Harley Benton SC-450 BK Classic Series 5-stars Reviews

Excellent bit of kit for the price

I bought this guitar as a practice guitar that i could abuse and chuck around a bit with no worries, for that reason i didn't want to spend a lot of money on it. I must say for £110 it really is an impressive guitar. The guitar arrived on time and extremely well packaged as well.

Pros:

Looks - The guitar looks absolutely fantastic, gloss black finish, contrasted by a cream/offwhite pickguard and trim, brass effect volume controls and fret inlays give it a really solid vintage style and personally i love it.

Sound- For the money it sounds great, for the price i was expecting it to sound terrible but it really doesn't. Plugged it in to my Fender Champion 40 amp and it sounds like it could hold it's own in most surroundings. It does have a slighty muddy sound, but i'm sure with a few tweaks it would sound alot cleaner, as an aspiring bluesman myself i don't mind a bit of filth.

Cons:

I almost feel silly for listing the cons as the guitar was so cheap but out of fairness i feel i should add them, these are cons with my personal model and might not be the same for everyone else.

Tuning Pegs: These are all fine apart from the D string, which simply won't hold its tune for long at all, all the other strings are fine, but the D does lose its tune quickly and quite severely, although new tuning pegs will sort this issue.

Treble/Rythm switch: Pretty much useless. Very loose, doesn't stay in the rythm position and just drops to middle or treble, but this should be easy enough to fix.

I'm not too bothered by the cons as they're easy fixes and considering i paid £110 for a sexy guitar that plays well out of the box i can't complain at all. I'd recommend to either beginners or seasoned guitarists who want a decent practice guitar

Excellent!

I was quite impressed when I got my Harley Benton guitar. I have wanted a Les Paul for a long time, but for a resonable price. I wanted an LP guitar for both home use, and to play at concerts with.

Pros: The guitar has a sleek design, and the fret ends did not have any sharp edges at all. That is often a problem with many other electrical guitars when you first get them. Also, the humbuckers give really nice sounds. Everything works on the guitar as it should, no defects in the electricity.

Cons: When I recieved the guitar, one of the volume knobs was so much bent that it made a scratch underneath it when turned around, but nothing to worry about, I just bent it slightly upwards, easily fixed, and the scratch is difficult to see. Furthermore, it took 11 long days from when I ordered to when the guitar actually arrived at the post office (I live in Norway). But I think it was worth the wait. In addition, the fretboard is very dry, I think it needs to be oiled.

Other than this, amazing guitar, and is absolutely worth buying!!

Really nice beginner guitar!

For those who want to experience an electric guitar, this one is pretty good!

It actually surprised me for its price.

Tho, one of the knobs came out, but nothing to worry about.

My new Harley Benton SC-450 BK Classic

Amazing guitar. I currently own a Fender Strat (25th Anniversary model actually) and used to own a Les Paul Custom. The quality of my new Harley Benton SC-450 BK Classic is right up there with these guitars. I am amazed by the quality of this guitar for the price paid. It certainly looks and plays the part. If it wasn't for the subtle differences I would believe it was a Les Paul. The only thing might change but not necessarily would be the machine heads to get tighter control. If Harley Benton maintain this type of quality then Fender and Gibson better watch out.

I will certainly recommend this guitar to my musical friends.

regards

Martin

Great guitar!!!

I have some Harley Benton guitars and basses, and I wanted a single cut guitar. I researched Harley Benton single cut guitars and I came to the conclusion that this is the one. Great features, great price and it looks like one of Adrian Smith's Les Pauls.

The order arrived really soon and the guitar I received was flawless. I had also ordered a Graphtech nut, Harley Benton locking strap buttons, Kluson tuners and a Gotoh bridge. I used them on this guitar, because I love modifying instruments.

The sound of the original pickups is awesome, so I will never replace them. I putted D'Addario 9-42 strings and I did a setup by myself, so the guitar plays like a dream. I love the accessibility on the upper frets too, because of the nice neck joint.

I TOTALLY RECOMEND THIS GUITAR, YOU WILL LOVE IT!!!

great

great sound good quality. Best cheap guitar I have bouget yet

Great guitar for the price

Been looking at one of the Harley Benton 450 CS

for a while so made the plunge and bought one arrived very quick indeed and very well packed. Unpacked the guitar and I could not believe the finish on the guitar in black after looking all over was well pleased the frets needed a polish and new string and a bit of oil on fretboard.Plugged it in and thought it sounded good then played for about a hour and put the guitar down and thought to myself wow it felt like I was playing a expensive guitar but it was the Harley benton had for couple of days and every time I play it I think the same thing maybe I am lucky I have a good one here who

knows own some expensive guitars but this guitar I want to pick up play so would defiantly recommend to beginners and advanced guitarist.

Harley Benton for me now for the money you can't go wrong.

For the price, just unbeatable

I always wanted a Black Les Paul with cream fittings but dont have 2000 upwards to spend.

For 129¤ we get a very nice guitar

Finish ...superb, glossy black, sexy!

Set Neck with great upper fret access

Pickups, nice for a beginner, i changed then becasue i had 2 seymour duncans in the drawer.

I took it to a gig and halfway through, put down my PRS custom 24 and picked up the harley, a chap sitting behind mw wife turned to his friend and said, .."ooh, nice Gibson! !!!

I rest my case :-)