TE-30 BE Standard Series : Harley Benton TE-30

Amazing what 88 euro can get you nowadays ! If you are thinking about getting one of these guitars then you cant go wrong. Body is made from 2 pieces of ash. I think on my guitar the grain isnt as nice looking as some can be. But thats the thing when you buy mail order. You dont get the chance to compare. Has a medium weight which i like. Finish looks beautiful, white see thru ash wood grain.. I dont like guitars too light nor too heavy. Has a great feeling neck. D shape i would say. The fret work is very good. The fret end are very well finished for the money spent. As good as a guitar costing many times more. I will give the frets a final polishing though. Couple frets have little bit high spots but not worse than a 500euro guitar. Machine heads are fine actually. Bridge is a bit cheap but functionable. This part i will change. Vintage style bridge wont fit but the more modern one does. Will need to plug the mounting holes and redrill. Electrics are the usual cheap pots and switch but again they work as they ought to. Neck pickup sounds really nice. Bridge is a bit overpowering compared to the neck. But it dosent sound bad. And for sure this is a musical instument and not some shiny thing that looks nice .