Harley Benton SC-1000 SBK Progressive Line Reviews

Metalhead

Bonne guitare pour commencer à jouer du métal.

Bonsoir matériaux et bons micros

Honestly Great

Needed a total set up but was amazing after.

Top Qualität!

Beautifully and well-constructed guitar. For the money, it has terrific sound and is an excellent value. My brother, a retired, 71-year-old rock musician, enjoyed playing the guitar so much, he stated he would have loved to have received this guitar as a gift when he graduated high school in 1970. My son absolutely loves the guitar!

One of my best purchases

I bought this guitar because it looked „cool“ and I‘m more than surprised. The tone is great/awesome, good for Metal and rock. The black coloring looks brutal and the neck is really smooth (wich is perfect for me) To be honest, one of the best guitars for that price!

Esta guitarra ROCKS!!!!!

La guitarra luce increible, las pastillas tienen muy buen sonido, comprenla! no se van a arrepentir, muy satisfecho con la compra!

Its ok, but not the best option

Its ok for someone who likes metal and want a les paul guitar. But for me its not worth it. Strats are much better. I personally bought it for that reason as my first guitar. But i realized when i was playing that that guitar didn't make me to play with all my heart. But a squire of a friend made me want to play for hours. (Personal opinion)

Harley Benton SC-1000 SBK

Ordered a guitar, delivery was about a month. I expected a little more from it, but in general - an excellent instrument for metal, an analogue of the ESP LTD-256.

Pros:

- Matte nice finish

- Edging in several layers

-Good wood used in making

- Active sensors have a strong signal

Minuses:

-There are factory flaws on the edging - black blotches of paint

- On the fretboard near the nut, the varnish was slightly chipped off, but this is not critical

-The frets were not properly calibrated, had to be sanded and polished so that the 6th string would not ring after the 12th fret

A good tool, considering its price, even with all the shortcomings.

One of the best deals in the guitar world!

Truly cannot say enough about this guitar. The field, the finished, the playability, the sound, the resonance, and just everything about it is truly amazing.

The fact Harley Benton was able to create and sell such a fantastic product for such an affordable price is astounding and anyone that is into guitar should absolutely give one of these a shot. I have it both in the matte black finish as well as the white finish, and I love them both so much!

Pretty good

The guitar arrived on time and was playable out of the box needing only tuning. It's a bit on the heavy side and could do with better tuning machines but it's more than worth what you pay for it . It was my first harley benton guitar and I was amazed by the overall quality !

This is now my go to AX

so i had a Gibson Goth SG and a LTD ec-256. well i had a Gibson Gothic sg until the head stock snapped off. Thanks Gibson! Anyway i wanted to try a guitar with active pickups. everything i read said that the Harley Benton HBZ's can hold their own against active EMG's . so i decided to go with the HB SC-1000. for the price i figured i would have to do a bit of tweaking when it came in. again i was wrong everything was set up perfectly! low action, no dead frets, and the look &d feel is amazing. The active HBZ's sound incredible. I love this guitar. its my go to. the LTD is collecting dust. i will be doing a review on my channel. and my next purchase will be the HB EX-84 Modern!

Great Price Point

item sounds great even after a year of owning it. All around great product

Holy Hell......

Looks amazing, plays amazing and sounds amazing whilst being under 200 pounds? What more could you want?

If you want a les paul that stays in tune, this is a great option. It can absolutely crush it for heavy metal rhythm and lead playing, but it might need a bit of setup based on personal preference.

Not disappointed!

When opening the box (the packaged product was excellent) the guitar impresses with its elegance.

A closer look reveals the flaws in painting the guitar, but when you start playing, all the external flaws are forgotten. The sound is slightly blurred at the lower frequencies but sooo nice.

The height of the strings could be lower, but still good.

I recommend this!

My first guitar, and I love it so far!

Pretty much spot on

I ordered this guitar as I had not gotten a new guitar in quite a few years and just wanted a change of pace. I saw a review by a Pete Cottrell and I wanted to try for myself and try out a guitar with active pickups as I have never owned one with active pickups. I've always wanted to get an ESP EC-1000 and this is close enough, without getting the real thing.

Sounds pretty good for it's price, and I quite enjoy it. Neck's good (just needs a bit of polish) and plays nice. Only thing is, one of the tone knobs was pretty loose when I got it, and I messed up the electronics when I tried to fix it, so I have to take it to my local guitar store.

Killer looks at a killer price

Needed a little setup out of the box but absolutely gorgeous looking guitar for the price

Love it

This guitar is great only but I would have are the pick ups a bit muddy but that's a quick fix by replacing them

Very nice for the price

You simply can’t beat this guitar for it’s features, playability, look, and price. I simply don’t know how they do it. The pickups are pretty decent and even when I swapped in EMG pickups there wasn’t much of a difference. The finish is smooth and very nice. The satin black color leaves a very smooth finish albeit finger marks tend to show after time but you get that with any satin finish. The action and tuning will need to be adjusted on arrival but you would expect that especially traveling over long distances in a very short time frame.

It is a clear winner so if you are looking for a close clone of the LTD ec-1000, this one comes quite close at a fraction of the price.

WOW, JUST WOW.

What a guitar. I only returned to guitar playing 9 months ago after not playing since I was around 20 (mid 90s). I started off with just a cheap thing from an online auction site to see if I could get back into it. Last month, I decided I was enjoying it so thought it was time to upgrade to a half decent guitar. A mate told me about Harley Benton guitars so I checked out your site. I thought at these prices it must be too good to be true. Then she arrived, my new guitar. Within 10 minutes, I realised it wasn’t too good to be true. The feel, playability and the build quality were all amazing. My guitar playing has stepped up quite a notch thanks to my new baby.

The action was nice and low with not even the slightest hint of fret buzz, there was even room to further lower the action.

I had a budget of around double the price of what I paid, which means I’ve got cash for a decent amp as well.

From now on, if anyone ever asks where is the best place to buy any instrument, you know my answer, it is this site I will direct them to.

Great for the price

Bought it at 198€. Arrived fast. Perfectly set up low, intonation is good. Pickups are hot. Playability and sound punch a higher price tag. Quality on the other hand...

...is fitting for the price.

Cavity shielding is nonexistent, potentiometers aren't fitting the hardware, signal is noisy (but not the sound!!! The instrument itself is quiet when played except or the post nut headstock string ring - throw some vibration dampeners on and you're golden), the insides smell of aerosol paint, woodwork inside is poor, needs sanding (and then shielding). The electronics are grounded well. Side dots on the neck are misaligned and the cream rim paint is "out of the lines".

Main issue for me is the cavity shielding - when playing wireless the transmitter's signal bleeds into the electronics and the instrument becomes unplayable. Wired is silent.

I will switch out all the hardware.

All in all it's its money's worth.