Harley Benton TE-40 TBK Deluxe Series 5-stars Reviews

terrific quality for the price

Not gigged this yet but it sounds so good and looks impressive so its only a matter of time.

I play Uk Indie and ska tunes mostly in a cover band and the occassional function with other groups and this is ideal sound wise for what i need. Build quality is above and beyond what the price suggests - beautiful finish, plays easy and seems to stay in tune well even when given a little bit af abuse.

its the second Harley Benton ive bought and will buy more.

Free yourself of the headstock snobbery about what name is written up there and try this out.... its a very playable and well crafted guitar by any standard.

Could do better on electonics and nobs

I absoloutely love the guitar, but the electronics are just ok. You have to setup the input jack himself. That could be done by the staff. And the pick up control nob came right off. Shame. But over all, the guitar is great, more than great.

Nice guitar

I was pleasantly surprised nothing bad to say about the car other than that I may put in a different neck pickup but that is just a matter of choice overall great guitar for the money probably have to pay three times more in another brand

Just lovely. A lot of guitar for the money!

Played guitar for the best part of 50 years. Took a punt on this after watching a couple of online reviews- I was not disappointed. Arrived in 3 days to the UK, Excellent communication.

The finish is almost perfect with a couple of tiny dust specks under the lacquer, but for this money who cares? Hardware seems more than up to the job, tuners work fine.

The strings needed changing out, which I would of done any way, the fret board needed oiling and the frets polishing. The action was pretty good out of the box, but there was a little fret buzz that was quickly sorted. The neck has a great feel and is very playable.

The Wilknson pups are fine, but not quite to my taste - I usually end up upgrading on all my guitars. These guitars are a modders dream.

In conclusion, a lovely guitar which I would have no hesitation in gigging. The price v quality ratio is unbelievable. The only question now is which Harley Benton model next!

wow

this guitar for the price seems unbelievable, this is mind boggling.

how can you make a guitar this good for this price.I'm amazed.i have nothing bad to say about this guitar.recommend to all

Excellent instrument for the price!

I'm a hobbyist guitarist on a budget and over the years I have bought quite a few inexpensive electric guitars manufactured in Asia and I can say without a doubt that this is by far the best one.

I'm extremely impressed with the neck setup. The frets are properly leveled and polished with a perfect finish on the edges. Not a single fret buzz in the entire neck.

The electronics are also great, no noises/humming of any kind. The toggle switch, pots and jack are of good quality.

Finally, it's worth mentioning that I live in Brazil and the packaging where it was delivered was just perfect and from ordering to getting it in my hands took only 10 days!

Great guitar for starting out.

Bought this guitar thinking it wouldn't be good at all. But I was pleasantly surprised by the build quality and sound of this guitar.

It looks lovely too. The Wilkinson pups are nice and sparkly.

And the neck is nice and smooth.

For the price, it's a really good guitar.

beautiful twist on the Tele

Beautiful looking guitar

Excellent finish

High quality D'Addario strings - a personal favourite

Sounds great, nice twist on the Tele style guitar

Thinner and more streamlined than my other tele-style guitar, lighter also.

Nice sustain

Fretboard a bit dry, will sort that easily when I do my first string replacement

Very happy overall

Great guitar, Great look, Great buy..

Just recieved this along with my HB ST62 and must admit I'm really impressed with both. A fantastic buy at under £240.

Not much to say really but WOW what a good looked in real life, better than pictures by a long way.

Everything about it is fab not a bad word against it. (The tonal range is not as good as the ST, but that's understandable). In fact, if your after two guitars, these are the babies, forget the L.P. and be a bit different, even for a pro, a pickup change to your desired choice and you have it, all for not much ££, ¤¤, $$. Really, (in my opinion only) the days of having to spend 1k plus to get a really good guitar/sound is way gone.

For the adventurous out there and with the gift of YouTube there's no need.

Cons - nothing

Pros- everything.

Just buy it....see for yourself.

bang for the buck

I feel like I should give two separate notes - firstly in terms of value for money and secondly - ultimately as a guitar. This guitar definitely excels in the former not necessarily the latter. So I'm giving it max in total , because it's a very good value, but only 3 in quality, because after all - it's £100 range guitar and has it's flaws.

The guitar came approximately set up. It was playable out of the box, but in order to reach it's full potential it required intonation correction and slight action regulation.

Pros:

1) Build quality & finishing - basically 3 times more expensive guitars are often made worse. Slim and comfortable to play neck & head, well finished body.

2) Wilkinson pickups are surprisingly good. The guitar sounds really nice.

3) Electric work is done properly, good screening, no humming, switch and knobs work just fine.

Cons:

1) Actions is a bit higher than I'd like. Can't really lower it without experiencing fret buzzing.

2) There's something fishy about the bridge, I'm really unsure how it's suppose to keep firmly saddles with set intonation in place, at least one (supporting G-string )is ever slightly moving after longer playing which is a bit irritating. My other Harley Benton (SC-550) has tune-o-matic with some sort of a gill to keep saddle screws in place.

