Harley Benton Electric Guitar Kit T-Style 5-stars Reviews

Far far better than expected. Great job by Harley Benton.

Good kit if you want to have fun with mods

This guitar will not sound like a Telecaster, nor will it be of the same quality. For me it was the introduction to guitar and it gave me more than I could ask for. A cheap introduction into guitars and an accesible way to mod a guitar beyond any recognition. Overall - you get what you pay for - an opportunity to get into something new (without breaking the bank)

Easy build

One of the easiest self builds on the market. What makes it so easy to build is the quality of the materials. They are all excellent and well fitting. Don’t be tempted to go elsewhere as this product is unbeatable

Pleasantly surprised.

From other reviews and YouTube builds I was expecting something fairly useable and upgradeable. The end result is much better than my expectstions. Not missing any parts, all pre drilled correctly. Fret finish excellent and neck did not require any adjustment. Keeps tune after initial stringing and stretching. Only two minor issues, the jack plug socket solder connections were bent and would not initially push through the body cavity. Secondly the build order is incorrect. If the neck is mounted at the beginning it is not possible to insert the pickguard at the end. Leave the neck until last. Had expected to have to consider various part upgrades straight away but other than changing the strings I am very happy with the outcome.

Great for the price

The kit itself is super easy to assemble, there's no need to even solder the wires. I shaped the neck's head with a jigsaw easily and covered everything except the fretboard with tung oil, totally happy about how it looks and feels

Playing gigs with this one :D

Absolutely Great Guitar kit!

Really high quality components. I love the neck on this guitar! It plays so nice! The wood is Beautiful, and easy to sand and stain. I easily contoured the body with a palm sander for a personal comfortable fit. I'm a first builder and found the instructions pretty straightforward. I upgraded the pickups and controls,and the guitar sounds Amazing!!! THIS IS NOW MY FAVORITE GUITAR EVER!!!

SON WAS OVER THE MOON FOR HIS BIRTHDAY PRESENT

MY SON ENJOYED PUTTING HIS GUITAR KIT TOGETHER PAINING PLAYING IT AND SO HAPPY WITH ALL , THANKYOU.

Used on a 3d printed body

I loved how easy this was to put together. Everything fit really well and the sound is pretty good. I put all of this on a 3d printed body and it works quite well.

Good for the price

It's a good instrument for the price and its comfortable

Not bad

Come into this understanding it's not going to be top end components and this is fine. Was a fun project to do. Well worth the very small amount of money involved. enjoy the process!

Perfect Kit

This kit was perfect to my 3D printed Guitar

Very good quality of the woods and fine components

I saw a lot of reviews online and on youtube before buying this kit, mostly positive comments worldwide.

Everything is absolutely confirmed personally. Great feeling about the woods quality, both the body and the neck. The pickups and the bridge are very good and the rest is more than OK. I am already thinking of updating it but the guitar sounds good just as it is. Very good value for the price paid. It's a lot of fun to customize the guitar as you like, especially if you like arts and painting as myself. I am already buying another one but this time, Strat style. Very good deal!

Thank you very much I love it

Excellent platform for a custom build

Bought this kit with the goal to upgrade it piece by piece over time to make a guitar exactly how I want it and I wasn't disappointed. The perfect beginning platform for upgradability!

Really turned out great!

I ordered this along with a JA kit and two concert Uke kits. This was my first attempt at a kit but I have gotten comfortable setting up guitars and I'm fairly handy and have some tools. This Tele was going to be a Christmas gift for my son after I finished.

I thought the quality of the kit was fine. The neck was really nice. Great profile for me and smooth. The body had a couple of small dings which I repaired with wood filler. Routing was fine. Neck to body fit was kind of meh as I expected it to be a bit tighter but it ended up fine.

I hydro-dipped the guitar body which turned out just awesome. I cut the headstock in a modified tele shape and fashioned my own logos. I wanted to get the color of the neck a bit darker but there was so much sealer on the wood I couldn't get it sanded down enough so just basically went with the natural maple color which is fine.

I think the hardware was all adequate other than maybe the plastic nut which seemed very "plasticky" and looked too high. Despite the hardware seeming ok, I replaced almost everything. Nut, locking tuners, Alnico V pickups, brass compensated bridge saddles and the pots. The included white pickguard looked good but I went with a clear one instead to show the paint swirl underneath. Had to relocate the pickguard mounting holes but that was easy. The clear turned out great. Be careful of the screws as they seem to be made from Chinesium which strips easily.

Took quite a bit of work to get it set up and playable. Ended up having to shim the neck a bit to get the action and intonation to cooperate but it is now very nice and stable.

The end result was fantastic and my son loves it. I also have a HB TE52 which is much heavier with a chunkier neck. This one has a somewhat different tone which is hard to describe. It sounds great and is very playable. I would recommend this is you want a cool project and want to create something truly unique. I wouldn't recommend it if you are trying to save money though :) There are other kit providers out there. I haven't tried them but I would think this Harley Benton compares favorably, particularly at this price.

To DIY or not DIY? To DIY!

A great yet affordable lego guitar kit to try lutherie! Spraypaint or use another finish, upgrade electronics and other hardware, cut the headstock to your liking, put all the pieces together - rock!

Satisfied customer

Ideal kit for the beginner modder. Easy to assemble. Good quality body and neck/fretboard. Pickups sound good, easy to swap out later if required.

Exceeded my expectations

This was my first attempt at a build and it was really fun. The kit, for me at least, was more than i expected for that price. I replaced most of the hardwear so can not really say anything good or bad there, but the most important parts, neck an body, does the job. The neck fitted well in the pocket and all the slots for tuner, pickups and all was routed nicely. The frets were so much better dressed than expected. Not much work needed at all. The wood on the body actually looked quite good. The thing I am not so sure about is the fretboard material. Do not know, but it felt not as good as my other guitars. But again, for that price the kit i just great.

For the price it deserves 5 starts. Fretboard could be better though. Will probably buy again and would love for these kits to also come with maple fretboard!

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