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MGR/Ian B « Harley Benton HBT2000 »
Published on 05/26/06 at 15:00I bought this guitar from www.thomann.de and paid approximately £132
Put simply, this is the best guitar I've ever owned. Everything about it is unbelievable quality for the money I paid. It sounds great, is beautifully balanced, plays like a dream with an action to die for.
My only complaint, tho' that isn't really fair, were the pickups. As single coils, they were a touch noisy when used to record to my pc with even the slightest amount of distortion. All single coils have this issue, so as I say, it isn't really a complaint.
It has a basewood body, flame maple top with a oil/wax finish. A very, v-e-r-y slim 22 fret thro' neck with rosewood fretboard with dot markers and the usual tele style hardware. Unknown diecast machine heads. All in all, it looks stunning, and the overall finish is near flawless. There's one small niggle, re the finish, but at the price I paid, it doesn't warrant a mention. Only time will tell on the durability, but I'd hazard a guess that correctly looked after, it will last a lifetime as it appears to be well built.
I changed the stock pickups for a set of Fender Vintage noiseless, they've turned a already great guitar into something special for a total cost of just over £200. Compared to a genuine mid 50's tele I owned some years back, this guitar is superior in every way possible. It seems I was lucky enough to get one of the last of this model produced, as Thomann/Harley Benton no longer stock/make this guitar. A real shame, as it a fantastic guitar, lacking only a 'famous name' on the headstock to turn it into a classic guitar. A mate (he'd never heard of/tried this brand) who works in my local guitar shop looked at/tried it and guessed that, going by the build quality/playability, I'd paid anywhere between £500 and £800, and this was before I'd changed the pickups. The bottom line is, this guitar was an absolute steal and out of three guitars I own, is my pride and joy. If anybody see's one for sale, don't be put off by the 'unknown make' buy it with confidence. Highly, highly recommended.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
Put simply, this is the best guitar I've ever owned. Everything about it is unbelievable quality for the money I paid. It sounds great, is beautifully balanced, plays like a dream with an action to die for.
My only complaint, tho' that isn't really fair, were the pickups. As single coils, they were a touch noisy when used to record to my pc with even the slightest amount of distortion. All single coils have this issue, so as I say, it isn't really a complaint.
It has a basewood body, flame maple top with a oil/wax finish. A very, v-e-r-y slim 22 fret thro' neck with rosewood fretboard with dot markers and the usual tele style hardware. Unknown diecast machine heads. All in all, it looks stunning, and the overall finish is near flawless. There's one small niggle, re the finish, but at the price I paid, it doesn't warrant a mention. Only time will tell on the durability, but I'd hazard a guess that correctly looked after, it will last a lifetime as it appears to be well built.
I changed the stock pickups for a set of Fender Vintage noiseless, they've turned a already great guitar into something special for a total cost of just over £200. Compared to a genuine mid 50's tele I owned some years back, this guitar is superior in every way possible. It seems I was lucky enough to get one of the last of this model produced, as Thomann/Harley Benton no longer stock/make this guitar. A real shame, as it a fantastic guitar, lacking only a 'famous name' on the headstock to turn it into a classic guitar. A mate (he'd never heard of/tried this brand) who works in my local guitar shop looked at/tried it and guessed that, going by the build quality/playability, I'd paid anywhere between £500 and £800, and this was before I'd changed the pickups. The bottom line is, this guitar was an absolute steal and out of three guitars I own, is my pride and joy. If anybody see's one for sale, don't be put off by the 'unknown make' buy it with confidence. Highly, highly recommended.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com