Harley Benton TE-70 Black Paisley Reviews

classic telecaster

The guitar has the shape and ergonomics of a classic Telecaster. There are minor cosmetic flaws, the tuning machines are not of the best quality and backlash. Badly worked frets. The varnish print is pale, it looked much better in the photo. The nature of the sound of a real telecaster, "broken glass" :)

In general, the guitar is very good, made with high quality, the neck is not bent, the frets do not scratch and the bridge did not have to be tuned. But at the slightest adjustment of the volume or timbre on the guitar, it starts to sound. I tried another wire and even another combo amplifier, but the problem still remained.

Harley Benton TE-70 Black Paisley

Progression Starts Here. I,ve had a few guitars over the last forty years, but at this price I have got to say it's brilliant. If your just getting started as a guitar player then look no further than a Harley Benton Guitar. I wish they had been around when I first started playing. I'm 74

Love this guitar

A great Tele style guitar. Pickups sound nice and the guitar is quite attractive.

well worth the price

Surprisingly good quality. Setup was good from the box. Neck relief was soft on and nut slots were .005 at first fret with capo on 3rd fret which is perfect. I usually like a tad more relief in the neck but it plays well without buzzing. I bought to put a set of Fender Nashville Noiseless Tele pickups in it but I like the sound of the stock pickups so well I night find a worse sounding tele to use. I can't build as nice a guitar at anywhere near this price.

Cheap guitar :)

No need to wait for miracles, there will be none - cheap machine heads; mediocre pickups; uncomfortable vintage bridge with three saddles (for me this is a minus); a year later, there was a slight curvature of the neck at the point of attachment to the body, the frets need to be resurfaced after the 13th fret.

The guitar is pretty heavy.

But this is a not bad option for beginners, and all this is corrected by buying tuners, bridge, pickups and a visit to the master, but perhaps you should pay attention to another instrument :)

Sorry my english, i use on-line translator

Great guitar quality

Very impressed with everything. Flawless workmanship delivered surprisingly quickly to Canada. Was setup - ready to play out of the box. I lowered the action a little to my preference. All-in-all a great experience, and I will definitely look to buy more guitars in the future.

beautiful looking guitar, it sounded great but with some hum that you won't find on a Fender Tele, the frets I had to polish my

Besides the little flaws I mentioned and if they are take care by the company, its a great instrument worth to be giged.

its a tele.

well first off.... AWESOME looking finish.

guitar plays great and once i fixed the one glaring issue.... it sounds great too.

as this was a mod platform the issue wasn't a big deal... however the neck pickup was not functioning properly, I rewired it thinking it was out of phase but alas, no cigar.

I was replacing the pickup's for my friend anyway (its his guitar) so that was not an issue in the slightest.

I love this guitar

I received this today and gave it a once over. It's solid. In some pictures it looks like it has an arm bevel on the body, but I can assure you it's not there and it's shaped like a proper tele.

I cannot fault this instrument. I can't even say "it's great for the price point" because really it's just great. Sure, it doesn't have big name pedigree, but it plays very well. The frets on mine were all nicely dressed, and my bridge plate sits flush. All three positions play well and there wasn't a scratch on it. I can see myself swapping out the tuners eventually for locking ones, but so far after a lot of bending they only dropped ever so slightly, so I'm pleased with them.

I wish the HB brand was around when I was just starting out.

Just click add to cart and be done with it.

All good

Feel, sound & weight - all good.

Harley Benton TE-70 Black Paisley

Overall an excellent guitar. I play this guitar more than my American Telecasters and it looks awesome on stage. Excellent value for money.

after aprox. 1 year of using the neck and frets are still as new

TE-70 Black Paisley

Straight out of the box, I tuned and recorded with it. Great action, held tune great. Very nice guitar and an awesome deal!

What more can we ask for?

There's no point in writing too munch and end up stating the obvious.

It's a great guitar for the price. Much better than what I expected.

Buy it, get new strings and a proper set-up done (it's never quite right from factory) and enjoy it.

This is a great example of what new technology can offer for unbelievable prices.

25 years ago, for this kind of money, you'd get 2 strings on a stick!

If you can't get a good sound out of this one, I can guarantee you that the guitar is not the problem...

I've owned, played, toured, recorded with dozens of guitars. No! This is not a Fender Custom Shop, but for the price, what more can we ask for?

Happy camper

After seeing all the positive reviews on you tube I thought id give this a go and what a surprise it was, I havent put it down over the last two weeks, its a joy to play, I find the bridge pick up a bit brittle but backing off on the tone pot takes a bit of that away and its by no means a deal breaker. The neck on mine is very fast and smooth, overall id recommend this to anyone if it were twice the price, if youre in the uk this will be about 150 quid when the vat and shipping are added and at that price its an absolute steal. Forgot to mention it looks the business too, very nice finish.

Cant praise enough

Have had the guitar for a few months now and put it thru the test and it really stands out sounds great looks great i have a collection of quality guitars already from fender to ibanez and this one stands along side them .If i was going to pass on any critic it is the selector switch change from black plastic to chrome and you would match the volume and tone switch.As usual delivery was first class and well packed and for the price you wont find any better.

Nice finish

Nice looks and good sound. I would recommend it.

Excellent Guitar

This guitar looks great and feels great. It also sounds great

too. It is heavy, but I usually associate that with better quality. The only thing that I've found, as a slight negative, was that the volume and tone pots were a bit crackly. However, a couple of sprays inside the potentiometers with electrical cleaner solved the problem. It was delivered to the UK with 7days, and came very well packaged, although customs had open the outer box. The guitar was delivered to my door by Parcel Force with no issues.

Good Looking Beginners Guitar

Needed to do minor set Adjustments, Over all quality is Good