Harley Benton TE-20 SB Standard Series 5-stars Reviews

Was amazed how this played

Put it into open E and started playing with a brass slide. I was a little bit amazed by how nice it felt to play and I found the tones I wanted immediately.

Amazing, for this price, or even twice this price

No quality issues, turned up, tuned it up, played it every day since, without any issues. I record it via Scarlett Solo into Ableton Live, and it's just a perfectly fine guitar. I love it.

Great Guitar for the Price .

. I ordered the TE-20 Tele Copy ,after reading some good Reviews , This was just for use in my home Studio , & at such a low price ,thought if it was Rubbish .Then what the Heck . WOW , So surprised at the Looks / Instant Playability , & Even the Low Budget Pickups are Acceptable , The Neck is Smooth & the Frets are nicely Edged , far better than a Recent F / Squier ,Strat i Bought , Overall no Complaints ,Wish when i was Young & starting out in the 1960s ,there had been Decent affordable Guitars like this around ,

Good tele type instrument

I bought this to convert to humbucker neck bridge single, tele. I sourced mini humbucker and scratch plate and made the changes. It was what I hoped it would've; a good guitar made better. However in the time it took to source the bits etc I found a Revelation tele which was already humbucker, single and better suited so I sold the Harley Benton. However I have photos I took during the mods which remind me that this was a well made guitar.

Nice nice,

These are Great Guitars, I would put these against any MIM, MIJ, you name it, these are right up there at the top.

Harley Benton TE-20 SB

great service and great guitar for the money, packaged really well. very pleased.

HB TE-20 Sunburst

I love this guitar already! It took 7 days to get to Ireland, the finish is perfect and it looks great, same for the neck, I really like those skinny frets , they make it so smooth to play, neck is a good size too not too big, not too small, after a fret polish and a setup it plays great although the bridge pickup is real bright the tone control takes care of that. Ive owned a few Fenders and was not as happy with the quality of them as I am with this, (thats why I sold them, but I'll keep this) maybe change the bridge pickup, not much else to say, great guitar great price, I love it,, don't hesitate in grabbing one for yourself

hb te-20

its a very good starter guitar

its sounds greet and the finish of the guitar is beautiful when you see it you cant see the difference between a fender tele and the harley benton tele

At this price unbeatable

I bought this guitar as a birthday present for a friend of mine. The quality for this price is unbelievable and unbeatable. I made a very, very happy friend and I have no regrets.

If you want to see whether a Telecaster is your thing, do not hesitate as this is the cheapest and best way to try one.

Great guitar! Legend! Charismatic! Great workmanship! Super! I am satisfied!

Great guitar! Legend! Charismatic! Great workmanship! Super! I am satisfied!

Plays great, can't go wrong for the money.

I have been playing this now for a few months. No issues and I am happy with it. I like it better than some other more expensive Tele's I've played.

Very good sounding and playing guitar

Besides frets and fret board needing cleaned,this is an awesome guitar.I can't believe how good it sounds and plays.Very glad I bought this.Well worth the money.

Awesome instrument

I'm a beginner, so I've looked for the cheapest telecaster guitar to play Rocksmith. After I placed the order I started to look reviews and was amazed by how everyone praised this model.

When I got it I just fell in love. Very good build quality and finishing.

It lightweight and sounds very good. Will strongly recommend this model for all my friends. Totally worth spending money on.

The delivery a bit spoiled shopping experience. The first guitar was lost by DHL somehow, but second one arrived over the weekend.

a telecaster

its a tele, its so absurd that people complain that the finish isnt real, who cares. it looks beautiful and the pickups are very twangy. i gave it a little set up and restring if you want some faults that you get on many guitars.

Incredible budget Telecaster

About a month and a half ago I bought this instrument, and I love it to bits. It sounds terrific, plays like butter (although it did require a thorough setup) and looks stunning. There is however one issue in particular that sticks out like a sore thumb to me and is the only reason it loses not one, but two stars, and that is the tuners. I passionately dislike them. They manage to feel sticky and too loose at the same time, and cost me way longer than reasonable to get my guitar in tune, by giving a lot of gnarly resistance and being too loose a fit between cogs at the same time. I plan to upgrade to better tuners ASAP myself.

Other than this issue, it is an absolute dream for the price. Everything just works, I have a real hard time telling it apart (soundwise) from more expensive Teles (a good thing) and I hope it will stay this way for many more months or even years to come.

TLDR: For the price, I doubt there is anything better you can get. I cannot recommend it more, but you will have to deal with annoying tuners.

So now that I have upgraded to better tuners and played it for a couple months more, I can say that this review still stands. I've even done some work under the pickup cover and to the frets and found a pleasant surprise: The neck pickup cavity is routed to fit a humbucker, if that's something you're into. The bridge cavity, however, is not. Also I've found that there isn't a whole lot of room underneath the potentiometers in case you would like to add push/pull functionality, the parts I installed just barely fit. Really that's all, it still is a good budget instrument, though quite heavy, and I don't regret buying it.

What!

It looks so good!

Perfect finish, just hang it on the wall and look at it ;-)

Came poorly set up, except for intonation, but after some adjustments it now plays very nicely with a very low action. There are no tools included and you need a couple of umbraco for the neck and bridge. Took me less that 15 minutes to set it up properly

It sounds nice, to not exactly like telecaster but something a bit close to. I like it and I will definitely play it. Amazing value for money

just great

feels good, sounds good, cost good

Great first guitar

I've only recently started learning to play guitar so understand that this from a beginner's point of view so I will definitely get things wrong every now and then.

As a first guitar with a small budget, this guitar is wonderful. I've seen videos of people having trouble with the "hump" in the Telecaster shape but I haven't had any problems with it (I might do when I get better but who knows).

One of the things I love about it is the sound is amazing despite the fact that the amp I have isn't the best. I got a pedal to handle the distortion since the amp is clearly weaker in that aspect and the guitar really performs with my BOSS DS-1.

I have some issues getting the exact sound that I want for certain songs (e.g. NIB by Black Sabbath) but that's most likely down to me being crap at playing as well as being surrounded by a myriad of settings with minimal knowledge about them.

I'm not sure how normal it is with electric guitars that when I put them on distortion (regardless of pedal or amp) and turn the volume on the guitar all the way, strumming the EAD strings makes a screeching sound. I'm probably playing wrong which is what I think.

I make sure to use the pickups when I turn on the distortion because it packs a punch, definitely one of my favourite settings to turn on.

In terms of the build quality, the neck is smooth and I can easily run my hand up and down it without an issue. The body is gorgeous, I never get tired of looking at it. The tuners work really well, I'm still figuring out the best way to keep the guitar in tune.

Overall, it's a wonderful little guitar, especially if you're a beginner and don't have a huge budget like me. The sound is so much better than I expected. The guitar itself looks and feels great to play.

Absolutely recommend

No frills

What can I say about this guitar? Well, let's just say that everyone should own one of these...for £77 this is a no brainer as far as I'm concerned. Lovely slim neck, a well finished body, and decent electronics for a budget price, it's all good. I've bought 2 of these now and they both play fantastically well.

great guitar

bought this guitar for someone , when it got here i was amazed at the overall finish , it looks great , i am used to guitars with binding on the neck but i loved the feel of this guitar , it has a slim neck and the radius is very appealing to someone like me who's used to slim Jackson necks , the person i bought it for is a beginner and will have no problem playing it , for the money it was well worth the price and i would not hesitate buying another Harley Benton guitar if this is the lower priced model as it is fantastic quality and sounds great.