Harley Benton Fusion-III HH FR Roasted FBB

This is my second Fusion, the first being the Fusion 2 with HSH and Wilkinson bridge. So I knew the quality to expect and it didn’t disappoint. The Floyd Rose 1000 is great with a really smooth action and the tuning stability is amazing.

The guitar came pretty well setup, in tune out the box and the intonation was spot on. I did have to readjust the springs as I prefer gauge 9 strings and the guitar comes with 10’s and also lowered the action a little. Factory setup wasn’t bad, just not to my personal preference.

Harley Benton are knocking it out the park with these guitars, I would highly recommend.

Initially I was very impressed by how nice this guitar looked. Yes the neck is way thicker than most Ibanez necks, and even thicker than a Fender Ultra strat, but I could deal with that. However there were 2 issues I struggled with and ended up returning the guitar. The frets were rough, and I mean really rough and gitty, would have taken many hours to not just polish but potentially cut back, something I wasn't prepared to do. In addition, the neck needed shimming. To get a low'ish action I couldn't drop the Floyd rose any lower, it was literally lower than the body surface and the string height was still very high at the upper frets, only fix would be to shim the neck by a considerable amount. Shame because in all other aspects it was faultless.

Nothing like it was supposed to be compared to the picture, in the picture it shows a reddish guitar with like a maple dark stripes. What I got was a yellow sunburst stripped guitar two-piece veneer that didn't even match. One side the stripes stand out and the other side they don't. It should of never been shipped to me! I feel this is very dishonest and deceiving. The bad thing about this is I paid for the shipping coming to me and if I want my money back, I have to pay for shipping again and each way is $78.11. I feel that since it wasn't what I ordered they should pay for the shipping going back not me! But if I keep the guitar, they offer me $50. I wish I would of never bought it, then I wouldn't be in this mess! Very disappointing!!!!!