Harley Benton SC-450PlusLH LD Vintage Series Reviews

Received defective guitar

Neck damaged near the head. Pickup switch faulty.

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Arrived well set up and only required bridge adjustment to get required action. Looks as good as the pictures and materials look high quality and nicely finished. Once tone was dialled in it rapidly became my favoured guitar to play with the band, normally using neck pickup - a good range of sounds available for rhythm and lead. Split coils work okay but no substitute for a dedicated s coil. Easy to play all over neck, which can get slightly clammy in common with other finished necks.

I love this guitar!

I bought this guitar a few months ago. I didn't really know what to expect for that low price. But it's a great instrument. Comfortable to play and with a great sound. Beautiful with a perfect finish. I really have nothing to complain about. I have several more expensive guitars but this is the one I play the most. I can really recommend it!

Versitile

Extremely versatile guitar with the tap in/out pick ups

Increadible!!!

I've been using this guitar for a year. It's exactly the same as Gibson, both in sound and looking. Don't pay huge cash for big brands.

Just some minor complaints

For a starter - its a 200$ guitar so naturally you cant expect the best of the best. I own another guitar from the brand and dare I say I expected little more again. But this time the guitar was not set up as previous, the action high, some minor buzzes, and I'm not sure(and I'm not claim that) but I had a feel this might've been a b-stock. That's the cons for me.

Other than that - I love the look and feel of it. I'll be modifying it in the future but even now I get decent sound and just... enjoying it.

Ok

Slippery guitar and knocked around a bit, tuner plastic broke very easily, headstock cracked very easily when guitar fell. Wood not best quality it seems. I’ve had other guitars that could take knocks and not be affected. Pickup switch broke very easily. Need to handle guitar with very great care.... I threw it away after headstock cracked, chipped away and came off with a little help

Well that’s a surprise.

What an excellent guitar. Owned it for some time now and can say it is a superb guitar. Great sounds from the pickups. Fantastic finish.

Only change was replacing the tuners for Wilkinson’s

Kicks the butt off the Gibson les Paul imho

As good a guitar as I’ve seen right out of the box I have a Epiphone pro LP and the guitar is better than the epiphone right out of the box the epiphone was nearly 600£

Just buy one you will not be disappointed

Absolutely STUNNING!

Firstly, I was amazed to find that Harley Benton guitars actually make left-handed models in a range of stunning finishes - as a lefty, I'm used to 'choosing' either black, white or if I'm lucky red. I could quite happily buy one of these in each of the finishes on offer, but I totally fell in love with the Lemon Drop and I'm so pleased I did - it looks awesome in all lights!

Out of the box, my guitar was set-up perfectly - no fret buzz, low action, nice smooth fretboard edges and no cosmetic damage. I'm really impressed, as I had seen some negative reviews about this on youtube etc. This is the first time I've purchased a 'budget' guitar, so I really didn't know what to expect - I own 2 x Fenders and 1 x Gibson.

As soon as I plugged this guitar in I was gobsmacked - it is extremely comfortable to play and it sounds great. I'm really impressed with the pick ups, but I don't rate the coil splitting at all, it makes the sound way to thin to my ear. But that is the only negative thing I can find to say!

So, this is now my go to guitar - the neck is absolutely perfect and is really helping me improve my playing. I also prefer the sound of the pick ups to those in my Gibson (that's probably down to my style of playing). I am a very happy customer and will be back for more guitars in the future!

Unbelievable for the price

I've previously owned a Gibson Les Paul Standard and this guitar isn't that far removed. Set up was solid upon arrival. Fretwork is all good. Didn't even need to adjust the truss, action or intonation like I was expecting for a cheap guitar. The only con is the electronics. The pickups are very muddy and will need to be replaced. Overall, I'm very happy with this purchase.

poor QC

the guitar should not have been sold other than b stock if that.

I wrote them about my issues but they never returned a comment. first of all I do not expect the guitar to be perfect. that being said, there were at least 5 spots in the side of the guitar that were filled with wood filler that was not restained to even closely match the finish. There were 4mm wide x about 50mm long defects along the side of the body. The mahogany was split in the neck area, the top side of the body , by the binding, the base was finish was dented and repaired, and the toggle switch was broken off. will not be buying another guitar from them. should have been scrapped.

BIG BANG FOR BUCK - AGAIN!!!

This review is from a Left handed player .

Another little GEM. Why would you pay a grand for the big G, when this guitar is right up there. OK, so the materials might not be quite as top-notch, but the sound is.

The addition of coil splitting on both pickups is a surprise. The tonal variations open up this guitar to playing styles not traditional to "Les Paul" guitars. Actually it can go from a Garry Moore sound to a passable "Country twang" very close to a Telecaster.

Can't really fault this model but for one exception - the colour. I just wish the LD designation was dropped simply because asu,ing LD stands for Lemon Drop - it 'aint. Much nearer to amber. I wish they would offer more traditional colour variations such as Sunburst or Tobacco Burst. Whilst it is a good example of what left-handed guitarists are looking for, it could be improved cosmetically with more choice of colour. All in all though - highly recommended.