Harley Benton ST-62 VW Vintage Series 5-stars Reviews

Excellent guitar for very affordable price!

First off, i have to admit that i ordered this guitar simply because i saw how cheap the price tag was.. And i loved the look of the vintage white colour.

Considering it was inexpensive, i wasn't expecting it to be all that great.

How wrong was I!

This guitar has a lovely maple neck with a pretty smooth rosewood slab board (not a cheaper thin veneer board!).

The neck shape is definitely not a slim or small neck. I'd say it's a medium to large C shape neck. Definitely a thicker and wider neck than my Charvel San Dimas guitars. Comfortable though! It's lacquered and shiny, but doesn't feel sticky.

Fret wire was all solid and level but a little dull looking upon arrival, but honestly.. at this price point i wasn't expecting them to be gleaming and shiny. I was totally fine with giving them a quick scrub using some 00000 grade wire wool, takes 5 mins and it did the job great!

The guitar is nice and lightweight, and it's actually very resonant. Harmonics fly out of this thing. Sustain is very impressive too!

The pickups sound very fat, i'd say they're probably overwound singlecoils. The in between positions (2 + 4) still get that glassy tone that we all know and love.

I can get some very convincing SRV and Hendrix tones using this guitar, but also it'll do the heavier sounds effortlessly. Yngwie and Blackmore tones are easy to cop with this guitar!

Hardware all seems solid, it has vintage Kluson style tuners which hold stable. Bridge seems pretty solid so far too.

Overall, i think this is an excellent guitar. Not just for the price, but generally! I own many other nice guitars from higher end brands, but I'll be using this guitar plenty for sure.

If you're not sure, i say just give it a shot and try one! For the price, it's really a no brainer!

strat sweetness

Beautiful guitar. Frets were level but needed some polishing time. Intonation was spot on, but action a touch higher than I like. One of my very favorite guitars now that I have it set up to my liking. The sound is really nice. I thought I would change out the Roswells, but they just sound too good to bother.

I may upgrade the tiny trem block later but for now I just have it decked.

Unbeatable quality at this price range

First of all, I must confess I was skeptical when buying this guitar because of its low price, however I decided that it was time to buy a Harley Benton after reading so many good reviews of other customers defending this brand for its quality. With that in mind, if you are also skeptical of buying a Harley Benton guitar I can assure you, by personal experience, that you have nothing to worry, you will have an amazing quality instrument for the money that you are paying.

The finish on this guitar is amazing. Neck feels really confortable and the blackwood fretboard was nicely treated, mine arrived in perfect condition with no need for oil. It was not dry at all. Pickups sounded warm, a little bit of high output but you can balance this by turning the tone pot for the high-end down a bit. My one complain, however, is with the tunners. They stay in perfect tune unless you use the tremolo system and if you abuse on the bends (it became an issue for me after a full step bend, the strings would go out of tune just a little). Other than that, just amazing overall.

Impressed with the sound for the price

I bought this guitar just to start learning the instrument and belive me, it is a steal for this price. Coming from keyboards, haven't had much experience with guitars, but the sound is pleasant, Roswell pickups are doing a great job and the guitar feels very comfy in the hands. A tad harsher sound than Fender Squier, but for some occasions it is a more desirable feature. Highly recommend for any begginer but even for advanced players also.

Excellent guitar for the price

The guitar arrived carefully packed. It looks great, without any visual defects. Before the first playing it needed to be a little set up, but nothing terrible. Body of the guitar nicely resonates, neck is comfortable, the sound is in this price range surprisingly good. For that price I have no complaints.

ST 62

overall great every harley benton i played or used has been amazing every bit as good as a guitar you would pay 3 times more

Plays great, some minor quality flaws

I was given my first guitar 31 years ago, and over that time I've owned a number of fender strat style guitars, and the times when I didn't have one I always missed the warm tones and comfortable feel. For me the strat, with it's particular features, the 5 way switch, out of phase sounds and tremolo that begged to be used but always takes your strings out of tune - these things always give me a warm feeling.

I've been without a strat or strat copy for some time, after moving to a Les Paul and a 335. I fancied a new one to noodle around on and play some Jimi style so I ordered this Harley Benton without thinking it would be that great. It arrived in 3 days, well packaged and safe with no dents or damage.

The guitar has a lovely finish, the action was a little high for me but easily corrected. THe intonation was spot on (the notes on the 12th fret were in tune with the open strings). The trem wasn't set up properly as the spring adjustments were screwed in all the way and the pivot screws were also screwed down tight. I set the guitar up and also lemon oiled the fretboard which was a little dry.

These are all minor things and something I do with every guitar I buy. THe strings were in good condition and didn't need changing, which is also something I usually do when buying a new guitar.

There is no fret buzz, all frets are smooth to play, no rough edges although I think I will polish them when I change the strings (again something I always do)

The scratchplate (plastic that hold the pickups and dials) wasn't cut perfectly and there were a couple of very minor flaws with it, but you'd need to look very closely and be very picky to notice them.

The tuners are ok and don't jump or lose tuning, although I may replace them one day, probably won't bother as they are good enough.

Sound is pretty lovely, especially cranked up and through a wah peddle. All in all I'm very happy, plays great and fast, feels good (good weight), stays in tune and works!

For this low price I'm amazed, really good guitar for the money. THanks for a lovely addition to my collection!

Wow

This is as good as my high end strat.

The set up was not as good as it could have been the tremolo was set up wrong. It was tilted the wrong way.

After I set it up and I was very impressed.I've been playing in bar bands since 1973

I plan on gigiing with it this week end I'll use it in a couple of sets and bring my main F Strat just incase something goes wrong.But I don't foresee any Very nice finish the pickups sound sweet.Love the neck profile.

It has a flatter playing surface than my Fender.

I would recommend this one for the working musician on a budget.