HARLEY BENTON TE 80 REVIEW PROFESSIONAL
I would not expect this guitar to be a 'gigging' axe for a professional but for the normal everyday guy/gal who just loves to play. The CONS that I listed have nothing to do with the guitar tone, playability, or 'function'. I would love to have a little higher quality fret board wood but that would increase the price.īottom Line: You can not beat the quality for the price paid. The Roswell pickups are fine, nothing special but NOTHING at all wrong with them.Ĭons: the guts of the guitar are obviously 'cheap' but by no means are they LOW quality, the strings and fret board was 'dirty' and I had to do an extensive wipe down on the guitar. sounds every bit as nice as my Made In Mexico Deluxe Roadhouse Stratocaster and sounds better than the Fender Baja Tele my friend brought over to have on hand for immediate comparison. Out of the box & wiped down then plugged in it sounds great. in 9 days, good setup on arrival, NOT microphonic, NOT high action, NOT a returned item re-sold to me, the guitar for the $ paid is an OUTSTANDING value. Pros: super inexpensive, flawless fit/finish, arrived with ZERO damage from Germany to Kentucky, U.S.A. The TE70-RW has the following traits, in my opinion: I also bought a B stock Nashville Line Nylon solid body but that's not the focus of this review. I finally had to "Jump In The Fire" ) and I purchased this Tele copy, the TE-70RW Deluxe. I've read all the reviews like YOU have too, probably, because I just couldn't believe all the great things said about the incredibly inexpensive Harley Benton line of guitars. I am a hobby guitarist, drummer, pianist, and I do all my jamming at home in the basement man cave. Ok, another stunning review for a very inexpensive Harley Benton electric guitar. Next time I buy another HB I will make the same changes out of the box.įinally, if a female can do all this work in a few hours, surely a chap can do it quicker ) It's still only cost around the same price as my affinity Tele but the results are much better. The TE70 is a great base to make some basic changes, adding less than €100 in parts for such good results is worth it. I added a set of HB locking tuners, added Göldo string trees, cleaned and lemon oiled the neck twice, graphited the nut slots, and then swapped the strings for a set of Ernie Ball 9's. Dead spots everywhere, slipping, too much dead movement, they rapidly became as bad as the set on my Affinity. Now I need to explain that I have a new guitar and no parts as expected, thanks Thomann, please send new tuners so I can avoid having to justify another guitar. I wouldn’t expect anything playable at this budget but I am wrong, surprised, and actually really impressed. Me? I’m keeping this as is, I’ll change the bridge pickups as they rattle too much but overall, this is like modern magic. Overall my neighbours were expecting to see something far from playable yet they didn’t believe that this was supposed to be a donor parts item. The bridge tuner rattles too much at the moment but a setup may fix this.
The tuners are ok, it depends on your perspective, they’re not amazing compared to a Schaller locking fender set yet for the money, I don’t get how they can do this, it’s surprising how good they are. The action is too high, way too high but I know that this is down to personal preference and entirely subjective yet needs adjustment.
I now need to get parts in a different was as it’s erm.better than most of my other Tele’s. To be honest I bought this for one reason, to strip it for parts for my other Tele’s and so far it’s much, much better than expected, way too good to use as a donor guitar for parts. So, this has caused me a problem or a dilemma at least.