Harley Benton JA-60CC Seafoam Green

I'm quite impressed

great build quality, pickups are great, can't beat the price at all, will be ordering more Harley Bentons in the future!

Charismatic budget guitar

DISCLAIMER: I am not a native speaker, so I apologize in advance for grammar, punctuation and other issues It is better to treat my review with humor and irony, because I am a beginner guitarist, who understands nothing about sound and just wants to get a voucher for the review :D This is my first guitar, I haven't held any other guitars in my hands, but before buying it I familiarized myself with all possible budget guitars on the internet, because I'm a poor student, and misspent $200 is a disaster for me I was as interested as possible in feeling like every dollar was invested for a reason. There are a lot of high quality budget guitars on the market now, but unfortunately they are all impersonal: you don't want to pick them up, they have no charisma. When I saw this model, I realized that I didn't want to buy anything else. This is an insanely beautiful and pleasant instrument with a lot of attention to detail. Plus, it's probably the only jazzmaster in this price range that sets you apart from the guys with Stratocasters and Telecasters. When I walk by a guitar, I always look at it and either pick it up or think about picking it up when I have free time. There has never been a second of purchase regret. The guitar came to me by international shipping in three weeks, it was nice that it came with a cable. Best of luck to everyone in improving your musical skills and may the force be with you! Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

Great guitar

Maybe a bit on the heavy side in terms of weight, but it has become my favorite guitar over my Fender strat and telecaster. Who would have thought that? Love the sound and flexibility it provides. The neck fits well in the hand and is incredibly playable. I lowered the strings a bit and that was all I had to do. Very happy with this purchase. 5 stars are well worth it!

Killer single coil guitar!!

This thing was a ripper right out of the box! The pickups have a great tone, and it quickly became a go-to for recording. You can’t go wrong picking one up

A surprisingly good guitar

Here, after some time of testing, I must say that the guitar delighted me in every way. It's great on the clean and responds well to the pedals. I don't have any bad experience.

Harley Benton JA-60CC | Best budget offset guitar out there

This guitar is absolutely amazing. While it may be lacking in terms of having lots of features, with it only containing one volume and one tone knob

great guitar for the price

little bit of setup and plays great

Unbelievable value for great sound and quality!

I can't find a flaw on the guitar and I've had it over a week. The sound is awesome and these pickups seem to be able to most anything. A great guitar, not just a great value.

Unbelievable value

I hadn't played guitar for a few years after moving countries a few too many times and decided to give it another shot. I didn't want to spend a lot of money on something I might drop right away, and learned about HB guitars. I followed the advice of 'buy something you think looks cool because you're more likely to pick it up and practice' so I went for this one after a few youtube and reddit reviews.

Believe the hype. This thing is fantastic. Not just for the price. It's light, it feels great, the neck is easy to play and the sound you get from those Roswells is excellent. This has firmly got me hooked on guitar again.

An affordable piece of history, incredibly versatile guitar

I wasn't satisfied with the sound of my Fender Stratocaster, it was not very powerful, and the bridge pickup wasn't very interesting to me. Too piercing, not enough body. This guitar from Harley Benton was supposed to be an improvement, and it definitely was! The neck is very playable, the balance with the offset body and the neck was perfect for sitting and standing (no neck dive) and the sound is fantastic! The neck pickup is warm and present, and the bridge pickup is powerful while maintaining the single-coil aesthetic. It's got a slightly different tone than the Strat because of the pickup design (Jazzmaster style) and the body shape, but it's also wound significantly hotter (14k ohms resistance) and sounds very present. It also sounds great with distortion. I rated the sound 4 stars instead of 5 because I felt the sound could be a little snappier with a little more treble. I replaced the volume and tone pots with 500K tone pots rather than the 250K that came with it, which gave both pickups a little more bite, but this was a personal taste, and many people would be very happy with the sound of the guitar as it came from the factory.

The build quality on these guitars is similar to that of Epiphones or other guitars in the $500 range. Very well made for the price! Good quality tuners, nice finish, and well-finished neck and frets. Playable, good looking, good sounding, and fun!