Harley Benton EX-84 Modern EMG BK 3-stars Reviews

Disappointing quality

I bought this guitar for my son. Out of the box it looks amazing. The finish is top notch. It came with a preinstalled battery so it was ready to rock. BUT!!! Harley Benton turned me into a guitar tech fast. Quality is absolutely subpar. The guitars input jack came loose. And because of the wiggling of the input jack the poor soldering work came loose as well. So I had to resolder the input jack. The volume knob and pot were loose as well. So I had to fix that. Conclusion: awesome looks and rocksolid sound. Build quality is VERY BAD!!

Not bad for the price

Bad:

The guitar (at least this one) only got a visual inspection. So they missed one of the knob was completely loose to the point I thought it was broken, the volume knob was loose as well only not as bad.

I had to oil the neck as it was very dry. The strings feel old as well.

The frets needed a slight polish, no big deal.

The good:

The body of the guitar is visually perfect (which is why the things mentioned above went unnoticed)

The setup is very good so you don’t have to worry about doing anything extra.

The intonation is also very good.

The biggest surprise is the frets, they’re leveled and with no sharp edges. I’ve had guitars double the price that I needed to take to a luthier to not only set it properly but also to level the frets or to round the edges.

The guitar is very light, so for me it’s a welcome change

In short:

Have some tools nearby, just in case you to adjust something.

Change the strings.

Plug and play