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cptgone · Post by **cptgone** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 10:28 am

Somehow Harley Benton didn't convince me in the looks department - until I saw this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBYhVp6LjpE

Featuring:
- a flat top headless (1:14), and an arch top one (2:27)
- lots of Fusion Telecaster-style guitars
- Explorer types (6:57)
- a "Ragnarok series" guitar that looks a lot like my Chapman ML1 Modern Pro (10:29)
- baritone (11:10)
- a stunning signature single cut (11:40)

kvotchin · Post by **kvotchin** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 11:08 am

I would be astonished if any of their guitars sounded even okay, to be honest. But yeah, some look more or less fine, I guess.

cptgone · Post by **cptgone** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 4:36 pm

No new Harley Benton 14" purple vibrators though, and when I recently boasted about my having bought a second hand Harley Benton 14" purple vibrator, I was told plugins are better

vurt wrote: ↑Tue Feb 11, 2020 2:49 pm i can use a code that every time cptgone says "pedal" it gets changed to "14" purple vibrator"

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 4:42 pm

yay it works.

they do some nice guitars for people on a budget starting out.
or if you like modding, nice cheap body to get to work on.
or for industrial noise, no one is drilling 2 grand guitsrs

The Noodlist · Post by **The Noodlist** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 5:01 pm

kvotchin wrote: ↑Tue Feb 11, 2020 11:08 am I would be astonished if any of their guitars sounded even okay, to be honest. But yeah, some look more or less fine, I guess.

I don't have my doubts now guitars can be made with precision and accuracy, meaning better quality control. Make a good guitar and use that as template (CNC). £61 - £144 for a S-type guitar.
https://youtu.be/Kag0OgTIqCI

donkey tugger · Post by **donkey tugger** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 5:09 pm

kvotchin wrote: ↑Tue Feb 11, 2020 11:08 am I would be astonished if any of their guitars sounded even okay, to be honest. But yeah, some look more or less fine, I guess.

Brands like HB, Gear4Music etc do decent guitars for reasonable money these days. Much, much better than the shite us old timers learned on in the bad old days. If you can't get a decent sound from them I would respectfully suggest the fault lies elsewhere...

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 5:11 pm

donkey tugger wrote: ↑Tue Feb 11, 2020 5:09 pm
kvotchin wrote: ↑Tue Feb 11, 2020 11:08 am I would be astonished if any of their guitars sounded even okay, to be honest. But yeah, some look more or less fine, I guess.
Brands like HB, Gear4Music etc do decent guitars for reasonable money these days. Much, much better than the shite us old timers learned on in the bad old days. If you can't get a decent sound from them I would respectfully suggest the fault lies elsewhere...

the amp?

Forgotten · Post by **Forgotten** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 5:17 pm

vurt wrote: ↑Tue Feb 11, 2020 5:11 pm
donkey tugger wrote: ↑Tue Feb 11, 2020 5:09 pm
kvotchin wrote: ↑Tue Feb 11, 2020 11:08 am I would be astonished if any of their guitars sounded even okay, to be honest. But yeah, some look more or less fine, I guess.
Brands like HB, Gear4Music etc do decent guitars for reasonable money these days. Much, much better than the shite us old timers learned on in the bad old days. If you can't get a decent sound from them I would respectfully suggest the fault lies elsewhere...
the amp?

The amount of ale imbibed?

cptgone · Post by **cptgone** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 5:23 pm

It seems to be common wisdom that they rule their price bracket, but have little resale value at the moment.
I rarely see them for sale second hand (which of course might be a good thing).

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 5:25 pm

cptgone wrote: ↑Tue Feb 11, 2020 5:23 pm It seems to be common wisdom that they rule their price bracket, but have little resale value at the moment.
I rarely see them for sale (which of course might be a good thing).

screw resale value.

weve got you a gig, in liverpool

cool, harley benton into behringer rig it is.

kvotchin · Post by **kvotchin** » Wed Feb 12, 2020 5:53 am

Haha, yeah I’m an old timer too I guess.

Fair enough then, I’ve been schooled. Not that it’ll ever be relevant to me personally, but hey, if anyone asks, I might not just automatically crap all over the HB brand name.

And anyway, to be fair, I started with a PoS superstrat, and learned just fine with it. So eh.

donkey tugger · Post by **donkey tugger** » Wed Feb 12, 2020 8:19 am

kvotchin wrote: ↑Wed Feb 12, 2020 5:53 am PoS superstrat, and learned just fine with it. So eh.

Hehe, just made me think, there was nothing 'super', about the strat copy I started with (in 1982..), except it was very good at feedback and going out of tune I recall...

Bombadil · Post by **Bombadil** » Wed Feb 12, 2020 12:49 pm

The HB 12 string electric that I had was not bad after a proper setup. I found it too shrill, but that was before I tried flatwounds on it, and sold it.

I would probably try one of their all solid acoustics, if I had a limited budget. I assume QC is not great.

The Noodlist · Post by **The Noodlist** » Wed Feb 12, 2020 1:20 pm

They're not going to put a lot of resources into a budget guitar QC, it's not expected. I've heard bad things about Gibson, here on KVR.
https://youtu.be/cB65BSdVtKA

cptgone · Post by **cptgone** » Wed Feb 12, 2020 1:31 pm

In that vid Thomann's guy says they don't check big brand guitars - my Gibson's box was sealed with a Thomann sticker, stating it had been opened for a check-up (sadly the guitar doesn't look like the Thomann pic that seduced me).

Harley Benton Prototypes vid