Harley Benton Electric Guitar Kit T-Style Reviews

Easy Peasy

This has got to be the best kit on the market...and at this price you can't go wrong..high quality hard ware and an excellent tone wood body ready finished and sealed so that it can be painted or lacquered in whatever colour you like. I finished mine in a beautiful wood stain called Surfer Girl which just requires several base coats applied with a cloth, some gentle rubbing down with fine sand paper or wire wool and then a couple of clear coats to finish. Of course if using wood stains the body seal has to be rubbed back to expose the bare wood and allow the stains to penetrate the pores but that's easy enough. The neck and headstock were given an extra coat of satin clear lacquer and rubbed down again with wire wool to make the back of the neck silky smooth. Finally a headstock decal was added and sealed again with lacquer. Once the guitar was put together and set up, it was handed to my son who can play some! His opinion ? Compares with some of the best he has ever played!

I must just mention the speed with which the guitar kit was delivered. Fantastic. I'll certainly be back for more....Thanks Rod.

Much better than you'd think!

So i got the package and thought to my self "This can't be good" but when i opened it i saw that the picture and the reality is different. The body had a black binding going through witch was a great surprise.

Everything works and it sounds as good as a guitar worth under 100€ can.

If you're interested in building your own guitar, i recommend to start with this package!

An furniture-guitar ??!!

The answer is - Yes , these "box-guitars" have taken the world-success idea from home/decorating of presenting acceptable-quality products for the buyer to assemble !

As with mass produced home/decorating items this guitar is not top-of-the-line....but it is DEFINITELY of an absolutely accceptable quality !

And to get an instrument prefectly usable up to professional levels for this price ??!!!

On top of that you get the infinite pleasure of "having done it yourself" - even though the assembly straight up and down is so easy even a person with 8 thumbs should be able to manage it !

I think it is a GREAT deal for anyone - from beginner to mutiple-guitar-owners !!

To a give-away price !!!!

I will get myself some boxes of Stratocaster and Les Paul to as soon as possible !

Not bad for a first kit guitar!

Features:

It has all of the parts needed to build the telecaster. A manual is included but it's pretty straight forward on how to build it.

Sound

The lipstick pickups at the neck position isn't amazing and lets the guitar down. The single coils at the bridge position is okay, perhaps a bit too "trebly".

Quality

The wood looks like basswood, which is fairly cheap but a lot of guitars is built from it. The pre-drilled screw holes are placed in relatively the correct positions, although some adjusting had to be made on mine.

It's not perfect, but at this price I was to expect that. It's still a fun build and a playable guitar!

Ok but some poor workmanship.

My second Harley Benton kit. Similar issues with screw-holes not quite lining up. Had to have a very poorly made main body replaced but, credit where it's due, it was quickly replaced. Still, it's a cheap and enjoyable way to make a custom guitar.

Fender Telecaster style Harley Benton Electric Guitar Kit

I got this kit not sure of what to expect but once I opened it I got to work very quickly to build and paint the guitar, easy instructions for anyone with a little DIY knowledge, however, exorcise a little care and you will be rewarded with an excellent result. The electrical side is easy to work with with a little knowledge. I plugged it into my Marshall 100watt valve amp and the sound was great. Already thinking of having another, only wish they had a wider range to select from. Great value for money.

Best for the buck!

Very well cut design, medium to good woods, sound is very good for the price! A good kit.

Woodwork lessions

Im using the Harley Benton kits for education in my woodwork lessions, students are working individually on each kit. The kit is perfectly suited to cover the swedish curricullum in the subject woodwork, pls let me know if you want pics or more information of the process

Woodwork teacher

KC

Easy cheap and fun

Very easy to build - waiting for several coats of varnish to dry is probably the hardest bit! Kit is comprehensive includes everything - even strings. Buy a strap and an amp and that's it. Once it has settled down seems to stay in tune and plays fine. Recommend to anyone who enjoys making things.

self build

A good way to get a better understanding of how a guitar is constructed.

Although the instructions were in german, a work colleague sorted this minor problem, downloading the english version. The instructions were very good and

easy to follow. The only down side I thought was the strings supplied were not that good, having broken two whilst tuning. All the strings were replaced with another set I had with no problems.

For anyone interested in this sort of project, it's good fun and well recommended.

feedback

First of all let me state that I'm very happy with the products. Finally I get to build my dream guitars. Really impressed of the fine detail on the shapes (I didn't expect this kind of quality) Few suggestions though. The pre drilled holes for the screws don't match with scratch plates and bridges. Neck as well so I had to fill them and do new ones. Maybe you could improve on this since the measurements are very important for good tuning later. Instruction manual in english also please. Overall again... Really happy!

Best guitar

you pay £60, but what you get is closer to £350, good tone woods, straight grained neck, a neck pickup that screams those blues tones that anyone with a Tele loves, only thing i have changed is I've routed out the bridge pickup to allow room for a hum bucker giving a richer sound when using both pickups, but this is something i would do to ANY Telecaster. machine heads are well geared and all the hardware is finished to a fine standard.

Harley Benton tele guitar kit

I have made quite a few guitars from kits, and this is up there with the best of them. Everything went together perfectly, and the quality of wood and hardware was amazing really for the price.

I would recommend this kit to amateurs and professionals alike, the playability and sounds available are exceptional ,and you will not be disappointed., this coupled with very fast delivery makes it a best buy, no doubt about it!