Harley Benton's Most Disappointing Guitar EVER!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 มิ.ย. 2024
- I'm seriously underwhelmed by what could have been a great guitar from Harley Benton. So close to a hit, but it's a complete disaster. Don't buy it here: www.thomannmusic.com/harley_b...
Disclosure: Harley Benon sent me this guitar to review. Not sure if they're ever going to send me another one after this video!
0:00 Hey Everybody!
0:22 The Good and the Bad
2:36 First Sound
6:02 What I really, really don't like
7:13 Specs
9:37 Five Star Review
11:50 The Bottom Line
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Wow Glen, hard to imagine a more disappointing guitar than one you have to tear down to enable it the ability to ground. Just noticed the 500k subs, congrats!!! Well deserved
Glenn have your guitar tech put a shim in the neck pocket to get a little more back angle. That should make the action more adjustable.
Was just about to comment the same. My preference for bolt on guitars in the entry level quality range is from personal experience with cheaper set neck/thru guitars that were not adjustable to decent spec due to improper neck angle. Relief and neck angle seem like 90% of setting action. Bridge height is the fine tuning.
@@serendipityrecordco9380 you definitely start with a straight neck and then give it a little relief. Set the action at the nut and then the bridge. The incorrect back angle on the neck makes low action somewhat impossible. I use masking tape to build a slight wedge in the neck pocket then check the action at the twelfth fret. This usually works well for me and I feel that masking tape, which is made from wood, gives me a wedge that fully supports the neck in the pocket as opposed to the thin shims placed at one end of the pocket. This can result in a hump in the neck over time and the shim is easily lost if you remove the neck.
You shouldn't have to do that to get a quality product from a company with such a near spotless track record like Harley Benton.
@@razztastic just about any and every guitar company that has bolt on necks, will occasionally have a neck that needs shimming. It up to quality control to ensure that it gets done right. Some guitars get by QC and need adjustment as do the truss rods . That’s why they make them so they CAN BE ADJUSTED
Can I just point out that checking for neck dive was pretty hilarious? Cheers Glenn.
The Strandberg 8 string has neck dive issues!
Wait wut? What are you doing here, sir?
Didn't know Franny de Santi was into guitars! Cheers Man.
Well done Glen, 500k shows that you DON’T suck ❤
No he does kind of suck
@@prs149 awww 0 subscribers vs glen's 500k. Cry more boomer lmao
@@prs149PO
prs149 what are you doing watching this video?
We can't expect perfection, I guess, but they should make guitars 'plug and play' for beginners. Mind you, compared to cheap guitars when I started out, this is still miles ahead. You get what you pay for. Which is something everyone should remember.
I largely agree. But the "you get what you pay for" rule doesn't seem to actually apply to guitars. There are plenty of brands who do no better on QC and set-up than HB at 3 to 5 times the price. Some I could mention can't even consistently provide flawless instruments that are playable out of the box at 10 times the price.
I'm a firm believer in "you get what you pay for" but like the other commenter said, I also don't think it applies to guitars either. But here's my take.
A part of learning guitar, at least for me, is learning how to take care of it. The playability of these HB guitars might not be so great as other guitars that are taken care of better, but if you learn to set the action, change strings, clean and oil the fretboard, sand frets, and solder, you can make any guitar play amazing.
I think that these skills are important to learn if you are a guitarist.
@@teddy3k3 I’m with you on this one. My playing has become so much better after learning how to setup my guitars to my liking. To the point where a $75 bullet strat is becoming my favourite one I own after changing the pickups, wiring, tuners, and nut.
It didn’t need any fretwork (my HB tele did though, which is also phenomenal). It’s got great bones and just feels awesome to play. I’ve learned so much building it and I’m less than $250 into it all together
Was shocked to hear about histoy of recording. It don't think it ever even showed up in my feed. I'm subscribed and I love that kind of stuff. I will definitely check it out. Congrats on 500k!
Got a Dullahan 6 months ago, it came with the tool for the bridge. I ended up putting a shim in the neck pocket to slightly alter the neck angle. That really helped.
how thick was the shim you used?
