Harley Benton ST-62CC RW Lake Placid Blue

Great guitar

If you want a strat style guitar, but have a limited budget, then look no further than the ST-62CC. Played OK out of the box, but a bit of time spent on cleaning and oiling the fret board, and the frets a light polish, this thing feels great. I use it though a HB Tube 15 and the result is amazing with so many tonal choices via the 5 way selector. Pickups are good for such a wallet friendly guitar. This is my 3rd HB, no regrets.

nice guitar

good guitar for getting the strat sound on a budget, came intonated and in tune but the tremolo is a little squeaky, the blue is also much more vibrant in real life

Mixed feelings

I have somewhat mixed feelings about this guitar.

1. First of all, the guitar came with rusted strings, which wasn´t a big deal as i changed them for another size anyway. But it doesn´t look great on a new product.

2. While adjusting string action, an adjustment screw on one saddle tore the thread on that saddle. Now i have to order spare saddles plus shipping (as for i´m not in Germany, and shipping is more than the price of the saddles), or go to local shop and buy original ones for 50€. Or fiddle a home made solution.

3. The pickups sound nice, although they are a bit weak, and my polytuner sometimes struggles catching them. But compared to a 20+ year old Squier, these sound realy realy nice.

4. The tuners are bit grity, but seem to work well, although they are pretty sensitive, at least compared to grover tuners.

5. Electronics seem to work well, there is no static by adjusting knobs or the switch. The finish is nice, and there are no visible flaws on the paint job. The frets are more or less in height. Mine has no fret sprout, and feels comfortable.

All in all, its great one can buy a usable, good lookin and nice sounding instrument for this budget price these days. As for the price, i understand i get a budget product, the part with the saddles realy irritated me.

Poor Condition

This guitar came in the poorest condition I have ever seen for a new guitar. The is not my first HB guitar and will not be my last but I was surprised they sent me a guitar that couldn't be played. I paid to have it fixed but would have returned if I bought it in the states. The neck was bowed so badly it looked like a bow for arrows. The trem system could not be adjusted to float as a result and it came with the thirstiest fretboard I have ever seen. The neck had to be reset by my guitar tech. Now it is playable and a decent guitar. My only gripe is the roasted neck and dry fretboard. I get alot of friction from it when bending strings.

Nice first guitar

This guitar had a great factory settings like action and scale and it also hits the notes. I prefer the lower action, however you can already practice with the standard action. It is a bit difficult to slide your fingers on the fretboard. And I hate the volume potentiometer but this is a claim rather to Leo Fender than to Tomann. I always make my sound silent while playing hi-gain solos. And I recommend you to change your strings when you get your guitar.

Good for the price!

I expectedd a little more than what I got, 7-ish months later I'm having a lot of trouble with fret-sprout, and it shipped with a big chip on the bottom. Otherwise though, it's been a great practice guitar.

Great blues guitar

I bought this on a whim, really. I have a number of Strat-style guitars, and have a strong preference for maple fretboards. I decided to give this a try, and I'm glad that I did. I bought it to swap out pickups and string it SRV-style with heavier-gauge strings, down a half step. I had a spare set of Kinman Blues, and put that in with a new harness. It's easily my favorite guitar for playing the blues now.

Blue Candy! WOW!

I finally got my first Harley Benton guitar and you know what? I got exactly what I wanted and saw in the picture. The finish is just excellent. Metallic blue mmm... delicious.

The sound is pretty good for the price. The frets are well sanded and rolled. The only drawback is that the strings were initially too high, but it took me about 15 minutes to adjust them to my liking.

All in all, the guitar is great. Recommended.

The best budget guitar

So,this is my first guitar and I`ve never played guitar before. I really like this strat and I treat it like a real person and I miss it if I don`t play on it for 1 day. It sounds REALLY amazing. If you compare it to Fender, Fender sounds more clean and expensive, BUT! But Harley Benton in my opinion sounds more like retro guitar and I like It`s vibe more than Fender, cuz I like retro music. This guitar sounds like real punk guitar and I didn`t regret of buying it. Harley Benton make guitars with hearts, that`s all. What I don't like is the slight carelessness of the assembly. Not critical minor flaws are frustrating, I would like to pay an extra 50-100 euros and get the same thing, but fully tested and of the highest quality. Otherwise I'm happy and I don't want to change this guitar to a fender because it's unique.

Very beautiful

Build quality is top notch! The colors are amazingly chosen. Pleases the look! Just a little bit you need to sand the frets, but this is a claim to the climate, and not to the guitar. The sound is very pleasant (of course 2 and 4 especially). From the factory, the guitar was not tuned to scale, the string height was twisted to the maximum, so after receiving the guitar, we had to tune it a little more.

One saddle in the bridge is not adjustable. The nut was turned off at the factory, and now it cannot be turned with a wrench. No problem, I'll buy a new one.

The pegs are fully functional. Removed the tremolo arm immediately. On inexpensive guitars, it is superfluous =).

Conclusion: Very well made guitar! I am very pleased!