Harley Benton TE-80 NT Deluxe Series B-Stock

It's quite a while since I bought this so I have a lot of experience with this guitar to go on. It's a beautiful rendition of a guitar played by Prince and now commanding lots of money to buy older original versions. The top is figured very nicely and double bound in black and is complemented very well by the pick-guards. All the controls work smoothly and have a good range.

The two single coils give some nice sounds and the neck is particularly good, being deep but cutting, giving just the right amount of bite to blues leads.

The best thing is the neck, oh, the neck, just fantastic. Satin finished rather than gloss and very well shaped without being too big. The frets were good and it's playing beautifully. It's a delight to play.

Overall it's agreat guitar and the only slight niggle is that it's a little on the heavy side, apart from that it's great value and has a high quality finish and sound.

Great slim neck with lovely maple fretboard. No sharp frets and very even. Good quality singlecoil pickups. Nice big vintage 3 way switch. Cool fat chrome volume and tone controls and a stunning flamed maple top. Scratchplate is kind of ugly but will be replacing it. Decent chrome hardware has kept tune well while played.

Plays as you would expect a tele really good for rock or blues. Tried it trough a practice amp, a marshall combo and into amplitube pc through mixer and it sounds great with a bright rich tone.

All I had to do was some fine tuning and it was up and playing with a nice low action. The neck has a satin finish that is easy for movement and doesnt get sticky over long sessions. The maple is well matched and the finish is that of a far much more expensive guitar. Id read it was heavy and it was but no heavier than my ibanez. all in all fantastic all round guitar and amazing for the money. As good as my squier and ibanez at a less than half the price.