Harley Benton TE-52 NA Vintage Series 5-stars Reviews

Real telecaster sound with tenth the price

I dreamed a long time that one day I'll get one. Now I have it. My expectations were high, because everybody are giving such good reviews. And I'm not disappointed in any way. I like vintage stuff, guitars included. Also, I'm long time fan of HB guitars in general. And this is one of HB best achievements in T style section, I think.

Only downside worth mentioning - tuners aren't good. They look great on this guitar, but aren't smooth. Guitar feels great with those as well, but seems odd that such a good quality guitar has sloppy tuners.

Harley Benton people should consider swapping those for Kluson vintage tuners, for example. Vintage, not modern looking stuff. Don't care if this adds 50 or even 100 euros to price, I would've still bought it.

Belting Guitar

Arrived yesterday Blemish free and set up nicely.

Looks amazing in the Flesh a really pretty guitar it plays and feels excellent these latest models have really come on in Quality

Recommended cannot be faulted especially at this price

Awesome Guitar!

I have a fender telecaster modern player, and this Harley Benton T-52 is at least as good. I like some things about it better. I do recording with this guitar.

I got this for the standard pick up placement and I was not disappointed, this guitar is just wonderful. I only needed to lower the bridge a tiny bit and it’s perfect. I never had to touch the intonation. Just perfect. Perfect finish, perfect pickups, perfectly straight neck. No sharp frets, with great harmonics. Wonderful sustain from the Ash wood body. The neck feels excellent too. With satin and not gloss my hand moves freely!

I can’t think of any way I would ever want to mod this guitar. I will keep it as is for as long as it’s mine. It’s kind of perfect. Two thumbs up! Five stars.

Just listen to it...

At YouTube , Steve’s Slide and Jazz

Steven

absolutely satisfied

Unpacked it, tuned it, and voila. Plays well out of the box.

The good:

- intonation is almost perfect out of the box, I won't even hurry with the adjustment.

- action is perfect to my taste (of course you might want to adjust it).

- the neck is comfortable (I know it is also a personal thing) and thanks god it is not glossy.

- the sounds are typical tele sounds, the pickups are nice and pretty hot.

- the pots and the switch feel and work all right. But time will tell

- Everything feels sturdy, and I can't find any serious construction problems or damages.

The bad (not really bad, just meh):

- Tuners are a bit meh, but they do the job.

- Stock strings are meh, but they are stock strings.

- Frets might need a little polishing, but nothing serious.

I believe, it will be a perfect work horse of mine.

Superb value

I bought this as a cheap travel guitar as did not want to take my best guitars away with me. However, although it is cheap it is an incredible guitar for the money. Minimal set up required and sound all round pretty decent. Although I bough this rather than the cheaper versions mainly because of the upgraded pickups, I may still change these at some point but otherwise nothing to complain about. It is heavy, but I like that.

Very good!

Regarding the tone build and looks it awesome! The only thing that bugged me is that i needed to remove the knobs and pickguard to remove the plastic from underneath the pickup and tone and volume knobs.

HARLEY BENTON TE52

I ordered this guitar because of all the excellent reviews it had received. It arrived well packed with the case I had also ordered and even though the outside packing was damaged on the inside items were spot on. The guitar itself is a dream, with the finish and the playing excellent after a minor set up.

Could not be happier. Definitely will buy another Harley Benton.

Thank you Harley Benton

Great guitar, changed tuners and put brass saddles,, great telecaster sound

Didn't need to upgrade!

I purchased this expecting that I would upgrade it as soon as I got it. But out of the box it is really great! I bought a replacement nut, but I'm happy with the way it plays and the way it sounds. I expected to upgrade the nut, the string trees, the tuning keys, maybe the saddles. But I've decided at least for now, that it's plays great the way it arrived. The sound of the pickups is excellent too. I highly recommend the TE-52.

Tele, Go for it.

The finish looks very good, especially, the neck.

The guitar sounds is very good, but is very heavy to carry.

One thing I don't like is that the fret buzz on the 4th and 5th string on fret 2 to 5.

Has become my favorite guitar.

I bought this guitar because of the positive reviews and the price. I upgraded the nut with a graph tech nut. The saddles with brass saddles and the tuners with kluson staggered tuners. That's it I'm done. I love the neck. It is a bit chunkier then a fender neck, which I really like. The guitar is heavy but that's fine with me.

The guitar speaks to me, and it responds so we'll. It is now my go-to guitar.

Thank you. Harley Benton.

Excelent all around Tele!!!

Having a fender player stratocaster all i have to say is that the guitar feels the same in quality. Only the tuners are worse but they do their job just great. Excellent Decision and Bargain all around.

very good for the price!!!

Great Value

Very good guitar for the price. Build quality was very good, the strings were not the best but once you do a fret polish and add new strings the guitar plays perfectly. Unbeatable for the price, a little setup work and its very good.

Blown away!

Looks and sounds great, I'm really seriously impressed!

Best Low cost tele

I am totally happy with this purchase

This is the best lower costing telecaster ive ever played...amazing cost to quality product with nothing comparable in this price range

some minor set up issues and I may replace the tuners down the road but no major complaints at all

My 4th HB

Amateur player Greece,

My 4th HB and the heaviest, 4,5 kg.

Body: 4 chunks of wood, matched grain, perfect finish!

Neck: Very fine finish, looks great feels great, minor fret problems, skunk stripe high up towards the head not totally leveled with the neck

Body neck joint: some little tiny gap, will be resolved later.

Nut: Plastic. Does the job, well cut.

Tuners: very nice!

Pick ups: Fine sounding, needed some height adjustment.

Knobs: very nice, responsive.

3 way switch: positive feeling, black plastic cover looks a little cheap.

Bridge: very nice! possibility for a top string load!

Saddles: A bit too wide they touch each other and don't move freely for intonation, just a little sanding resolved the problem.

Tune ability: came almost tuned, holds tuning very well.

Intonation: came almost intonated, very easy intonated after sanding the saddles.

Quality: minor quality problems, pick guard slot for neck pick up a little too wide cut. Machine oil marks to the neck, body neck joint, not so tight.

Over all: great guitar, plays and feels great, sustains for ever, great typical tele sounds, versatile.

A splendid guitar looks nice, feels nice, plays and sounds perfect.

Already ordered my fifth guitar.

Proper Tele

Feels, sounds and plays like an instrument several times its cost. Real vintage vibe. Holds tune really well. Only downside is its weight... it's really heavy! ...heavier than an SC550 I bought a while back. The weight probably adds to the sustain which is remarkable for a T type. A solid guitar in every sense of the word!

This is an amazing guitar. The neck pickup sounds the best, creamy and full. The bridge is super bright, cuts right through any mix, some might find it too shrill, but you can roll off the tone too. Anyway, it really fits my needs in a rock band with a wide dynamic range with two guitars.

I bought it to relic it, and have successfully done so. I also shielded the cavities with copper tape, and the hum, which you inevitably get with single coils, is really minimal now.

The neck is beafy, I love it. Plays really easily. My bandmates prefer it over my Fender Jazzmaster (sad face 'cause that was my favorite until I got this)!!

Cons:

- Rough frets that needed to be polished

- Pretty heavy - 4.5kgs

Pros:

- Gorgeous finish

- Awesome sound - especially neck pickup

- Price