SC-Custom II Active Vintage BK : Gorgeous Guitar

I’m pretty impressed with the quality of this Harley Benton single cutaway guitar with active pickups. I received the guitar promptly and it was extremely well packaged. I have not found any blemishes on the finish which is beautiful. I love the pin stripe binding around the body and head stock too. The guitar is also fairly heavy but is well balanced. The neck is straight with no fret sprout- the frets are polished nicely as well. The set up was fine out of the box. I did put on heavier strings so I did re-set it up again. The Grover tuners are very smooth and the guitar stays in tune well. I really like the Roswell active pickups- I thought I would swap them out for some EMG’s but will keep the stock active pickups- I have the Explorer w EMG’s and I really cannot tell a difference between the two pickups. This guitar is packed with equipment usually found in much more expensive guitars. This is my 4th Harley Benton and I’m once again blown away by the quality, craftsmanship, and playability of all my guitars. I would definitely recommend this guitar to a friend and definitely for a beginner guitarist. All I did was change strings and the stock 10’s were just fine- I just prefer heavier gauge strings since I down tune a few steps. All in all, I’m extremely satisfied with my purchase.