Harley Benton Fusion-III HSS Roasted DP 2-stars Reviews

Very Poor Quality

Fairly solid guitar but the quality is really bad. Damaged and botch painted over. Cheap guitar but still not good enough. Harley Benton experience is very poor. Same price (£250) Jackson is way superior.

Mostly Pleased

Update: I took the guitar to a Luthier to swap the pickups and file the frets and they found two cracks on the body of the guitar, hidden by the guitar neck. I'm willingly to look past everything else so far, but these cracks were old. Clearly someone saw but didn't give a f*** and pushed the guitar out. Buyer beware

I purchased the gig bag bundle. Shipping was awesome, received it in 4 days from the states.

Pros:

-Overall the guitar looks awesome. I love how the body color looks with the roasted maple fretboard and neck.

-The neck has an awesome feel to it. I was surprised that it felt slightly chunky

-It's lighter weight than I thought it would be. Lighter than my tele

-The hardware is pretty nice. locking tuners is a big plus for me

Cons:

-The frets are really rough.. I tried using a fret polishing kit but it didn't make a difference. These definitely need to be filed

-The strings it came with were obviously old. And filthy. My fingers turned black after a few chords

-Buzz on the low E string. Other frets seemed to be fine but it's pretty bad on the low E.

-I found some magnetic residue stuck in the pickups. Maybe steel wool? I was able to get it off with some tape but not a great look.

I would say overall i am pleased. Needs a little TLC but i'm happy with the specs and that i got it so fast