TE-20MN BM Standard Series : Very disappointing pickups

By now I have 4 Harley Bentons: 3 electric guitars and 1 electric bass guitar.

You can imagine, if I keep buying them, is because I think they're good value for money.

No, I definitely do not think they are amazing guitars. I've owned an Epiphone Les Paul Ultra (the first version) and none of this Harley Benton come remotely close to it. BUT if you look at the price, then the HB become a lot more attractive - I like having various different guitars with different pickups.

I also have an SX Stratocaster, with ash body, and with a good professional setup it is just amazing. Unfortunately that guitar lives in a different country, so I got this cheap tele since I was missing a purely single coil guitar at home.

Fine, for the price, you cannot go very wrong with this tele. It is an extremely good beginner guitar BUT the pickups are really really poor. The neck pickup is very dark, and both the neck and bridge are totally dull sounding. There's no brightness in the bridge pickup.

You can make it sound good with a bunch of EQ and effects, but you need to try hard. I would not recommend this for a beginner since you'd get really frustrating sound. Otherwise the build and body is extremely good for the price. I'm placing an order for replacement pickups.