Harley Benton TE-70 Black Paisley 5-stars Reviews

Tele twang for not a lot of money!

Got this guitar about 2 years ago and I still really like it. As many years ago Harley Benton guitars were quite notorious for being unplayable pieces of junk, I was quite hesitant despite the numerous praising Youtube reviews. Still I decided to

pull the trigger and I am really happy I did! After plugging it into my Vox AC4/hw I realised why the combination of Voxes and Teles are often described as match made in heaven! I especially like the bridge pickup, which despite being a bit microphonic, as some other reviews stated, has a really nice twangy sound. As a blind person I really don\t care about the looks, but some of my sighted friends have told me that they cannot believe so inexpensive guitar can look so great.

The only little problem is that getting it in tune can sometimes be quite a hard task, but once it is in tune it stays there. Even after some hard neck bending, which is often associated with the Teles. So I'll probably buy some locking tuners for that. Yeah, I know they won't increase the tuning stability so much, but when the tuners are about to be changed anyway, why not make the restringing a bit more quicker and comfortable.

Great Value

This guitar looks absolutely stunning. The finish of the body was very good and the polished neck was good but did have a couple of very small blobs in the varnish which didn’t interfere with the playing. The pickups sound like old style Telecaster pickups and are very good. The knobs looked and felt good quality and the Wilkinson bridge works well. The only criticism I would level at the guitar is the tuners which have a slack spot in the middle when turning one way to the other. However the guitar does stay in tune and if you found them annoying they could be easily changed.

Overall this is a very good instrument and represents cracking value for money and if your thinking of buying one then don’t be put off by the low price. You won’t be disappointed.

Nice Telecaster

Very nice guitar. Required minimal setup. Will more that likely upgrade some parts

Top for your money

The guitar was delivered 10 days before the post office. The shipping box was slightly dented below, but this did not affect the guitar itself. It was surprising that the box in which the guitar was not sealed with tape, and because of this the guitar literally fell out of the box. There are some minor remarks on the quality of the guitar on the paintwork of the deck in the form of scuffs on the ribs. The fingerboard responds well to the anchor, the potentiometers do not make noise, the 3-position switch also works well. In general, the guitar has very good sound, like the original fender sound and comfortable fingerboard. Loved the sound of the pickup. Full compliance price-quality. I definitely recommend it, as this is one of the best options on the market.

Awesome Period, forget the price!

The body style is great, the paisley is awesome, but down the to the nitty gritty....

That damn neck is just as good or better then an American Fender, and yes, I know.

Everything else rocks.

More than worth the price!

Great guitar

So much guitar for your money. This is awesome to play, sounds very Telecaster, just a great product!

Yep

Better then expected love it

Unbelievable quality for the money

The guitar arrived quickly in perfect condition. It sound and plays wonderful. The sustain is incredible. The only thing I plan to do is polish the frets when I next change the strings.

Excellent guitar

I am a professional guitarist and I'm very impressed with this guitar. I will be gigging with it. I couldn't care less what's on the headstock, I gig with quality instruments. This sounds great, and plays great.

Pros - great fret work, just needed a light polish. Checked with a fret rocker and not a single fret was high. Great tele sound. Set up was good out of the box. Nut was correctly set (although I've replaced it with a tusq xl nut).

Cons none. I recently bought a guitar from another manufacturer 4x this price and it needed the nut filed, frets levelled and a new toggle switch. Which just goes to show with Harley Benton you DON'T get what you pay for. You get a lot more !

Good value is my initial thought.

I just received this guitar and have about 5 hours of playing on it. The finish was not perfect, but acceptable. The pickups came in a little hot, so I cranked them down a little. Much better. The action is a little high, but not worth messing with right now. The tuners are just so so. You have to crank them slightly sharp and they will flat a little when released. The neck feels great! The nut seems to be fair, but there is a slight buzz which probably indicates a little work on the nut is necessary. Or maybe just work on my finguring. I think i need to round the front corners a little since they are very sharply cut. Intonation was good. I was a little worried about the three saddle standard configuration, but I noticed that the holes are there to configure to six saddles if problems develop. The pickups have a reasonable sound. I can see why the telecaster is popular in Nashville. The three way switch, tone and volume controls are very nice. I have the feeling it will become my "go to" guitar instead of using my Les Paul standard pro. I play mostly classic rock and country and this guitar will work for both. I will know more of how I feel in about a month or so. I will repost if there are any changes.

I'm glad I got it. It was delivered to my doorstep while I was out. The tracking info says it is still in Miami and, not here at my Atlanta home. Of course it took five days to clear customs in Germany. That seems to be an excessive time to me.

Voor die prijs een super gitaar, goed van afwerking, verrassend mooi geluid.

great relation price-quality

first I bought for the stetic, cause this guitar is beautifull but the quality its not perfect but realy amazing considering the price.

5*

Tele

Great guitar but I have some problems with pickup switch (stop working after only few days) and bridge pickup easy take feedback when I play it on tube amp! So I change pickup and put DiMarzio Twang King on bridge and change Fender pickup selector and now I'm so happy with this guitar... for 155€ this is good guitar, with telecaster character! I have 19 guitars but enjoy every time when I play this one!

Stop Nit Picking Guys

We All Know that Pickups, Strings Machine Heads Knobs ETC. Can be improved so Go And Spend 3 Grand Then. and there will be something you don't like on that one either. Trust me I know , That's the way Guitars are we are all different people with different Tastes in things. some people like low action others High, some people like a chunky neck, others don't, All im saying is for the money guys you cant beat it. If you have a few skills in setting a guitar up then theres no problem ive been playing guitar for 40 years I Bought this for Home use Only In My Studio and was very impressed. Straight out of the box the Action was very good, But I did tweak it a little as I like really Low Action. Id like to see a Smaller Neck some Day on these Guitars about a 40mm Nut with a Softer C Shape profile ( That's just my preference ) The Quality of the build of the guitar was Insanely Fantastic Overall for me Just Fantastic for the money

i feel the quality is better than the bullet squiers have in the same range of prices. I will defenetly order one more.

harley benton te-70.

very good guitar and well priced..back to black..ha.ha.

Great tele

I've always wanted a T-type and saw great review for this on youtube.

It plays great right out of the box and looks beautiful. Not a blemish or a dink anywhere. Sound awesome on my little home setup, nice tele type sound. Really look forward to trying on a bigger rig and potentially gigging with it.

top value

great value for money, had this guitar for a while now and plays great, sounds really good and looks fantastic.

HB TE-70

I have had this guitar for a couple months and enjoy playing it. The fit and finish is beautiful, fretts are perfect, very comfortable guitar to play.This is my third Harley Benton guitar and they have all been great.Will look here first fir my next guitar.

Awesome value for the price

First of all the guitar looks stunning, the black paisley look might not appeal to everyone but I personally love it. The neck has a really nice gloss finish and is thicker than your standard telecaster neck, but as a guy with bigger hands I really don't mind it and I don't struggle playing it.

The sound resembles a classic telecaster, although it can get a bit too twangy on the bridge pickup. The guitar was playable out of the box but needed some fine tuning which I don't really mind. You can also use it as a practice guitar because it's really loud when not plugged in. Highly recommended product, nice value for the money.