Harley Benton SC-Junior LH Vintage Sunburst

Harley Benton est la marque "low cost" de Thomann, elle celle ci ressemble de très près à la Gibson Les Paul Junior.
J'adorais le concept d'une guitare simple, un micro, deux potards et c'est tout ; je n'ai pas été déçu !
Pour une guitare à ce prix, très belle lutherie, manche facile et agréable, et un passage chez le luthier inutile.
Après, quel son, avec un sustain surprenant, un son clair avec une belle brillance, et alors en overdrive, on retrouve une puissance surprenante pour cette petite guitare.
Pour finir, elle est légère avec une prise en main facile.
Je passerai sur les délais de livraison ultra courts.
Je ne peux que la recommander, pour le prix, vous avez presque la Gibson, je dis presque car je viens d'acheter le même modèle Gibson ... chez Thomann !Trouver une Gibson Les Paul junior gaucher en ce moment frise l'exploit et le site en avait une de dispo, maintenant, il va falloir attendre pour les suivantes, donc, pour patienter, essayez vous sur ce petit modèle, ce n'est vraiment pas du low cost !

Cette guitare en version gaucher est assez surprenante: belle finition, elle tient parfaitement l'accord, et le micro P-90 est vraiment satisfaisant, excellent compromis entre le humbucker et le micro simple, et les potards sont bien prévus pour gauchers. Les frètes sont correctement installées . Une très belle guitare pour débutant/confirmé. Je l'utilise pour bosser à la maison et en répétition, et je ne suis pas trop dépaysé lorsque je joue sur ma Gibson Les Paul Junior, et le manche est très confortable. Amis gauchers, n'hésitez pas: elle a de la gueule, elle sonne bien, assez légère, le manche est facile et les cordes bien proches du manche, et ne frisent pas. 10/10 pour cette Harley Benton. La DC-Junior sera du même acabit.

First of all this is a very well built Left-Handed guitar. Very rare to hear that about any lefty built by any manufacturer. The pros for this guitar include: good construction, straight neck, great fret work without the customary sharp edges you get with all other budget guitar manufacturers. This guitar has gone even farther by correcting two issues that are still present on the guitar that it is modeled after and that is the heel joint and adding an adjustable bridge. The pickup is also really good. If you have ever upgraded a guitar, you will realize that minus the cost of a professional setup, you can take this guitar from really really good to a great guitar for less than $70 in upgrades. I have already ordered two more guitars from Thomann and I am eager to see if they are built with the same quality. It is very hard to find Left-Handed guitars built with such great quality and at such great prices. I hope Thomann will eventually have all or at least a high number of their guitars available in Left-Handed versions. Especially if they continue their high quality control standards.

As an owner of Harley Benton's other product (lap steel guitar), I was really curious about my next experience with this brand. Due to many positive reviews, I decided to give it a try and ordered the SC Junior.

I was looking for a really lightweight les paulish type of guitar so this fortunately came in like a blast from heaven itself. I owned and still got several guitars (gibson, ibanez, fender etc.) and I play for over 20years now so I had in mind what construction/QC issues in this price range could occur.

But MAN! Straight out of the box the first thing that hit me was the finish and the general look of this thing. The second was that chunky neck feeling. The fretwork is like a butter, no sharp edges at all. The guitar really feels great in hand and IT REALLY RESONATES even unplugged which I like a lot.

The setup was okay straight out of box but it needed some minor adjustments (for example string action which I like a bit lower). Pickup sounds cool, there is no problem at all and the sustain is nice and long. volume/tone knobs work great (plenty of tonal options for such a simple guitar).

All in all, this guitar is an absolute no brainer for it's price, especially in the world of left handed players like me. I'm really glad I have another happy experience with Harley Benton and products like this one are the proof that I don't care what's written on the headstock anymore.

To be honest, my Gibson SG Standard will now stay in it's case for several months 'cause I can't stop playing this junior beast!