Harley Benton Extreme-76 BK Classic Series 4-stars Reviews

It's a good guitar!

It's worth every penny of what it costs. It will need some minor attention out of the box but not much. Plays well, it may need some upgrades to suit your tastes, mine did. But it's a good player, it has some grunt and it rocks. What else do you need? Turn it up, it'll be just fine.

A very cool guitar

For the price a very good guitar, the weak spot on mine is the tuners, its very light and played well, I had to set up the guitar and intonate a little, as I always do on my guitars.

Incredible guitar for the price!

I bought this guitar because I love the Gibson Explorer body style, but I can't cough up that kind of money. When I came across this guitar, I knew instantly I had to buy it. The pickups sound great, the guitar was practically in tune right out of the box, the neck/fretboard feel smooth in my hand, volume/tone knobs work well, no neck dive (with my cheap fabric strap), light enough but also heavy enough that it feels like I'm holding something worth more than $135, the list goes on. My only complaint is the box was pretty beat up and there were slight scuff marks on some of the edges. Otherwise, it arrived on time, played great straight out of the box, and feels like it would be a much more expensive guitar. Buy it!!

perfect guitar

in my opinion this guitar is much more comortable then Gibson's or Epiphone's explorer, becouse, here some special cutputs that surge of comfort while using guitar

The best Ex for your money!

this guitar at a price of just 120 euro is the best give for your money !

it has some of the best features that a guitar at this price range gives you.

as a men with 20 + guitars and over 10 years of collection. The build quality is just great the deafult setup he came with is more than enough and if you do more proffesional setup it will play better than most of the 1000+ guitars. To conclude, this ex is just amazing for his price and the build quality.

Best EX that I know of for the money

I've had this guitar for over a month now and it's very nice. The body seems to be a tiny bit smaller than the Gibby and Epi version which, to me, is even better than those higher priced blocks of wood. I like the body and headstock, the neck feels a bit thick but that was expected. Most likely layered with poly paint so it ends up thicker than it should be but not a big deal unless you absolutely need a thin neck. The frets are nicely mounted but initially the strings would grind a bit when bending. The tuners were ok, no problems noted. The pickups seem pretty good. I have no desire to change them at this time. No extraneous feedback or nasty noises and they sound good. No noticeable problems with the controls/switch other than one knob being pushed in a bit initially (probably from shipping) that I simply pulled up away from the body now it's smooth. Bridge and tailpiece are fine other than an imperfectly drilled hole for tailpiece but there's no wiggle and it's tight so I'm good with it. Nut is cut well and action is nice.

What I've done to it: Changed to locking tuners. Moved the front strap holder to the back near where the neck meets the body. Added wheel weights to the backplate/cavity cover. Got a thick leather strap. All of this helped the neck dive that it initially had and which was made worse by the added locking tuners. Now it's much more comfortable and considerably less neck heavy. I cleaned the frets to get rid of the grind. Gonna keep the pickups in it for now because I can't find a reason to change them.

Overall, a very nice guitar in factory shape or you can do your own mods to it to suit your needs. I just wish shipping prices to the USA were not so astronomical. The fees are about the same as the guitar price.

this is the most metal guitar up to 200 euros

I received this guitar today and was amazed at the build quality and sound quality.

the frets are installed very good, nothing sticks out, the guitar is well painted, the neck is comfortable.

I am very comfortable playing this guitar

the only drawback is the quality of the fret grinding, it is unfortunately bad, but it is fixable.

overall the guitar is great

I enjoyed the purchase immensely.

UPD: after 2 weeks the pickup stopped working

when playing while standing, neck leads down

ok for the price

good for a modifying project, solid, good fretwork, Q.C. a bit hit or miss,

would buy again as a cheaper alternative to the ex-76.