Harley Benton Electric Guitar Kit ST-Style 3-stars Reviews

Nice way to practice building own guitars

All the parts on the set are quite cheap build and you can feel it in the end result, but if you’re not planning to record yourself playing or play live shows its more than enough

Basic Construction Kit

This kit includes just about everything that you need to build your own "Stratocaster" copy guitar. Although the body and neck manufacturing quality and woods are good, be aware that some (most) of the components & accessories are of low quality. The are absolutely basic to get you going. In case you need it for a nice base to build your own guitar you will have to upgrade most of the components, such as pickups, keys, tremolo bridge.. BUT cannot complain for the price - this is what you get for a fraction of the price of a finished guitar.

Nice DIY kit

I purchased two of these kits for my kids. We built them together. All parts were included and build quality was ok. All frets were too long and super sharp. A little sanding was required before painting. The overall sound was good enough for my kids. They love their own guitars.

Great as DIY project

Everything is included, but the build quality is quite poor, i.e. gaps between neck and body etc. But you get what you pay for. Still had fun with building and painting it.

In the end, took it apart and used the neck to make "shovel guitar" and made a lamp out of the body. Still had much fun!

Quality control

String heads get stuck in the tremelo block.. To save time and frustration of an exchange, I made some modifications for string removal by using 'pop rivets' pressed in the string hole of the trem-block and then knocking out the pin. This reduced the size of the string hole preventing the string heads from getting stuck in the block .

Pickups are noisy, even with shielding paint in the cavities and shielding under the pick guard.

I really wasn't expecting much from this cheap guitar. I repair pedals and amps and only needed something for testing them....

Good with a bit of work

There were some poorly routed holes

There's alot of fretbuzz higher up the neck

Those are the only problems the electronics work fine and sounds fine as well.

So a great project guitar for learning to work on your own instruments

Misaligned holes of neck pocket kai bridge holes

Great for the price

It's looks and sounds great but it had one major flaw. The neck didn't sit flush with the body. That took a good while to fix but one I did I was delighted with the guitar

Suprisingly Good Tone

This was my first guitar project and it really payed off. Simple to build as no soldering was required and was built very easily. the assembled pickguard really helped. It handles very well for the price and does give some great tones. I would recommend this to anyone who's interested in building guitars.

Features: On the body of the guitar there is a small knot but clearly visible. There are some discoloration on the fretboard , some parts are light brown in colour and some are nearly black. Overall the guitar looks nice and works good.

Sound: Guitar plays very nicely, good sounding.

Overall this product is very nice, and not hard to assemble. I would recommend this product for anyone who wants to start their journey with making their own guitars.

Okay overall, but cheap in both senses of the word.

It's a cheap kit, so you get what you pay for. The parts are cheap, so is the sound, but you can make a functional personalised electric guitar out of it. If luthiership is something you have an interest in, this is a great place to start. Of if you're looking for cheap parts for an experimental build, this would be worth looking at.

Decent quality kit

I bought this as a 3rd guitar project. There was a screw missing for the bolt on neck and the nut on one of the tuners didn't screw on so I quick fixed it by filing down the thread. Frets needed redressing as there was random buzzing (uneven frets) that's all that was wrong which I found easy to fix. It's the first guitar that I ever fret dressed and no the action is lower than my squier or lp. Now it plays well and I've put new pickups on it so I can't comment on the stock pickups. Overall the quality is good

Nice kit.

I purchased this kit for a student and it was a great way for the to learn how a guitar goes together and understand an instrument more. The end product was not too bad either, much better than your average first electric guitar. I think it helps that you can tweak the instrument to how you like it as you construct it.

Overall decent quality piece of kit that is ideal for a beginner.