@@fenderstrathm2148 off the top of my head, I can't accurately remember. but no more than 0.5mm
Can confirm! Got a Dullahan 2nd hand from my former guitar teacher and it did come with a tool and the neck shim was a must do for the action to be down low... It's the lowest action guitar I have and it's incredible to play
Your picking hand looks so much comfortable with what it's doing. Hours of practice paying off yet again.
CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE 500K GLENN! So fucking happy to see this channel progress the way it's doing
I’ve noticed a pretty rough streak in Harley Benton’s quality over the past about year or so - I’ve bought a good dozen of their guitars to review and each one seemed to get progressively more disappointing. Their ST-20 I bought a year ago was killer, but since then it’s been issue after issue.
It’s never big things, either - it’s always small, QC-related issues that just compound over time. First it was a Fusion with fret sprout, then a TE-62 with bum electronics, a CST-24 whose electronics died TEN MINUTES into playing, and most recently the notorious JA-20 and Victory Active. (And don’t get me started on how HIDEOUSLY DRY the fretboards are!)
I really do love Harley Benton’s - the bang for the buck is pretty insane all things considered. I’m really hoping they’re aware of it and start getting their act together, or at least start doing a better job of QC before shipping. A guitarist can hope, right? 🤷♂️
When I say you're wrong had mine over 6 months months no problem at all
@@prs149doesn’t mean he’s wrong lol. Harley benton obviously has no QC
Congrats on reaching 500K Glenn! Thanks again for always keeping the reviews honest and unrelenting!
Hey Glen,
Been watching your channel for a while now and I love your fearless gear reviews. I was wondering if you could revisit one of those reviews on the Boss Katana Head MKII 100 watt amp head. I'm not sure if you're familiar with Lambchopper678, but he's a big thrash guy who chases tone from megadeth and Metallica and it seems like this boss katana does a great job. Your review is around 5 years old and I’m curious if the software has updated and if it’s for the better and also how does it compare with modern amp sims. Five years is a long time and amp sims have increased immensely since then and I’m curious if it’s more worth it to purchase the Katana over an amp sim. I think it could be a cool video and it would be neat to see if you can get certain tones from various metal albums.
Looking forward to the next video!
Just learn how to adjust the action. The newer versions come with the special tool but you can also use pliers. You need to loose only two screws to change a string. It should take about 5 seconds per screw. Buy a set of high quality metric allen keys. There are guitars that don’t need any tools for changing strings but those guitars don’t have the tuning stability of locking nut and bridge. The headless design also has much better portability and tuner accuracy.
Put a shim in it and revisit, love to hear your thoughts if the action issue were fixed. Grats on 500k!
Congratulations on hitting 500,000 subscribers!
For the action issue I'm curious if you're adjusting the truss and nut as well? I've had similar situation with some of my guitars where I lowered the saddles all the way and the action was still too high but it was easily fixed with a setup by a good luthier.
Glen thank you so much for this review! I was looking to buy one of these but the one thing people kept mentioning in their videos was that the bridge didn’t go low enough! I heard that the bridge on this guitar is proprietary to Harley Benton. I’ve been looking at the Eart headless because of the amazing finish they have and heard they play well. Maybe get your hands on one of those?
Ps I’m in the market for a budget headless for practicing on the go.
Congratulations on 500k subs! Sounds like the neck needs shimming but hard to tell without looking. I had to do this on both mex and USA strats and I like a high action!
Congrats Glenn on the 500K subs. Nothing is better than your ability to call out any guitar company. One of the reasons I always watch your videos!
Man Glenn your playing has come a long way since I first started watching your channel! 👍
Totally felt this. I got into the headless guitars while getting my music degree, later on I bought one from a company I loved. Let’s just say the maintenance was a royal pain in the rear end! Wasn’t like the Steinberger’s of the 80s. Ended up switching to headstocks again.
Great video Glenn!
Thanks Glen, glad your checking the headless guitars as their size, weight & balance are for me a plus, pity about the bridge I guess.
Are there any headless guitars you would recommend in the future?
This may have been suggested already, but have you considered shimming the neck? I've had to do it with 2 of my HB guitars; it's a bit of a pain but it solved the action height issues I was having. I think they might be cutting neck pockets a couple of mm too deep.
