Harley Benton TE-69TL Hot Rod NT Roasted 4-stars Reviews

Just what the Doctor ordered !

An ax with a hammer for a heart. A silk scarf with a razor in the dark.

No fuss no muss. Couldn't ask for more.

For this price it's a no-brainer!

After a string height and intonation adjustment ( low E was way off ) this guitar plays great. Love the option of the stacked single in the bridge position and the neck is wonderful. The fret corners at the ends are a bit rough but that's an easy fix.

For this price it's a no-brainer.

Looks cool even if it's not a real thinline construction.

The weakest point are the tuners, as with almost any guitar in this price range or even above.

This is my first HB guitar, first roasted neck guitar and my first Tele as I need a single coil guitar for studio work.

Since I got it, I play it alomost every day and really dig the sound, the look and the feel of the satin neck.

Not really a hollow body

Guitar arrived promptly as usual well packed and in tact ,a little darker than I expected.

Straight out of the box nearly in tune no marks or blemishes a very nice looking instrument.

The neck is very nice and the fretwork is very well done.

The guitar is a lot heavier than I expected.

Seems to be a solid body with a routed f hole area only.

Plays and sound s great .

Would recommend this one but bear in mind the weight.

I may remove the scratch plate and try some weight relief at a later date.

The action was very high but adjusted without any further adjustments required.

Not as how it advertises...

This is my first Harley Benton. I intended to buy the solid body at first, but then this beauty came out, and it didn't take time to decide to go with it. After receiving the guitar, I found out there was misinformation from HB's youtube video. First, the guitar is not light, it is like a Thinline version of TE-52, which is a notoriously heavy guitar that could be like 5kg. The Thinline version would still be about 3.8 kg, which is still on the heavy side even in the solid body tele category to me. Another misinformation is the bridge pickup, it is a stacked humbucker instead of a single coil, and there is a push/pull button at tone for you to switch from humbucker to single coil. I find out the single coil mode is a little bit too thin for my ear, but it is good for playing some funk when switching to the middle position with a single coil bridge. The build quality is really good on this guitar, I felt like it is as good as the Fender Player Tele I own. No fret issue, the finish has no flaws(my only complaint is the finish inside the f-hole is a bit rough), and the neck is comfortable to play on. Acoustically, this guitar sound loud due to its Thinline body, I think it still sounds different than the normal solid body, and it is definitely worth some boutique pickup upgrades which I plan to do in the future. I would still recommend this guitar to people who want a lighter version of TE-52, or want to try a Thinline with ash body but would not cost too much.

Heavy yes but still a great guitar

I have mixed feelings about this guitar, for the price? Absolutely worth it. The quality is there, absolutely no flaws in that department. The complaints of the weight are accurate however, it is incredibly heavy for being a semi hollow but I assume this is on account of the ash body. With that being said go look at the price on similar ash bodied semi hollow teles. All in all it's still good bang for buck, it's beautiful and plays nice. I for one don't really care how heavy it is, I'm a big guy so it's kind of whatever for me. All in all, lovely guitar.

I could not resist

I love Teles, I love ash guitars & I have had great results with HB guitars in the past. This guitar also had the added features of the thinline body & a split humbucker for the bridge. The neck is beautiful & the satin finish is very comfortable. The down side is this guitar is very heavy even though it is a thinline. The saddles are a bit wonky or too wide for the string spacing - the B string is shorter than the E string, making intonation poor. A nice touch on the guitar is painting the inside of the F hole black. This one is going to be a keeper with a little polishing.