DC-Junior TV Yellow : I am impressed

I'd seen some very good reviews but truthfully I was skeptical. I no longer am. I've been playing guitar for 50++ years and have owned many classic Gibsons, Fenders, etc. One of the models I always loved was the LP Junior. I've played my share of these in the past. This Harley Benton definitely scratches that itch for me. What's remarkable is the price and the quality of this instrument! Not 3-4k for a reissues replica from the original manufacturer, not even the $400 or so of an Epiphone, but for less than $200(plus shipping) a guitar that in my opinion can hold it's own! Sure, it's not a big brand name. If that's your criteria then this will be a pass for you. But if your criteria is a high quality guitar that plays and feels like it cost a whole lot more, then pull the trigger on this and you will not be disappointed. In my opinion if more people realized there are guitars of this quality available the big name brands would be in deep trouble. Lastly the guitar arrived set up perfectly-intonation spot-on, very good action. Only thing I needed to do was polish the frets a bit to remove some slight grit. I'm still pinching myself that I was able to get a guitar like this for that kind of price! Maybe the gift of making it to my age is that I no longer care about the prestige of a "name"- to paraphrase Duke Ellington, "..if it plays good & sounds good, it IS good"

The Hartley Benton LP Junior is all that and then some.