Harley Benton TE-80 NT Deluxe Series 5-stars Reviews

Wield a Princely Axe

I waited for some time for this particular guitar to come back in stock, and it was well worth the wait. A sweet sounding and playing guitar...I usually play through two or three guitars during a practice session, but if I pick this one up first I rarely use another that hour+. My particular guitar came in as a heavy-weight as ten pounds...not a problem, however, as the tones make up for it. The back of the neck felt a bit rough initially, but it has smoothed out just rubbing it up and down with my hand. I tracked down a faux-leopard strap for the full effect. Cheers!

I love this guitar.

This is my first Harley Benton. I can't believe how much guitar I got for the money.

Looks great, feels great and plays great. Love it. Better than some of my more expensive guitars.

So impressed with the quality that I have since ordered 4 more Harley Benton guitars.

Very Heavy but….

I love the neck. Swapped Roswell pickups for Mojotone Lee Dickson (Clapton guitar tech Black-E neck and bridge, replaced the tortoise shell pickguard with legit Prince leopard and had my luthier take 2 lbs out of the back and it is incredible!! I LOVE IT! That being said, making a $180 guitar into a $700 guitar as my choice but….

A really solid guitar

When I unboxed the TE-80 NT I was struck by the beauty of the maple finish.I was also struck by the weight. It is one solid guitar. I did have to adjust the bridge to get the guitar to tune up over the full length of the neck and to improve the action. I also replaced the nut with a bone one to my taste. Sounds better!

I am very happy with the way it's worked out. Sounds great and plays well.

A really Beautiful Guitar

Simply stunning a great weight this is a very soiled guitar with great looks setup and action perfect out of the box pickups sound awesome to my ears at this price point you would be hard to beat this funk machine

This is one sick looking , awsome sounding, incredable feeling wild cat.

Ok i got one, waited a while as these would sell out often due to the popularity. It dont feel cheap but its cheap it dont play cheap , it plays as good as any that cost thousands more, I dont know how they do it, but they keep producing some of the best guitars for the money ive ever put my hands on. ive owned almost ten of these HB. And everyone was a gem. Only two have i had to have a professional set up due to fret buzz. This is one of my fav Tele's ive ever played. i have a problem now, i cant stop buying more HB. God help me stop before my wife chucks me out on the street.

Nice 335 model

Beautiful guitar and with new strings it played great. A few minor fit and finis issues but not bad for the price.

very nice

It was really good out of the box. I spent some money to have a real luthier set it up and and wire a series/parallel for a forth pickup option on it. It is a $1000 dollar guitar now. Sounds great/plays great. Solid guitar. I'll own it for the rest of my life.

Excellent guitar

For the price it's awesome. Some rough edges, but the neck is really fine, and the guitar looks stunning.

Decent for the price...

This is a stunning looking guitar. First thing I did was to replace the tuners with Harley Benton locking tuners (which weren't that great - regretted doing this). So I can't speak to the quality of the original tuners. Next thing I did was replace the volume pot. Strangely my guitar came with 500k volume pot which is not normal for single coil pickups. Sounded way too bright. With a 250k volume pot, the guitar sounded very nice. Overall build quality is very good. A little disappointed with how the ferrules were in stalled. Some were flush with the wood, some were pushed into the wood. That kept the quality rating to 4 instead of 5 stars. Overall I am happy with the guitar.

Didn't believe it would be this good

I had read plenty of reviews about this guitar and didn't really believe the guitar could be as good as what people were saying. Some even said they play this instead of guitars worth thousands. Yeah right!

Yeah, right.

I normally play a 90's Gibson Les Paul but wanted something with a different sound - either a Strat or Tele. This guitar got my interest because a) it looked amazingly cool, and b) it had 2 single coils. I hadn't played a "cheap" guitar for years but remembered them being very difficult to play, with taught strings, or with a really high action, bad tuners, crappy sound - that sort of thing.

I can barely believe how good this guitar is for £160. I'm boring my wife to death with telling her.

It's really easy to play, and nicely set up, although the action could definitely be lower around the 12 fret. The sound is absolutely brilliant, a real joy to hear. I am so pleased with the quality of the sound. It's got great twang and is fantastic for rhythm or lead. I've been playing almost exclusively with a clean tone.

Some people have mentioned the weight of the guitar - and it is heavy, although as I said I play a 90s Les Paul usually so it doesn't bother me in the slightest.

Finish is as per the photos on this site - absolutely stunning.

