Harley Benton SC-400 SGT Classic Series 5-stars Reviews

Can't go wrong with the money spent

Nearly perfect

This guitar is nearly perfect. The pickups are very good with great clarity and very good tonal properties. The neck and fret work is top notch. The finish is beautiful and well applied. There is a small spot of overspray at the neck joint but not nearly bad enough to worry about correcting. The color of the top is a bit more orangey than I expected for a gold top but it has a very unique color that i immediately fell in love with. The fit and finish, the feel and the sound of this guitar are far better than the price tag would have you believe. I highly recommend it!

Good for the price

It's a beginner guitar. It's not a gibson, it's not an epi. Good for entry level players. If I was just starting out this would be a great guitar. If I've been playing for a couple years or more then I'd save another 100 or 200 and get something a step above this

Excellent

Honestly wasn’t expecting much for the price, but i was blown away, the tone on this guitar is literally perfect. It’s so universal! I highly reccomend wether your a beginner or experienced player

Nice

this guitar is lovely. it is better than it has a right to be for as inexpensive it is. with tuning it is playable right out of the box.

Best quality to price ratio

I bought this guitar as a Christmas present and am well surprised about its built quality and offering for the price. Recommended!

well worth every penny

well worth every penny you could gig with this straight away at the box and it looks expensive and not cheap

"A nice bang for your bucket"

I recently purchased the. Harley Benton SC-400 SGT Classic Series and the product is just really good. Despite some imperfections in the paint, it's a great guitar for the price range. And let's not forget, IT LOOKS GREAT!

Good Guitar, Worth the price

Love it!

I just bought my Harley Benton SC-400 SGT Solid Gold Top March 2023, and I freakin' love it. I HIGHLY recommend it if you have the same reasons as me: 1) Satin neck. I mean seriously, who actually likes a glossy/nitro/poly neck? Nobody, people just put up with it because it looks shiny. 2) Full body, no belly cut. This just fits my body better than a belly cut guitar because belly cut guitars angle away and slide down my leg when playing. I constantly have to push it back into place. Standing with a strap is not an issue either way. 3) Black fretboard with big trapezoid inlays. This is my personal preference. 4) Looks awesome! I have the gold top and in my opinion it looks really, really good. Personal preference. 5) I wanted a LP style guitar that sounds good, and believe me this sounds good for any style you want to play. To each their own. One other thing... the guitar that I received has a perfect neck, no fret sprout, very well setup from the factory, and it plays as smooth as silk. I've owned about 10 other guitars of various makes and models and this is by far my favorite. For a legit comparison, I also bought a SC Custom II: sounded good but was really heavy, had neck dive, and didn't feel great. Sold it. I also bought a SC-DLX Gotoh: sold it when my SC-400 SGT arrived and was by every measure a nicer guitar. I was tempted to also try the SC-1000 but I have no need now because the SC-400 SGT is really really good.

The Best

This guitars rates the same as most 2000 dollars guitars. I have no idea why anyone would spend 4k on a les paul... Respond how ever, but in todays technology and mass production ways Harley Benton's quality and quality control is da bomb.

Sounds as good as it looks

This guitar is actually insane! The finish, the sound, the feel. One of the best looking goldtops out there.

Ten out of Ten!

This is such a great deal/guitar for the money it gets a 10 out of 10 rating, get one before they are all gone!!!

Great quality for the Price

I wanted a Les Paul style guitar so opted for this after checking the reviews. This is suprisingly good for the price.

The satin finish looks great and the satin neck feels nice & velvety, your hand glides along the back of the neck.

With the action lowered it is lovely to play, the 13th fret caused a slight buzz but easily fixed with a little sanding. Overall, the frets were nicely finished with no issues.

I have gifted it to my daughter, she was delighted and it has reignited her desire to learn & play again.

If I were keeping it myself I would upgrade (tuners, PU's, electronics, etc) but I opted for an Epi Studio. I would however consider getting another one of these for myself as a back-up...and also just to have and look at - it really does look great.

Damn!

Was surprised at how good this thing plays. Sounds amazing from the box, a little setup and new strings and she was playing like no other. I've owned Les Pauls 20x this price point and this one blows them out of the water. Can't ask for much better.

Beautiful

Nice change to the vintage design. These guitars give you everything you need to play great music. Just wonderful!

Excellent guitar

For this price point, you can't get anything better

Such a phenomenal piece of craftsmanship

This is such a beautiful guitar and definitely needs to be in EVERY guitarist collection

Like a REAL Gibson Les Paul

I currently own 2 Gibson Les Pauls and have owned others in the past. The SC-400 feels EXACTLY like the real thing, and I would highly recommend this particular model if you want the real experience without the real exorbitant price tag. It is lighter in weight than the real thing, which is a plus for a lot of people.

The SC-400 has actually caused me to set my other guitars aside for at least a short while.

Great guitar (2021 version)

Contrary to some reviews here from an older date, quality control seems to be on top of all issues mentioned.

First: I also own a real Les Paul standard from the seventies.

I received this guitar in mint condition.

Playability is really, really good.

Hardware is spot on.

These two makes no serious guitar teacher is going to laugh at you: it is MORE than playable, with a light to medium setup out of the box.

There are no dead spots, tuners are really good. Intonation is really good, even compared to my real old Les Paul standard.

I always test my guitars on a Pignose amplifyer, because it reveals the electronics very well, you need to use the tone and volume controls to obtain a good sound.

Well, excellent!

Don't expect real Les Paul tone, though, although the pickups aren't bad and have a sweet sound.

But you can expect better than Gibson playability. Compliments for such improvemt in factory setup.

In my days, when I started playing, I had an Eko and a Hondo (with dimargio desinged pick-ups). These two look like bow and arrows nowadays,

Excellent for beginners. A good back-up for more advanced players.

I play for over 45 years.

Guitar teachers, take note!