Harley Benton Victory-BK Classic Series 4-stars Reviews

Solid Flying V Clone

really nice construction, thick wood, with great resonance; the pick ups arent "state of the art", but they do have an old school metal grit, quite like the Gibson/Epiphone clones used by Metallica in the 80s when you combine it with a £20 metal pedal; overall this is a wonderful guitar, and extremely affordable :3 <3

I love it so much but 7th fret having nasty sound(

Good guitar... But...

The first guitar I was sent had level fret work, but there was a split in the neck, and the neck pickup a volume pot didn't work.. so I sent it back for a replacement the replacement arrived but the fret work was terrible unlevel frets everywhere, I was on the point of returning this one and getting a refund, but decided to level the frets myself as I have done it on a few guitars in the past, now the work is done with perfectly level and polished frets, the guitar plays and feels superb, just as good as my £3,000 Gibson's and Esp… great guitar for the price but be prepared you may need to do a bit of work..

Great for a start

Like the headline says its a great guitar for someone who's just starting off like me,afordable too,in a time where most people buy strats or teles,a v is sure to catch peoples eyes

Very good for the money

It is a very good guitar for the money. If you swap out the electronics, this guitar can be a professional, gig worthy instrument

Solid guitar for price

This guitar has a really good potential. Very nice neck to play and it's pretty light.

Need to change tuners and some small details but it's pretty good and looks amazing

Very good guitar for the money

The reason I bought it was that I wanted to own a V. This does the job. Can't fault it. Fretwork was really good and the pickups sound fine. Very playable straight from the box. Tuners are a bit hit or miss on HB guitars but it looks like I was lucky this time. Strings are awful but that is nothing to do with the guitar. If you are thinking about about this, don't. Buy it and enjoy it.

Value for money

Recieved the guitar yesterday and have only had a little bit of time to play around with it. First impression is very good! A great looking guitar for a very economic price!

Pros:

Extremely economic for the sound quality and build

Feels robust in the hand

Good balance with the guitar strap

Well done with good finishing

Well rounded frets

No fret buzz

Tuners seem to hold the tuning fine

Good guitar tone and sound

Cons:

Pickups could be better but still sound good

Suggestion:

It would be great to include a generic Harley Benton guitar strap with the guitar

great v for the price

very well built and comfotable to play, the pickguard could have a better fit but it's not a hard problem to fix

would defiantly suggest changing the flat jack to a strat style for better comfort

Good value!

This guitar has a lot of bang for the buck! I was a little skeptical when I ordered it, and even when it first showed up. But, once I took it in for a professional set up, it sounds great!!

Pros- Solid construction, fret work is decent, the fret board is nice, the humbuckers sound good(A little thin and fizzy, but good overall), tuning has been very stable once I got it set up.

Cons- Location of the strap button on the neck joint is completely unusable(Installed Dunlop Strap Locks to remedy), hardware isn't the best quality, but is still completely usable, the electrical components are not very good. Again, usable. But, they are something that I will be changing down the road. The pots are either on or off, there's no dynamic. The input jack is poor quality, have to continuously adjust the cord or else it goes completely dead.

I completely expected all of these issues at this price point. This is still a great value for the price, as it plays good, sounds good and is comfortable to play. I bought the guitar with full intentions of it being a mod platform and I can't wait to complete it!!

Harley Benton Victory-BK Classic Series

I bought this guitar as a project guitar, to eventually replace the pickups, tuners etc.

I use this for high-gain metal, and it stays in tune very well. Tuners feel nice, the bridge is good.

The only problem I have is with the wiring, it seems to have a massive hum when the volume is turned all the way down, and the knobs only lower the volume at min position.

Overall, very nice guitar. Great bang for the buck.

Super Cheap Vee

I have always fancied a Vee but I was reluctant to spend a lot of money on one as the genre of music I play at my small club and bar gigs is more Folk and Country and the image of the Vee is not exactly suitable. Never the less, at home I like to rock out and the shape appeals to me.

I have several Harley Benton guitars and they have all, with one exception been very good value for money so on a whim I ordered the Victory-BK classic. When it came, I was shocked. It is beautifully made, light, has a first class paint job and low, fast action. Even the strings were good although not a name brand. The neck shape is chunky but not overly so.

I sounds nice clean which surprised me a lot and when I add distortion, it rocks like a beast!

Two things I would change, the Tuners are effective but generally poor as you might expect and will go. I think some serious pickups would improve the tones but I am not sure about that, it sounds pretty good with the stock pups.

One regret, the headstock design, I don?t hate it but if only it had a point design, similar to the original Vee type it would be amazing.

If you are thinking about a Vee, buy one of these, it is unbeatable for the crazy low price.

Legit, new HB believer

Nice thick neck(I wish it had a round 12" radius, closer to the inspired from guitar, instead the 14), frets are certainly playable. as well as the pickups (was expecting on having to change, but they are staying in for now). It also weighs in at a nice 8.4 pounds

Got this plugged into a little 1 watt Randall Diavlo head, and a Blackstar 4x8 cab, it's a home tone metal monster!

Good for a guitar at this price

Well i have bought this guitar as my second one. I'm playing second year also so I'm not expirenced soo much.

Guitar is pretty well made , technically very good at first look

Sound like typhical guitar with hambuckers, good tone nothing special. It is very comfortable to play compared to my strat. As i said finish on this guitar looks very good so from first touch i was hyped about it.

After first week and a half of using it 5-6 hours a day couse i got summer time now frets starting to show first wear off.... maybe its becouse of cheap material , maybe i bend too much i don't know but its only thing i see bad about this axe for now.

Final note if you are looking for cheap V thats good choice it sound great with my Marshall MG30 DFX amp.

Cheap and nice

Not bad at all for a cheap copycat, I'm happy with the sound and it's easy to play, worth of it's value.