All user reviews of 3/5 for the Harley Benton E-1335 II

Perfect visual finish.
BUT a truss the road is useless: the neck is straight and the truss road is completely unscrewed.
Hopefully the handle never bomb ..
The knobs, checked the ohmmeter are very poor quality.

UTILIZATION

Comparing with ES335, the handle is good, but less comfortable, less easy, less feeling.
Originally, there was no real sound.
I will explain later.

SOUNDS

Originally, it's not a good sound.
No attack, no volume, no singing, no feeling ..
It's just the guitar for very beginner.
A day of free time, I completely dismantled the microphones and I threw the boards.
Bad wound, poorly assembled a rusty hair, normal that it does not go.
I tried with Epiphone boosted: surprise, it sings well, not very accurate but homogeneous, dynamic, its nice, not round
Needless to 57 Gibson finesse microphones reveals gaps guitar.
Frustrating, bad combination.
If you can also change the mail.

OVERALL OPINION

2 years ago.
Paid € 40.
Change the microphone, and you will discover a very honest guitar for its price.

Manufactures in China and shows!
the finish is ok but nothing special.
acastillage the chrome is clean and the assembly is correct, only one of dtails (forgive that for the price) are dsagrables.
finishing the race is really average.

UTILIZATION

It is especially in the neck that way: the key is in "Rosewood", but probably from China. it has a smooth, plastisque. the worst is the very touch dsagrable (the bends, hai hai!). the shape of the handle is dja like, well rounded and well balèze.
the action is low and the strings do not frieze.
the rest of the guitar and the default quality of references MODEL.

SOUNDS

I buy to play the blues.
I plugged into my head lamp epiphone.
and oddly I have not the sound I expected: the sound is clear, precise and clean like a single coil. it's nice to have a sound jazz, country.
but I have not found the crunch, the mdiums, the roundness of the double coils.
I did a test: with the same setting amp, my strat crunch while the ES is clear and when I plugged my piphone with gibson pickups ...
the sound is enjoyable, clean, Dfine, hair flapping.

OVERALL OPINION

This is a review "hot" I have the guitar for a good Journe.
for the price of nine there is no competition.
The most dsagrable is the key. the rest is nice.
the sound is not typical as I imagined, typical single coil.
my first was a "JF1 peavey exp" bought substantially the same price used computer, there's no photo, harley benton makes hardware cot and sounds of the peavey is the level of an epiphone.
I do not have that choice would do, even if it is not CHRE, has not everything. micro can change (GFS) but the rest (the key). in the 200 I would go for a Ocassion a piphone DOT.

She arrived with a problem with the cabling.
They have been improperly installed so they vibrate in the interior of the guitar and are visible.
Nothing that can not be arranged but it still cost money and it sucks.

Apart from the problem the rest is frankly more than ok for the price.
has this price I was expecting a guitar that makes a lot more "cheap"

UTILIZATION

The neck is quite pleasant even if the basic settings are frankly disgusting.
The ergonomics are quite good, the guitar is pretty well balanced even though it is a bit heavy.
The access to the treble is very easy.

SOUNDS

The pickups have a basic sound rather cold and metallic, having said that I could not really test it on very good amp (only a 15 watt amp harley benton ... the clean sound is ok, but that one tries to push a little more overdrive AC quickly becomes rough and I had better results with an amp marshall ms 4).

Basically do not expect to play metal on it, it is oriented blues / jazz. Can be obtained relatively easily pop / rock friendly.

OVERALL OPINION

I've had 3 / 4 months and this is my first electric guitar (I also own an Ibanez acoustic).

As was said before you have to buy a head of forecast heavy work on it. in that sense I do not advise as a first guitar but rather as a second purchase.
The basic settings are abominable and microphones rather bad.

His big positive point is its price and its look.

At the time of purchase I hesitated a lot between it, and a Hagstrom Ibanez. With the experience I rather regret my purchase.
Even if her look is very nice I now realize that between the money I spent on arranging and its base price I could be buying something better.