Electric Guitar Kit Single Cut : Harley Benton Electric Guitar Kit Single Cut

Very nice and affordable guitar kit, parts are well finished, mechanics are OK, and the final instrument is quite pleasant to the eyes. I cannot tell about its sound with the original pickups as these have been replaced by a couple of active EMG ones. The original strings have not been used but replaced by some D'Addario ones (EXL110). That combination of pickups/strings/body provided a good and powerful sound to my ears, but sound is very subjective to describe, it was ok for me.

For me, the main interest for such kit is the fact that this is the perfect occasion to learn about this instrument, how it works and get more experienced about fine tuning such as neck straightness, lowering action, adjusting intonation and pickup height. This is also a good learning process for some DIY works such as fret filing/polishing.

The action could be lowered at 1.5mm / 2.0mm at the 12th fret for the 1st and 6th strings respectively with no buzz, but this required slight filing of 2 frets.

Recommended stuff for those who wants to learn and willing to perform some DIY tasks, the final result is surprisingly good overall.