DC-580 CH Vintage Series : A great SG style guitar

I am not a big fan of SG style guitars, but I feel that I have to own one. I bought the Harley Benton DC-580 CH to replace a Gibson SG I had sold, and for my use this works just as good as the Gibson.

This guitar was perfectly set up straight out of the box and it plays really great. It has got very low action without any string buzz. The fretwork is very good on this guitar with nice leveled frets and no sharp ends.

Because of my handsize I like the guitar necks to be a bit thicker, and this one fits me perfect. The neck is C-shaped and the thickness is close to a 59 Gibson Les Paul. The fretboard is a bit wider than the Les Paul.

The finish of this guitar is fantastic. A nice cherry colour where some wood grain is shining through.

This guitar balance really good when playing standing up as well. I have found that to be an issue on some of the SG's I have owned but this one is not neck heavy at all.

The sound of this guitar is the only thing I am not 100% happy with. I have 2 Harley Benton guitars with the vintage style humbuckers and both have a kind of sharp, and in my opinion a bit too hot sound. I assume there are ceramic magnets in the pickups so I will just swap them with some alnico 2 magnets to get a warmer sound. This is just my personal opinion but I decide to give 4 stars for the sharp sound.

I will recommend this guitar to every beginner who consider an sg-style guitar. You will get a fantastic guitar right out of the box I will also recommend this as a platform for upgrades for more seasoned players. The quality and playability is really great, and with the high quality of the build I find it a perfect guitar to upgrade to my own wishes.

All in all this is a fantastic guitar that I will recommend. I have owned a few SG-style guitars from Gibson and Epiphone, and in my opinion the Harley Benton is a better choice than Epiphone when it comes to quality and playability.

Considering the price of the Harley Benton together with it's quality I will say that this is a no-brainer.