This could be a decent travel/overhead compartment guitar. I wish they made a headless bass - I'm a big sucker for those (I'm a huge 80s freak and one of my dream basses is a headless Status, they cost an arm a leg though; I used to have a headles Hohner The Jack and liked it a lot, still regret having to sell it).
I bought one a few months ago for that exact purpose, and it's a perfect travel axe. Very compact. And it set up for me much easier than our host. I'd give it 3 stars...
The bridge was the main reason I sold my Strandberg. Way too many moving parts/tools when I had to make any adjustments or change strings. I got sick of not being able set it up easily. Switched back to regular headstocks with locking tuners after that
I remember having 1980's Yamaha Session II guitar.
Absolutely brilliant guitar, built like a solid metal work.
but it was their own made floyd rose type bridge which needed certain size of allen wrench to restring that could be found NOWHERE.
Dude! Your playing is improving every week! Keep it up
Hey Glenn I checked out you history of recording series and I loved it! Sorry the algorithms don't favour that kind of nerdy stuff but I thought it was thoroughly researched and well presented. Kudos to you sir
Ty!
I liked it. But I am a nerd so... 🤣
Congrats on the 500K well deserved keep up the great work.
Congrats on hitting 500K subscribers! You're crushing it!
Oooo nice choice on the opening of Sacrifice - Re-Animation.
One of the guitarists in my band had one of these, and I bought one too (I'm a bassist who plays a bit of guitar, and I like headless instruments). We both found that a shim sorted out issues with the action - presumably once you've got the action how you like it, you're not going to change it on a regular basis. A further advantage to headless tuners is that you can tune in either direction to a note, rather than having to tune to a note from flat as you do with headed instruments. And a bonus to a headless - you only stick it in the singer's ear if you really mean to.
My Dullahan (newer model year) came with a tool to adjust those quirky bridge height screws. My big complaint was they didn't bother polishing the frets and they looked/felt like crap! Took a good deal of work to get those frets to shine! Mine was set up pretty well and is easy to play, but plan on a good amount of time to dial it in and get the intonation correct.
Congrats on the 500 subs - didn't see you mention it: I thought something amusing was promised...?
Lol awesome of you to play Re-animation....been awhile since i heard that tune. I think i will watch that video next after this one....
I built a guitar with the same tuners and found that they work well when paired with a roller bridge and a set of Kahler string locks up top. No tools required to string it and I've yet to have a string break.
Very fair. Although, as far as I can tell this is the first iteration of this model, and based on what you said, the only major thing they need to fix is the bridge, so if they can engineer a better solution for that (instead of using an off-the shelf one, to keep the price low) this does have the potential to become an awesome model in the future.
On a related note, it'd be awesome to see your take on a headless Ibanez. Other than Legator, those seem to be the closest "proper" headless guitars in price to this.
headless with this much work for putting strings on isnt worth it for me. why not put tuners on the back of the neck instead? above the nut?
They could use a T4M bridge for headless guitars but the price would go up significantly
@@shagstars That's an interestimg idea, but I think that'd somewhat defeat the purposey as the "leftover" headstock would be too big to be worth removing the rest. But maybe there could exist a tuner design that makes it a reasonable choice. Who knows?
Hey Glenn, considering you're sponsored by Thomann and Harley Benton I really like that you give us honest opinions of their guitars. I only have an acoustic of theirs but it's an amazing guitar. Thanks for the honest reviews dude, appreciated!
500K subscribers!!!! Congrats!!
Glenn, what about that HArley Benton's single cut from the same series as this double cut you present here? Have you still got it? I'm not a great fan of SG type guitars but this blue one looks astonishing. I'm thinking about buying a single cut tho cause I've been drawn towards this shape for some time. I'm not a fan of gibson and epiphone either (or I'm rather too poor for gibson, which turned out to be fool's gold and not worth the money). What do you think of ESP Eclipse series? Been thinking about Harley Benton's Gotoh Single cut, Schecter Solo II Apocalypse or LTD EC-1000 Vland. Yeah, I know, HB is way cheaper then the other too. But I'm speaking about playability and quality (staying in tune, fretwork etc.). Besides that there's only price and looks that matter.
