Harley Benton JA-20HH Active SBK 3-stars Reviews

Killer looks - Good bones...but needs some work

Let me say right off the bat, this guitar gives you a lot of bang for your buck and a lot of the minor issues with this guitar are things that are completely understandable for a guitar at this price point, but it did have a grounding issue (well documented with this model) that I don't think is ok at any price point).

Pros - Killer looks, lightweight, and feels amazing once it's set up.

Cons - Cheap hardware...the tuners/nut/string trees aren't the greatest quality, but at this price point, its something I would expect. The fret ends were also a little rough and I needed to do some filing/sanding to smooth them out. Again...something I fully expect at this price point.

The big issue I was not OK with was the grounding issue with the bridge that caused a lot of noise when playing through high gain settings. I'm comfortable working on guitars, so this wasn't a huge issue for me to fix, but not everyone is in the same boat. Seeing multiple reviews of this guitar online shows that this was a well documented issue and a customer should not have to fix a brand new guitar out of the box.

All that said, if you ARE comfortable doing maintenance on your own guitars, this thing definitely punches well above its weight class and can be a beast once you've given it some love.

Good guitar but need work

Good and sturdy guitar, sound good but it got a big buzz when connected.

Just need to grind off the black paint on the back of the bridge along with the string holes to make ground properly.