Harley Benton SC-450Plus HB Vintage Series 5-stars Reviews

WOW!!!

This arrived today as promised. Bit worried, as some reviews said poor build quality. I didn’t need to worry, this guitar is excellent, the action is low, intonation perfect, and the sound range from the coil tapped humbuckers is amazing. I had an epiphone les paul custom many years ago, for me this new guitar is better for my old ( and now sore ) fingers, and the finish is perfect. Amazing value for the price, I am going to enjoy my playing again.

Amazing guitar

I love this guitar it feels great to play and the sound is amazing. There’s lots of different sounds you can get from it and each one is great. All the materials and everything feel great as well

having the real

guitars both Gibson and Epiphone the HB IS the way to go value for money all the way, so unless your a famous rock star then why spend the money

Value for money

Its the suitable guitar for beginners and kot only for them. Great and safe choice for the fislrst guitar

Incredible guitar at an incredible price

I'm a proponent of super budget guitars, and I had been considering a Harley Benton guitar for a long time. The only thing stopping me was the high shipping cost to America. I couldn't resist any longer, and finally bought this one.

I've been playing a really nice low budget Strat from another company for 3 years, and I love it, but I've gotten into recording, and I wanted a guitar that offered an alternative sound to the Strat, something with more punch and power to counter the slinkiness of the Strat, and a Les Paul style with humbucker pickups is the perfect choice. After agonizing over color choices, I chose the Honey Burst, and pulled the trigger.

It arrived quickly, in only a few days, packed in a guitar box, inside of a larger box with a top quality gig bag that I also ordered. It arrived with no damage, other than a broken high E string.

The finish was perfect, everything worked great, and I couldn't find a single flaw, it seemed to be set up fine, and was playable out of the box (other than tuning it of course). I've had it a few months now, and I couldn't be happier with it. Switching between the LP and the Strat is like going from a high-powered SUV to a Ferrari. Both are great rides, but offer completely different experiences.

In short, I am 100% happy with my Harley Benton purchase. I've got a list of guitars I'd like in my collection, and plan on buying from HB when the guitar-buying bug bites me again.

good

good guitar, sound incredible. for this price - must have

Great Strings!

Whatever string provider they have needs a raise, I’ve tried my Grandpas most expensive fenders and nothing comes close to this

Beautiful Guitar

Can't believe the quality for the money, what a great guitar. Sounds amazing.

Suprise bombshell

I don't know what qualities other HB-SC450+ guitars have, but this one I received is one unbelievable good product.

I change strings from 010 to 009 and during the setup i had fall in love to this guitar.

Sound without plug in the amplifier is balanced. octaves tune perfectly, the acoustics noise produced by the playing guitar unpluged refers that the quality of the wood is High Class. I still can't believe I own a premium product, of les paul style guitar with beautiful looks and detailed finishing for 200 euros, simply amazing!!!!!!!!!

Update 10.2022.

I have bouth Mojotone 59 Clone Humbucker Set N, + capacitors and potentiometer instal on HB Les Paul, and WOW :-)

I would lke to say that my observation form previous review get confirmation with changing of pickups.

Now not only looks like Les Paul now sounding tunning great

I am very satisfied

Excellent LP Alternative and Guitar for Begginers

Got this guitar as a birthday present 4 months ago as an upgrade from what I previously had. I am a begginer and I love this guitar. It's super comfortable, looks beautiful, and plays great. I love the tones I get from this and how easy it is to glide across the fretboard. The only issue I've had with this guitar was that my pickup switch broke pretty easily, but it was an easy fix. Another thing is that some of the screws get loose after a while, but that can easily be fixed. Would recommend overall.

it is great for clean tones but in distortion kinda stuff not that good :D

S C 450 plus HB great guitar

the fit and finish is perfect looks great plays great has a little thicker neck that my other guitars but when I played it , it felt real nice easy to play and could get some fast licks ,sounds great the Roswell pups sounded better than I though they would the weight is nice also not too heavy the tuner are spot on feels good no loose gears stays in tune with no problems I really like this guitar , the only thing that needed a little att. was the G string saddle was cut too deep but a little file work on the other saddles and everything is alright ( most likely it will not be on other bridges ) I am already writing new music on this guitar a lot of fun to play

Great guitar and amazing quality

This is a great guitar for the price. Amazing quality craftsmanship at an unheard of price. The only down size was it got one small 1/2 inch ding on front in shipping. The company was great about it with a substantial compensation in a form of refund. I encourage you to buy this if you want a quality guitar at a sweet price. Compare to others I have tried its hands downs king in this price range. It's a beauty and I am considering buying another but this time ordering their premium case to help in the short three day journey to Alaska. Again amazing quality in this price range.