It’d be cool to see you do a review on Harley Benton JA-Baritone.
Hey how about doing the Harley Benton Amarok 7 string or baritone. I've been looking at possibly adding one to my collection and would love to see what you think of their higher end guitars. Thanks.
Nice, I was honestly very close to pulling the trigger on one of these since I have a few hundred dollar credit on my Thomann account from getting a bad guitar. I think I will wait a few months and see if maybe they can redesign the bridge. While I am used to, and much prefer Floyd's, this bridge actually does loo like a PITA. Also, I liked the little Shotgun Blues riff, that's a very catchy song. ;)
The guitar in the review is from 2 years ago, I'm sure they redesigned it already and included the action tool. They messed up the action in the first redesign when they moved from 22 to 24 frets, the neck was sitting too low compared to the bridge. That said, it just takes a shim to fix it.
He's dead wrong about this guitar. He's literally reviewing a guitar years old that's been changed by Harley Benton lol. I posted a reply on this video telling him. A bridge piece was changed so the action is lowered and they give u a tool to adjust if you want to..but mine came with action lower than any guitar I ever bought and I play this guitar daily. The only thing not great is the tuners are close together making it tricky to tune but this guitar stays in tune better than any guitar I own.
@@T1H0 it was re designed ..hes literally reviewing a guitar that is not being sold. This guitar is great.
I find for headless guitars, it really all boils down to the bridge, more especially so for trem bridges. FWIW, I like the Kiesels with a Hipshot trem bridge; the headpiece also is more minimalistic and esthetic imo. I realize they're not everyone's cup of tea tho.
Congrats on 500k subs, the path to 1 million begins with NOT hooking your friggin' THUMB over the neck!
Got a Harley Benton recently, couldn't resist ultimately.
An Amarok 7-string. Needed work on the fret ends, otherwise a great player.
Cheers!
Oh Shi... You hit that awesome 500K subs. When did THAT happen.. last video I saw you were at 497K. Congrats for sure!! _waits for kicking Stevie-T video_
I had a pair of these for travel I bought a year ago. There is special tools for the bridge, so I would look for them. The bridge is made by Apollo out of Australia, they may be able to help. There is a Dullahan and a Dullahan 2. New ones have roasted maple and stainless frets. Action, fit and finish blew me away.
Congrats on 500k, Glen!!! Well done!
I own a Dullahan, bought it in 2022, that tool for the heigh adjusters is included with the allen wrenches. The current problem I have with the guitar is that I can not tune the 5th string to A after the string change. I was able to tune it properly when I changed the strings, but I don't know what I did that it won't let me tune back to A, I will just have that guitar a half or whole step down.
Update: turns out it was the string that was bad, installed it with the ball ending at the top and the piece that I cut at the bridge. Still was only able to tune it in D standard. The string wasn't holding to the nut and I didn't tied the bridge screw properly. I just need a new string but it works in D standard.
Hey! Congrats on reaching 500k!
For the action, since it'a a bolt-on, perhaps a neck shim would help?
I see far too many affordable headless manufacturers cheaping out by using this sort of bridge/tuner system and it seems one of the biggest sticking points in the evolution and wider adoption of headless. I’d like to see separate bridge and tuner systems: a roller tune-o-matic bridge for easy height and intonation plus designed-in maintaining of string radius. Tuners can have easier to operate size when separate from the bridge and have design flexibility regarding positioning on the body.
Please consider doing before/after reviews of some of these guitars once they've had a professional set-up. Guitars seldom come out of the box playing their best, and any guitar will require routine maintenance. Thanks for all the hard work and keep 'em coming, Rock-star.
The HB Dullahans with 24 frets have an issue where the action cannot be lowered enough without shimming the neck. AFAIK this only happens to the 24 fret variant, the original 22 fret model did not have this issue, it did have some other ones however so yeah maybe if they release a dullahan III it might actually be worth buying.
