Harley Benton DC-Junior FAT Benton Blue 5-stars Reviews

Really amazing!

I doubt there were really only 250 made, but this is a really great guitar! It's nice to take it in hand. Amazing color and plus the ability to change pads and handles! I'm not a professional, but I like the sound of this beauty!)

Budget double cut at its best

Lovely light weight guitar with so much to offer. Stays in tune well and plays equally well.

Amazing how many different styles of music you can get from this just by adjusting the tone and volume Pots.

Coil splitting option is a nice feature and gets a lot of use from me.

Pickup sounds great and certainly has enough bite to it.

Excellent guitar value for money!!!

I have over 100 guitars ranging from super expensive one of a kind custom shop USA guitars to handmade guitars from other lands & then some... Out of the box this guitar went right into tune. Benton Blue finish is sweet & neck plays great. pickup sounds great clean or dirty coming thru a Kemper or a Vox valvetronix. i added dunlop straplocks & will add 10-50 gauge strings but thats it. Having a black or white livery choice is just a huge bonus to get with this guitar also! AMAZING VALUE Vs. Price imho! THANX from INNERSTRENGTH

A Great guitar

I had already bought a DC Junior and was amazed at the quality. When I saw the Junior FAT at an even lower price and with the stacked P90 I decided to order it. I wanted to see if the quality of the Junior I already had was a fluke. Well it wasn't. This guitar is every bit the equal. Right out of the box it played well. I did a minor set up to my own preferences, polished the frets a bit and now it's hard for me to put this guitar down. Love the added "beef" the stacked pickup gives. Some years ago I owned one of the guitars this is modeled after and truthfully this guitar captures the feel and vibe almost perfectly. Very glad to have gotten this guitar

This is exactly what a jr is supposed to be!!!

I have been playing for over 30 years and currently front the band Black Cats NYC. Over the years I have played many different guitars from many different brands. I am old school so the classics are the guitars I tend to gravitate towards. During the pandemic and not being able to play live, I did a lot of YouTubing and that's where I first discovered Harley Benton.

I pulled the trigger on the HB DC-Jr Fat in Benton Blue.... what a great guitar!!! Fist of all it looks phenomenal, the color jumps out at you and the fretboard is beautiful. Second it plays great, the neck is fast and inspiring. Third it sounds unbelievable, that Roswell P90 has great tone!

The jr. came perfect out of the box, no paint flaws or fret issues, decent strings, and it comes with both white and black pickguard, backplate, trussrod cover and knobs... it's like getting 2 for the price of 1 ha! The hardware is real good quality and doesn't look or feel cheap. The tuners (15:1 ratio) don't slip, the bridge intonates great, the nut is graphite, and the P90 is stacked! (you can go from single coil to humbucker) This guitar really cuts through the mix, not a "true" P90 but it growls and has its own unique sound that I absolutely love. Inside the soldering is spot on and the wiring is neat and tidy. I have a "real" dc special and in comparison, the HB is slightly thicker in the neck and body, and a little lighter.

The only thing I had to do to this guitar was change the strings due to personal preference, they come with .10 gauge and I play .11's. Setting this guitar up was easy and it now plays even better. My band is recording in a couple of days and I will be using this guitar on one of the songs!

I highly recommend the HB DC- Junior FAT to anyone looking for a great, fun to play, rock 'n' roll guitar.

Really great little beast

I have to say, the other HBS I have all needed a setup or fret ends doing. All minor stuff but it has to be done.

This one was bang on out of the box. Also in tune with itself if 3 semitones flat across the board. A couple of bits of trim look cheap but this thing is a real players guitar. Fat neck and flattish fingerboard. Perfection. Sounds rather awesome too.

"Now then...how do ~ they do that?"

I'm blown away, like everyone else. This Jr. rawks! I'm picky about neck profiles, and this ones' feel is a spot on match with my '59 RI. Fit, feature, Hey Man, Buy It!

Punk rock vomit machine

I play this guitar on a daily basis and is alot of fun for all styles of rock and punk. For an average guitar player - I have alot of fun with this.

Stunning guitar

I have other junior guitars but this fat max is perfect for me.

Quality finish great neck and love the split coil pickup.

Just had to lower the action to my preference and have not looked back.

The paint finish is faultless.

Highly recommend if you like a fuller feeling neck.

Wow

I bought this thinking it would be a nice, cheap guitar to have knocking around the house and not have to worry about the kids or dogs knocking it over. I really wasn't expecting it to be as good as it is. This isn't just a good guitar for the price, it's a damn good guitar full stop.

It arrived on Tuesday last week and I gave it a once over, trying to find any shortcuts or basic flaws. Nothing. Tuned it up and had a play, decided I wanted to lower the action a little, changed this and kept playing.

Friday night came around and I'm on my way out to a gig. I'd normally take a couple of very nice telecasters, but decided to give this a run out. I fully expected to play a couple of songs and then revert back to the telecaster, keeping this as a backup. I ended up playing the whole gig with the DC Junior.

Very impressed and it will be coming to this weeks gig too.