Harley Benton SC-550 II PAF 5-stars Reviews

Superb 2022 Les Paul by Harley Benton (SC550ii) PAF

All the recent positive reviews on Youtube did not prepare me for this beautiful instrument delivered to me today from the first factory batch of 2022. It looks sublime, is a joy to hold and was tuned and set up spot-on before delivery !!! The overall finish and workmanship is excellent. The lovely neck came with beautifully polished frets. The 3 way switch works well and feels solid. The volume controls do the job graduated evenly, and the tone pots equalise steadily all the way from closed to open. The Tesla pickups are well worth the upgrade HB installed on this mark ii of the popular SC550. The sounds through my old Zoom GFX-707, right through from clean to dirty, are breathtaking . I can't stop playing it. I actually shed a tear of joy (Welsh). Why the hell would you buy a Gibson when you can get this superb thing for less that £250?

Please thank your folks in Indonesia for me.

At this price range, this guitar is unbeatable and an absolute steal

Nice guitar!

Perfect sound! Nice settings.

guitar fire! Everything is done with high quality. I have not found any defects. The sound is super!

The brands across the pond need to take notes

This is inspired by an artist’s line at another company but sometimes like this occasion the original inspired a creation 1/10th of the price that looks and feels as good or better. The Tesla pickups are a pleasant surprise as was the actual maple top. For this price this quality is unheard of.

Nice guitar!

Great value for money!

Got this as a birthday present from my girlfriend, so no complaints here :)

Try the guitar, it is a nice one!

Wicked Guitar

I was not sure about the quality of the guitar when I placed the order. When it arrived very well packed and in brilliant condition. One needs to try it to believe just how good it plays. Get this beast before they are priced correctly.

Way more guitar than I expected

I have owned over 90 guitars and of all those guitars only 3 were in tune and perfectly intonated out of the box. 2 of them were PRS core models and the 3rd was SC-550 ll PAF. Excellent playability on this guitar the action was set exactly where I love it. There was no fret buzz. Honestly I could not have been more pleased with this guitar. The only thing that would have made this experience better would have been if the guitar were free. Hell I liked it so well I ordered a second one.

Excellent value for money and great looking/sounding guitar

Bought this as spare and read plenty of reviews.

Turned up and out of the box was very surprised by it.

It looked fantastic.

Almost set up perfectly just small adjustments to the tuning.

Cant find any marks or defects with this.

I'm only a beginning but sounds and plays as good as my 4 x price guitar.

I have just ordered another model as im that impressed

Still don't believe it.

I have to say I am more than impressed with this instrument. The problem I have with lower end instruments is always in the neck, whether it's the frets being rough, the ends being rough, or the fingerboard not being the most finished... this is by far the best I've had in any guitar that isn't Japanese or American outside of the PRS SE line, at a third of the cost of one of those!

The tesla pickups are an improvement from the Roswells in this body style in my opinion, and I love the straight forward no nonsense from them... no coil split needed, they work perfect as is and even sound good clean.

The weight of the guitar is great at 8.3LBS or around 3.75KG, it's effortless to play and I am confident I could take this guitar out tonight and play a full performance with no worries or issues. Great job harley benton.

I made a full unboxing, inspection, and playthrough of this guitar on my youtube channel audiomo music if you are interested to see me go over the exact guitar I received. Thank you again for the great work everyone.