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

Impossible to Fault

Absolutely awesome pro-level guitar.

I'm leaning more towards rock and blues at the moment, so I don't reach this down very often. When I do, though, the quality takes my breath away.

OK; I understand why some people may want to spend £750+ on a tele in pursuit of a certain feel, character or sense of heritage but they won't be buying a "better" guitar than this. Set-up, playability, the way the guitar just sits and accepts your work... these are all top-notch

The pick-up selector is prohibitively stiff but it just seems like robust engineering rather than a fault.

I cannot see ANYONE being disappointed with this guitar.

Fantastic Guitar for the money

I loved the look of these rosewood teles and really hoped it would have the quality of build and sound to match and I have to say I wasn't disappointed in the least. The neck is great, the quality of finish is really high and it's got that tele sound you would expect.

The real bonus for me is the look of the guitar, it really stands out and I've had lots of complements and interest from other people about the guitar too. I'm not a pro or even a full time guitarist, drums and bass are my thing really but I've been around musicians with great instruments for years and played them too so I like to think I have some idea of what I'm talking about.

Harley Benton rosewood Te-70

Iv bought two of these so far my dad liked mine so much I bought him one as well, the guitar sounds phenomenal for the Euros it costs, with great attention to detail, straight out of the box the guitar was set up great apart from a slight tweak of the truss rod,very aesthetically pleasing to the eye, rosewood veneer back and front lovely slim radius easy to play neck, matching headstock with veneer, without a doubt a very impressive addition to my ever growing collection,neck pickup: very responsive, I roll the tone off the treble,as it can be a bit bright, sharp,but easily fixed just roll the tone off a little bit, overall for the price point this guitar is outstanding guitar for the euros buy 1 and find out for yourself, highly recommended,

Incredible value for money!

This guitar looks absolutely beautiful! And when you start playing it you will be amazed by the sound too!

Tuners work like a charm. The tone knob has a long range and given lots of options, from smooth jazz sounds to compressed country twang. At this price, I am totally blown away! Highly recommended!!

Incredible Bang For The Buck

I bought the Harley Benton TE-70 Rosewood Deluxe as almost more of a curiosity. I had read good reviews and couldn't believe the praise being given to a "budget" instrument.

Now I get It. It's very versatile, sounds like you'd hope a Tele would, and it's a beauty to look at too!

I play mainly classic rock and tend to use guitars with humbuckers more, but this quickly became my go-to because of the versatility.

It arrived already set up perfectly...literally took it out of the box, tuned it, and it was good to go. I thought I might have to swap out pickups, but the Wilkinsons that come stock with this guitar sound VERY nice.

The only cons are easily fixable. When I first bought the guitar the tuning pegs were tight and stayed in tune well, but after a few months they loosened up a lot. I'll be switching them out. The other negative is personal taste; the linear pots are not my favorite. Most of the "play" is in the 1st 3rd of the turn. If you don't use your volume knob much it won't matter, but if you do the pots should be switched.

All in all this guitar, judging by quality, should sell for twice the price. The quality of this guitar convinced me to buy another HB Tele clone...that's how great it is.

This guitar looks amazing and sounds great too!

Getting a bit of ground loop issues with it, so had to run my gear though a power conditioner. Not sure if the guitar is causing this, but my other guitars don't do it.

Other than that, this is a lovely guitar. Nice low action, very playable.

The finish is great. One of the nicest looking pieces of gear in my studio.

top guitar

got my tele today fast shipping cannot fault it the only thing i didn't like in the reviews was they are top string loading but my guitar turned up string through body witch is a bonus great guitar for the money...

Really bloody good

I have had no issues with the guitar at all in it's delivery and the state it came in. The guitar itself sounds fantastic and looks beautiful and sounds great would rend not using it at higher gains since imo it sounds great clean. It's very bright and personally it needed no setup on arrival or since. It does have some of what i'm assuming is colour bleed around the bindings which you have to look very close to even see. The pickups have this weird metal Wilkinson logo on the pickups and especially the neck pickup will drop of ass you play if you remove the plastic on it which lets be honest you are at some point going to do but apart from those very minor mostly cosmetic problems the guitar is amazing.

Great value/quality/sound

Unbelievable quality for the price. It is the first Harley Benton I've bought - I've ordered two more on the strength of this purchase. It may not reach the standards of high-end users but for casual players like myself, it is a truly excellent guitar.

Incredible For The Price

I bought this as I've always liked the looks of the Japanese Tele Fender have recently started doing...and this is only £110. Not much to lose.

It came well protected for shipping (also ordered a TE-80, for my girlfriend's birthday, and other bits and bobs), lots of protective air - props for the safe packaging. The guitar itself is in a no-thrills cardboard box - who cares, it was packaged well. No gig bag - it was £110. Comes with a truss rod and 1/4 cable.

Guitar has all the annoying wrap over the pickguard and what not, ensuring it's new and not covered in fingerprints etc.

It's important to note that I'm writing this review in response to a £110 guitar.

The guitar played pretty well out the box. While it doesn't feel as good as my old Fender American Tele Deluxe (I was disappointed with it), it certainly doesn't lack anything, in terms of build quality. The main thing it lacks is smooth neck, again, this is only £110 and I don't think you can expect a crazy fast neck for that price.

Sounds great - just like a tele, which helps when you're buying one.

Finish is great for the price, looks awesome on the body and OK and no thrills back and side.

The only negative I've found is, a few light tuning adjustments need to be made once in a while, the G string can slip out after 3 songs or so: I may upgrade the machine heads to something a bit better, but they'll suffice on a guitar of £110.

I've yet to properly set this up, but so far it's an absolute steal. Great build quality, pretty good hardware and a great tele sound. For £110, I wish I had something of this quality as my first guitar. Will be using this primarily for recording and is sounding great through my Kemper.

A great guitar for the money...

The value to price ration on this guitar is VERY high. I was amazed how resonant it is. Very well made too. The body is beautiful with no flaws. Unbelievable that the price is so low. Nice wide neck, but with a low profile. Even the pickups sound pretty good. Excellent candidate for upgrading into a superb instrument. Who knew?

Genuinely Cool

I'll be honest, I love Rosewood Teles and bought this on a bit of a whim. The price is crazy cheap and it looked good in the fotos. When it arrived I was stunned how cool it looked. The binding was perfect, the frets were well finished, no sharp ends and the tuners were tight and precise.

Plugging it in was where I expected it to fall over, but the slightly warmer than Vintage Wilkinson pickups sound excellent, have a really nice tone and no fears of icepicks.

All together then, for the price this is an excellent guitar. I'd imagined I would be replacing pickups, tuners, bridge and everything else, but there really is no need. And that rosewood finish, wow.