Harley Benton SC-450 P90 GT Classic Series 5-stars Reviews

Excellent value LP

Looks great, superb flawless gold top finish. Weighty, which I like. Very good sound, compares very well with an Epiphone LP in my opinion.

For just over £100 this is a very nice guitar.

Unbelievable

I've been a gigging guitarist for nearly 20 years now and truth be told this guitar blew me away..

Straight out of the box the action was perfect, the intonation needed a little tweaking but literally ten minutes after opening the box the guitar was ready to go.

The pick ups are nice and punchy, the neck has a nice roundness to it and is very comfortable to play.

This is now my go to gigging guitar..!

I have owned many Gibson guitars over the years and I have to say this guitar is a better put together instrument than a good 90% of the gibsons I've owned.

Get one... Don't think about it... Just get one...

Hb classic gt-p-90

This guitar out of the box was well set up,first impressions count, regardless of how much money you pay,

No scratches or blemishes, dents,or glue residue, overall very well constructed and a very good weight,

The quality of the gold top was very impressive

Sound:: plugged in through my Marshall code 50,I was surprised at how long this guitar sustained for like I said before this guitar is a heavy weight.

Neck pick up:: I play blues to get that dirty break up you need I rolled the tone off then turned the volume down to,3/4 , and checked out the sound, I was extremely pleased with this sound not to muddy so you couldn't make out the clarity off each string,with the volume on full and the tone on full I got quite a good grunt out of it.

Middle pickup:: the sound with half volume and half tone was more prevelent on the treble side of things so I just tweaked a bit, until I found the correct setting to my preference overall a great throaty mid.

Bridge pickup:: overall sound on the bridge pickup was very clear, very responsive, you can still get a nice chime out of the pickups even though they are p-90s

You get a hell of a lot of guitar for the small amount of euros this costs, great addition to a collection,also a great go to every day guitar, this guitar makes me want to pick it up and play it which is always a good indication to me that it's a good product and especially at this price point.

Aesthetically very nice to look at,great instrument to play, good hard wear, three way switch and all volume and tone worked fine as they should,frets were finished well no sharp edges,the machine heads do there job ok,at this price point I have no complaints, overall this guitar is phenomenal for the money, hope this review has been helpful.

Excellent Quality. Incredible price. Highly recommended.

Purchased product to add to small collection of not so expensive guitars for home use.

Build quality excellent. Beautiful top gold finish free of any imperfections (no scratches, etc.). Finish on back of two piece body equally as nice. Matching of wood grain could have been better. Bindings nicely finished, including neck. Mother of pearl inlays very tidy. Frets nicely finished with no sharp edges. Neck and fret board feel very nice.

Machine heads turn smoothly, as do volume and tone controls. Pickup switch has good feel.

Action very good. Intonation needed adjusting. Intonation adjustment on low E barely manageable (bridge could have been angled more to accommodate adjustment on low E). Proper upward bow on neck and no truss rod adjustment required.

P90 pickups sound very good. No fret buss. Holds tuning well.

Excellent Quality. Incredible price. Highly recommended.

After a few months, a couple of issues did arise;

(1) high E has a tendency to slip off of the fret, especially when doing pull offs (perhaps because the string spacings on the nut are too wide and the fret ends are cut on too much of an angle)

(2) strings stay out of tune after bending.

Replaced the nut with one from TUSQ and all is perfect. A higher quality nut should have been used originally.

Golden Delicious!

Out of the box this guitar left black sooty stuff on my fingers after playing it and a few frets were uneven (nothing severe though), all needed a serious polish as they felt a bit gritty. HOWEVER: In this price range it is an AMAZING guitar! I've not seen any guitar for even 2-3 times the price come in any better playable condition than this one.

The pickups have real snarl and bite, cosmetically it is a work of art, despite the pickguard plastic color not matching the other bits & trim. You simply cannot find an instrument as beautiful, playable and impressive for this price.The tuners stay in tune, the binding and woodwork is flawless and most importantly, it sounds awesome. After you do some fret leveling (very mild) and polishing, some adjusting of nut slot heights & intonation, nothing Epiphone or entry level Gibson sells can touch it! I highly recommend this guitar.