Overall it's a decent guitar and I'm genuinely surprised you can buy a guitar for this money with such playability factor.

Beautiful guitar

The guitar is striking with the translucent black finish. The overall construction and finish is excellent. I did have to level the frets above the 12th fret and the nut slots were filed a tad too high resulting in slightly sharp notes in the 1st and 2nd fret area (open chords had some dissonance). Once I leveled the frets, deepened the slots and did a setup she was ready to roll. The Wilkinson humbuckers sound very good and the tuners are smooth and tight.The guitar is also very light with a low profile body. For the money this guitar cannot be touched.

Best bang for the buck!

I am a guitar pickup maker and needed a guitar to do pickups testing.

Pros:

+ The quality is very good considering its low price tag.

+ Fret job is done nicely, no sharp edges or uneven frets.

+ Finishing is quite pretty.

Cons:

- No logo emboss/etch on its neck plate (not a big deal actually).

- Wilkinson pickups are decent but you can always upgrade them.

- Just needed to lower the bridge a bit and it's all good.

I mess around with guitar for living. I know good stuff when I see one and this is it, the best cheap guitar i'd ever have!

Great tele for a great price

First off this guitar plays great and looks like it cost 5 times what I paid for it. Intonation was a bit off, requiring a few truss rod adjustments and bridge tweaks. Frets are smooth and the neck plays really nice. Comparable to my Fender MIM telecaster. Pickups are a little lacking, but I planned on swapping those anyways.

TE-40

You just can't go wrong with HB guitars within this price range. Mine had OK setup right out of the box and D'Addario string set is a nice bonus. Neck feels really smooth, the pickups produce good fat tone with low noise, they've got pretty high gain, I don't even have to turn Hi-Z mode in my interface on. In conclusion, a friend of mine already wants to sell his DLX American Strat and get a HB one.

From Russia with love =)

Fantastic!

A Tele shaped guitar with Wilkinson humbuchers, what's not to like!

No setup out of the box it sounds and plays great, I will tweak it a little, but that's just me.

Great neck, smooth fret ends and good finish, feels 5x the price.

Basswood body and maple neck ring great unplugged, and, for you people that sneer at basswood, Musicman guitars use basswood and you pay 10x the price for them.

Looks great, plays great and sounds great, therefore value for the money it's off the spectrum!!

You can't go wrong with this guitar

This guitar did not meet my expectations, it exceeded them by some distance. In the photo's it looked nice, but in the flesh it really is a fantastic looking guitar. Once again HB have delivered a product that bears little relationship to its price point. Sure, some of the components are not top of the line, but more than adequate for the job. Out of the box the guitar was in tune, action set up was great. I had to adjust the intonation on the 2nd and 4th strings, but the rest were in good shape. No sharp fret ends, the neck relief fine. There's a slight mark (indentation) on the fretboard around the 19th/21st frets, but otherwise no problems. From the first moment I strummed the guitar, unplugged, it sounded good acoustically helped no doubt by the thru body strings. The sustain is great. Plugged in it can sound really dirty and nasty or clean. It's getting most of my playing time currently. Really pleased with this purchase.

How do they do it..!!!

Another great priced addition to a studio inviroment... This great looking Tele style guitar sits and sounds well with the real thing..!! We have many guitars in the studio and this one is picked up the most for its looks... AAA

Unbelievable

Was looking for a nice Tele style guitar, and this Harley Benton deluxe is the business.

Unbelievable quality for the price, after a quick setup and tune this baby just rocked, great selection of tones, very hard to find faults, looks stunning plays very well. You can go far wrong.

Great For Rock

Had this a while now and can still not believe the value. It is a very usable guitar for almost a toy price.

Finish is perfect and it looks very good.

Set up is just about perfect for me. I have been playing about 45 years now (although I'm still rubbish) and do all work including re fretting myself but I have not yet made any adjustments to this guitar. I do not remember buying a new guitar, including Fenders, from a bulk internet supplier and not having to do something to it pretty much straight away.

Machine heads are good and hold tune well.

The pickups are really good for use with overdrive pedals at domestic volume levels. You can get a really good rock/crunchy blues tone. The downside of this is the clean tone is a bit muddy, not terrible by any means but not as impressive.

I ordered this guitar as a xmas gift so I haven't had much of a play with it.

I am a beginner learning to play using rocksmith. I Tested this out and it worked perfectly.

I have also taken the guitar to someone else that plays and let them test it through a fender amp.

The guitar sounded very good , nice and crisp but heavy when you want it.

The overall set up of the guitar was good it didn't seem like anything needed altering.

The paint finish is beautiful, very shiny black but in the right light you can see the wood grain through the finish. Although it does show up fingerprints badly.

The knobs and switches feel satisfactory, Could be better but could be a lot worse.

All in all I feel the guitar is very good, not just for the price but good full stop.

It feels just as good as my charvel Sk-3, and Ibanez RG321 That cost a lot more than this one.

MIght look at getting one of these in the future to add to my others.