Harley Benton SC-Junior LH Vintage Sunburst 4-stars Reviews

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2 years ago

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.

5 years ago

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.

5 years ago