Harley Benton HBO-600TB 5-stars Reviews

For its money -- great

I instantly replaced the machine heads to Harley Benton set of locking tuners, and strings to Ernie Ball kit, had to polish frets a bit and oil the fretboard. Basically, did a maintenance cycle + a bit of upgrades. Solid sound, comfortable like no other acoustic I tried, hold tuning, ticks every box for me.

I don't regret buying it. nice sound

Hidden gem

I did not expect much from this, considering the price, but man was I wrong. This is easily better quality of sound than a lot of instruments 3x the price. Never regretted buying this one.

Love at first sight

Well, huge value for money. She is a beauty (I got the blue one), feels nice on my hands, sounds like a way more expensive acoustic (had another cheap acoustic, there is no comparison).

Now, there are some faults on the paint job and on the binding, but you really have to look out for them. And I don’t like the feeling of the tuners, which is reasonable given that I am used to the Grover tuners of my electric that cost almost as much as this guitar. But again, 96 euro.

Great value!

Try finding another guitar at this price.

Lot of Fun for Little Money

I use it as a spare guitar in my living room without getting worried if my two children will damage it! The handling is ok and the sound decent. The quality is poor but more than decent for the price. Go For It!!!

Wow....

Wow..... I thought I'll waste 109€ but WOW! From the box just tune a bit (surprise strings pretty good btw), and WOW! Action, bridge, octaves, sound, front board finish, bindings (just tiny scratch on upper neck bind).

Frets need polishing and fretboard scream for oil but that's normal for this price range. Bottom line this guitar is awesome! I have PRS, had Gibson for many years so I know what good peace sounds like, so I was like WTF is this?! Highly recommended!

A brilliant acoustic

Bright tone, brilliant sustain.

Neck is amazing.

Body size is a little small side so it may not sit well on your knee.

Great Value for the $

I own an Epiphone acoustic as well which I love but this guitar is worth the money I spent on it. Great beginner guitar or as a possible traveller's guitar as it is smaller I size

I would definitely recommend this!

Great balance of price and quality

Great value for money. It has an awesome unplugged sound or plugged it in the amplifier or console studio. Especially on recordings it does the job with great excellence and exceeds all expectations. The front panel maybe feels a bit thin to some and the roundback is kind of slippery if you have not encountered this kind of body before, but you get familiar with this in absolutely no time, Overall is an absolutely great affordable solution and money well spent.

Not bad at all

This is the third HB guitar I've bought and it's also the cheapest one as well. (I have the GS Travel-E Mahogany and the HBO-600TB's "brother", the classic nylon string HBO-850).

Out of the box, looked well enough and even seemed to be in tune already (it was, relatively, but not to concert pitch). A quick retune and I gave it a go. The frets aren't dressed as nicely

as the other HB were when they arrived. I will look to that later. The worst fault was the neck relief, although that was simply down to truss rod adjustment, which fixed it. Again, the other HBs didn't need attention. Some say that Harley Bentons can be a bit of "pot luck" whether you get a Mercedes or a Lada!! The two bad points I listed don't make it a bad guitar. With a little attention this guitar will be fine, perhaps a bit more care at the factory?? . I was lucky with the other two anyway, and to be fair I've heard quality complaints about the expensive brands too, so no huge deal.

Honestly, you cannot beat the price and when set up nicely the guitar is surprisingly good. The pickup works well, I imagine most players of this type of instrument use some amplification and I'm not disappointed with it. Unplugged it's "very good" rather than "outstanding" - but for heaven's sake, at under €90 I'd be justified in saying it's incredible! I will be changing the strings, the factory ones work but I suspect my usual brand will be better. I'll dress the frets at the same time then it WILL be a great little guitar.

Extra comment: Three days after the unboxing. I haven't changed the strings or given the frets a "beauty treatment" yet, but I've played it a lot since it arrived and I have to say I'm getting more fond of it all the time. A cheap guitar just shouldn't be this good.