Some of the fret ends could do with filing down but it doesn't bother me and apparently that's really easy to fix.

In short, the playability, look and sound of the guitar are fantastic, and absolutely jaw dropping for this low price.

And... it's true - I haven't played my Les Paul since getting this guitar. :)

Super-fun surprise

I have guitars at every price range, but still love to try out the Harley Bentons from time-to-time. They're always worth the money, but this one was next-level great. It has become one of my favorite guitars to play. It sounds great. Plays great. Looks cool. Weighs a frickin' ton. But still is a guitar a turn to more than some of my guitars that cost more $3,000. If you're looking for something fun that pays tribute to one of the world's greatest modern guitarists, this is the instrument. It's way better than most of the guitars you'll find hanging on the wall at a guitar shop that cost three or four times more.

A piece of art that sounds great. Buy it.

I love this guitar. I have a G&L Asat Classic and this is built just as well. I'm not going to write a 23 paragraph opus but I will say that sure, you could upgrade the tuners and pots... heck you could upgrade all of the hardware if you really wanted to and even the pickups if you were so driven. In the end you would have a top flight tele that looks like nothing Fender or G&L has ever produced for a fraction of the price.

As it sits the only thing I might upgrade is the tuners. Maybe. I've already recorded with it as is and it sounds amazing. Warm when its supposed to be, bright and big when its supposed to be. I will never understand people who want to rip out pickups and put in their favorite high dollar brands in every guitar they buy. Do that and they will all end up sounding alike. These Roswells sound just fine to me; great actually.

The wood is gorgeous, the neck has no fret issues at all. Anyone who complains about intonation/action/pickup heights on a new guitar is wasting your time. You have to set your guitar the way you like it ANY time you get a new guitar. I had NO issues with how this guitar came to me. It was intonated and played like a gem out of the box. And if I want it 100% my way I'll make that happen, as I do with all of my guitars. I absolutely recommend this guitar!

So Xcited

I was very hopeful after researching this guitar. I wanted to get one so bad. I am happy to report that I was stunned at how great this guitar was. in all aspects. Great finish on it, nice set up, awesome sound, smooth playability and very well made. my only complaint would be the pick guard. I doesn't look any thing like the one Prince had on his. That should be and easy fix. don't be afraid to order it.

TE-80 NT Deluxe Series worth the wait!

This is simply an exquisite guitar, I went on a guitar buying spree a few months back and this arrival has impressed me the most, it is just beautifully made, if you are browsing the website wondering whether its worth getting then I can assure you that It is, with some minor adjustments, and a few tweaks this guitar turns int a high end instrument, I wont be buying from another manufacturer going forward.

got what I wanted

was very happy with what I got for this price. I just needed a guitar to turn it into a MIDI guitar and therefore I cared only about ergonomy and handling. I cannot really judge the sound. Very happy with string/neck distance, plays smoothly.

Seriously impressed

I'm surprised at how well this guitar is put together. Everything about it is of a much higher quality than anything I've bought from any other major guitar manufacturer that cost less than $1000. The neck pickup is everything I'd want from a t-style neck pickup. My only quibble at all (and it is minor) is that the bridge pickup doesn't have quite as much chime as I'd like. That said, I haven't adjusted the pickup height yet. One thing is for sure: both pickups take gain REALLY well. Lots of bass without being boomy, and plenty of midrange definition. One more thing: the fretwork is exquisite; I cannot stress this enough. Just perfect.

Many folks like to compare this to the Squier Classic Vibe Tele. To me, there's no contest, as this is a better guitar all around without even factoring cost into the comparison.

I will buy more HB guitars.

Much better than expected

Arrived in the UK in less than a week. I bought it to play a couple of songs with dropped D tuning but it plays so well I'm playing most things on it. I had expected to have to set it up but the only thing it needed was tuning, although I also lowered the action.

This guitar has a great solid feel and looks as good as the one in the photos ... I can't find any blemishes in the finish. The three position switch give plenty of versatility as far as sound goes and it's not thin sounding like a lot of cheap guitars with single coil pickups.

Awesome Guitar!

This is my second HB guitar purchase, both guitars have exceeded my expectations for the price! The only flaw I found was the high e string tuning key was mounted slightly off. I love the tone and playability of this guitar!

Unbelievable

I received the guitar today and checked it out then played it. Only needed a little tuning but otherwise the set up was great. I can't believe the sound and quality for this price. I will surely buy another.