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

Best bang for the buck!

I've been using this as my go-to guitar for the last 2 months! The quality of the built is way above the 129 price range and even when recording it the pickups do a excellent job in capturing full frequencies!

The neck is a pleasure to play and needed. The action on the one I' e received needed no adjusts at all on the guitar, what I was surprised.

This guitar would be a more than excellent choice for a firt timer or as a second/optional guitar!

TE-52 hands on review

You get far more than what you pay for. 4.3kg, fat neck, great pickups, came almost perfectly set up, plays like a dream.... The best bang for the buck guitar you can get from Harley Benton? or was that the CST-24 I bought last time... hell they both are :)

Price performance ratio is perfect. Nice wood drawing. For a few euros a great guitar.

Very impressed, quality, sound, delivery

The natural finish on this TE-52 is absolutely like fine furniture - no imperfections at all. Body is from 2 pieces, but very well matched and joined in center. No issues with any loose screws or mis-aligned, etc. Plays as you would expect with twangy bridge to more muted neck PU, and combo in between. String height about as low as you can go. May need slight intonation adjustment, but very pleased. Of course price is amazing. Ordered Dec 12 and in hands Jan 2 - very good for over holidays shipping DHL in DE, to USPS in states. Now I'll just need to decide which to buy next!

Exceeded expectations

Been looking for a tele style guitar for ages and after viewing countless videos on YouTube came across this model.

Arrived with no issues and can confirm is amazing product.

I cannot find any flaws so far and the sound and feel exceeds expectations and cannot see why anyone would justify needing to buy any other guitar of the tele style unless it is purely a brand bragging thing.

Trust me, this guitar doesn't disappoint and I am a hard to please person.

What a great guitar

When I opened the box I was amazed, surprised and blown away by just how good this TE-52 is.

The only tweaks I have done is to get the Roller String Trees and the Security locks. Boy does it play good and feel good and slips past the Financial Spend Checker I married xx

If this an example of what you get for your buck then go buy whatever catches your eye.....NOW!

Surprisingly Good.

Believe the hype, for the money these are great.

I use in open g for stones covers in a band, whilst its also saved a few gigs when ive broken a string on my Gibson!

Its pretty heavy being solid Ash, but decent tone from the stock pickups, its not a fender usa but at a tenth of the price its not going to be.

Always stays in tune, and the neck is lovely.

Recommended.

Harley Benton TE-52 NA Vintage Series

I am really suprised. The sound of the telecaster is decent.

I was not expecting much for the quitar for 130 EURO and this guitar confirms that money doesn't sound.

We Have a Winner!

This is a great guitar, but my You Tube video review will do it justice better than my words can do here. search YT for "Harley Benton TE52 Guitar Review (Telecaster Copy)"

nice

my first time buying harley benton guitar and im not disappointed

Superb guitar for the money - or for more!

The TE52 is a great value guitar that will suit anyone looking for Telecaster tones on a budget.

The overall build quality is very good, with a few minor niggles (the Jack plate was bent on mine). The hardware works and looks good. It has a nice neck that feels quite thing, but plays very well with decent fretwork (no sharp frets at all).

Soundwise, the Rosswell pickups capture the essence of a telecaster brilliantly. In a blind test, my youtube viewers could not tell the TE52 from a 2017 Fender Standard!

Overall a great value guitar that will satisfy your telecaster needs in the studio, on stage or in the bedroom....!!

Love it!

Sold built, great sounding guitar.I will definitely be purchasing another Harley Benton.

Suddenly well done

For a long time I looked at this guitar. I wanted a Telecaster for a little money. In Russia, such guitars are twice as expensive. The order came for 10 days. Despite all the horrors of the Russian post, the guitar came whole and without damage. Made very high quality for its price, even taking into account the delivery of 60 euros. The only claim to frets. They are completely unprepared, not polished, and the strings are scraping on them. After polishing the frets and screening with copper foil will be very good. Perhaps, it will be necessary to replace potentiometers and a capacitor for something more qualitative, but the factory ones work normally. Surprised pickup Rosewell. Great sound. I wanted to change to Fokin Pickups, but this is not required. Good guitar, I'm completely satisfied

a miracle in its kind

I bought this guitar with the intention of substituting its neck with a rosewood fretboard neck, but after I heard how it sounded I didn't feel like touching anything.

This guitar sounds like it costed a _much_ larger amount of money. And stays in tune perfectly.

The body is very resonant and the tonality is dry and severe; but rich, full of overtones.

Truly a miracle in its kind.

Great Guitar

This is a great guitar and fun to play. Guitar arrived just under 20 days. Set up and playable out of the box. Very solid and well built. 3 piece body. Pickups are good, tuners were good. Only issues were the pickup selector was a bit bent, and the volume knob was loose which should have been caught by quality control. I will purchase again very soon.

Unbelievable Value!!!

I ordered one to see what all the positive talk is about Harley Bentons. This TE-52 just blew me away as far as quality and value for the money. The packing was well padded with NO issues! This is a vintage model so I really liked how heavy it is and the larger C neck profile. I liked it so much, I ordered 2 more so I can customize and have fun with them! For the price why not?

If you like Telecasters...

Enough has been said about this Harley Benton model, 90 something reviews with honesty and reasonable comments.

This guitar is far better than Sq. Affinity, Standard and almost head to head with Classic Vibe and Mexican Fenders.

Apparently action is high in all of them when you receive, not a big issue, mine didn't present any other issue.

If you eventually choose to go for a B-Stock offer though, bare in mind you might need some work to be done in the instrument...

Been playing and having fun with it for 7 months now, and honestly, for its price, nothing to complain about.

Really recommend this instrument for beginners, or Mod enthusiasts!

Another great tele from Harley Benton!

This is my third Harley Benton tele - I also have the TE-40BK and a red TE -90QM, both great guitars. I am a modder and love the HBs as a platform to start from.

The TE-52NA arrived within 4 days in good condition. The frets needed polishing and I always change the strings and adjust the action to my taste. The body is 3 pieces as far as I can see and there are absolutely no cosmetic impercations to the finish. One of tuners was a little vague, but I have since swapped them out for a set of Wilkinsons. Very impressed with the Roswell pick ups - don't feel the need to change them for the time being.

Since receiving the guitar I have changed the bridge for a Wilkinson with compensated brass saddles, fitted a Graphtech nut and rewired with new pots, cap and a 5 way switch mod - so for something less than £200, it is an absolute tone monster and a joy to look at and play!

I have gigged and recorded with it and it is currently my go to guitar. Only question is what next? SC-450 plus?

Amazing for the price!

I bought this guitar for study at home and it was a surprise! I end up playing it every day.

The finish quality and details are excelent for the price. The neck profile is good enough and confortable. There no sharp edges.

Vantages: Sounds great with a very bright vintage tone and the neck position is perfect for clean tones or blues. I m in love with it.

The only thing i see as disavantage is the weight.

Its a great instrument and it will be much more perfect with pick up face lift or locking machine heads.

Nice guitar

Do a little setup and you have a very nice telecaster!