Damn, that's too bad. My experience with Harley Benton guitars is that they're always sent with pretty high action. I got the action down pretty low on my Dullahan, and I bought it strictly as a travel practice guitar. But, this thing actually saved my ass on one of my gigs. My complaint is that the frets are scratchy, and they're stainless steel, so it was hell to polish them. But no matter how much time was spent on them, some remain scratchy.
Budget-friendly trying to do carry out crazy concepts like this doesn’t really seem to work, however great video Glen!
This won't help with a bridge design, but have you considered putting a shim in the neck? I bought myself an older Warwick bass and the action was sky high. I put a 1° shim in it and it fixed everything. Maybe a half a degree shim might work for that guitar.
Is it a bolt-on neck (or did I miss it)? If so, you can always add a neck-shim to change the neck angle and lower the action.
Bolt-on, he said it.
Yeap add a shim for sure.
Hey glen, i know pickips dont make that much difference. But id love for you to try the alegree bentbuckers to see if they are indeed unique like they claim
What is that riff Glenn plays at 4:03? I'm sure I know it but can't put my finger on it...
I like the location of the knobs... sometimes they are too close to the bridge, and those seem to be far enough away!
Bought one, played fine, changed the strings and the bridge fell apart and the locking “head” wouldn’t lock the strings in place. The tool for the action is not included so its a mess.
Do you actually have an older Model? afaik they made some improvements on the bridge (who am i to say i haven't tried it out) so if the bridge parts are screwed in directly on the body then it is deffo an older model. The newer ones have a piece of metal between the Wood and the bridge. But idk even after that change they didnt have the best action ever. (ie see Hennings video on them)
The fret issue is likely going to happen on a lot of HB guitars, as they don't do the best job of drying the wood before they make guitars with it. The bridge issue he had though, seemed to be mostly about issues that almost all headless guitars are going to have, such as the manner in which you adjust the action. Though by the sound of it, this one needs a shim in the neck pocket. The shim will raise the neck, so depending on how thick it is, he may need to actually raise the bridge and pickups lol.
I own several HB guitars and some are around ten years old. No wood problems whatsoever. Your argument was 50 years maybe valid but not any more.
@@narvul
I didn't make a argument, but rather a statement. I said "a lot of HB guitars" not "all HB guitars." but I didn't go into detail as to why that is.
When you live in a environment that has less moisture in it, the fretboard will loose water and thus it will shrink. When the fretboard shrinks, your frets will get closer and closer to sprouting. If your environment is more dry then the wood was exposed to before it was finished at a factory, then your fretboard will shrink to smaller than it has ever been, and bang you have fretsprout.
Now that can be a issue with any guitar, no matter the company that makes them. It actually just depends on how dry the wood is in the factory vs how dry it gets in your home. Folks who live in dry areas, deal with fretsprout a lot more than folks who don't. This is why I said, "a lot" and its likely why yours are not having that issue.
I am not saying HB guitars are not good, but they are made as cheaply as possible and as fast as possible... For obvious reasons :)
I would even recommend them to people who are new, along with getting a good setup of course. Honestly, once they are dialed in, they work just as good as any other guitar.
As a person who mainly plays a Legator Ghost 8 string headless id say i perfer changing the strings in a headless than on a guitar with a headstock cuz i hate having to do that counter-intuitive winding for the strings and shit. Its just never made sense to me im not saying i dont know how to but its more effort than its worth to me.
I will admit though that the learning curve is steep when you get a headless but after it clicks after the first or second string you change you can finish in about 10-15 minutes tops
Congrats on 500k🥳🥳
I was at a Guitar Center a few weeks ago, and saw they had THREE decapitated Gibsons/Epiphones in for repair! Occurred to me that somebody should develop a luthier’s kit to convert a broken Gibson into an actual headless guitar: New headpiece to secure the strings, roller saddles to replace the Tune-O-Matic, and tuning machinery in place of the stop-tail.
I shimmed the neck on mine and it made it a little better, but for some reason this guitar is just hard to play...sometimes when I play it I feel like I feel like I suck at guitar...this may be true but it feels more like I forgot how to play when using it. The tuners are better than my Strandberg with the spacing though. Also they do now include the string height tool and also the hardware is properly grounded so that's a plus. Overall this guitar unfortunately lives in its case and does not have a spot on my wall/guitar stand since I wouldn't be able to hang it if I wanted to :)
Congrats on 500K, Glen!
