Harley Benton HWY-25BKS Progressive Series Reviews

good price

i liked this guitar, but it has cons:

1)ringing frets

2)the tuning pegs do not spin well

3)light pad

4)guitar weight 3.7kg

All Black, if you like Black.

I bought this guitar to use it for practicing my scale and train my melody.

It is a good guitar for me the guitar sound is very good.

The guitar body is easy to get stain.

Well done.

I like the finish, it is playable, simple and I feel good. I wanted a guitar with 24 frets and e- neck.

Delivery in 5 days. And I got a cable, too. ;) Value for the money is unspeakable. I still need some time t70o make the setup, but...

But I needed to brush the frets. Also I needed to span the neck. I have tested her on various amps. Now, after a year, and more I use it often,

One hell of a guitar for £99

This punches well above its price point.

Haven’t put it down since it arrived.

I wasn’t expecting it to stay in tune after giving the tremolo a lot of use but it does.

It’s great fun to play.

Great Product

Nice shape, weight. I feels very comfortable while playing

A Truly Amazing Guitar !

I got another HB guitar before, and this one is FAR better

the fret work is perfect, ive seen way more expensive guitars with a less good fretwork

The finish and overall look is beautiful, the neck joint is really clean and so is the electonics

the neck pickup is a little bit muddy with distortion but sounds gorgeous with a clean sound and some reverb

no mud at all in the middle and bridge positions

feels great, sounds great, ill probably put on some locking tuners

Stupid Not to Buy

I own the HWY-25BKS and am satisfied with the guitar. It is sturdy, does not weigh too much, and fits my hands the way I had hoped. The arrangement of the controls is too my liking. The neck is smooth and easy to play. The fretboard looks and feels amazing. The techs at my local guitar store did not believe me that a neck and fretboard could be this good for the price. The finish looks nice. Every time I pick it up, I want to play heavy and fast. For the price I could not have asked for more. This is a STEAL.

A few drawbacks are the finish on the body scratches easily. Because of the matte finish, it is noticeable. These seems to be where "for the price" really comes in. The finish absorbs naturally occurring oils easily, and is a mild inconvenience to keep looking nice. The last con is the volume and tone control. Volume seems to have two modes: off and on. Likewise, the tone is not very versatile.

Unless you are a top tier touring musician, that 1%, you would be stupid to pass this up.

For that price? It's absolutely amazing.

Well, I'm really impressed with this instrument, if you're beginner with low budget I would highly recommend it, for just 100 euro this guitar is really great.

Really solid guitar for the price

Was pleasantly surprised by how good the sound is, even some more expensive guitars pale in comparison in some aspects to this guitar. Definitely a great buy for a novice or someone who has put a few years into playing.

best product in this range

I ordered 3 harley bentons just because i love their quality. Excellent guitar to purchase in this price. And secondly one important fact it remains in tune !!!!

I like this guitar

Pros: very metal look, very metal sound, thin neck, reversed headstock

Cons: a lot of chips and scratches, tremolo (I'd prefer Tune-O-Matic bridge on this guitar)

Great guitar for not a lot of money

This guitar is awesome. Once you get it broken in it plays like a dream. Slight tuning issues at first but for this price what do you want? Once I lubed up the nut it was fine. I will definitely be buying more Harley Benton guitars. I’ve already used it on tracks for my next album. Lovin’ it!

It could have been a 5 out of 5 but....

I have several Harley Benton guitars and this is the one that I have scored the lower, however is not fault of the guitar itself.

Let me start with the pros:

The fret work is excellent no edges that would harm your hand or anything

The look and feel is great, the painting job looks very nice and I have no complains about it, however be prepared cause matte finish will easily get dirty, keep a microfiber cloth handy

Predator inlay and the freatboard looks amazing for this price point, the 3-way switch and the knobs works great and do not seem to be of bad quality

I like the weight on this guitar, it is not that heavy but still feels solid, will be good for your back.

Overall the construction on this instrument is great! would recommend to anyone who wants to start playing or more experienced players that could even modify a few things here and there and make this guitar totally standout.

For this price the guitar is fine, well done!

The cons:

There are 3 things on this guitar, that I would complaint a little about.

1. The humbuckers could be better, they are just not my style, I think even when it says " High output humbuckers " doesn't mean they have to be so noisy, they have that hum noise that bother anyone when using distortion, but my amp does't help to much, ...adjusting your amp settings will help.

2. This one is more a cosmetic issue than anything else, the nut was properly cut in terms of functionality, but it was very scratched, as if the person or the machine that cuts it had a fight with it, still makes the job.

3. Besides the 2 points mentioned above, this is the one that for me would be the most important to describe.

As you can see the reversed headstock on this guitar is very pointy, this is what happened...

Normally the guitar box will have a few paddings for protection, at the bottom, on the sides and on top.

Well... the top padding was not put on this box! that caused the neck literally tear apart the box, when I saw this I thought it was damaged, fortunately the guitar had bubble wrap and the other cardbox on which the guitar box is put on avoided a bigger damage.

However a small section of the reversed headstock less than 1mm has a scratch, I will have to buy some black matte nail paint and make the trick!!! 99.99% is well painted.

But please next time do not omit this padding or any other, they are important, the lack of this padding was a small human error in my opinion, but could have ended worse!! fortunately it was not the case.

Great guitar for a beginner.

This is my first guitar and my first experience with such an instrument so the review may not be very objective))) The guitar is super, the materials are excellent, the sound from it can also be extracted good as for me. I didn't have any problems with the setup and it worked out the first time. In General, if you are a beginner like me, then feel free to take this guitar!

great guitar for very little money

Hi. Got a guitar, great delivery, double packaging, everything is protected. There are no complaints about the guitar, everything is ready to use, although I made fine adjustments: the height of the strings, the length adjustment. Now I will make orders here the price for me is very good although there is a paid delivery and customs fees. Product price service delivery satisfied with 5+++.

Great guitar for the price of it!

Awesome value

When I got this guitar, I was happy to find that the guitar wasn't rubbish at such a price point. I was expecting it to only be good as a mod platform that would require many changes in order to make it playable but I was wrong. I didn't make any changes to the hardware because I didn't really feel the need to.

If I were to modify it, I would change the tuners so that the guitar stays in tune in low tuning. I'd also change the volume and tone knob as they weren't of high quality.

Pros:

- It looks awesome

- Great value

- Sounds decent

- Feels decent (thanks to satin finish)

Cons:

- Hardware is of low quality

- When trying to use the tremolo, mine couldn't stay in tune

- Toggle switch was quite stiff

If you wanna get the most out of the guitar, I'd suggest keeping it in one tuning, run entirely through the bridge pickup and secure the bridge. Using the guitar in this way is where I thought it was at its best.

Overall, amazing value!

Frets and the nut

I absolutely love the pickups! My only real issues with the guitar are fret finish and the nut. I play this guitar every day, but the frets are cheesegrater grade and my bottom E hangs all the time. Even with that I love the sounds I get from it!

Not much to say, it's great.

For the price, it's superb. I like it.

Very good guitar

I bought this guitar as a training guitar to practice at work.

In this price segment, the choice is not great, but after reading the reviews and comparing the characteristics, the choice became obvious.

Pros:

Nice view, low price, warranty

Minuses:

Not identified significant. The screws of the anchor cover and the rear covers are not even slightly drilled.

I can safely recommend this guitar for purchase.