwise buying a PRS or other brand name will just sit in the corner till you give it away to another family member.
Why is that you think purchasing a PRS as an entry level guitar somehow impacts whether or not the purchaser will become a guitar player? Why does this person have a better level of success by purchasing a more inexpensive guitar? I say you purchase the guitar that excites you to help in motivation to wanting to pick it up all the time and play it. Either way if you don't make the cut you sell the guitar. I think you'll see a better return on a quality instrument when selling.
Mark it's the player, not the guitar... A good player sounds killer trough cheap gear, and a bad player sounds like shit trough a setup costing 5k...
@@Mark-OutWest From personal experience, my first acoustic was a martin. I NEVER played it. Not because I couldn't learn on it, I was scared to hurt it because of the price tag. It's like a motorcycle rider buying their first bike. Buy a used one for cheap. You WILL fall off and scrape it up. You buy the nice bike after you've crashed and burned a few times and get comfortable... I recommend the same thing with guitar. The cheap price tag will make you less timid about trying new things.
I got one. I am so impress with it. I got rid of the not staying in tune problem by switching my strings from 9 to 10 and replaced the tuners with some affordable locking tuners. I have an LP Standard and a Telecaster. I have been playing with the HB for weeks now. It so light and I feel that it is a great all purpose guitar.
You need to push the trem down, underneath is a screw which kan be tightend with an allan wrench. This will tighten the trem arm.
Wow! You got really lucky, that HB has a beautiful top, looks perfectly matched across both sides too. I have the same color guitar but with the wraparound bridge, the top on mine is a little rinky dink looking, but I still love it.
The trem bar has to be tightened up underneath the bridge where the hole is. It takes an Allen key and most people are unaware of it because we just figure we already know how to tighten up a tremolo right? The nut is graphite. Not saying you can't have issues. Just stating the facts as I own that same guitar and I gave one away on my channel and I know because the question came up. Funny, I also just purchased the same PRS custom 24SE in Whale Blue and it will be arriving tomorrow. Lol
From a listening standpoint, I found little difference between the two guitars, the Harley Benton CST-24 to me has a more mellow tone. The PRS is brighter. But a very similar sound from both. From a playing standpoint I have only experienced the Benton.
After i put in some Vanson locking tuners, the out-of-tune thing after whammy bar usage went away.
It makes sense actually. Trem pulls strings and since there is NO LOCKING tuners it pulls on tuners gears and therefore guitar gets de-tunned.
Same here. The Vanson's are a direct replacement even the screw holes line up. Perfect trem stability after that !
The locking tuners I'm looking at say medium and small, what size did you buy to put on? Getting this guitar for christmas
@@davidmurray9193 after some time it turned out it was the nut that was the problem, not the tuners. The tuners are here (not available currently, but you can have an idea on the specs): www.amazon.co.uk/VANSON-Tuners-Machine-V03SP-LOCKING/dp/B01H5M4XS0
@@RazvanCosti thank you very much
I also own a PRS se and 2 harley bentons the CRT24t (trem model) and the crt24 hard tail , and I have to say after I setup the HB's they were every bit as good as the PRS , The pup's have more bite and are a little brighter on the HB's which I like. Just because these are cheap guitars don't make them and less playable, both of mine sound, look and feel a lot more expensive than they are. My PRS plays like butter...... but so do both my HB's . In short go buy a HB and see how much you get for so little money you won't be disappointed......and if by chance you are they will take it back and refund you no problems at all...... I have already chosen my next HB it's the Harley Benton TE-70 Black Paisley...... what a beast and for so little money....... all I can say is why spend more for not much more........ instead go buy a nice amp and what ever effects you want and get to playing not paying.
Well said, agreed!
I play a lot of southern rock, Black Crowes type stuff. Hard tail or tremolo? Hunbuckers or P90? Solid or hollow? Too many choices on CST. I have the hollo body TE-90QM with P90’s and love it! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
@@francishead I have to admit that the CST24 hardtail is my fave , Plays beautifully , the trem model is pretty good but the trem is always putting the guitar out of tune so I don't use it at all , just go for the hardtail it's a beaut guitar and the coil split is great I use it lots in the bridge position. Pickups are a personal choice, but the pups in the CST24 are awesome and really suits my style of playing, rock and blues and country rock like eagles etc.
cookie bear Thanks for the advice. It really helps.
