Harley Benton JA-60LH OW Reviews

Exceptional value for money.

The overall fit and finish of the guitar is really good for the price charged. The pickups Rosswell p90’s sound brilliant , the only downfall of the guitar happens to be the hardware, in saying that, they are easily replaced.

AAA+

What can I say that has not already been said about this guitar, absolutely outstanding quality, playability, tone and looks

quite good for the price

I mean it's my first jazzmaster, its good but the hum is too much. It has good build quality on the outside but inside there are some splinters(quite normal for a cheap guitar) I really like the sound of it, especially the middle position. The bridge pickup is a little bit too hot but not extremely so i don't think it'll be a problem for anyone who wants to buy this guitar. the bridge is upside down .(don't know why maybe there is a reason) I think the body is smaller compared to regular jazzmasters. Also, I WISH it had a tremolo system. Im thinking about changing the pickups and get a trem system. Overall 4/5 cool guitar.

Superb

How can you make a guitar this good at this price? I have got over 30 guitars including Gibson,Fender and Gretch but this beats them all for quality and playability,I can,t put it down.a

Excellent guitar

This guitar was all setup, in perfect condition, and ready to rip as soon as I took it out of the box. Tuned it up and plugged it in. Feels amazing, sounds awesome, and looks great! I’m already trying to decide my next Harley Benton purchase, thank you so much!

Buy one, it's lovely

just perfect.

looks million dollar, sounds really good for the price.

Love it

Great build quality again from Harley, I really like the fact that the usual ugly plastic buttons and roller buttons that come with other Jazzmaster or Jaguar guitars aren't on this one, sounds and look great for such an amazing price.

My 3rd Harley Benton 😊👍

Unbelievable guitar for the price

Had been wanting a guitar with P90 pickups for awhile to round out my collection. This one arrived this morning, and after unboxing, removing the protective plastic, and tuning her up, I plugged her into a Fender Reverb and let it go. It sounds so beautiful with no effects at all, crisp clean quack on the high-ends, and clear tight lows. I added a fuzz and a bit of reverb, and sounds great with that too. Exactly what I was hoping for.

Quality is very high, no dents or dings at all, the frets need a bit of a dressing, but nothing major at all. The fretboard feels great, the routing for the inlays are nice and sharp, and the nut seems to be cut well. The tuners feel very stiff, they might need some breaking in, but its not a big deal. The guitar itself is way lighter than I was expecting, against my Telecaster there's no comparison in weight, this is surprisingly light. The only thing I've discovered that's not great about this guitar are the pots. The tone knob feels fine, turns with no problem but it's all or nothing with the tone, either bright and crisp or full-on cream. The moment the tone knob is turned up from 1-2 there is a massive change, and then nothing from 2-10.

Overall, if you're looking for a well-made, quality instrument to fill in some gaps in your arsenal, this one would be hard to beat for the cost. Brilliant instrument, fun to play, sounds great with pedals, I'm a very happy customer.

Decent quality but not up to par.

The guitar sounded good but the overall quality was not great. Very sharp fret ends and the tuners were quite bad.

Needed some love

I bought this guitar last month and received it a couple weeks later. Upon taking it out of the box, I could see that the finish was flawless. No bumps or dents or anything of that nature. The colour is much nicer in person than in pictures or videos that I've seen so just based on the looks, this thing is a killer deal. But then I felt the frets... Boy, were those things sharp. And the tuners are awful. They're so stiff, it's like riding a bike while holding the breaks. Luckily I had some nice Hipshot locking tuners from a previous project, and I grabbed some nice graphtech string trees to replace the cheap ones it came with. The guitar sounds as expected, very bright and spanky. The electronics can stay where they are, no problems with them. The guitar I received may have slipped through QC as I had a Harley Benton 5 string bass before and it was much nicer out of the box. With a little TLC for the frets and new locking tuners, this thing is a looker and a player! You will have to put in some more money and work but it's worth it!

Nice guitar for the money. After a fret polish and a setup it is very useable.

Great little guitar

Love the color combination on this one. Tort-like pickguard and cream, yummy!

Binding on neck always makes things a little better aesthetics or playability wise (eliminating sharp-fret-end issues most of the time). P-90s are single-coil pickups with a greater output in the midrange. Not the holy grail like so many musicians out there claim (and even more of them hate) but a different sound that you surely won't mind adding to your sonic palette.

Knobs in the way of one's picking/strumming hand in even worse fashion than on a Strat. If you don't mind then you're fine. I for one simply cannot play with those in their original location, so both knobs and pots get removed and thrown in the parts bin. Result: highly playable with an unmuffled full-range sound.

Great little guitar (after the aforementioned modification).