Harley Benton TE-70RW Deluxe Series 5-stars Reviews

amazing guitar for the money

amazing guitar for the price...came in perfect condition also. You can see that the work that has been made on these guitars is too much for that money..i also own a fender deluxe nashville and i can say that i am impreesed.

Amazing tele

Finally arrived today. Great guitar. Definitely worth the price. Its beautiful, has nice sound and everything is great. Maybe just 1 little detail. The fretboard is not really smooth. I find it easier to bend on my old stratocaster, but other than that, its perfect.

Amazing

Δεν θα βρείτε τπτ καλύτερο σ αυτα τα χρήματα! Την χρησιμοποιώ με εναν Roland micro cube GX και απλα πετάει! Οι μαγνήτες απροβλημάτιστοι και δεν μικροφωνίζουν καθόλου! Το μόνο που θα αλλάξω καααποια στιγμη ειναι τα κλειδιά για το κούρδισμα,δουλευουν μεν αλλα δεν κρατάνε... Κατα τα αλλα ολα μια χαρά.Αγοραστε την...στο κατω κατω ειναι μια κούκλα!

"Heavy is good heavy is reliable"

Besides a good sound and a fair price, the weight of the guitar is too high. But it's not that important, at least for me, because that gives me confidence and a feeling of good quality.

Awesome

This guitar is AWESOME. When i bought it i was little bit nervous about that microphonic pickup, but that didn't happened. Shipping was very good and fast and guitar was nicely packed.

As expected from singlecoil pickups it has a hum, but that isn't anything that couldn't be reduced.

Harley Benton top quality guitars

Well designed and well manufactured instrument. Very pleasing to hold and watch.

great tele

this guitar has superb quality,plays and sounds really good,fit and finish is top notch.tuners are the only reason it lost a star,they can feel they have play when turning.upgraded mine ,only cost £19. now spot on.

It's a steal

Wasn't too sure what to expect for my first Harley Benton but needn't have worried - Setup was fine for me and the guitar played well out of the box. I swapped the tuners out for a set of HB locking tuners, cleaned and conditioned the fretboard (which was properly dirty - this made a huge difference) and changed the strings. It looks gorgeous, twangs like it should, plays brilliantly, stays in tune as well as anything and all for less than £150. It's a steal.

love the brass saddles

really good chicken picken bridge pu and saddles

Great deal and value for money

Great deal and value for money. Build quality is good with a nice neck pocket. Set up on arrival was good. Action a bit high so adjusted in a few minutes. Truss rod spot on, frets well seated.

Sound not exactly a telicast however has that twang. Neck a bit deeper than its expensive brother. Looks great, rosewood top looks expensive and the overall quality of the guitar is much higher than the price tag

Good for the money

Visually the guitar is finished to quite a high standard. Frets are nicely finished with no sharp edges. Playability and pickups are very good for the price.

My only slight niggles are the tuners all have a 'dead spot' when turned. This can be worked around though. The nut on my guitar appears to be thinner than intended as there is a visible gap in the cutout for the nut. Doesn't appear to affect playability and a new bone nut might be on the cards anyway.

Overall this is a lot of guitar for very little money. And if you stand on your roof with it you can pretend to be George Harrison :-)

After standing on the roof a la George I've given it 5 stars allround - Superb

A beauty

It's beautiful. It's classy looking. Very happy with it. I didn't have to do anything to this one. Plays and sounds fine out of the box.

Woah...what a guitar!!!

I am ecstatic about this guitar. I have a number of different guitars. This is my first guitar Telecaster style guitar. Having it in my hands and playing it has turned me into a Telecaster lover for sure!!! The hardware, finish, action and play-ability are great out of the box. Actually, only a half step out of tune if you can believe it!! The SOUND!!!! I love the tone and feel of this guitar!!!

I am incredibly impressed with this guitar

If I walked into a music store and played this instrument I would expect the price tag to be between $500 and $600 (I'm in the U.S. so that's US dollars.) All in all I paid less than $200 for the guitar, the case, and the international shipping. I'm very happy with the purchase.

