Harley Benton TE-20MN CA Standard Series 5-stars Reviews

Amazing sound for the price!!!

Love the feel, and the playability of this guitar.....love it!!!

your price the best guitar

High-quality and excellent looking telecaster for a very small price!

This is my third guitar from Tomann, and again I am very pleased with the purchase! These guitars are for those who care about quality at a reasonable price, not a high-profile brand name. However, HB has recently become a fairly famous and recognizable brand of musical equipment. I'll be thinking about buying another HB guitar!

Really nice TE guitar

You can play with the guitar without any adjustments (at least the piece that I receive), first impression is really good: Visually, it is really cool, the color is better than the pics, neck is fine (no issues with edges of the frets but still this may be dif in every piece), of course strings are not the best but I believe you cannot expect that from a EUR 90 guitar!

Overall, I believe it's a really nice choice, especially if you want this one to be your first gear.

good, but ....

very heavy guitar, 4kg, very long screw of saddles)))but neck is very good)real nice quolity)

Great guitar

I bought this to do some mods on but wow it is great right out of the box. I can't believe this guitar was this price. The candy apple red is stunning and it plays and sounds great.

BANG FOR BUCK !

This guitar is amazing for its price point.

Telecaster

First i was sceptic about cheap guitars, but watching youtube conviced me in ordering one. Oh man, this is it, look no further, change the strings, intonate a little bit, its a beast for the money.

Dont thinks about it any longer, just order it !

Great right out of the box!

This guitar comes well reviewed and for good reasons. Out of the box it's ready to play, action is spot on, intonation is perfect, the pickups only need a little adjustment. The neck plays well and the frets are good, no snags. The finish is awesome, I mean absolutely fabulous. I've looked it over with an eagle eye and found no flaws, none. It's as good as any Fender or Gibson I've ever seen.

The strings sound well.

I'm not going to join those who say change the strings. No need.

Nor am I going to change the tuners (haven't mentioned them but they're fine), the pickups are staying, the pots and knobs ditto.

There is no need to change anything. It plays far beyond it's price point, a multiple in fact.

If you buy this guitar just leave it alone, play it and enjoy it.

Did I mention how light it is? No? Okay, it's light and comfortable.

Buy it, play it, enjoy it and be happy!

i use it at home.

pros:

quality

sounds perfect

texture and color

cons:

doesn't have green color variant

All I can say is: wow!

Telecasters have never been my favourites, but I wanted a versatile guitar to lay in my room so I can pick it up and play a few notes anytime I want - without opening the case of my other expensive guitars. Those are all stratocasters and superstrats that is why I chose this HB Telecaster. I checked it many times, decided not to order it many times, but finally I did. And I did not regret it.

The guitar looks beautiful, the CAR painting is just perfect. The modern C shape neck is bolder than the necks on my other guitars but it is surprisingly good and easy to play. The frets need some polish work, right after the replacement of the factory strings I will do that. The edges of the frets are well worked no sharp-touch feel on them. Tuners and tuning stability is much better than I thought. I think with new and branded strings it may even be better. The tailpiece is classis telecaster type, but the intonation and string height was almost perfectly set up on delivery.

The sound of the pickups is okay though a bit muddy to my taste. I spent two nights playing on the guitar through my Helix LT and I really did not realize how quickly time flew, it was so enjoyous to play this little beauty. I think the hardware is good enough to deserve better pickups for the tonal upgrade. The only problem is that new pickups will cost more than the whole guitar did...

Awesome

I am pleasantly surprised by the quality of the instrument components

Big Surprise!

I am delighted by the quality of the guitar! Tuning is better than on my previous (2x - 5x more expensive) guitars. Pickup?s sound is nice, but I am not an expert on that.

There are however small flaws:

- upper layer of the lacquer could be peeled off easily in susceptible places (this is not a major problem for me)

- frets need more polishing (I will do that myself)

For the price, it is an excellent guitar.

Wow

Wow, just wow, I bought this guitar just because I want Maple neck on my Kit Tele that I bought here, So I swaped necks. And this one got Rosewood alike neck from Kit Guitar. This guitar is now my testing playground for different pickups, settings, strings, electronics, testing my Luthier skills, etc. Let me tell you, first of all, colour is incredible, this candy red is amazing and flawles, Maple neck is perfect, just the neck itself is worth twice the price that whole guitar will cost you. And let me tell you, after a bit of setting her up, and some tweaks...she plays and sounds amazing. If you consider the price, It might be the best guitar in the world. For the price of full tank of gasoline you get incredible guitar worthy of a song.

5 stars across the board!

Nice guitar

I got this one because I needed a guitar to record some covers at home. I never had a telecaster before and I'm very pleased I got it. The guitar is quite heavy, so it must be really solid. The paint work is great: that metallic red looks amazing! I like maple fretboards instruments, that's why I got it but I must say that this maple is a little bit too dark for me. The neck and fretboard finish is matte (not shiny as I like to be). I'm not a guitarist but the sound is good enough for me. I already recorded a song and it sounds very good (even with my lack of skill), I just got the guitar out of the box and started to play it. I still need to intonate it though. The action was low but I decrease it a little bit more.

Knobs and switch work perfectly (even though it's a chinese guitar), so I think the quality control was very good indeed. The fret work is great, much better than my fender bass guitar.

Pros: price, finish, sound

Cons: dark maple is not that appealing to me.

Get it now!

Absolutely love this guitar from the moment it arrived.

Absolute bargain at it’s price point.

What a great guitar, gig bag and service!

My fine TE-20 and the perfect, inexpensive gig-bag was delivered in less than 5 days to my doorstep! Wonderful instrument, plays, feels and sounds perfect! It needed some tuning and plays great, right out of the box. Impressed with the packaging and shipping info as well! Thank you for the truss-rod tool, cool guitar cord, AND for the awesome service! Danke schön! L.S., Nevada

Great guitar for the price

The fretboard is very flat compared to a Fender, but the fretwork is good and the action can be set very low. The strings were very rusty and had to be replaced after a couple of days. The pickups are not noisy. The tuners are just OK. A great guitar for the price, especially if you don't mind the flatter fretboard.

Impressive

Had this guitar a few weeks now, it’s a fantastic guitar for the price.

I had been looking to buy a Tele for quite a long time, just couldn’t make my mind up, then saw a couple of reviews for this.

Glad I decided to wait, the finish is fantastic, the neck smooth and very playable, can’t fault this guitar. May change strings, but for a home player that’s about it. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed if you purchase this guitar.

amazed

Been around now for 74 years and still gigging.Currently own a Ric 12 string,Deusenberg Double Cat and a HB XT22. I've just bought one of those new fangled Fender Tonemaster twin amps so what better to exploit the fender tube sound than a Telecaster,though a HB rather than the real thing.

Here's my findings.... this £75,yes £75 guitar has a flawless finish,not a mark,blemish anywhere.

The guitar had obviously been set up for notation,action etc and was pretty good for me.

Here are the pros

1) well constructed

2) Perfectly finished

3) Tuners are ok

4)Great Tele sound

5)Hardware is good for a budget guitar

6)Action was playable out of the box

Cons

1) Frets needed polishing

2) Strings were rubbish

3)Fret ends were sharp and needed filing smooth

4)Bridge height adjustment screws nearly cut my hand so needed shortening

So,after an hour or so resolving the issues I have a £75 guitar that plays,looks and sounds great and I'm frankly amazed at what can be had for so little money!

My advice is ...if you are considering if this is a worthwhile spend,don't hesitate..buy one!