Harley Benton TE-40 TBK Deluxe Series

Electric Guitar

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2 years ago

Looks amazing, needed a little work on set up though.

A beautiful black tele that looks amazing. Sounds and plays well. Only issue was the action had to be lowered considerably and the intonation set. Worth buying!

2 years ago

AWESOME for the money

This is a cheap guitar. It's a modern twist on the Tele with arch top, thinned edges, bellycut on the back, through body strings and a Gibson style bridge. Pickups are .... not the best but okay. Finish, frets etc all good.

2 years ago

Love it

For this price you cannot go wrong. Absolutely love it and the hum buckers sound amazing. 100% recommend

2 years ago

Perfect for beginners, minor issues

Love the smooth neck, very easy to quickly jump between positions. No harsh edges on the frets. It is a very beautiful guitar, too. The sound is also nice, though I'm not picky. It's also fairly light which is quite nice and reduces the strain. Build quality seems overall very good but I have an issue with fret buzz. I get a buzz when I play the lowest 2 strings anything more than gently-to-assertively regardless of what note they are on. I maxed out the action for these strings but this still did not solve it. It would be nice if there were a way to individually adjust action rather than raise either side of the bridge. Overall, very nice and worth the price, but the issue with fret buzz is quite annoying.

2 years ago

it looks great

all i had to do is lower the action on the bass E string and i was good to go

2 years ago

Telecaster

Fantastic price playability and sound would recommend to anyone to beat this price and quality.

2 years ago

Perfect guitar for beginners

Also I made some studio recordings with this guitar, and the final sound was pretty good for the guitar with this price.

2 years ago

Its not a good guitar at all

I bought 2 guitars from HB

This guitar is not good at all. Sharp frets. Neck feels cheap. Pickups are garbage. Electronics suck. Right out the box it had issues. Pickup selector wont activate the bridge pickup. Waste of money. Spend the same amount and get a squire

2 years ago

I prepared everything for the game myself

I'm happy with the tool, but... there are some comments.

1. I connected there is no sound in the bridge position:(

I fixed it myself, there was no contact and bent it.

2. the height of the strings is somewhat high near the nut

I also fixed it myself, there are plenty of different files :) and naturally polished the frets

And so everything suits me. Thank you.

2 years ago

Good base but needs some work

So I bought this guitar by the advice of a friend. The guitar itself is a beauty, the sound is not bad for that price range though a bit weak for my taste. The thin E string sits right in the bridge but then touches the edge of the bridge base before reaching the body. I'm not sure if this is a problem but it made me worry a bit. Also, the tuners can't stay in tune (have to set them again even after bending). I'm not sure but they feel like plastic. I'm going to buy new tuners as soon as possible, so I can't actively use this guitar right now. One of the tuners came with a broken screw but this probably happened during shipping. The tuner holds somehow but who knows for how long.

Overall, the guitar is fine. The tuners really need a rework if this isn't only a problem for my specific guitar.

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Technical Data

  • Manufactured by Harley Benton
  • Released in 2005
  • Average price : $149
  • Body: Basswood
  • Top: Ash
  • Bolt-on neck: Maple
  • Fingerboard: Pau Ferro
  • Fingerboard radius: 305 mm
  • 22 Frets
  • Scale: 648 mm
  • Nut width: 43 mm
  • Dual action truss rod
  • Pickups: 2 Roswell HAF AlNiCo V humbuckers
  • 1 Volume knob and 1 tone knob
  • 3-Way pickup selector switch
  • Die-cast machine heads
  • Tune-O-Matic string-thru-body bridge
  • Gold-plated deluxe hardware
  • Colour: Translucent black
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