Harley Benton SC-Custom III Purple Burst

I bought this to have in our summer home, and wanted a rather cheap, but good guitar that serves as a "keeping in touch with playing" instrument.

It is so much more. The neck is slim and easy to play, the fretwork is very good, and the pickups are much better than I expected. Great for rock and metal, and they clean up really nice. The coil split is also really nice.

Not to mention, the finish is something I want hanging from my real home wall. Just beautiful. Might get one more of this model.

Great choice for a novice or for someone transiting into the intermediate area even. No mods needed.

I have many guitars ranging from tele, strat, numerous ibanez including a jem custom, a Gibson LP and I started getting a few harley benton guitars after an impulse buy of a b stock cst24 - which is absolutely incredible and turned me onto this more affordable guitar brand. I loved the look of this sc custom and decided to get one. What a stunning guitar this is, the colour is incredible along with the dark hardware. I was worried it would feel flimsy compared to my les Paul but this thing feels solid, definitely not as heavy as the les Paul but to me that's a good thing as it used to only come out for a song or 2 at gigs due to the weight of it. After a bit of a setup and lowering the action this thing plays beautifully, and I'm really surprised at how good it sounds with the stock pickups, I've only tried it out through a spark vai but so far this thing is staying in tune and sounding great. Honestly you cannot buy a better guitar for the price. I'm a seasoned guitarist who has spent 20 or so years gigging all over in metal and rock bands and I would definitely use this as my main guitar.