Harley Benton BM-75 Trans Red Deluxe Series

It's a novelty

Arrived in perfect condition, almost in tune, lowish action, no flaws anywhere. The sound is OK, but it's single coil and I'm more of a humbucker guy. I would recommend it for someone looking for something a bit different.

THE Guitar!

I am a Queen fan. I am a Sir Brian May fan. Since forever. So when I saw this guitar it was a no brainer to add to my collection. I have now had it for about 2 months and it is becoming my "go to" guitar. It is light and responsive. The neck shape and feel is the most compatible to my way of playing of all the guitars I have. I could wax lyric though there are a couple of negatives to take into account, though not game changers: 1. A fret buzz that has needed 2 trips to the workshop. Now sorted 2. Tuners that are very variable in quality in that a couple are tight and easy to tune and remain tuned and a couple that are loose and de-tune as I play. The workshop has not been able to fix this I recommend it 100%. If you want a do all be all guitar and only think you can afford one guitar choose this one!

Red Beauty

This is the real win/win: it looks, sound, and quality on the one side, and the more than fair price on the other.

A solid instrument

First off, the quality of the guitar build itself is excellent. Everything from the headstock to the body feels pretty good. The finish is good, the fret edges are smooth and the guitar came to me ready to play. The three phase switches give a lot of options in terms of sound but the differences will only be noticable to those with experienced ears. The thing i would change is the pickups. Altough they sound decent, i wouldn't go into the studio with it. They sound almost too bright and snappy. The guitar itself is beautiful and would reccomend it for someone wanting to upgrade from a cheap and less quality guitar.

This sound and material is very good considering the price. I recommended if you are not able to buy the BMG atm.

Well worth the $$

This my second HB guitar of my 20 electric guitars. Mine range from 60s, 70s vintage to great CV Squiers. This little guitar is awesome! I didn’t want to spend a lot and was curious about BM look. I play it a lot, especially unplugged. I love the chimey unique sounding pickups ups. That’s 2 for 2 HB. I have the Prince Tele copy.

I upgraded the saddles and nut on the BM 75 and got a bit more sustain out of it. Color me happy!

Not a Red Special, unless...

Quite smaller than an actual Red Special faithful replica, fits better for those who are not as tall and long-handed as Brian May (faithful replicas have a very thick neck). Besides that, the wiring system is different from the original, which allows for series pickups configuration (i.e. humbuckerish sound). Harley Benton's model has the typical configuration of a stratocaster, plus the in-phase/out-of-phase selectors. Now comes the tip: if you have the pick-up selector changed with a Freeway switch (strat model: 5B5-01), you get series combinations as well, and you get to keep the strat combinations too (parallel)! With the in-phase/out-of-phase switches, that makes a total of 19 different pick-up combinations. Not bad! I'm enjoying mine quite a lot.

I had the nut replaced as well, with a bone nut; the original is just plastic. I also installed locking tuners, but using the tremolo bar still makes the guitar immediately out of tune. I might have to replace the saddles as well, maybe with some graphtechs. We'll see about that.

Bm-75

Amazing quality guitar very well built and sounds delightful. Really happy to be a owner of this guitar. I would highly recommend this to anyone who is thinking about getting one you will not regret it TRUST ME.

Brian "May" have a more expensive one, but this one's BRILLIANT too!

This Harley Benton BM-75 trans red delux isn't quite the "Red Special" but for me it's a very close second. I love it's easy playability, it has a lovely neck and fretboard with not a sharp fret in sight anywhere. Plugged in it has some amazing sounds, and even using the trem bar rather a lot doesn't put it out of tune, which is great. It's a really good quality guitar with a nice fit and finish, and if you want the feel of the "Red Special" but only have a limited budget, you won't go far wrong with this guitar. I love mine and it's one of my favourites for relaxed playing on.

Eddie Mercury

The reason why Brian may me calls me that. We have met Brian May. Wearing a Freddie Mercury costume.