TE-20 BK Standard Series : Needed a complete set up

12 years ago

Out of the box the guitar was pretty unplayable. I lowered the action at the bridge end as much as I could and still had no luck. The intonation was pretty difficult to get right as well. I bought a wilkinson brass saddle bridge for £15 and decided to give that a go, what a difference it made! Some of the frets around the 12 the fret needed some attention.

Pickups obviously are not fender standard, but hold there own, and give some pretty authentic tele tones.

The tone pot is pretty unwresponsive but you can change those easily and cheap enough.

After all the tinkering which only actually took about an hour, the guitar is a pretty decent player. If anyone has any complaints about this guitar, just ask yourself what do you want for £50?! Brilliant base for modding, and is cheap enough to not worry about the consequences if it goes wrong. Now I just have to stop looking at all the impressive and cheap Harley Benton guitars.

Image Harley Benton TE-20 BK Standard Series

Technical Data

  • Manufactured by Harley Benton
  • Released in 2003
  • Average price : $96
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