Harley Benton SC-Junior LH Vintage Sunburst Reviews

Puts all the big names to shame!

This is the cheapest solid body electric guitar I have ever bought and I genuinely think it's the best all round guitar for me of all my guitars - and I own some good quality instruments. Less is more with this model. One volume, one tone and one pickup, gives you the chance to really explore tone and the minimal constuction values make this a classic at a beginners price. It's very light and solid and plays like a £1,000 guitar. Nicely finished too. I'm very happy with it as you can tell.

Great value Lefty

Straight out the box this guitar is absolutely fantastic. No set up required, do not listen to the other posts ok. The best value guitar with this vintage look you will ever hope to find. BUT....this is not an exact LP jnr copy, be warned! Look closely and you will see by the neck setting pictures on the back. The body has a scoop shape to the cutaway, and not a true LP shape, not meeting 90deg at the top E at neck. I would not have bought it knowing this, cause now it's super obvious it's a tribute.

Harley Benton DC junior LH

Harley Benton are my favorite guitars. I like the quality & the price. After years of struggling with state of the arc band names I've found I can get what I need from a HB. Great electric guitars

Good guitar.

Good guitar. bought this for live use. I love the 1 pickup thing.

Pros

1. it plays well and sounds good.

2. Works well with clean and Overdrive .

3. Frets well finished, level smooth fingerboard edges.

4. tuners fine and stable.

5. electrics are spot on, good to see HB fitting linear pots to their left handed guitars. I normally change mine for left handed taper pots anyway but there is nothing worse than a right handed audio taper pot wired backwards which is what most manufacturers do.

Cons.

1.The pick up is low I needed to raise the pole pieces up really high. could do with a shim for it really.

2. The bridge has sharp edges on the saddles not great for palm muting. I will probably replace the bridge at some point.

3. The top ends of the nut was very square and sharp I have just rounded mine off slightly with a nail file. I had to do same to a £1600 Gibson though.

Overall a good guitar I highly recommend it. I happily jump between this and my Suhr AltT, which was 15x the price, without feeling any difference in playability.

Mostly What I expected

Love the HB SC, glad they make it a lefty model.

Sound is as good as the HB DC models.

Great quality platform for the money better than some of the name brands!

Wish Harley Benton would make more models in left hand for all lines including this one.

Only negative I would say is the one I received was way way more light yellow than darker sun burst, which was a bummer for me!

What a great guitar!

As an owner of Harley Benton's other product (lap steel guitar), I was really curious about my next experience with this brand. Due to many positive reviews, I decided to give it a try and ordered the SC Junior.

I was looking for a really lightweight les paulish type of guitar so this fortunately came in like a blast from heaven itself. I owned and still got several guitars (gibson, ibanez, fender etc.) and I play for over 20years now so I had in mind what construction/QC issues in this price range could occur.

But MAN! Straight out of the box the first thing that hit me was the finish and the general look of this thing. The second was that chunky neck feeling. The fretwork is like a butter, no sharp edges at all. The guitar really feels great in hand and IT REALLY RESONATES even unplugged which I like a lot.

The setup was okay straight out of box but it needed some minor adjustments (for example string action which I like a bit lower). Pickup sounds cool, there is no problem at all and the sustain is nice and long. volume/tone knobs work great (plenty of tonal options for such a simple guitar).

All in all, this guitar is an absolute no brainer for it's price, especially in the world of left handed players like me. I'm really glad I have another happy experience with Harley Benton and products like this one are the proof that I don't care what's written on the headstock anymore.

To be honest, my Gibson SG Standard will now stay in it's case for several months 'cause I can't stop playing this junior beast!

Astonishing guitar,

Solid, brilliant sounding and better playing guitar. Can't go wrong at this price.