Harley Benton TE-20 SB Standard Series

So much for the money its crazy

Beautiful finish Solid heavy body Solid neck with jumbo frets Even the hardware seems upgraded from other guitars in this price range I feel like im playing a much more expensive guitar when i play this

Absolutely great value and quality

I hummed and hawed over which guitar to buy , always had a soft spot for sunburst but wanted to try something not a strat style . Happy I decided on the hb te-20 . Very good sound quality , fret finish was great , nice playability, the angle of the inner cut makes hitting high notes much easier , has a lovely finish on it. Overall very happy with quality for price

Great cost-benefit

It's my first electric guitar, and everything looks really good. The sound is clear and the finishing is pretty. I can imagine a best cost-benefit guitar.

For the price, nothing beats it

I ordered this guitar some time ago, still have it, the only thing I changed were the tuners, for some locking ones, otherwise great guitar, bang for the buck.

Great tele!

I purchased this TE-20 to make a "Keith Richards" Micawber style guitar with only 5 strings but after doing a couple fine tuning things to this guitar I might have to order another one because this plays soooo good. Love it!!

Could do better

On first opening, the body finish is excellent. I bought this guitar as a project to upgrade it and get to know the workings of an electric guitar. I picked the sunburst model to emulate the Fender Tele that I owned back in the 80's.. On closer inspection I found a chip out of the end of the head and the bridge pup had some coil windings exposed from the casing, however this did not affect the sound. The frets were not finished with sharp endings and the frets were rough when bending the strings. Strings 1 and 2 had a terrible buzz. The tone switch was useless as well. Basically, the guitar was unplayable on receipt, which is not good, even at this price.

After fixing these issues and replacing the nut ( soft plastic) with bone, the guitar sounds fine with a good setup of action and intonation. The poplar body, though not well rated for tone, sounds fine for the average player. It is a nice looking guitar but was not properly inspected or setup initially.

My recommendation: buy the model a few steps above the standard series to obviate the necessity of extra repairs. I presume they will be better setup and inspected.

guitar brings much more than expected

when i saw it in the catalogue i recommended Harley Benton TE-20 to some of my students... when first student got the guitar i realized that this is just a great instrument and i decided that i should buy one aswell... when i got the instrument i was amazed how good the instrument is according to the price... TE-20 is a very versatile guitar... the balance and playability of the instrument is just great so i decided i will use it professionally on concerts and recordings... since then i use the guitar frequently on concerts and recordings... i recorded several jazz fusion albums with this guitar and played it on many concerts without any changes on the instrument...

for the better picture here are some links of albums that i recorded with this guitar:

this guitar in action on video of one of the concerts i played with the west african group mamadou diabate & percussion mania

https://youtu.be/I2xAL8sFITg

Not bad but not great!

For the price it's an amazing purchase!

The guitar feels nice, has a bice weight to it, the neck is nice, great glossy finish, the pickups, fretboard, tuners are ok for the price.

It all works, for starters I think it's a good buy, if you want a cheap telecaster (like I did) just to grab it a feew times and not spend to much money for that purpose it does the job.

Not stoked but happy with the guitar!

WOW!

I was sceptical about quality at that price, but I can honestly say I’m so impressed with this guitar. Everything about it is worth every penny and more! Will definitely buy another.

Harley Benton TE-20 SB Standard Series

Pleasantly surprised with this buy. Overall sound is good, from a cost of less than 100 euro professional sound can't be expected but is a perfect buy for beginners/upgrading.