TE-90FLT VW Deluxe Series : Terrific value - minor tweaks will make it even better.

The guitar looks amazing - it's less "pink" that it appears in some photos - it's a definite white but with the beige of the wood showing through and the grain adding a bluish-greyish element - lovely grain it is too. The pickups are great and the neck feels wonderful with a satin finish. Without weighing it - it feels medium weight for a T-style, about the same as my Fender Plater series Tele. The pickups produce something that's sort of halfway between a single coil and a humbucker - and that's a good sound. Love the bridge. The pots are good and the tone control is outstanding, with usable sounds across the full range. Action is around 5/64th on the low E - intonation is almost there out of the box. Even the Harley Benton logo and name on the headstock are well done - using the F-style gold text with black outline. The tuners are adequate - they'll do for now but I will upgrade those. The fret ends are very good but will be perfect with a little tidy-up. There's some fret buzz that's not simply down to the action or neck relief - easy enough to correct and I've had that from guitars cost four or five times as much as this. The pickups' screws stand proud which doesn't look so nice and they could catch the strings or fingers if set high - I'll look for suitable replacements with a small head so they'll properly fit into the recess of the pickup. The nut is good but could be filed a little lower if needed (I'll probably replace it though - just because). I bought this expecting to spend a bit more on correcting minor flaws - what I got is nearly perfect as is. It's reassuringly solid and for the sake of a bit of filing and polishing frets - maybe a new nut and change those tuners - it's incredibly good value and is different enough to keep a tele addict like me happy. And it really is very. very pretty.