This guitar for its price is a very good guitar. i never thought i could get the jimmy page sound with just a 175€ guitar and a 80€ amp.

Overall im very satisfied with the guitar and the shipping came with no problem and the costumer service is on point.

Very happy indeed

Amazing!

I've been playing over 30 years and have purchased 25 guitars and this is the best bang for the buck I've ever had. I was expecting to need to do some fret work and a complete setup, but none of that was needed. The frets were all level, smooth on top and sides, and ready for a final polishing. The neck is straight, C shaped and a chunky (which I wanted), no visible flaws in the fit and finish. The overall fit and finish of the guitar is beautiful. I can't find anything wrong with it. It has a nice solid weight to it and feels nice in any position. The only thing that isn't great are the pickups, but I almost always change those in my guitars anyway. They are fine for a new player or if you want to use this to practice, but they can't handle much distortion without getting a muffled sound. Their clean sound has too much of a hollow sound to it. But I didn't expect a guitar at such an incredibly low price to have great pickups anyway. All and all this is an amazing guitar at an amazing price. Congrats Harley Benton, you have a new customer that will be buying many more of your products.

Good experience.

This is my second Harley Benton guitar.

I am an amateur, I play at home, for myself, for pleasure.

I cannot make a professional assessment. The assessment is subjective.

The workmanship is good. There are small defects in wood processing, but they are not very noticeable. There is a scratch on the pickup frame. No more comments. The guitar looks very nice.

The neck is comfortable. The string height above the neck is normal. But I don't like the glossy varnish on the fretboard, I used to get used to the matt varnish earlier.

The sound is good, but I will then screen all cavities, with overload there is a small background. Maybe it is related to Alnico-5, there is less phoning on the DC-580 guitar.

Summary: very good value for money. A very good guitar for both beginner and amateur musicians.

Amazing guitar!

Strongly recommended for those who love LP sound.

I had high hopes and they were justified

I had heard great things about the SC-450 Plus from all around the internet and finally bit the bullet. I was concerned that there might be problems as the price was less than it costs me to make a guitar myself.

Delivery

After some issues with PayPal the order was successfully placed and arrived in about a week. Packed in two boxes with no obvious or hidden damage. Nice to see individual protection for the pickup selector switch. One of the little bags of silica gel had torn in the packing process, but caused no issues.

Fit and Finish

The finish is perfect. I held off reviewing this for three weeks expecting that I would find some scratch or flaw somewhere, but I really cannot find anything. Really, the (presumably polyurethane) finish has been exceptionally well applied. The same applies to the paint job over the flame maple veneer (or photo-transfer). The colour is definitely closer to cherryburst than honeyburst, which is great and exactly what I wanted. The frets are well-fitted and neatly finished at their ends, though a little more polish (or playing in) will make bends even easier. The setup is excellent, perfectly intonated and the action perhaps even a shade too low for me. I will fiddle with the bridge height/truss rod when I fit my preferred Super Slinkys (008s).

Pickups, Hardware and Sounds

I fully expected to be changing out the pickups for a set of Irongears almost as soon as this arrived, but the Wilkinson Roswell humbuckers fitted as standard are perfectly good. They are slightly higher output than I would normally choose, but they have great articulation and still sound fine when the push-pull pots are used to select single coil mode. The pickups are wired such that the middle position is out of phase.

The machines are fine and work well, though the green plastic buttons do not look particularly genuine, I do not feel any pressing urge to change them. The bridge and tailpiece are both perfectly fine and do a competent job. The nut is plastic and well-cut and fitted. I might change it for a bone or Tusq model eventually.

Cons

Very minor issues. I will be replacing the tone pots as they have ALL their effect at the very end of their travel. This issue also occurs on much more expensive guitars, to be fair.

Some people might not like the Rosacea fingerboard. It is very light and looks nothing like what you would find on a Gibson. I might try a few coats of light finishing oil if I can be bothered. However the neck is really lovely to play and the trapezoid markers are well cut and fitted.

Now I need an SG....

review

Very good guitar, nice color and sound.

First one

First guitar, but great already and easy to use. Only small note is that 5 strings was not set properly over vibrating but definitely good value for money!