Finally got my first HB CST-24T yesterday. Right away I oiled the fretboard, I've been reading and hearing they come pretty dried out. Tuned it up and it plays really nice. It was a Bstock, and it doesn't have any scratches, looks brand new. So very happy. the neck is very smooth, no fret problems. The trem, got that in and locked down with that tiny allen wrench. Plugged it in and sounds great. It's weird though, cause it's heavy almost as heavy as my LP. But the neck is thinner especially up near the nut, so it feels a lot easier to play for sure. I'm digging it so far. I like the trem so far.. I used the heck out of it last night, seems like it responds better than some of my locking trems. And it stays in tune very good surprisingly. I'm happy..
You got lucky!
it was a Bstock. My thinking was it's a traveling guitar anyway so if there's some minor wear and tear that's fine, but I was also thinking, if it's been played demo'd etc.. then if there are flaws, maybe quality control would have fixed that before packaging it back up.. I don't know, but that was my thinking.. But I'm going to order another in the near future and we'll see and compare.. :)
I love mine, i have the exact same model...I popped a set of the chiller EMGs into it, ebonized the fretboard and put a gotoh 510 bridge on (mine is a hard tail) and its a howler!! ....plays so well and sounds so good.... its shocking it was only about $450 maybe....i liked it so much,.. i got a blue one with P90s. It is solid no issues plays great and sounds awesome ....realy stunning how well many of these HB guitars play out of rhe box .
The PRS has some breath in the tone the Benton misses. Great playing!
yep, the PRS seems to sound better BUT we all know that guitars are strange entities. It would be interesting to put all the electronic in the HB and vice-versa. it could be hellpfull. From one guitar to another in the same serie, none sounds the same, So ....The HB is a goood plateform for upgrading, changing pickups etc...very good video. Thanks !
Thanks brother!
For a $200 guitar, without setting it up to your personal taste, I think the HB is a great guitar. Although the pups on the PRS seemed a bit more balanced and loud. Cheers man. Good video.
Jonnatan Pena Thanks man, I think both guitars sound good, just different...
I'm going to buy this HB as i wanted PRS copy, but PRS sounds better to me. This is cause i think pickups are better in PRS vs Rosewell in HB. Simple upgrade would change the tone. Also upgrade capacitors from ceramic to PIO would make it sound warmer too. Did you figure out why Trem does not stay in tune and are you still using trem or you replaced with hard tail?
Hard tail
Man can you play, effortlessly!
Thanks again for the great review, i was just on Thomans site and these guitars are going for $300-$350 Canadian, the PRS Customs go for $1200-$1500 new, Ha ha ha...4-5 times the price Brand new. The PRS SE Standards start at $1000 Canadian and upwards brand new.
Of course we have to add the shipping charges on the Harley Bentons.
i know many good guitars for a lot of money and most of them are really good. I bought this HB CST 24T and i am very imprest..unbelievable for this price. i live right next to Thomann, only a couple miles away..but it took me a long time to think about buying a guitar from HB. thank God i finally did buy one :-)
Rich is humble & under stated …… as a long time player …… I have this guitar & it plays & sounds as good as anything 10x it’s price … … Trem tuning issues can be fixed with some adjustments …
The SE is very boomy on the low strings. I've noticed that all the PRS guitars that I've heard demo'd are more dark sounding. Honestly I like the brighter sound of the HB.
Booth guitars sounds fine the Paul Reed is better in most ways but for $200.00 not bad .
Tasty riffs fer sure. I have been contemplating a few of the HB's (Gibson copy 450 and one of the strat copies) but first on my list is the 2018 PRS SE standard. Have heard great things about the 85/15's and come on, when you want quality even the low end PRS will deliver. Love your review, you are clearly an honest guy who can handle his guitar. Best!!
