Harley Benton DC-LTD Gotoh Daphne Blue 5-stars Reviews

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3 years ago

fantastic instrument

playable right after a string change. we need light guage if we're going to thrash. only adjustments that i see are to trim some excess off the nut. happy with the pickups and the sound. not sure theres anything else i could ask for when spending this amount on a guitar. far exceeded any expectations i had.

3 years ago

Incredible guitar

This ones a beauty. Perfect. Amazing value for the money, I am one happy chappy.....

Be mindful this "LTD" model does "NOT" have the stainless steel frets.

If I had noticed that, at the time of purchase, I would have paid a little extra for the stainless steel fret version.

If lost or stolen - I would buy again in a heartbeat.

3 years ago

Unbeatable value for the price

A beautiful instrument and I just can't believe the cost vs value ratio on this. I am quite curious if the colour is going to fade, as someone else highlighted, as I am not keeping it in a bag but on the wall. I don't mind a faded blue though.

It's set up surprisingly well action and truss rod wise, the E is about 2mm from the 12th fret and while I like a much lower action, I still found the neck extremely comfortable. I planned to lower the action as I always do with everything, but I might just leave it as is. Intonation is not perfect but good enough, will adjust that. No buzz but with a 2mm height, I don't expect any.

The negatives:

There were a few minor scratches on and around the truss rod cover, like if someone went at it with a screwdriver when drunk and tried to be gentle, but could not manage. The fretboard does not look particularly nice, it's like the dark brown is painted on, and it's even dirty at some frets, but again, for this price... WHO CARES! I'll just clean it up. There is also a 2cm long black-ish mark at the bottom, and a few "grains" of paint where the surface is not completely smooth.

But honestly, I feel the overall build quality on this one is actually superior to my Sterling short scale (also made in Indonesia), and that goes for like £700 now. No sharp fret edges, no bent tuners and knobs...

Extremely satisfied.

3 years ago