Can we have a blind comparison of the harley benton SH you love and the same guitar with the pickups from that headless in it, particulalry in the context of pinch harmonic parts? You highlighted this as a major difference between the guitars. I think this is a difference that pickup sensitivities and cutoff frequencies in the context ogf high gain metal tones actully make.
Try the "new" Dullahan with the roasted mapple neck in ugly blue .. they made a few tweaks and now its actually really phenomenal imo
Congrats on 500K Glen!
Used a Harley Benton Bass at a jam session last week when I heard the price of 130 euro I thought that it was nothing but the thing played really good, low action fast playing, a surprise. Great paint finish aswell. You understand the price by the sometimes cheap feeling neck and frets, and the tuners were razer thin metal and the intonation was a bit off. All in all a great suprise from HB but I stick with mine Yamaha. Not all HB guitars are equal apperently.
Congrats on the 500k subs! I'm a bassist so I had someone teach me how to leave a comment on this video. 😄
Maybe try a watchmaker set or electronics set of screwdrivers. Those are really small...
Plus, you said your buddy who built your studio is happy with the set up. Ergo; it's a personal preference.
Congrats on hitting 500K subs Glenn!
A lot of people do not care for headless guitars. I own one headless guitar and it pretty old an 80s Hondo Sting H-795 still in mint condition. I bought it for the style it's pretty pointy almost a lightning shaped guitar in a red and yellow paint scheme. No where on the guitar does it say Hondo just The Sting on the body. I paid a whole $85.00 brand new at a local shop. Surprisingly it plays great but the pick ups were junk microphonic, tons of feed back etc. They had to be changed. I actually love the guitar it was the only one I kept when I sold off my first collection. Mainly no one wanted it, today it sells for any where from around $400.00 and I saw one on Ebay sell for $800.00! I do not know who made the tail piece or if it's a copy of another brand but it's very easy to set up and restring. I did have a Steinberger full body that was stolen and recovered at the bottom of the Charles River it was pretty much ruined! I am open to buying another headless guitar I won't buy new I'll wait to find a good price on preowned for the right price i would try out an HB headless guitar.
You should always have a backup guitar on stage anyway, much quicker to switch guitars on a string break than restringing it. Also applies for something else breaking, dead battery, etc., I've needed to switch to my backup a few times in these situations over my playing "career".
To be fair a backup for everything is a good idea, the day you don’t bring it will be the day you need it.
The only person I've ever seen regularly play a headless guitar is Phil Lesh back in the 80s. Anyhoo, thanks for warning us about this one!
Try adding a shim under neck. Might be that the bridge pieces are already in their lowest position so a little neck angle would lower the action.
Congratulations on 500k!!!
Gleeen, :) i would suggest to stop trying to adjust action on bridge and adjust neck angle instead, neck angle is not uncommon issue and great thing is that guitar is bolt on so it is relatively easy fix.
You did it bro, fuck yea happy congrats!!! 500,000!!!
What i personally experienced with HB guitars that ar Bolt on is the following.
If you can't get the action to you liking, and the trussrod is set up properly the problem might be in the neckpocket. I had a bolt on HB with the issue that i couldn't get the action to my liking, brought it to my luthier and he took the neck of because it sat in the neck pocket at a slight angle and then he put in some special plates, don't what they're called, and then the neck was dead straight in the pocket and everything else was perfect afterwards.
So maybe that's your problem too with this guitar.
Aren't you in Canada? It's Winter brother! The humdity variation between where a guitar is assembled and where it ends up living can vary wildly. Not saying it's always the case. But it often IS the case that seasonal "fret end creep" due to a drastic drop in humidity during Winter months. I live in south Alabama. Our average humidity is around 55%. In Summer it's not unusual for it to get up in the 80% range. If l took my guitars to Canada in Winter l can almost guarantee every one of the will have exposed fret ends.