Jess Yates Thanks Jess! Best of luck. I love my PRS.
It's always surprising to know how many ppl don't know how to tighten the whammy bar on a PRS.
I have an Ocean Flame and love it. For the price, you can't beat these guitars in my opinion.
Yep they are great guitars
I heard that the Trem if you push the arm down you'll see a nut under the trem to tighten the arm down with...so it doesn't fall out.
Ryan T Yeah I think I saw that in the other vids. Luckily mine was already
Tight.
A hahahhaah you wont belive how meny People dont know that
The HB sounds better then PRS sounds muffled in comparison. Have to put some graphite on the HB nut or might have to maybe file the nut ever so slightly wider so the strings can move freely.
Newer CST 24 Made in Indonesia comes with a graphite nut (black) and stainless steel frets.
Hey Rich, thx for the comparison of the CST & PRS. I know it’s been a few years and Harley Benton has made some improvements on their CST, like stainless steel frets, QC improvements. In your opinion, which I respect, do you think the SE is that much of a better guitar. I sold my CE 24 a few months back and have been jonesing for a PRS style guitar but can’t justify the $$$; and my playing skills don’t really justify it either. Sorry for the long question. I have 3 Harley Benton guitars. Oh and I would get a hardtail, since I don’t use the trem much,
I haven't tried the newer ones, but in my opinion, the Harley Benton stuff just keeps getting better.
Great and honest review. I wonder how the HB would sound with the PRS's Pickups?
Good question!
Good review and awesome PIC-IN ..Like both guitars. I have the PRS SE Custom 24. May have to try the HB
Thanks man! It's a good one.
Man I tell you the Harley Benton guitars or such a good deal for the price I absolutely love min( black Paisley Telecaster Maple neck fingerboard). I'm definitely getting a couple more
Everything Music And Guitar Shenanigans I just look at that guitar,,,,that's bad ass looking honestly👍👍🍻🇺🇸
Nice channel you got going here, and EXCELLENT guitar playing! I've been on to the Harley Benton brand for some time now and have been watching reviews all over TH-cam, so I watched yours too to get as many opinions and unbiased reviews as possible, especially as to how they are set up and the state they are delivered in. This is because I am looking to learn to play and get my first guitar so obviously at the price point the HBs are they are of great interest to me, but since they have been known to come with issues now and then (especially the cheapest ones, such as, at least very scratchy frets and sometimes unleveled frets) and I am a total guitar noob, they still seem just a tiny little bit risky to me; especially since it would let me down to have a bad experience on my first guitar. I would feel safer going for a Squier Bullet Mustang for a similar price range and knowing that it is a consistently great beginner's guitar (and not necessarily just for begginers). Am I being (probably yes) too paranoid? Anyway, subscribed since you seem to have some quality videos here!
Jeronimo Martinez Fabregas Thanks, its definatley a risk ordering these guitars. But I'm a person who doesn't mind tinkering. So if I have to spend a few dollars getting the guitar set up I dont mind. Good luck to you!
Jeronimo, I'm curious. Did you get the HB? If so, what has your experience been? Your thoughts above mirror mine. I want to get the CST-24, but I'm afraid I'm going to be one of those that get stiffed on something major & I can't fix it. I thought the German oversight on quality control would offset the fact that they are made in China. Thanks.
@Jeronimo did you pick up the HB or did you go with the squire? I’m curious, as I’m in the same boat as you were 3 yrs ago. Thnx!
@@smokeeater8048 Hey there! All I can say is that in these three years I have become the proud owner of up to 7 Harley Benton guitars; each one with plus and minus points, but None that I wouldn't recommend, especially as a beginner guitar (altho not only for a begginner, but if it's for a begginer than the choice is even easier). As always, you will be subject to the luck of the draw and you should factor in shipping costs for where you live.
On my channel I have several videos of the different guitars I own, so you can look and see if anything may interest you there if you filter out the Harley Benton videos. My top recommends are the TE-70 RW tele, the CST 24 P90, and any SC custom or 550 and upward, depends on your tastes. Good luck!
