A 2015 mod a Harley Benton guitar challenge?

TTony

axisus said:

Personally I don't think that it needs to be competitive and have a 'winner'. If I have a go it will be purely because I fancy the challenge.

I had a similar thought.  

It's hard to look at one modded guitar and judge it against the others.  I was thinking that perhaps we could have a winning "thread" that takes all sorts of other factors into account - like the usefulness of the thread, inclusion of sound/vid clips, the extent of the transformation and whatever-else-we-can-think-of.  But it'd still need judgement.

Or we could just raffle off some Thomann vouchers instead.

themeinside

All good ideas. Any idea of when we're going to get a decision @TTony?

entee

axisus said:

 If I have a go it will be purely because I fancy the challenge.

that's all I am doing it for - never tried before and great excuse to now try it  

TTony

No idea ... maybe I'll give the guy a ring tomorrow afternoon ...

stimpsonslostson

FINALLY got the thumbs up from "she who must be obeyed"! One TE52 getting ordered in the morning... Operation Build An Esquire is GO! The results won't be dramatic, but I'm just hoping for a cool guitar for not very many pennies!

ToneControl

a B-stock bass:

http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_tb_70vs_b_stock.htm

ToneControl

and a mother of bog seat LP and tele:

http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_l_600_pearloid_b_stock_2.htm

http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_te_60_pearloid_b_stock.htm

ToneControl

are these the same guitar:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Regal-RD-40S-Squareneck-Resonator-Guitar-GR53063-NEW-FREE-P-P-SALE-RRP-529-/191439235106?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c92aae822

http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_custom_line_clr_square_vs.htm

CaptainBlack

stimpsonslostson said:

FINALLY got the thumbs up from "she who must be obeyed"! One TE52 getting ordered in the morning... Operation Build An Esquire is GO! The results won't be dramatic, but I'm just hoping for a cool guitar for not very many pennies!

Will be following this one closely, my next project will be along these lines. Get cracking @stimpsonslostson

stimpsonslostson

CaptainBlack said:

Will be following this one closely, my next project will be along these lines. Get cracking @stimpsonslostson

Don't hold your breath- My second child is due in 4 weeks! 

I'm ordering now (while I have valid Thomann vouchers) and hoping to do the work very gradually… as permitted by the demands of my three year old and the new arrival. 

I'm VERY excited by the idea though… When it arrives, I'll start a thread.

themeinside

ToneControl said:

are these the same guitar:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Regal-RD-40S-Squareneck-Resonator-Guitar-GR53063-NEW-FREE-P-P-SALE-RRP-529-/191439235106?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c92aae822

http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_custom_line_clr_square_vs.htm

CERTAINLY looks to be- slight finish variance, but I hear that's par of the course for the Harley Benton's themselves. Made in China with what looks to be identical spec? Regal are very cheeky, or Thomann are insane for their prices!

underdog

I know Harley Benton made identical resonators to Ozark ones a few years back, the Ozark ones were about 3 times the price.

ToneControl

seems Thomann also do the regal for £327 http://www.thomann.de/gb/regal_rd40vs_squareneck.htm ;

only possible diff I can find is that the regal features a "Power Reflex sound chamber"

google says this is either a wooden baffle ring or a plate behind the cone, to make it louder. Not worth £300 I suspect. Could be the HB version is the same, or like the Epiphone amps, maybe it's just one version behind the regal. £117 looks good to me 

Niallmo

Oh dear oh dear, I appear to have accidentally pushed the add to basket button on this...

http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_l450plus_honey_burst.htm

Somehow I stumbled onto the payment page too and mistakenly entered my €20 voucher code absolutely totally by chance...

I think I have made a purchase but surely that would require some kind of conscious decision? I mean, it's not like I spent a few hours comparing the relative specs of the singlecuts and made sure I got a mahogany body rather than basswood and I definitely didn't take ages to decide about the colour...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v375/Niallmo/27426FE3-72D0-4B23-9258-F11AA999A5AC_zpsvmnhe0ft.jpg

Niallmo

Any good ideas for modding? I was going to put my EMG's in it....

themeinside

Full review and many pictures upon arrival, please @Niallmo. Been contemplating this one (in Lemon or Vintage Burst) myself...

Niallmo

That's the intention. I was in two minds between lemonburst and honey but I think the Lemon is not "'burst" enough. I wonder if I can get this honey to fade a little more?

Many years ago I had a Gibson LP Plus in Honeyburst that I massively regret returning to the shop and getting recording equipment instead.

Interestingly it shows as a darker burst on my iPhone than iPad...hmmmm

Niallmo

It's ok, I can see the grain through the 'burst. Hopefully mine will be along these lines...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v375/Niallmo/7D81A6BE-B75B-4E62-A8E3-F82A66E7F31F_zpsgxt7hrg2.jpg

cbilly22

Niallmo said:

It's ok, I can see the grain through the 'burst. Hopefully mine will be along these lines...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v375/Niallmo/7D81A6BE-B75B-4E62-A8E3-F82A66E7F31F_zpsgxt7hrg2.jpg

Crap, I had my mind made up on what I was gonna' get, but now I'm looking at the LP alikes!

hobbio

^^ I was dead set on a thinline tele, but now I might have to look at the LP's too.

I've got the cash ready to go, just waiting to see what Thomann offer (if anything) and I need to write my reviews for the remaining £40 worth of vouchers I can get.