Pros:

Good sound quality, very playable, beautiful finish, large radius fretboard, jumbo frets

Cons:

The pickups are noisy when you play high gain stuff, I really would have liked higher quality tuners - there are some tuning stability issues with the stock ones, the back of the neck is a glossy finish so it can get sticky when you play it

I've made two YouTube videos featuring this guitar:

1) Unboxing and First Impressions - >

2) Extended play demo (how's it sound in a mix) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxe4ehZB1YU&t=27s

Incredible

Very nicely built. Good hardware. Sound is more than okay. Incredible guitar for this amount of money. The setup could have been a bit better but this was easily improved. Nice!

Amazing value for the price.

This guitar is an amazing instrument for such a cheap price. Barely needed any adjustments out of the box and sounds quite nice. It can also be a great starting point for a project guitar.

It is what you're hoping for!

I don't leave reviews generally but this guitar has made me so happy that I thought I'd share my experience.

I have started playing again in true mid-life crisis fashion, putting together a new Clapton-esque bluesy rock band and, as singer & (strictly) rhythm guitarist, needed a new Telecaster. Well, you do don't you...

I didn't want to spend a lot of money but didn't want a tuneless plank either, so started with the obvious online research, worked through the various Squier models etc until concluding that the cheapest one that might be nearly good enough quality was the Classic Vibe '60s. But that's still £350 and a bit much for what I wanted.

However, during the research I kept coming across these Harley Benton guitars which, despite being a 'own brand' and relatively inexpensive, kept getting surprisingly good reviews. I went looking, found this beautiful-looking Rosewood TE-70 (I'm a huge George Harrison fan) - less expensive even than I was hoping to have to spend - and, after reading all the reviews, nervously placed the order.

If this story rings a bell with you then don't be nervous, buy it. It's absolutely fabulous, beautiful, flawless, wonderful, everything you hoped it would be, and more. Ok, so it's not an original £8k original but it's every guitar I'll ever need.

It arrived (to Northern Ireland) less than a week after placing the order and was great out of the box. But spend an hour or 2 getting the action down and the intonation set and you have a solid, quality piece of very pretty kit that makes that classic Tele sound you hoped it would, stays in tune, plays beautifully and makes you feel very clever about having found such great value.

If you're reading this it's because you're thinking of buying this guitar. Stop thinking, stop worrying, just buy it - you won't regret it.

Some comments

Pros:

- Price

- Bridge

- Sound

- Neck profile

Cons:

- Tuners

- No belly and right hand cuts

The great guitar for the great price, i would recommend to change tuners but other stuff is great, bridge is awesome, I didn't have problem with intonation tuningm everything sound right. Pickups are great too, I didn't hear any noise only clean sound. The neck is very comfortable for playing. Overall guitar looks solid and made with high quality.

Superb !

Amazing value for money, it's closest rival is the Squire "Classic Vibe" at 3 x the price.

Everything works as it should although I will be changing the tuners & nut along with the electronics (pickups/controls) to my own preference.

Out of the box it only needed a tuning adjustment to be able to begin playing.

Action/intonation were close enough & I'll attend to oiling the fretboard/dressing the frets when I fit a set of strings.

There is not a lot of "dressing" to do to make this guitar play really well

Fit & finish is good to really good throughout with only a couple of small marks (under the lacquer) at the rear of the head stock & some slight roughness on the dressing of the lacquer at one side of the body at the neck pocket

How could this guitar be improved ?

Only by spending more time in the factory on assembly which would increase costs.

I see this guitar as a great "base model" from which to make a guitar that is exactly to your own requirements for very little money compared to the major manufacturers.

My score is 9/10 for quality & 10/10 value for money

Great old school tele

This is a nice old fashioned telecaster clone. The binding on the body and traditional telecaster bridge with brass saddles are lovely. The fit and finish is smooth. There are no rough fret ends. The action required a modest adjustment, but otherwise this guitar arrived looking great and ready to play. Superb value for money. Much nicer than any comparable Squier telecaster in the same price bracket.

Pickups are a little weak but the telecaster tone is definitely there - bell like chime in the neck pickup and a great rhythm sound in the bridge, especially into an amp with a light crunch tone. Highly recommended.