Harley Benton ST-62DLX OW Vintage Series Reviews

Great

I am still shocked by the quality of these guitars

Good guitar

This guitar is good, since it’s my first I don’t know a whole lot but the screws on the SCRATCHPLATE weren’t screwed in properly which isn’t a difficult fix, but the fret buzz is pretty bad escpcially on the e string (6th string) and I’m not sure how to fix that.

Blows other brands similarly priced models out of the water

This guitar was pretty great right out of the box. For my first HB guitar, I am very pleased. The finish combined with the gold hardware is also a beautiful look that really sets this model apart. Action feels good and the electronics sound great.

Beginner fit!

I am a beginner in the world of electric guitar playing. I got to have couple of guitars, but this one grew to be my favourite. For me, the neck is smooth, with a handy length. Also, the guitar body fits well and feels much comfortable. I used couple of pedals, played it with a simple amp or even with no amp when practicing late - I like how melodic it sounds. It comes with a tremolo that I haven't explore yet, but awaiting too. Subjectively I think this guitar is well built and from decent materials.

Harley Benton ST-62DLX OW Vintage Series

this guitar beautiful workmanship The first time I ordered, I think it's a great value I like it very much

Cool guitar better than Squiers in the same price

The biggest plus for me in this guitar is radius, which makes bending easier than Fender's line. It is a perfect budget stratocaster.

I really like this guitar even though

Even though the guitar was never tested and came with strings so loose you can tell it never had a set of strings on it, luckily it plays pretty good with only a couple high frets

Very solid

The sound of the guitar is amazing! But the string are a bit tense

Beautiful...just beautiful 😍

The fact that it feels & sounds great pales in comparison to the amount of compliments I get on how beautiful this guitar is.

Excellent value and quality

I would recommend this guitar in a heartbeat to anyone looking for good value and quality. It's a complete no-brainer for a beginner, but even for an accomplished guitarist it's a great piece of kit. It arrived on time, well-packaged and took only a few minutes to set up, with decent strings. It would probably benefit from having a more detailed set-up, but that depends honestly on how much you'll notice the difference. For a beginner it will work fine out the box. Highly recommended.

Terrible fretwork

I own three HB guitars and this one does not match the quality of the others. The fretwork is terrible. multiple uneven frets means that not matter how I set the action I still get really bad fret buzzing. Now I have to take it somewhere to get the frets leveled. It will likely cost as much as this guitar cost me. I'm very disappointed in this guitar.

Something for which it is not a pity to pay $$$ 😍

when I first unpacked this instrument, my emotions were like I was holding my newborn son in my arms, you know.. it's hard to describe in words.

But after you start playing your music, at that moment you realize that you can do much more with this instrument.

do not waste time, take it in your hands and start making rock music that will become a legend in 20 years !!🎸🎸🎸

Fantastic

Absolutely the best HB I've bought, everything is outstanding at this price point, nothing I don't like. Well done Harley Benton.

Awesome Guitar!!!! Love the Color!!! Love the Sound its sounds just like my Strats

I purchased because of the reviews and it's cheaper than the guitars i made myself I'm telling you don't just purchase because of the low price buy it for the quality i really don't know how they do it i've purchase three of them on sounds like a Gibson one like a strat and one sounds like a PRS

Never give up your dreams!

To be honest, at the beginning it seemed quite skeptical to me. Considering the price, I expected many flaws, low quality finish and boxy sound, but I was so wrong!

Let's start with CONS:

- two screws on pickguard are twisted crooked

- string trees seem shabby

- tuners are flimsy

- tremolo looks cheap (works properly though)

PROS:

- looks fantastic

- sounds great, a little bit brighter than ordinary vintage pickups on a Strat

- for me neck feels more comfortable than V-shaped neck on my old guitar

- perfect finish, no even a small scratch

FINALLY

I'm so happy to own this guitar! Definitely can recommend it for those, who are seeking a cheap Strat!

Now it's my work truck

One word is a very good guitar. The purest sound and obedience, the design is very cool. She is 200 times more beautiful than in the photo. I didn't think I'd like stratocaster. The neck is wide, so you have to retrain for this guitar. But it's worth it.

Michael Campos

I'm really happy with this product. Everything was duly received and delivered on time in Chile. Thanks!!

Plays great right out of the box.

I expected to have to do a setup, frets and all, but can't find any faults with the guitar. This guitar is as good as some 1 thousand or more I have bought.

I just placed an order for 3 more HB's

Great but finishing and quality control could improve

Neck on the "Deluxe" model had some nasty spikey fret ends on delivery. Some of the screw holes for attachment of the scratchplate (pickguard) have not been lined up perfectly thus there are screws which sit proud at untidy angles which looks to have been caused by being drilled before fitting the neck as the scratchplate is very tight to the neck pushing it out of alignment with the holes. The pickup selector would not select bridge pickup (either alone or with middle) until I fixed it (had this been tested it would have failed). Needed a significant setup including filing nut slots, neck shim and fret levelling.

Well that's the negative out of the way, now the positive. Following setup plays and feels good, tuners are good quality and hold tune, vibrato bridge is fine and works well. It sounds great, like a real ST which is certainly not a given even with more expensive ST types. Pickups are very good, no need to change (take note I changed the pickups on my other three Harley Benton electrics). Other than what I have already pointed out the finish is good, Olympic White being a slightly yellow white somewhere between White and Vintage White though all the gold plate and anodising may not be to everyone's taste; bear in mind the aluminium scratchplate provides decent hum shielding.

I've had the scratchplate off to inspect the electronics. Predicatably there is a PCB type selector rather than a blade type which is fine with me. Very pleasantly surprisingly, the pots are full size (!) and there are two (green) tone capacitors, one for each tone pot both unusual for budget guitars. Perhaps there is more than meets the eye to the "Deluxe" tag.

Summarising: as stated above, not quite all it should be out of the box but with a significant setup is now a jolly good instrument at a great price though less so if, unlike me, you need to pay for someone else to do the setup.

Great Budget Guitar!!

Bought this with a project in mind but was surprised on the initial quality for the price point. The general build quality is commendable and the finish and frets are acceptable. Yes, the frets could do with a quick dress just to take the roughness off but plenty of string bending gets the job done eventually. The pickups, to my ears, sound good out the box but I've already changed the bridge to a SD Hot Rails, which is what I always intended to do anyway. I've also swapped the gold pickguard to a Harley Benton tortoise shell one so I'm more than happy with what I've got. The only thing I'd say that lets it down are the tuners, 1 or 2 pegs struggle to hold tune but they seem to be getting better with more use.

With less than £100 of upgrades, the guitar has gone from a good, useable entry level guitar to a high end mid range beast so overall, well worth the money!