Harley Benton SC-550 II PAF 5-stars Reviews

HB SC 550II PAF. Beyond my expectations!

The guitar is beautiful. Not a scratch on it. Shipping was very fast. The guitar was set-up right out of the box. Frets are great. No neck-dive. Feels great to play. I'm very impressed and will be buying more Harley Benton guitars. You can't beat the 'quality for the price'. This is a much higher-end guitar than you would expect.

Beyond 'Bang for the Buck'

This thing is raw. The Tesla pickups with my Marshall, straight up and with moderate high gain and some reverb, suits me fine. RAW and powerful. So much so that I am picking up the wine red version. Best value of anything I've ever seen - no joke.

Great budget single-cut

Very impressed with this one. Quality wise I couldn't find any blemishes on the finish, no sharp fret ends no dings or something else. Only one pot had some slight discoloration but very minor. Strings were dead and need changing but I always change my strings even on new guitars. Massive positive this only weighs 3.4kg! Sound wise it's far sounding. The neck is more bassy and "pafy" and the bridge more gnarly. Overall really happy with this guitar and I would recommend it to anyone looking for a single cut!

It arrived quick and was exactly what I wanted

Amazing guitar!

I've been playing guitar for almost 40 years now and I've played plenty of them, from cheap and terrible to expensive and great. I'll skip the whole "for the price" thing because even if comparing this guitar with 800 and 1000 $, this one wins by ko.

With so many good reviews flooding the internet, I was expecting a lot ; but skeptical at the same time. It sounded to good to be true. Either I'm really lucky or this is one of the best guitars out there.

Sounds great and plays great. Makes me want to play non stop. The finishing is excellent. I've looked at it with a magnifying glass and this is simply great.

It is lighter than my Les Paul, but I'm fine with that.

One thing everyone says is trash are the tuners. The color could be better (not a deal breaker for me though) but they work and stay in tune. I've seen worse tuners on epiphones (special series II ebony deluxe comes to mind) or the cheaper squires.

Checked intonation - perfect.

This guitsr was pretty much tune and play out of the box.

A must have!

Simply beautiful, a steal!!!

I've been playing for over 3 decades. This instrument really impressed me.

It looks fantastic. The Tesla pickups will never need an upgrade. Action and playability were good right out of the box.

Even if you're rich enough to afford a high end Gibson, add this to your collection as well. For the price, this instrument is a stage winning, great-sounding, head-turner that you can gig with and not sweat over some clown damaging it.

I'm definitely considering buying a second (in another color) for good measure...

Nice guitar. Solid, good feel and sound.

I now own 5 Harley Benton guitar's. And I have to say they are all great !! They all played and sounded great right out of the box. Some of them required very slight tweaking, but for the price, I don't think they can be beat. They are certainly better quality than the fender squire's. And they cost less. I do not need multiple guitar's, but I might buy more just because the price is great and they are that good. I own the ST-62BK Hotrod, the SC-550II PAF, the HB-35 Plus, the TE-62DB LPB, and the HB-JA60 OW. My wife thinks I am crazy but who cares ?

My favourite double cut

Superb guitar , looks and plays brilliant . For the cost of a Epi you getting a much much better guitar. I've owned loads of guitars from GSO's to Squiers ,Yamaha's , Loads of Epiphones and £ for £ this is only bettered by my Epiphone Casino , a very much more expensive guitar.

Amazing quality

I am new to guitar and received this as my Christmas gift from my wife. (I picked it out). Right away, I brought it to my guitar teacher who couldn't believe how good the quality of this instrument is and how beautiful it is. He said it was more comfortable to play than his $3000 Gibson. When I am ready for another guitar, I know this is the brand I will go with.

My only gripe is a scratchy tone knob that I will spray some contact spray in to remedy it.

A real beauty for a price thats crazy!

Finish was near flawless, no buzzing out of the box, strings are a little high but will play it for a while before adjusting. Neck was very dry, I was amazed how nice the wood looked after treating it. I had to replace the output jack, no big deal for only a few dollars and a little solder work. The pickups have a pleasant and powerful range of sound, I really like them . Guitar is a rocker for sure with some really nice soft tones possible also. The tuners do the job but I decided to change mine out for a finer 19/1 tuner ratio. I love the idea of adding some incredible upgrades in the future but its a great guitar already with a lot of potential . Be prepared to get use to the med/ jumbo fret size, the fingering has to be with a light touch or the tuning will go sharp, this actually is helping me use a lighter touch in my playing but at first I did not like it. The electronics are of a nice size and appearance with overall good soldering( except for the output jack thus the 4.5 on quality). I am blown away at what I got for the price. I play this guitar more than any of my others, no worry at wearing down the stainless frets so a great practice guitar and live guitar.

Beautiful guitar

Cheap and good quality looks amazing and plays good , I highly recommend this guitar you can’t find this good guitar for this price

This guitar sounds as Good as it looks

The song the feel the perfect balance of the pickups you don't have to Chang a singel thing its perfect

Super impressed with this guitar!

Sounds and looks great. Feels like a much more expensive guitar. It is heavy, but that is typical with a single cut guitar of this style. Sustain for days!

Very pleased with this guitar.I still don't know how Harley Benton are making these for the money they are charging.Keep up the good work.Great value.

HARLEY BENTON SC 550 II

I’ve always been kind of old school and a true and passionate fan of Marc Bolan, Mickey Finn and TREX, as you can imagine my very first electric guitar had to have an old-school look. I bought the HARLEY BENTON SC 550 II in PAF, DFB and FTF finish but in the end I chose the FTF one. So I chose the FTF one, and I installed on it a cream pickguard to make it look more vintage, now I have a guitar that looks like a lot the NOVEMBER BURST guitar that is played by Slash in the November Rain video. I recommend the HARLEY BENTON SC 550 II to whoever has to buy the first electric guitar with a LES PAUL style.

HAPPY PLAYING TO EVERYONE !

Great Playing Guitar

I have the real thing which gives me a better insight to compare. This is an awesome guitar and I enjoy playing it. The fit and finish is flawless on the one I received and tonally it sounds great. The stainless steel frets are a joy to play. Stays in tune. Did I mention it sounds great! Highly recommend buying this guitar.

best

Best neck, body, frets, amd pickups

SC-550 II PAF

Absolute winner! I read online reviews and watched demos. It surpasses expectations! HB makes it possible to

play great instruments for extremely friendly prices. The attainable options available are fantastic. I just ordered my fifth HB with more to go.

Great value, well worth it

I've had this about 5 months now and I really like it. It came pretty well set up. It looks and sounds great and it's really nice to play.

I've added push-pull pots to split the coils.

Perfect

Really perfect les paul guitar. Don't cry gibson :))