Harley Benton JA-25TH Firemist

Seriously an amazing guitar

I have purchased this guitar twice (still own both). I purchased one, loved it so much that I purchased another. Both guitars came pretty well set up albeit with a little bit of jagged fret edges... which ironically I prefer so I can file them myself. So for me that's a plus, for others it may not be. Fit and finish is fantastic. I couldn't find a flaw anywhere. The bridge was properly intonated. The flame maple neck looks great (real flamey on one, not so much on the other). The pickups sound great. Anybody buying this guitar will be happy with it out of the box. The only modifications I plan on making is when I do my first string change I'll line the pickup cavity with copper foil. It's not that it's noisy and I'd say on par with any single coil guitar. I just copper foil all of my guitars whether they need them or not. NOTE: If you're buying a hard case for this, know that the guitar body is smaller than a standard jazzmaster so it will not fit snugly in a jazzmaster case.

Anniversary Firemist is 🔥

Just a beautiful instrument that sounds and plays as good as it looks. Hard to believe this is a sub-$400 🇺🇸 guitar.

Fret Spurs

The two guitars I purchased from HB have been great. My only complaint which is a big one for me is that both of them had major fret spurs, almost unplayable without filing them down.

Great guitar!

Everything was way over my expectations! Unfortunately, mine came with the paint around the neck pocket cracked and the fret ends are a bit sharp.

Good instrument.

I bought this guitar with a duesenberg les trem. I also upgraded the electronics and gave it real jazzmaster pickups handwound in vintage specs. This guitar is now so amazing. It was also wery good sounding from the factory. But i wanted to turn it in to more of a jazzmaster guitar. The pickups are glued in the pickup covers so remember to order some covers if you are going to change the pickups. The foam underneat is also glued to the pickups so make some or buy some. Two of the scratchplate screws where difficult to remove, they where nails not screws so you know, buy screws. The pickup selector switch is ok but i changed it for something far better. The guitar is smal in size compared to a jazzmaster but i like it a lot and i am 185 cm tall. The guitar have good wood and a good finish, i only had to scrape some dirty glue of the binding on the neck a couple of places. The les trem realy is a Nice wiggle stick for this guitar🤘The gig bag is a deacent bag also👍

If you don't have one, get one

Beautiful color.

Punches waaaaay over it's price point.

Warm sound (a bit P90ish but there's some Jazzmaster there).

I'm deducting one point in quality because there are two frets that are giving me a buzzing problem due to their height, but nothing that can't be solved easily

WOW

Could not be more impressed with this guitar for the price. Every feature I wanted AND the shipment was quick and looks beautiful.

Just ordered two more Harley Benton’s!!!!

The sound is perfect. The quality is the best.Buy it

Beautiful guitar

The guitar is very well made. Looks the business and is nicely weighted. The clean tones are amazing...the only place it seems to lack is when adding a bit of OD or distortion