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Harley Benton ST-Modern Plus MN HSS OW

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Electric Guitar

  • Body: American alder
  • Bolt-on neck: roasted and flamed Canadian maple
  • Fingerboard: Canadian maple
  • Dot fingerboard inlays
  • Fluorescent neck markings
  • Right-angled rounded fingerboard edges
  • Ergonomically designed neck-body transition
  • Compound fingerboard radius: 305 - 406 mm (12"-16")
  • Scale: 648 mm (25.50")
  • Nut width: 42 mm (1.65")
  • Graphite nut
  • Double action truss rod with adjustment wheel
  • Neck profile: D - thickness at 1st fret: 20.5 mm / at 22nd fret: 22.5 mm
  • 22 Medium Jumbo stainless steel frets with rounded ends
  • Pickups: 1 Tesla VR-Nitro Alnico 5 covered humbucker (bridge) and 2 Tesla TV-S1M Alnico 5 single coils (middle and neck)
  • 1 Volume control
  • 1 Tone control with push/pull function for coil split
  • 5-Way switch
  • 3-Ply black pickguard
  • Babicz FCH 2-Point Z-Series C full contact tremolo
  • Chrome hardware
  • Sung-Il ML-55 locking machine heads with HB logo
  • Factory strings: Elixir Coated 010-046 (tuned to E A D G B E standard)
  • Colour: Olympic White, high-gloss
Available since June 2024
Item number 565666
Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
Colour Olympic White
Body Alder
Top None
Neck Caramelised Canadian Maple
Fretboard Maple
Frets 22
Scale 648 mm
Pickups HSS
Tremolo Synchronized
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$366
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Very good, beautiful neck
estoo 12.06.2024
The neck is every bit as beautiful as you hope it will be! Really stunning, seen nothing like it in this price range.
Came set up nearly perfectly, just some scratchy frets to sort out. Elixir strings as standard is SUCH a good decision. The tremelo is a bit unusual but feels solid (comes screwed in tight for 1 way action, not floating).
Pickups are fine, I think I like the neck single coil best, and the coil split works nicely. The humbucker is very loose and does wobble when you shake the guitar.
The neck is undoubtedly the star of the show though.
One thing I'm not sure about is the 2nd string tree. It's creating points of friction which will hinder tuning stability. Staggered tuners would have been better I reckon. It's also a tad on the heavy side when I compare it to my other strats.
For context, I've been playing about 40 years and this is my 3rd HB. It's my 2nd good one (DC dlx in pink had paint coming off in my hands!).
This guitar reminds me a lot of my Schecter Nick Johnson in feel, but the HB has better frets (hate the XL Jumbo's) and the amazing flame maple.
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nismosp3c 11.06.2024
Lots of angled screws on the pick guard due to poorly done drilling which is killing me. Couple big scratches in the finish. Out of the box high E string broke. Rattling like hell humbucker. Overall sound is great, neck is awesome! Bridge is super uncomfortable and requires to get used to it - can't play as is :-\
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Amazing
GusV 23.12.2024
Really amazing guitar. At this price range you can't beat it!
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Pagas por lo que obtienes...
DAPRO23 05.12.2024
Hacen guitarras para que queden bien en las fotos y sorprendan en cuanto a especificaciones, pero la verdad es que pagas justo por lo que obtienes. A continuación detallo porqué:

Los trastes tienen este detalle de estar redondeados en los extremos, algo original pero que tampoco aporta nada. La cuestión es que en mi caso están sin pulir, con claras marcas que se notan mucho cuando haces un bending.

La madera en general se nota que no ha pasado por un proceso largo de secado (al igual que pasa con todas estas marcas low cost, de ahí el precio), repercutiendo en el peso. Es una guitarra pesada, no sabría decir cuánto pero a los 4kg ya podría llegar.

El mástil está bien, pero nada más. Muy bonito a lo lejos pero de cerca se notan detalles mal acabados como los inlays y los propios trastes.

Las pastillas debo decir que suenan bastante bien, con un sonido muy contundente y usable. Tanto las singles coil como la humbucker. Desde luego algo que no le cambiaría a esta guitarra serían las pastillas.

El puente y los afinadores están ok, personalmente no me gusta nada el puente que lleva, demasiado grande y molesta al hacer palm mute.

Los potenciómetros son super duros de mover, y el switch de 5 pos también.

En resumen, no creo que sea una mala guitarra, estéticamente de lejos es muy bonita y no me importaría salir a tocar con ella. Para alguien que justo tenga este dinero y no pueda acceder a nada más, pues es una buena opción. Eso sí, no lo veo como una guitarra que puedas comprar y cambiando las electrónica y herrajes obtengas una gran guitarra, porque ya de base considero que el punto de partida no es muy bueno. Sé que es una review más pesimista de lo normal, pero creo que es realista y puede dar un punto de vista distinto al resto.
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