The body on this thing is great … a bit on the heavy side but it is a solid Ash 2 piece with a maple veneer on the top with a Walnut centre stripe. A bit of internet research seems to indicate that Harley Benton Guitars are made by Saein Guitars who market as Shine but I also have a Harley Benton MS-60 Mustang-ish copy and they don’t feel like the same factory to me but really that’s just a guess.
I have to say that ideally I’d like to sit down with 10 of 20 of these and compare them. I did 3 years at MANchester College of Arts and Technology so I sort of know what I’m talking about. I’m glad I did … This is probably the best bang for your buck that I’ve ever seen, and just so you know, I’m a trained luthier. I’d been thinking about getting one of these for some time, always been a bit of a Prince nut, and spurred on by the total lack of bad reviews I bit the bullet and ordered.
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Now that we’ve seen the features of this guitar Harley Benton TE-80 NT Deluxe Series watch these related videos to learn more. This guitar usually has a price around 159.00 € Pickups: 2 Roswell Alnico STA-BLK Single Coils.Then you have a video or two, purchase links and useful comments from other users and then you have one of the most useful parts comparison tables with similar items so you can compare. First I list the features of the Harley Benton TE-80 NT Deluxe Series guitar. The guitar really feels solid, sounds great, and is fun to play.Review of the Harley Benton TE-80 NT Deluxe Series Electric guitar. So, is it a keeper? For now I’d say it is. Finally, installing the Hipshot was the easiest part.Įverything took about three hours from start to finish, but I wound up with a nice playing and sounding guitar with a bender. Too little angle and the string will pop out of its slot on the saddle, especially if you use a pick and fingers like I do. Too steep an angle and the string tends to hang up, not going back down to pitch properly. I could’ve used the existing hole for the B string, but since the angle over the B-string saddle is critical, I like to drill a second, higher hole in the back of the ashtray for tuning stability. The semi-transparent, pink, Mary Kay-type finish also nicely displays the grain of the ash. The contoured rear body is a nice ergonomic touch. It’s a handy bridge to keep on hand for all kinds of projects, because it can work on top-loading as well as bottom-loading guitars. So, I took the strings off, shimmed up the pickups with stiff foam rubber to be closer to the strings (there are no springs), then went to my bridge drawer and grabbed a Wilkinson half-size T-style ashtray bridge with 3-way compensated saddles. Here’s a close-up of the reverse headstock, with two double-string retainers and chrome hardware. After a few hours playing my new 6-string, I made a decision reserved for only a select few guitars: I was ready to slap on a Hipshot B-Bender. The Roswell Filtertrons didn’t exactly sound like the Gretsch versions, but they sounded really good and seemed to have their own personality. I plugged it in and it did not disappoint. It felt solid in my hands, stayed in tune, and played easily. I quickly assembled the neck, put on a set of strings, and, I have to confess, it really had me at hello. It arrived a week later from California, and it looked stunning. Note the additional hole our columnist drilled through the Wilkinson ashtray bridge he installed, to allow more fluid movement of the B-string without snagging or popping off the saddle. Bottom Feeder Tip #367: Make sure you read the fine print on an auction. I almost threw a fit over that, but finally reasoned that if I was meant to have the guitar, it would be fine. Then the seller informed me that he was going to remove the neck for shipping. After taxes and shipping, the total was $268. I wasn’t sure I wanted it, but after several days I pulled the trigger. “The Roswell Filtertrons didn’t exactly sound like the Gretsch versions, but they sounded really good and seemed to have their own personality.”
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