Harley Benton ST-62CC MN Dakota Red

Una guitarra que no decepciona. Me decidí a comprar una Harley Benton después de probar la Telecaster de un amigo. Quedé impresionado por la calidad que ofrecía al precio que se vende. Estuve tiempo detrás de una Strato (toco con Les Paul desde mis inicios), especialmente roja al estilo Mark Knopfler, y tras probar el tacto, la construcción y las sensaciones que tuve con la de mi amigo, no lo dudé y me la compré. El sonido es adecuado, el switch de pastillas se siente bien teniendo en cuenta que es de calidad media al igual que los potenciometros. La palanca de trémolo funciona bien, pero como cualquier Strato con este tipo de puente, se desafina al abusar un poco de él. Nada que sorprenda. Vino bien ajustada, con el certificado de inspección por parte de Thomann, pero para mi la altura de las cuerdas está un poco alta y por gusto personal la bajaré. Las pastillas cumplen y no tengo quejas de momento, pero si a futuro quiero cambiarlas, le pongo unas de gran calidad y por poco dinero se tiene una guitarra estupenda. Encantado. Lo malo: Acabaré comprando más guitarras de Harley Benton.

I play a lot of guitar, and play the occasional pub gig. I have a handful of guitars but inexcusably no strat. I really fancied that classic shape but didn’t want to spend too much then heard good things about these.

It arrived after a week (very reasonable considering how far it’s come!) and was well packaged in 2 boxes.
Out of the box after a quick tune up it played pretty well for a guitar of this price range. The neck was good and all the frets level and indeed crowned, no sharp fret edges either with a slightly rolled fingerboard.
The biggest downsides were tuning issues from the bridge (easy fix detailed below) and the nut slots not being quite deep enough.

So for the setup I used my nut files to lower the height to the first fret which made the open chords easier ring out a bit better.

The other was getting the trek to sit better, I slacked the springs off a bit as they were VERY tight and tightened down the two outer screws on the trem.

Last things I have done are lubricate the nut with a pencil and adjust action at the saddles and set intonation.

After this pretty standard setup the guitar is now beautiful to play. It’s my go-to and I can even do repeated dive bombs and the tuning barely budges.
The pickups have a bit of power in them for single coils so it’s a really versatile guitar that can even do hard rock tones.

Another point is the quality of the woodwork, the neck pocket is better than any strat I’ve seen! Everything is so neat and precise with this guitar, I would definitely recommend.

Bad point: trem atm is screw in and can be a bit wobbly, but it’s a minor point.

There were a few adjust

I did some research across a wide range of affordable stratacaster style guitars and came across the Harley Benton range, being 65 years old and on a limited budget i purchased the Harley Benton ST 62CC MN in Dakota red.

On unboxing and inspecting the guitar i was quite suprised at the fit and finish of this model. Tuning keys work very smoothly, nut fitted SPOT ON! neck of guitar finished very well with no frett sprout at all. All i had to do was tune it up and start STRUMMING!

Overall i am highly satisfied with my purchase.

Would recommend this stunning guitar .