@@anthonyjames3074 Sorry I only saw this recently, I bet by now you've already bought at least one guitar and are rocking it, or maybe even dropped the interest. I went with the Harley Benton brand, I now own 7, each with it's positives and not so positives, but overall I'm happy. I have videos of each on my channel if they may help you.
Great playing man. Outro jam is pretty freaking awesome. Good review, about what I expected compared to the PRS. Can't wait to get mine! \m/
MajorUpgrade thanks man! And thanks for watching.
Just getting back into guitar after being away from it for a while, so not so concerned with the trem stuff at this point. I'd just probably be battling to keep it in tune. I had debated whether to get this or the hard-tail version, but was concerned with intonation, so I ended up with this one... Which method would you recommend to just use it as a hard-tail? More springs? Block it? I know there are products out there to do it as well?
Compared to the price on both, I rather the cst-24t. With a few upgrades its s great guitar.
CST-24T. I just ordered one. Thank you for your post. I saw Jonathan Koh who loosened the strings so you could pull up a 1/4 tone as well and had zero tuning problems. LOve your setup. I rearranged my studio desk to mimic what you are doing keeping the gear in visual while filming. My interface is an RME Fireface UFX. Practicing for releasing my You Tube channel. What are you using for distortion? Are you going through an amp, or just a pedal, or built in effects in the DAW?
Cool man! I was using Eleven Rack, but I might have been running pedals in front of it. I dont remember, but for sure I know I was going though eleven rack because I can see it on behind me in the vid haha.
Hello, there! Thank you for this video. Could you please share with me how did you fix the problem with tremolo on this guitar?
Thanks for the review.. For the price I think it's great. A nut change is pretty simple. I just installed a Tusq nut on an old guitar of mine last week, world of difference but also installed locking tuners along with it.. but yeah completely different guitar. So you don't like the pups? Not to difficult to change them out for an upgrade. I bet a set of Pearly Gates, new nut that thing would really be amazing.. can't wait to get mine and see what I'll do to it if anything
Rich, how do you feel about the HB, now that you've had it for a while? That is, is it still as solid, playability still great, nothing falling apart, etc. Thanks. BTW, awesome playing man.
Love it!
I prefer the sound of the PRS humbucker mode as to the HBenton humbuckers, the single coil mode I couldn't really say which was better.
Agreed. I need to spend more time tweaking the benton.
Liked - subscribed. Decent review! I’ll be picking the HB 24T
Just baught this same guitar and colour it's just amazing and nice playing action 😊❤ some guitar for €279 😊
Another great, and more importantly , honest demo by Mr. B. Straightforward playing and no corny jokes as seems to be the case with many Harley Benton 'presenters'. If you're watching you know who you are...
Since I feel PRS is highly-overrated, this is a PRS gateway guitar almost s good. Is PRS 10 times better- certainly not! So why pay 10 times more? Of course, PRS' claim to fame was Carlos Santana's playing it.
Nice job, my friend! Always loved your playing but this info is quite valuable.
Marty Gilman thanks Marty!
The amazon link you gave above does not lead to a $217 PRS, but their $800 model.
PRS does not make a $217 model. You can buy a Harley benton featured in this video for $203 on the Thomann Music website. m.thomannmusic.com/harley_benton_cst_24t_paradise_flame.htm?o=1&search=1569629679
The other link is to the PRS featured in this video. If you watch the whole video, I do a comparison. Thanks for watching!
Beautiful guitar. Sounds good. I would have just purchased the hard tail model to begin with and saved the $32 and had a more stable tuning situation. If only they had a US distributor and offered all the colors as a hard tail. I worry about getting a damaged guitar. I don't know that I trust that Thomann says they'll pay to ship it back from the US.
I've ordered 3 of there guitars they've arrived in good shape. In fact I was surprised at how good the box it arived in looked, seeing as they came all the way from Germany.
I've heard, but can't verify, that if the guitar is truly damaged you can sent Thomann a picture and they will replace it without requiring you send back the damaged one.