So I'm not saying it's always the case. But ir frequently is. Especially in Winter months in northern latitudes.
A case helps. But it's no magic bullet. Best thing you can do is to,in addition to a case, keep your guitars in a humidty controlled environment.
This is probably stuff you already know. But maybe it'll help some other folks.
Do the strings dig into the nut though? I would think that their inability to slide thru the nut might cut into it over time? Would a zero fret not work better? I dunno
Finally 500k! I was cheering for that.
Get the neck angle set correct and you should be able to drop the action down.
Will see if I can find the TH-cam video where method of meassurement and calculations are included, its basically making sure that a completely straight necks last fret meets where the string rest in the saddle with the bridge and saddles all the way down towards the body with the addition of wanted string clearance and angle nedded to have a straight edge to sit straigth on all frets while meeting that point.
Depending on if the neck sits to high or to low, it can be shimmed (full size shim with angle) or material can be renoved from the pocket or neck.
Nothing wrong in using small shims either, I just prefer that the fill the entire pocket.
Your hands are large enough making it possible to have the action so high that you can park trucks under them strings while still bring able to shred, but that requires practice.
Don’t be to sure about that Graphtech nut btw.
The so called Tusqxl that was on my Fusion 2 is not the same material as the real deal, the printing also came off very easy unlike the real one which seems to be embossed.
Guess it’s some licensed crap.
Changing strings on headless guitars is a PITA in general, and if not there are other issues, they need to use more time to come up with a good system.
Hey looks like you hit 500k congrats 🥳
I like how if you turn on close captions, when he plays, it says applause.
Love the tip of the hat to Sacrifice, my fave TO band. :)
I gotta agree with Glen. Making stuff a pain in the ass to service gets old fast when you're touring, gigging frequently and/or in the studio. It's a common problem: making it look cool vs making it practical sometimes doesn't work in a mutually agreeable manner. Then again, some designers might hate players?
It sounds to me like it’s not the bridge’s problem so much, but the neck needs to be shimmed. That would lower your action and fix the problem with the high E being maxed out for as low as it can go. I still get that the bridge is a pain in the ass though. I have a Hohner headless guitar from the 80’s, and it has a Steinberger tremolo bridge on it. I can’t say enough good things about the Steinberger bridge! They do require an Allen wrench like a strat to adjust the action, but they are an amazing design. Looks like the biggest swing and miss they made with your guitar is they should have made it to accept double ball end strings. With double ball strings, string changes are fast and simple. The only down side is finding them in lots of different gauges or finding them in stock at your local guitar store at all. Most people don’t want to custom order guitar strings. I buy most of my shit on line anyway though, so it’s not that big of a deal to me.
I’m reviewing the guitar as it shipped
@@SpectreSoundStudios totally, I just heard where you said you’ve been messing with it for 2 years trying to get it right. 👍
I purchased a Harley Benton Dullahan-FT 24 Roasted B-Stock . It's KILLER I own 3 strandbergs, an Ibanez Ichi10 and a Steinberger yet my HB is 75 % as good a any of them! Excellent action, strings change with no issues and Shell pink (killer) It is my beach/travel Axe and I paid $281 USD You got a bad guitar. HB guitars are very inconsistent. You should shim the neck pocket. BTW Love your channel
Got a brand new schecter for $299 at GC. Needed very little adjustment
So what I really want to know is why you have trouble getting pinch harmonics from one guitar but it's easy on another. The headless has 2 more frets, which means the pickups are in a slightly different spot relative to the strings, has 20mm longer scale length (doesn't that affect where the harmonis are???), and finally (and according to your experiment, least relevant), has completely different pickups. I'm thinking it's the scale length, causing you to have to pinch the string in a slightly different spot.
What say you Glenn?
And dude....500k SUBS!
FUCK YEAH!!!
I don't understand some of the modern headless guitars being hard to string up. I have an 84 or so Steinberger (original owner) and it's a snap to string up, and I use the string clamp accessory so can use regular strings and not double end strings. I've heard other stringing complaints on the HB guitar you have.
Congrats on 500k, Glenn!
Love the grading system
Glad to hear it!
CONGRATS ON 500k🎉🎉