So I heard that the Harley Benton stuff can be great value for money, and I've been thinking about a semi-hollow bodied electric for a while now so I took a stab at one of these -
Flash -
No flash -
Sorry my camera phone ain't the best.
So straight onto the not so good bits!
- There are a couple of very small marks on the fretboard, only 2mm long. One looks like glue (which I think I'll be able to get off), the other is a weird difference in colour, looks like filler to me.
- The fretboard was as dry as a camels arse.
- The fret work is a little rough. Could do with a proper polish I think.
- The pickup selector feels a bit crap, and I suspect the whole wiring will need to be changed at some point.
- The tone control does precisely nowt for the neck pickup
- The scratch plate looks a bit crap. Not been cut very well.
And the good bits!
- The neck feels really nice! Reminds me of an old Epi LP Custom I used to have.
- The colour is a nice deep red. Can't see any obvious flaws in the finish. All tidy around the F holes and 'binding'
- The nut seems pretty good! I think this surprised me the most. I'll probably have this setup by the luthier eventually so I'll see what he says, but first impressions are that it is cut well.
- I'm finding the pickups fine at the moment. I was fully expecting that I would need to change these, but not so sure now.
- Price! This thing is unbelievable for just over 100 notes.
I would love to see how this stacks up against an Epi Dot, just purely out of interest due to the difference in cost. I've only ever play a Dot once and it was many moons ago.
Oh and the reason for this impulse purchase...I was looking for a cheap cab for home practice on Thomann, and couldn't resist looking at the semi's whilst I was there! The cab looks great as well, matches the head nicely -
Happy days!
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