Harley Benton TE-20 SB Standard Series

This is a cheap guitar at €69:00 BUT in fairness " you get what you pay for !!

Its never going to be a Fender , But for €69 its a cracking little guitar ! ..

I would go as far as to say this is a better guitar than the Squier Bellet Telecaster or the Squier Affinity Telecaster .

Fit and Finish ...

looks amazing for a €69 guitar :-0 ! Honestly . I was stunned when I took it out of the box !! Ive paid 1000s for guitars and the finish to the body wasent as good as this guitar :-)

The set up was 80% " Over all ok " Just had to do a little tweeking and in no time it was all good.

The Good ... Everything ... remember this is a €69 telecaster !!!!! How could you complain about anything on a €69 guitar :-) .

The Guitar does have its flaws .

I changed the machine heads/Tuners for a 18/1 ratio to get more stable tuning " at a cost of around €40 , so total it cost €104 for a cracking little guitar !

I used the guitar for some home recording and it done the job very very well ,

The above guitar would suit any one and even if its a gift and the person never picks the guitar up " Its no the end of the world as it only cost €69 :-) , the guitar would just look great sitting in the corner of the room :-) .

As always I would recommend a very cheap mod to everyone buying a guitar , " Get a set of strap locks . this will extend the life of your guitar .

to finish ,,

The above guitar is not a Fender and can not be compared with a €1200 Fender telecaster USA ... BUT for €69 you really can not go wrong .

A friend of mine bought the same guitar after seeing my Harley Benton Tele , he changer out the machine heads/Tuners and put a set of good pickups in the guitar and uses it to gig with and the guitar NEVER gave him one moments trouble !!

I honestly think that most people buying guitars get caught up in the name /brand of a guitar , You could buy the above guitar and hate it or you could love it . Its NOT about the name/brand or where it was made , Its how happy the guitar makes you when you play it ..

Hope the above is of some help .

On first opening, the body finish is excellent. I bought this guitar as a project to upgrade it and get to know the workings of an electric guitar. I picked the sunburst model to emulate the Fender Tele that I owned back in the 80's.. On closer inspection I found a chip out of the end of the head and the bridge pup had some coil windings exposed from the casing, however this did not affect the sound. The frets were not finished with sharp endings and the frets were rough when bending the strings. Strings 1 and 2 had a terrible buzz. The tone switch was useless as well. Basically, the guitar was unplayable on receipt, which is not good, even at this price.

After fixing these issues and replacing the nut ( soft plastic) with bone, the guitar sounds fine with a good setup of action and intonation. The poplar body, though not well rated for tone, sounds fine for the average player. It is a nice looking guitar but was not properly inspected or setup initially.

My recommendation: buy the model a few steps above the standard series to obviate the necessity of extra repairs. I presume they will be better setup and inspected.

Got over the thrill of a new piece of kit and have owned it for a few months now, so enough time to write a more balanced review.
Here's what I found:
The frets need levelling. It's a fact. Good opportunity to learn how to do it finally!
The stock scratch-plate was one ply and a little roughly cut. I bought a 3-ply replacement and it's not a good fit. I can confirm it's the body shape, as the replacement fits the contours of my Fender perfectly.
The jack hole to the control cavity was badly drilled. It had splintered the wood on entry and this had not been cleaned up at all. Same goes for the hole for the neck PU cable to the control cavity. Took some work with a chisel to clean up that mess. They should fix that in the factory's quality control. Very rushed job with blunt drill bits.
The shafts in the tuners are a bit loose.
The body is 41mm thick, so 5mm thinner than the Fender. Not a problem.
Otherwise, was it worth the money? Hmm.. There are better 2nd hand guitars to be found.

In the first place today, the low price is in the first place is available for all ages and the gift is not financially demanding for the pleasure of someone else.
not only for beginners but also for advanced
musician.

Harley Benton TE-20 SB Standard
Series,
Screwed neck
Linden body
Maple neck
Modern profile C.
Amaranth fingerboard
Fingerboard radius: three hundred and fifty mm
DOT inserts
twenty-two sleepers
Scale length: six hundred and forty-eight mm
Nut width: forty-two mm
Double-acting truss
Sensors: 2x Single Coil in TE style
Controls: 1x volume, 1x tone Three-way switch
Nickel-plated fittings
Die casting mechanics
String thickness nine to forty-two
Goal: The radiant ray of the sun

so I would recommend it to anyone who likes the shape of the guitar and the sound.
and for 88euro there is nothing to add ok.

Got this guitar because I wanted a cheap guitar I could take abroad two practise with. I didn't expect to get anything good, but I was pleasantly surprised. The guitar feels relatively good and balanced, though the neck is quite thick.
I found I get the best results out of the guitar if plugged directly onto Logic rather than an amp, and I have used it for a couple of recordings and people always get surprised when I tell them it was recorded with a Harley Benton.

Overall, it's a great guitar for beginners, or as a practise guitar. It's not very good to use live or in the studio obviously, but I find it very good price for money and I don't regret buying it at all.