Harley Benton HBMA-100 VS

Great!

Beautiful sounding instrument straight out of the box. Highly recommended!

beautiful mandolin

great mandolin for the money you can not beat it, fit and finish was perfect on mine. but it requires setup, just go to you tube they have many setup and everything you could need to know.

Big upgrade from my similarly priced budget mando

I am a beginner player, but the sound quality and playability is far superior to other instruments in this price range. With the beautiful F shape and no cosmetic issues, it is a great instrument for this price.

Mandolin

It’s a great instrument and is on tour with me constantly The tone is tremendous. I get asked about it

All the time on after show tours with band members.

Nice for the price

As a longtime guitar player 40 plus years. I originally began on mandolin and after all the years decided to give it another go.This harley benton mandolin was a great price for an f shape and played really well straight out of the box.The fit and finish was good and after playing it for a few months its still going strong.Considering the price of f shaped mandolins this was a good purchase.

Best Bargain I've ever had! A Wonderful instrument for the price!

Well, I'd played guitar for years. Poorly. A friend had a flatback Mandolin lying around, and I gave it a try and fell in love with the sound of it.

Went looking for one for myself, (an F style though), just a cheap one to try, and found this. A no-brainer at the price. Thought about the model with pickup, but didn't need it. I have had previous experience with Harley Benton guitars so was already confident about build quality.

Now at the price, it needs a bit of simple setup work (see below), but it played well out of the box, and had decent strings on it. I couldn't fault the build quality, finish or sound.

Later, I was inspired to buy a Loar 310 Honey Creek model as well. Another beautiful instrument, but three times the price.

Also, I find myself playing the Harley Benton more, it just sounds so wonderful.

Setup tasks (simple).

1. The bridge base needs to be shaped.

2. The bridge needs to be moved to fix intonation issues

3. The neck is a bit "sticky" . The lacquer needs to be cut lightly and polished.

If you're on a tight budget, this is a great buy. You could gig with this.

Or, if your budget is extremely tight, or you're not a fan of the Lloyd Loar F-style, I would look at the A-style versions at half the price.

My previous Best Buy was the Harley Benton "Manhattan Standard" archtop guitar. It's still my "Go To" guitar.

These guys build excellent, quality instruments. How they do it at these prices is astounding. Only downside? So inexpensive, you'll have to pay for delivery!

jingly jangly wonderland

Been playing this beautiful f-style mando for 5 months now...

For the price it's a quality instrument.... cant fault the finish, the set up... the tone, the resonant warm sound... pure class....

A LITTLE BIT OF FETTELING REQUIRED

I was quite happy with my purchase,i had read all the relevant reviews on the item and so had prior knowlege that it would need a small amount of work done,particulary the bridge,which was pretty poor in its fitment,I have to say though,the mandolin i recieved did not have as many problems as to some i had read about in the reviews,no sharp fret-ends,and the binding was good,no slippage on the machine heads either.If i had one negative comment to make ,it would be the instrument arriving under tension and rattling around in the box,otherwise it seems good value for money,plays nice and bright,the strings are not "heavy" and of course it looks fantastic,

Great Manodolin for the Price

This is a great Mandolin for a beginner. It sounds and looks great. There is no comparisson to any other Mandolin in the price range.

beautiful product and nice to play

very nice for the price.