Harley Benton SC-Custom II Ocean Flame Reviews

Terrific for the money.. Plays a treat

Really surprised at the quality and playability of this guitar.. Finished nicely, sounds great and crisp, straight out of the box.. Ordered one of the HB explorer models on the strength of this purchase

Harley Benton SC-Custom II Ocean Flame

For such a price, I received an almost perfect guitar, you will not find analogues. Frets do not stick out, everything builds perfectly.

The potentiometer rustles a little when turning, but it's not scary. Overall very satisfied, thank you!

Beautiful guitar that plays great

Negative first

Sound 4/5 - the pickups sound ok but they were not quite as full sounding as I would have liked for rock and punk, very playable and fair for the price but not 5 star

Quality 4/5 - there were a couple of spots where the blue had crept up onto the binding, and the side dots were not perfectly aligned but hat is it only superficial items, nothing that affected playability or that I cared enough about not to keep it.

The Good

I am super happy with this guitar, it had all the important features I was looking for - thin lightweight and comfortable body, thinner neck profile, push/pull option for single coil tones, good tuners. It also comes with strap locks although the description doesn't mention it. I also loved all the aesthetic choices colour/binding etc that made this purchase easy. The finish has a little more green in it - closer to the photos for the SC Custom Plus - which is what I was hoping for, the colour is amazing.

Playability is great, the neck is super comfortable in my hand and the tuning stability is great. I think the total package on this guitar is awesome but even more so given the price point. I have recommended HB guitars to many friends based on how pleased I am with this guitar.

Harley Benton - if you see this I would suggest a darker (black) fretboard colour to really make everything pop.

Great guitar for intermediate players

Now that i have had the guitar for a couple of months i can say that i am glad with my purchase.

This is a guitar that a beginner or even an intermediate player can pick up and have a lot of fun with it. It has everything you need from a guitar at this level and also for the price it has an outstanding feel and quality.

A recommendation of mine would be if you buy this or any other guitar remember that it all comes down to maintenance, the picks can be changed, and a lot more can be modified.

Just have fun playing your instrument that is what matters most!

High quality instrument.

I got this SC Custom in ocean flame blue and must say it's gorgeous.

My other contender was an Epi LP, but in the end, I decided on this Harley Benton because I wanted to try a different brand, and it didn't disappoint.

I learned a couple of things with this purchase:

First, sticking to the same old brand is quite absurd when you see better and nicer guitars in the same price range.

Secondly, this guitar IS a custom-like guitar. I couldn't find anything similar in the same price range.

All about this guitar is right. The fretboard is thinner than expected, and its nicely polished.

The body has those ergonomic cuts that fit really nice when seated.

I don't know... it's such a nice guitar.

I recommend this guitar to someone who wants a quality instrument and is ready to explore new brands that can compete with the more established ones.

So satisfied I just ordered my second Harley Benton

My SC Custom ll in Ocean Blue Flame is beautiful and plays well. The customer service has been great. I just ordered my second Harley Benton, a Fusion iii with the Floyd Rose so now I can learn some VH and practice my dive bombs.

Most excellent!

What a great guitar. Especially for the price. Looks beautiful. Plays very well. Nicely set up. No issues with shipping to Michigan, in the the US. Highly recommend these guitars.

Great guitar except...

The sound and feel of this guitar is great. I noticed a strange loss of low end on the low E string but figured it was how these pickups sounded. after playing it for a few days, I was upset when I saw that the bridge pickup was a bit crooked on the body and the strings weren't over/inside the pickup pole pieces. I'm thinking this is why the low string didn't sound as full as the others.

comfortable and sounding

very comfortable and ergonomic guitar. the fittings are branded and of good quality. there are minor cosmetic flaws and a crookedly installed humbucker bridge.

the guitar sounds very good and all that remains is to put the seymour pickups, the rest is in order.

No complaints

Outstanding guitar for the money, no imperfections & sounds great even with a tone deaf novice like me!!!

Not quite as good sounding as my Vintage v100 afd paradise but not far off.

Beautiful Looking and Sounding Guitar

First of all I am just a hobby guitarist nothing more, so take my review for what it's worth. This is my first Harley Benton and will NOT be my last!!. It was packaged perfectly, no damage!! Shipping was very quick also, I had it in less than a week. There are no finish flaws anywhere on this one and the blue maple top is gorgeous. The tuners are smooth and have no jumps or slippage, It goes in tune easily and stays in tune. The knobs and switches all work and are of good quality .It is comfortable to play and sounds amazing. It has the Les Paul type sound I was looking for and expecting. In summary I feel I got a lot of guitar for the money. In my opinion this guitar looks, plays, and sounds like a guitar costing hundreds of dollars more. I have no regrets or disappointments.

Awesome Guitar

Love the guitar! Well built, great sound and plays very very nicely. The color was not exactly as it is in the picture being a bit more on turquoise side but it looks great, I love the way it looks. This guitar is very versatile in tonal quality. All the way around this is an awesome guitar.

The only troubling point is the set up. The intonation on the Low E string seems to be giving me trouble. I've adjusted the saddle all the way back making the string as long as it can go and cannot get it in tune at the 12th fret, it's still just a little sharp. It's very close but I want it perfect. Still I cannot complain for the price and over all the guitar just sounds absolutely amazing. Maybe after a bit more tweaking I can get the intonation in tune on that string with a bit of bridge and possibly some truss rod adjustment. All other strings, I have been able to set up the intonation perfectly. Other than that, the action is very nice on this, needed a little further set up out of the box but that is just my preference. The guitar was very playable as is minus the intonation being off which is why I rated this at 4 stars