Harley Benton TE-80 NT Deluxe Series

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Harley Benton TE-80 NT Deluxe Series
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Great Guitar - With a lot of blemishes
A Beat Up Prince 16.10.2018
I was very excited to get this guitar, as a huge Prince fan it's very cool to have a pretty close replica to his Madcat. The sound is great, it feels great in the hands. It's very heavy, but not ridiculous. The neck is incredibly thick, which I thought would be something I hate, but I find myself not minding. Overall the guitar sounds and looks great. For $200~ with shipping, this is a great deal.

However, onto the bad. It sort of feels like I got one of the B stock models. There are several blemishes on my brand new guitar and that is extremely disappointing.

There is a large nick in the pickguard near the neck pickup, the volume and tone posts are bent, there is a gash on the top of the headstock, there is a clear knot in the neck, there is a 15-20mm crack in the pocket of the bottom horn where the neck meets the body, right above that there is a large scratch in the binding. This is really disappointing, especially the crack.

From afar it looks great, but it feels like every time I pick it up I find a new blemish. If this is the regular stock, I'd hate to see how bad the B-Stock models are. It also makes me a bit hesitant to buy from Thomann again if the quality control is this low. Which kinda sucks, because there were a few other models I definitely had my eye on which I had planned on grabbing if this one worked out.

Overall, it's a beautiful guitar, plays, and sounds great. Just be ready for the possibility it arrives pretty beat up right out of the box. For $200 it's not the worst trade-off in the world, I suppose. An inexpensive beautiful great sounding guitar, with poor QC. Which kinda stinks, since QC is one of the easier things in the process to fix.

Edit : Just picked it up and found another crack where the body meets the neck, this one splits off into two separate cracks. So basically the entire neck pocket is cracked on both sides.
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Nice guitar but too heavy, build quality is excellent though.
Mr G. Whizz 11.01.2023
Update 07/12/23 - I ended up selling this guitar as it was just too heavy. This was a real shame but it was stopping me from playing it.

I like this guitar, the build quality/finish are excellent and the satin finished neck is lovely to play BUT the guitar weighs 4.4kg (9.7lbs) so is too heavy. I didn't think this would be an issue but if you have this guitar on a strap you quickly feel it. I'd keep the guitar if it were a little lighter but at this weight I'm not using it.
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JoeHarpo 16.03.2018
Sadly, very poor quality guitar.
Sound is good enough, if you can get rid of the buzz.
Lacquer on pickguard peeled off.
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Nice Looking, average sound, but sooooooo Heavy!!
Bodrick 14.04.2018
I?m no great player, more of a long suffering learner. I have a handful of acoustics, a Squier strat and a mid range Squier tele made of pine. I thought the tele was insanely heavy until I got this Harley. My tutor has a custom Fender Tele made of ash and you can pick it up with two fingers, the Harley requires a strong arm to lift and gets uncomfortable on a strap. Soundwise it?s a little shrill, not much buzz or rattle. Well finished, frets good, nice lacquer. But how did they get so much weight out of a piece of ash?
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Solid Guitar For the Money
Superhillsider 29.05.2020
I've had this guitar for a years now and I think it sounds really good, bright and warm, I think they have different pick-ups now, mine were Wilkinsons. I was a bit disappointed with the flame finish as on my guitar it does not look finished and there are two areas of dark areas of dense varnish or lacquer and the flame is quite minimal. Although this does make the guitar look a little more like Prince's worn Madcats. The neck is also slightly out of line with the body but only noticeable upon close inspection. The frets needed dressing and I also replaced the machine heads and bridge for Gotoh parts. I also bought a scratchplate and bridge scrathplate set. The nut isn't great and I will replace soon. I didn't bother to report this when I got the guitar and I did buy this guitar expecting to to replace parts. I have used it for loads of rehearsals and some gigs (after my alterations) and it has been really solid and as I said above it sounds great and let's be honest, they are very inexpensive.
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Superb service from lovely harley benton staff.
Anonymous 03.08.2016
My first TE-80-NT was damaged in transit but the folks @ thomman sorted it out very quickly and with the minimum of fuss, thank you. Sadly the guitar they sent me in its stead was just awful, gaps in the neck pocket-the bridge has been put on skewif making the lower scratchplate out of line with the top scratchplate-the so called setup was way to high when I made an attempt to lower the action the high end notes choke, very very disappointed with this guitar it will be the last Harley Benton I buy the st 20 I bought a year or so ago is a far better instrument than this guitar will ever be. So, the guitar I received was put together in a very sloppy fashion I hope this is the exception because thomman as a company deserves better, quality control on the other hand needs some serious attention.
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Beautiful Guitar - Way Too Heavy
Travo 08.01.2023
I own 9 HB's and am a big fan. This guitar, though beautiful is way too heavy. I play it the least out of all in my collection because of its weight. Looks great in the guitar rack though. Can't beat the price for the overall looks and quality of the guitar though. If your a Prince fan you won't be disappointed.
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Not perfect but great for the money although communication could be better
Anonymous 25.01.2017
Like most I bought this guitar for its proximity to Prince's Madcat - no other company seems to offer anything like it and, if they did, it would probably be twice as expensive

So the good:

- It was affordable

- It looks great on the stand (although the pickguards aren't my preference but they can be replaced easily)

- Youtube and written reviews suggest its a very good guitar for the cost.

-It arrived quickly and safely to the UK even over a busy Xmas/New Year period

The not so good:

- Its not perfect quality by any means -
1) the stain on the fretboard has small areas of natural wood where its been missed

2) the pickup switch knob had sharp 'tags' from the molding

3) the switch itself wobbles up and down slightly

4) one of the machine heads was much looser than the others and the decorative stickers on them have fallen off already

5) the frets were unbelievably rough (and still are in places) which really grated against the strings when playing

6) the screws holding the knobs and switches in are wonky and sit up at an angle where they've not been put in straight



Having said all of that, based on the guitar itself, I think I would definitely order another
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Definitely a telecaster that looks like Prince's guitar. Great look. Good sound - tuners? Ehh.
Beauregard 14.07.2020
I got this one about six months ago. I've changed the strings, and done a few review videos of it. It's not my go-to guitar, but it's definitely my funk guitar. It's got the spank, the pickups are great, the neck is decent. The tuners are the weakest link right now.
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Not as described
J. OLDHAM 10.12.2019
Be warned. The one I just received has a black bound fretboard. The neck and fretwork is excellent but it doesn’t look right. This needs to be listed in the description.
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