Harley Benton HBO-850BK 5-stars Reviews

In love with this guitar

When I first played this guitar, in fact, it was my teacher's guitar, I couldn't believe my...hands :-)

Next day I ordered one for me, in a different colour. Amazing guitar, value for money, amazing sense, amazing neck, too easy to play, amazing body, too comfortable, cool sound. The factory set up was perfect regarding my tastes.

All my musician friends, but all of them, when they saw and played with this guitar, asked me about the price. When they heard ithe price they could believe that it didn't cost 250-300 euro but just 100euro.

I would buy the same in a different colour.

Why did I wait so long?

I've had my eye on these guitars for years and was hesitant to buy ,being put off by some poor reviews ,but I finally succumbed,

So what did I get?

A guitar that punches way above its price,I've owned a solid top guild dreadnought that didn't sound as sweet!

The set up was perfect sub2mm string height,super level fretwork,

Immaculate Finnish,

Slick machine head's,plus a nice sounding preamp.

I've only dropped 1star off this guitar for the sharp unfinished fret ends ,which was an easy fix,.

The only thing I would advise anyone buying this guitar to do is don't judge it's quality until you get rid of the weird strings it come fitted with! 10s my ear! I fitted Harley Benton coated 10s ,and gave the nut a quick dress with one of those small welding nozzle cleaning file kits you can pick up for 5 euros!.

Was I just fortunate to get a good one ,seems not because I bought my wife the blue one and it's just as good,if only I'd tried one before I'd have saved myself a fortune .

My wife loves her Harley Benton

Very please with this guitar. The finish is beautiful and the setup works very well. Looking forward to my next purchase.

WAR MACHINE

This acoustic guitar is a war machine, every time i go out this baby comes with me... beautiful acoustic sound, good resonance and bright. i recommend... 5 STARS

Stand up but quality

A superb guitar - set up nicely - plays brilliant - As with any round-back - it is best played standing - or maybe that is just me finding it awkward to keep in place on my lap

Update - I replaced the strings with a lighter set - many months ago - I play it 'as is' no electrics - into a mic and as this instrument matures it sounds incredible

Great guitar!

I'be been playing with this guitar for a long time now and the only thing i can say is that I really love it! The acoustic sound is amazing and i'm in love with the look of it! the only negative point probably is when you attach it to the external speaker/amplifier, in that case the sound is not the best but definitely it's a great product for the price.

It's my preferred guitar. Very nice quality and sound.

Good guitar for such a low price

It was the first guitar that I bought many years ago, I still have it, it still works. It had many problems but nothing I couldn't overcome.

I'm not a massive acoustic player, but for when I'm feeling its charm this guitar does wonders.

A nice clear, rich sound, not too boomy like a dreadnaught, no harsh top end.

I really liked the neck profile, I felt it was close to an electric and the radius of the fingerboard was nice and comfortable.

Quality wise, it came set up near perfect straight out of the box, no finish flaws, only thing I would consider changing would be the strings ( obviously) and the tuners.

A decent guitar for the price.

Very Comfortable to play.

Only minor setup required (bridge saddle lowered by 1 mm) to achieve the perfect set up.

Very good Value for money

For this amound of money its extremly PERFECT

Delighted with my new Guitar. It looks amazing and I am using it most of the time now instead of my other guitars. So comfortable to play.

evgenij

guitar good quality. order processing and delivery of excellent (very quickly) Thank you.

Best Guitar

I bought this to learn the guitar and music theory and to do covers of songs.

It came with strings equipped, tuned, and very sexy. I bought strings and a bunch of picks just in case. The shipping (To Bulgaria) was very fast, around 6 days, and the tracking was immediate and often updated. I love my guitar!

There are a few youtube vids that showcase the guitar, just google the brand and model.

The only minus I can think of is that it came without a manual for how to set it up as an electric guitar. There is a panel on the guitar with sliders and buttons but I have no Idea what to do if i wanted to use is as an electric guitar to shred. I guess I should take it to the local music shop and ask or look it up on reddit.

I used it avidly for 5 or 6 months but then I stopped not because anything was wrong but because I got into uni and it's no longer my priority to study guitar. As soon as I finish uni and get back home I will focus on guitaring again I promise.

Recommended.

Awesome guitar for the money!

I've owned a couple of Ovation guitars, and wanted to buy this for my son, because his Ovation Applause guitar was broken. I was very impressed with this guitar. It definetely has the look, feel and sound of an Ovation. It's so close, right down to the headstock shape that I don't know how they get away with it! Fit and finish is great. Binding is nice and clean. Tuners work great. I actually sold the last Ovation I had because the action was so bad, but the action on this is great. Very easy to play and even solo with. To get a guitar that looks, plays, & sounds this nice, PLUS has a tuner all for under $100 is unbelievable. The only cons I can think of are: 1. The stock strings aren't very good. 2. It seems slightly smaller than the real deal 3. The "snowflake" inlays don't really seem to match the autumn leaves rosette. 4. The leaf rosettes are dry and a little brittle & 5. It has no built in tuner with the pickup system but hey...for under $100 bucks I don't feel I can really complain. Lots of guitar for very small price

GUITAR

VERY GOOD IN SOUND AND QUALITY.

SHIPPING ALSO VERY FAST