Harley Benton Valuestrings EL 10-46 5-stars Reviews

Harley Benton Valuestrings 010

I bought two packets of Harley Benton Valuestrings to try, as the price was simply ridiculously cheap.

I was really not expecting very much at all, as usually cheap strings are nasty, grey things that you get on the very cheapest guitars and have all the tone of a cupboard door.

However, these actually looked quite good, and once on a Telecaster (I fitted them to a Fender 50's classic Tele caster - Made in Mexico).

The strings did the job, lasted a few gigs, and were an outrageous bargain for what they are. Yes, they are no D'addario or Rotosound - but they are a 5th of the price.

I'll certainly buy more packs. They are almost bargain of the century!

My go to strings

I only recently started playing guitar for a band as i am primarily as bass player but I has already used the Harley Benton bass strings and swore by them so I thought I would put a set of these on my guitar and I was not disiapointed.

Very clear sounding and very bright, strong as well as Ive yet to snap one.

The only issue is they die quite quicky but I cant complain as they are so cheap!

Great

So after 6 years the B string on my TELE snapped. Damn better buy some strings hey! Found these & they looked great. I'm not a pro, but price & quality are important to me. These certainly fit the bill. The come nicely packaged in the usually plastic envelope & each string is secured in a sealed airtight plastic bag. It has the "cut along here" instructions to open them. The outside of each bag is clearly marked with 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc so no confusion to which is which once you've removed them from the main envelope. The strings installed well, no hiccups.

The sound is nice & bright. It gives my TELE a great twang sound when needed. Harmonics are easily rung too, I would guess it took the strings about 3 hours of solid playing to stretch out & finally begin to hold the tuning so nothing out of the ordinary in my opinion, How well these last & how long the tone falls off is unknown at the moment. If that's important then i guess you pay a lot more. At the moment i'm very happy with this purchase which i comforting because i bought 3 packets. I think 6 years between string changes is slightly too long & at these prices i can push the boat out. I will be buying again.

Crazy McCheap and quality t'boot

I have to say, I am a total convert to these Harley Benton strings. As with most people I've used all of the usual big names over the years and being annoyed at paying through the nose for what are often not the 'freshest' to start with, and lose that new string sound within a few days. I've tried the coated ones too which are equally disappointing and cost three times the price just to rub it in - but what to do? Cheap strings are rubbish, everybody knows that.

But not these. I can honestly say that in terms of sound and feel they really are no different to the big names. And they definitely feel better than coated strings. But for such a ridiculously cheap price, they are genuinely crazily priced.

As I said, I like the new string sound, and now I can buy 7 sets of strings for the price of one pack in my local shop (and I'm sorry - I'm all for supporting the locals, but, they just can't compete with this.)

So try a set or two next time you are ordering something else. You'll be amazed

Harley Benton Valuestrings 010

I can't fault them to be honest, I initially though they would be terrible due to the price but I couldn't have been more wrong! They are not as bright straight after being put on the guitar as some well known brands but it's not a bad thing as I find strings generally are too bright initially. They hold their sound well, are very consistent and last a long time. Great job Harley Benton!

there you have it!

bought these strings without any regrets,,, they sound just as good as other ones and does it for a 10th of the price of others.

Buy these! , install and enjoy Life people.

Perfect strings

For a set of "budget" strings, there is nothing negative to say about this set at all.

They sound bright and full, have no tarnishing which some high range strings do, seem as strong as needed and stay in tune perfectly even when used with plenty of tremolo.

Cheapest strings anywhere

They are very cheap but quality and sound of these strings are well over what I expected. I have ordered these mainly for my squier strat and to practise. To my surprise, I used them also for recording and am very happy with the results. Some reviews say they might get broken easily but that's not the case with me. They last long, sound well and stay in tune if guitar has good tuners. Now I just wish I have ordered a lot more but that's no problem because soon I will put a new order for more gear and I guess quite many new Harley Benton strings will be among them. Next I will try HB bass strings for my new HB bass guitar with more confidence.

For price good

They are so cheap, so for this price I cant say anything bad. You can buy tons of these...

Wow

A full set of guitar strings for 79pence.

Ideal for the gigging musician who likes to change their strings before every gig

I use these & so do a few of my friends & they sound & feel great

Well worth a try.

Crazy Cheap, Excellent Quality

I must admit I get through a lot of strings, and I bought these mainly to see whether they would be good enough for doing set-ups on other people's guitars, before replacing them with 'something decent'.

Previously I've tended to use ones from a company in the UK which come in at £3 a pack, and been very happy, but there was no way these were going to be as good, let's face it?

So, without sounding like a dodgy advert, imagine my surprise when I put them on and not only did they sound great - and I don't mean great-for-the-price, I mean great at any price - but they feel wonderful.

So basically, forget about customers' guitars, these are what I'm putting on my own from now on. Excellent.

Great value strings

An incredibly low price for some tough and versatile strings. Haven't been on my guitar long enough to say how long lasting they might last yet, but they can withstand string bending for solos and none have snapped.

Well made and good sounding strings

I use this strings for about 2 or three years and I'm really really happy with them. I buy them always

They're sounding good and are really cheap, so I've got always backups at home.

I think they're not last as long as elexir, but you can buy 10 packages of them for only one elixir. ;)

I think they sound identical (or nearly better) than Ernie Balls, Rotosound etc. and cost about 1 / 5 of them, thats why I think it's okay.

I highly recommend those strings, especially for the price. You can't make anything wrong with them. :)

Great Value!

If you paid double the price for these strings, you would still have a bargain. Not the best in the world, but the do a great job, sound ok and for the price... stay in tune. Almost worth changing strings on guiar every week. Recommened.

Very good value strings and I've no complaints about sound and have had zero breakages so far (more than I can say for some other MAJOR string brands!) stupidly cheap! Buy a bunch together and you'll be set for months!

Packaging isn't as nice as other brands, though this is FAR from a deal breaker for me!

I'm using these to create light top / heavy bottom hybrid sets using the other HB sets, so I use the bottom 3 of the 10's along with the top 3 of the 9's, and the top set of the 10's alng with the bottom set of the 11's.

good value strings

I change the strings on my guitars approx all two month. I cant see any big difference between the Harley Benton Valuesstrings and much more expensive strings I used before. Sound is good and I can change the strings two times for the money I spent for other strings.

Great Strings

These strings cannot be beaten for the price. They are as good as brands that cost much more. These are perfect if you need to change your strings frequently as I do

Excellent value

What can I say? These strings represent excellent value for good quality. There isn't anything remotely close to them for price to quality ratio. So not top end strings, but far from worse; and its simply not possible to find anything else on the market in this price bracket. Bit of a no-brainer really.

stringing me along

amazing value. ive bought these before I got them initially just because i was doing up a couple of cheap guitars to re sell at a profit and thought these will do but actually now I put them on my own good guitars (les paul, strat, tele and SG) I really cant tell the difference between these at a quid a box and ernie ball at 5 or 5 times that much

...go buy them!

Absolute bargain.

I use these 10`s on some electric guitars and harley benton 9`s on others. Harley benton on my classical. Harley bentons on my bass, mandolin, acoustic guitars, and I mix and match harley benton strings for my banjo too. I guess you could say I`m a fan.

Initially I bought these strings as backup. Only for these strings at this price, i could never afford to keep all my instruments with strings. Its the difference of spending over 100 euro or a tenner. You can`t beat that! They sound as good as any brand name strings, and last longer than most. great product. buy a bunch of them. you won`t regret it.