@@mb13972 that'd be great customer service if true.
Rich is a VERY good guitarist. So you have to go back to the John Lennon line that goes "If you give me a tuba I'll get something out of it." I'm sure Rich would too. I bought a Harley Benton CST-24HB TOL Tobacco Flame and I would take this beautiful guitar anywhere. Semi-hollow and nice PRS-like Tree of Life inlay on the fret board. If I had gotten a Squire Affinity for the same money before I looked at one of these I'd have been very upset. It's not a PRS but CAD/CAM - Computer Aided Manufacture takes some of the craftwork out of the manufacture and takes a lot of the cost out as well. Thomann Music gets it right.
Haha, thanks Steven!
Would love to hear you do a Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Woman / Oye Coma Va' medley with the benton and the same settings
Noted, I used to play a couple those in bands back in the day.
@@RichBischoff Rock on ...
does the PRS sound over 10 times better?..... No not even close
it looks 10 time better tho
@@joecurran2696 that's a matter of opinion, maybe 2/3 times better looking, not 10.
@@joecurran2696 Id take the archtop and curves on the HB which is waaay more like a PRS core guitar than that SE...I own one of each.
Thanks for the very good review. The video quality and playing is great and your comments to the point!
A small question: how would you compare the quality of the CST24 or SC450 to the HB TE30? Is the TE30 as good? I already have a PRS and an HB sc450 but am thinking to buy a tele...
About the same, I changed out the neck pickup on the tele, The action on the tele is phenomenal after ser up. I need to play the 450 more. I might do a quick review on the quality of all three. Stay tuned.
@@RichBischoff- I have the TE-30 and CTS-24. Both phenomenal value guitars.
As for the trem - I added a couple springs and did a small amount of filing to the nut slots, primary the G. Stays in tune much better now.
Were you playing thru the 11R? I used to use on - great piece of gear!
Awesome chops!
@@dmock66 Thanks, yep it's the Eleven Rack. Thanks for the tips. I think I'm going to hard tail this with some extra springs. It's to bad the trem ain't the best.
We truly love in the golden age of guitars and amps, monoprice makes same tube amps as harley benton
Классная гитара, смотрится и звук прекрасный.На качество изготовления не пробовал пока. Похожа на PRS😊
Did you change out nut, I'm getting this guitar as gift for Christmas (long wait for it lol) and looking at 42m les Paul style brass nut, reckon this would fit and help improve string movement and playing?
No, the nut on this guitar has been fine.
@@RichBischoff cool I'll leave it as is when I get it
There is a little alle key that you turn to fix that.
There almost no difference between PRS Se and the Harley Benton 24 CST 24. In my opinion the Harley Benton sounds much better
I've been playing my Harley Benton out a bunch latley. It has a thick sound and cuts through the mix well.
Which do you think I should get between the solid body and and hollow body models?
These are actually quality guitars for a affordable price harley benton is amazing they use quality hardware like grover, wilkinson, and dimarzio or seymour duncan
They sounded so much alike. But when you have a lot of reverb or delay, you end up hearing most of that and less of the guitar. I'm really finding there really isn't that much different between a lot of cheaper and more expensive guitars because we have them so over effected it really doesn't matter. Not saying that's bad, it's just hard to tell, especially when it's in a mix. The only thing that seems to much different is the cheaper guitars can be a little muddier.
DAm!!! Nice playing man
okanaganmedia Thanks!
Also how about a real live stage tone using tube amps with effect pedals? Non-Digital etc.
Der Song am Anfang groovt wie Sau.Geil👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Great review, tone on the PRS is brighter and yes rounded. I really like the PRS product line own three of them, maybe soon to be four. Where I live I can't demo or play many guitars in a store I know when I purchase a PRS I get a guitar that will play and sound amazing. I have multiple Chinese made guitars for the dollar their great, but you also get to mod and fiddle with them.
Talk with usually problemo tremolo?
Damn, your hybrid picking riffs sound tasty!
Can you recommend any songs that helped you get so damn good at hybrid picking?
