Electric Guitar Kit T-Style : Sounds good, fun to make. Some issues with holes off centre

10 years ago

Bought this is 2014, and had great fun coming up with a colour scheme to paint it, and deciding on carving a headstock shape.

All the pieces were there, electrics work fine, and I didn't need a solder to do anything, the circuits just clicked into each other. Not sure how this will affect my chance to add more wiring to it (I might add a killswitch soon), but it was easy to assemble.

The only issue I had was the bridge holes drilled were slightly angled, instead of being a perfectly horizontal line perpendicular with the string line: it was slightly off to one side. Thankfully the saddles are adjustable so it doesn't make a difference.

I sanded it, spray painted it, drew over it with a sharpie, which was really fun, then varnished it with spray.

Neck fits into the neck joint perfectly, screws in perfect alignment.

The only issue was that the screw holes for the pickguard didn't align with where the metal cover for the control knobs went, and i had to cut ~5mm from the pickguard for it to fit. It's only noticeable if you're looking for it though.

imgur.com/iaQZOAR for picture.

I have gigged with her numerous times and she sounds great on clean and with chorus-phase-compressor, though with lots of gain and distortion you get lots of feedback, more than desired (single coil pickups though, so you'd expect it).

Would definitely buy another kit if I wasn't poor.

Image Harley Benton Electric Guitar Kit T-Style

Technical Data

  • Manufactured by Harley Benton
  • Released in 2007
  • Average price : $96
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