Harley Benton Fusion-III HSH Roasted FBB

I ordered this guitar late last week and as always the shipping was FAST! Awesome but spoiling kind of fast compared to any other online seller! Top notch.

The bad: This will be the 6th Harley Benton I’ve received. Of the 6 I ordered, one was an SC-550 B-stock and sadly it was in better shape than the Fusion III!! There’s a knick in the body on the top horn that was lacquered over, lacquer missing in two of the bolt on neck holes as well as a nice scratch and another apparent mishap with finishing on the cut away. Thankfully all the issues are on the backside of the body. But I will admit I’m a bit disappointed in the fact that I didn’t order a B-stock. One thing that I didn’t notice….because I like shiny things 🤩…..was the tuning keys. They are very close together (even closer than my Squire 50’s Tele), not a big deal but when you have sausages for fingers it can be difficult. Lastly the pots are very scratchy but unless you’re constantly adjusting the settings while playing (I’m not really that advanced) then it won’t matter.

The good: It arrived in almost perfect tuning, that darned G string……lol. This guitar sounds Amazing, by far the best of the bunch that I own. But it’s also supposed to be a “premium” guitar by HB standards. The neck and frets are a thing of beauty, the binding is beautiful and from the front this is one stunning guitar. Other than the few cosmetic issues, I would recommend this to anyone! But as with anything it’s a gamble on what you get when you open the box.

If it weren’t for the cosmetic issues and scratchy pots this would have been 5 stars across the board.

Cheers

Harley Benton just knock it out the park when it comes to high quality, usable, playable, reliable instruments at a much more down to earth, modest, achievable price range. The top finish is outstanding. The flamed maple neck and fretboard are reminiscent of that of brands like iconic guitars (Joseph Anidjar, Joshua De La Victoria) the pickup sounds are deliciously creamy and each pick up configuration has its place when recording or performing music. Locking tuners and stainless steel frets on a guitar sub £400. What is the catch. Well nothing apart from the fact that mine arrived with the split coil function not correctly working on the neck pickup. First world problems I know. Especially on a guitar as stunning as this at an INCREDIBLE price. Harley Benton just continue to blow my mind. Thank you for giving modern musicians a chance to own such incredible instruments without having to fall into debt

Hello!
Two weeks ago, I received an ordered Harley Benton Fusion-III Roasted Trans Flamed Bengal Burst. I must say right away - the guitar is very beautiful! The color of the case in combination with baked kleglm give a stunning visual effect. In any case, I really like it. But, unfortunately, I was unlucky with a specific guitar instance - opening the box, I saw that there was a rather large spot of varnish on the body near the lower horn, and a small pothole in the fingerboard near the last fret. And the two parts of the maple veneer on the case are just different! Fortunately, a good guitar master fixed all this so that it is not even visible. But, it cost me an additional 4,500 rubles along with the tuning of the tool. However, the most frustrating thing was that there is a small, but still a dent on the lower part of the lower horn, apparently, initially on the body blank itself, and then it was painted like that. Rosewell pickups are a little noisy, I will change them for something else. In general, I am happy with the guitar, but it is a pity that I was not lucky with a copy.