Thanks! Go listen to Brent Mason, Brad Paisley, Johnny Highland any of the chicken picking guy Albert Lee, Vince Gill etc. Its country style picking, but I have taken some of that technique and incorporated it into my rock and blues playing.
Carin Hall Thanks!
May I know what is the weight of that guitar?
Not sure, its heavier than my prs though.
Добрый день! Норм гитара Harley Benton CST 24T за небольшие деньги (раза в 2,5 дешевле PRS. Гриф очень удобный, да вся гитара качественно сделана. Тремоло настраивается и нормально работает в обе стороны - надо маленько поиграться с пружинами
Hi, I like your video, I ordered the same guitar just without the tremolo.
Can you share with us the background track on 13.12 in this video?
Che L I dont remember where I got it. Just search rock backing tracks on TH-cam, I'm sure you'll find it.
What if install seymour duncans or emgs into harley benton?) It should sound way better with good pups.
NKN82 might do, down the road.
@@RichBischoff DiMarzio Transitions for an perfect tone if you want more beef then go with Duncan JB in Bridge and a Gibson 496R in the Neck or a set of Duncan Saturday Night Specials for that Classic Rock Tone.....
Rich, do the HBs have a real flame cap or is it a fake flame top?
Good question. I dont know, sorry.
@@RichBischoff I went to Thomman USA and checked, at least now they are real. Before I dont know. Only 10 more days and finally back to the USA!!! YAAAAY!!!!
Its a veneer. Most have them as also the prs se he's playing. The hb has a better carved top.
The PRS sounds much more musical on all these comparison videos. Least ways that's how I hear it.
Bro u have to push down on the bridge and tighten the screw under the bridge to connect the whammy bar in place,u don't just stick it in it tightens up under the bridge with little Allen wrench and then it won't be loose,everyone is having that problem so pass this on,no paper in box showing people how to do so I no,
I see a lot of guitarist who like the trem bar to be loose. But I can't use it that way. I like it to be right there under my hand. So it does bother me as well to watch someone with a run away bar. lol
Can you get straty sounds?
Yes
Very noticeable difference the SE has a better tone on all three of the pickups
Everything Music And Guitar Shenanigans Agreed, I think the look of the benton is cool, if the could up the quality of the sound, that's what would be a game changer, for $200 though...
Rich Bischoff my tele cost $179 to my door. The Roswell pickups in it I think personally sounds incredible. As soon as I plugged it in it felt like coming home. I was playing a guitar under $200 that felt like my dream Telecaster. The craziest part was I didn't even need to upgrade any hardware or Electronics( at least not yet because it sounds damn good when I'm playing it live I haven't tried recording with it)
That's what's crazy, the value you get for the cost.
Rich Bischoff
Just shows how overpriced some guitar manufacturers are.
For a house brand HB really give you bang for your buck.
Upgrade tuners and pickups if you want to, but after a set up these guitars are the best value for money you can find .
Peter Grant I think the Harley Benton guitars came to me personally Straight Out of the Box set up to play like a shredders dream. The Telecaster had a super thin neck with a flat fingerboard it just played incredible and I can't say enough good things about those Roswell pickups I just think they sound great I love them especially when you're using neck and bridge at the same time. They definitely give you bang for your buck. I have about six guitars in mind that I'm going to order from them piece by piece one after another probably two at a time
Just found you and subscribed. Thanks for the detailed review!
Thanks man!
I am the 1.000 yeah ! ..........from Germany...........the Home of Harley Benton.......
У меня такая же гитара есть проблема с тремоло - расстраивается
Отдал гитару приятелю - тот настроил заводское тремоло и ВСЁ РАБОТАЕТ И НЕ РАССТРАИВАЕТСЯ! Просто поменял пружинки
Ok
It does not make the tool. It's the mechanic who does it. Don't think too much about the guitar, learn to play and play!
hb public stock 😂
I never want to have a bloody bone in my hand to make music.
From in inhuman system where the highest suicide rate is because a human life is nothing.
I want to make music art so the instrument must be also hand made art and not Trash Mass Production.
Haha, ok...