ST-62 BK Vintage Series : 5 Star Guitar

This guitar was to simply be my "Black Strat", but once again Harley Benton delivered way beyond my expectations. Although I purchased a black scratch plate at the same time I have yet to replace the Tortoise Shell one because it has rather grown on me! Out of the box no major issues to grapple with. No rough fret ends, nice action height, intonation needed a little adjustment, but that is a simple fix an done in a few minutes. I normally play 10's and this guitar came fitted with Daddario 9's which are a little light for my clumsy fingers, but they give the guitar a very comfortable loose feel, like it's been tuned down to E flat, which Strat's are very happy with. I have not engaged the tremolo arm as I am sure it will suffer the usual cheaper guitar problem on tuning. Playing without it holds it's tuning no problem. The Wilkinson pick ups perform really well and in the fourth position with the tone rolled off a little is a great sound! You can pay a lot more for a lot less than this guitar delivers. No hesitation in saying buy one! In fact I think I shall order one of the Sunburst models with the Maple neck!!