Harley Benton Custom Line ResoKing BK Reviews

A guitar that sounds as if it should be at least £600

I was not expecting miracles from this guitar to tell you the truth but as usual Harley Benton amazes. How do they do it? It sounds great as an acoustic and with the pickups. The finish is perfect and the set up out of the box is really good (I just had to change the strings for my favourite set). All in all you cannot get this quality for the price anywhere else.

Surprisingly good.

So I just unboxed this guitar and after very close inspection, I can only say this build quality goes far beyond the price you pay. You definitely feel as though you're playing something much more costly. Finish is perfect, fretwork is very good though a good fret polish is needed; action and intonation are just about spot on. It plays very well and it may not be a high end instrument but it definitely gives me the tones only a resonator can (good enough to record convincingly) at a fraction of the normal cost. The only downside are the tuners which are quite stiff and will be replaced, but they still work well enough for use at home. Be careful which shipping method you choose, I inadvertantly chose UPS instead of DHL...it arrived within 3 days to Canada but the charges were about $40 higher AND they hit me for an additional $112 CDN for duty! They are vultures. I would rather have waited the extra week, I could have bought another HB with the difference. Still, happy with all 4 of my HB instruments and will surely wind up with a couple more, I'll just be sure to double check the shipping method at checkout.

Price reflected in quality

I don't regret this purchase. It's an extremely inexpensive option for a resonator, and it is fun to play. The tuners are bad. Sometimes there are dead spots, sometimes very hard to turn. The bridge doesn't seem to hold the strings very well as once in a while they kind of snap back into place, obviously throwing the tuning off and sending me back to the horrid tuners. The resonator cone itself makes a buzz when played. This may be an easy fix, ie loose screws, but I haven't opened it up. The input jack was loose when it arrive and had twisted the solder connection loose. Easy fix but poor quality control. Other than that it's great... pickups sound decent. I actually do enjoy playing it though and for the price I'm pretty happy.

Amazing value, a solid well made instrument. I would not hesitate to purchase again

Lovely but quiet

This is a a peachy guitar. Looks amazing, sounds great & plays easy. Really quiet compared to most acoustic resonators. More like an electric guitar so it needs amplification

Harley Benton Resoking

I always wanted a resonator guitar I bought this one and absolutely love it ,it's good looking and great sounding and a perfect size for me,am proud to own it.

Cool guitar to experiment with

If you're looking for a guitar case, the Epiphone wildcat case fits this almost perfectly.

Resoking

Love this guitar, acoustic sounds great but it's a beast once it's plugged in. Highly recommended. I may have to buy another reso

Poor quality control or none!!

Only one pick up worked and one volume. Tone knob and second volume did nothing. Very sharp frets and rusty strings. The dots on the side of the guitar were not positioned accurately and the binding on the body of the guitar has flaws. Good looking guitar, which is a real shame because of the quality control.

Reso King BK

This thing is is amazing!

Love the sound!

For the price point, you couldn't find anything to compare!

It would give a good run against most mid-range major brand names as well!

Feels good in the hand, fat (baseballey)neck reminds me of an older Tele.

What resonance!

Love it!

MAXIMUM BANG FOR THE BUCK!

CRAFTSMANSHIP, BUILD, QUALITY, FINISH, INTONATION, A TOTAL PACKAGE OF VALUE AND PLAYABILITY!

Die Stärke ist der Look! Der Rest naja

Das teil sieht wirklich klasse aus und ist auch recht gut verarbeitet. Ich habe als erstes das griffbrett geölt und neue 10-46 saiten aufgezogen, da ich das gerät wie eine normale gitarre spielen möchte. In den hohen lagen liegen die saiten zu hoch, und man kann an der brücke die höhe nur dadurch verstellen, dass man das holzbrettchen, über das die saiten laufen, niedriger macht. Die hohe e-saite war zu dicht am griffbrettrand, besonders in den höhen. Dann habe ich festgestellt, dass man das brettchen, das die brücke darstellt, ganz einfach lateral verschieben kann, wenn man die saiten lose dreht - jetzt sitzen die saiten lateral gesehen korrekt. Der sound.... durch die zu hoch liegenden saiten sind diese auch zu weit weg vom mini humbucker. Der sound des mini-humbuckers reisst wirklich nichts vom hocker (sehr dumpf und unprickelnd). Der piezo dagegen ist zu scharf und bringt auch nicht besonders den resonator sound rüber. Beide pickups zusammen könnten ganz vielleicht bei einem recording einsatz finden, wer weiss. Der akustische sound klingt nach resonator, ich finde ihn aber zu leise. Am ehesten wird dieses gerät vielleicht bei einem musikvideo einsatz finden, zur musik vom playback...

Best of both worlds

This guitar is great plugged in and unplugged. The action and setup is somewhere between an acoustic and electric. I am not a fan of the 70s deluxe LP pickups, but the Roswell pickup sounds great and the piezo is a perfect match for it.

what a unique guitar

Very easy to play. Sounds great acoustically. Looks awesome. I got this guitar looking to learn slide guitar and alternate tunings. The sound made it really fun to try. Highly recommend to those who play that style guitar. Don't try to play low volume distortion. The two sounds are weird together.

ResoKing

I love this resonator. Not only the looks but the sound is amazing

Really good can't find one fault

He staff are really helpful as well what more could you ask for

Very happy with my new guitar 🎸 thanks

Gorgeous instrument

Fantastic tone and playability and excellent manufacturing,

my first

My first electric guitar and I must say pretty amazed for what you get for the price. A decend guitar available for everybody. Makes me think when the old bluesmen started of with cheap but not the less, good instruments. Anyhow it's the person behind the thing who has to do it.

An excellent guitar

Incredible guitar, and a very fast and efficient shipment. I'm from Colombia and it arrived after 3 weeks. I'm very happy with the guitar sound and quality.

Good

Easy to adjust thruss rod, and that had to be done. Pickups good. Neck has a nice vintage-feeling to it, same shape as on my 1966 Framus 12 string in a way. Finish looks great.

Only prob is a buss on surtain notes, something is not 100% in the mounting of the resonator part. But cannot be heard through pickups, and I will look into it. It must be a loose screw or something.

For the money it is unbelievable.