Harley Benton ST-59HM Fiesta Red 4-stars Reviews

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The one I got has sort of a thick , soft V neck, I LoVE it. The body resonates beautifully. Pickups are ok, but nothing special.

I also bought the ST 90, the ash body , rosewood neck one.

Changed necks between them and I think I struck gold ( evaluating myself a genius for the move)

So the alder body of this one, the rosewood neck of the other, Tonerider pickups …. and….. BINGO !!!

Get lost Fender … you and you’re price tags.

Использую для обучения. Гитара доехала целой - упакована была надёжно. Общее впечатление от инструмента приятное.

Что не понравилось: 1) На накладке есть древесный рисунок и он выглядит как грязь если смотреть издалека. 2) Цвет не такой как на фото и в обзорах, не красно-оранжевый, а просто красный. Не смертельно, но впечатление хуже ожидаемого. 3) потенциометр громкости заметно фонит. На максимальной громкости всё в норме, а когда убавляю громкость - звук стихает , но фонить начинает гораздо сильнее. Это уже серьёзная неприятность, её придется исправлять. Эти мелочи весьма испортили впечатление. Потому что во всём остальном инструмент прекрасный.

Да, сравнивал его с Cort G250 BBL У Сort фурнитура по-хуже, но фонит он гораздо меньше , и потенциометры сильно приятнее. В звуке отличия есть, но описать их я не могу.

Инструмент приехал отстроеный по мензуре, с маленьким прогибом на грифе. Я опустил струны ниже, до 1,5мм на первой и 1,7 на 6 струнах. Ничего не звенит - лады ровные по высоте.

The fit and finish are wonderful and looks of this guitar are awesome! If you ever decide to add a light blue, such as Lake Placid, Daphne blue to this model I will buy one in a heartbeat.

Harley Benton ST-59HM

An excellent Strat style guitar, manufactured with care and an eye toward fit and finish. I would have rated a 5 star, unfortunately the 5-position switch was not working in the bridge position (this is my 2nd HB with the same issue, as my Fusion II's switch was also faulty). Overall an excellent, playable guitar right out of the box.

You get what you pay for

The guitar is an absolute beauty which is the biggest reason why I bought it, and it sounds good too.

Needed a neck setup and some frets needed polishing but otherwise a beautiful guitar, holds a tuning really well even after bending excessively and using the whammy bar.

Overall a very good guitar for the price

Pros

The body finish is very nice. It is the beautiful fiesta red.

I like the neck width, which is slightly wider than the standard Fender neck. May be that?s the way the D neck is, cause I?ve only played mainly on C necks.

The guitar was well set up with a nice low action. The playability is great.

The pickups sound good, very close to HM sound.

Cons

On the 3rd string (G string) on the fretboard, the sound was less sharp than on other strings. I was not sure if it was the string, or the bridge block. I replaced all strings and it seems to be ok.

Comments

The guitar was well packed and delivered in great condition.

If I could make one suggestion:

I suggest the neck (especially the headstock) could be a bit less yellow.