Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FBB

Electric Guitar

Ergonomically shaped body: Sapele (Entandrophragma cylindricum)

Matching headstock

Body: Mahogany

Top: Flamed maple featuring an 'Ultra Flame' veneer

Neck: Roasted Canadian flamed maple

Neck attachment: Bolt-on

Fretboard: Roasted Canadian flamed maple

Fretboard inlays: Dot

Neck profile: Modern C

Frets: 24 Medium jumbo stainless steel

Nut: Graph Tech TUSQ XL

Nut width: 42 mm

Scale: 648 mm

Fretboard radius: 305 mm

Binding: Wood

Pickups: Roswell HAF-B Alnico-5 (bridge) and Roswell HAF-N Alnico-5 (neck) humbucking pickups, and 1 x S74-C BK Alnico-5 single coil (middle)

5-Way switch

Pickup switch: Single coil / Humbucker

Controls: 1 x Master volume- and 1 x master tone

Tremolo: Wilkinson 50IIK 2-point

Hardware: Chrome

Machine heads: WSC staggered locking diecast

Original strings: D'Addario EXL110 .010 - .046

Colour: Gloss Trans Flamed Bengal Burst

Colour	Sunburst
Body	Mahogany
Top	Maple
Neck	Maple
Fretboard	Maple
Frets	24
Scale	648 mm
Pickups	HSH
Tremolo	Wilkinson
incl. Bag	No
incl. Case	No

Colour

Sunburst

Body

Mahogany

Top

Maple

Neck

Maple

Fretboard

Maple

Frets

Scale

648 mm

Pickups

HSH

Tremolo

Wilkinson

incl. Bag

incl. Case

A superb guitar at an amazing price

StevieMR, 25.03.2019

In July 2018 I bought one of the original first generation models of the Fusion Pro, with natural finish, roasted maple neck and Wilkinson tremolo. Due to the string retainer bar fitted behind the nut it was a tuning nightmare! I returned the guitar because it would not play or stay in tune. I gave this guitar 1 star in my review on this site and made some suggestions with regards to improving the design of the guitar. Thomann appear to have listened and very positively responded to mine and other customers design comments and potential improvements. Gone is the string retainer bar replaced by locking machine heads and a string roller tree and the guitar plays and stays in tune perfectly , including when using the tremolo arm extensively. The guitar looks stunning with a beautiful flamed Bengal maple top and roasted maple neck. The neck profile is said to be a modern C shape, however there is definitely more 'wood in your hand' than on my HH Fusion Pro I model which is said to have the same neck profile. I would describe the neck profile to be more of a 'soft V' or even 'D' profile. Either way it is incredibly comfortable and playable.

Sound wise, the Roswell pickups are okay but they don't deliver the claririty, depth or warmth I need for the studio, so I got Alan Dingwall a legendary pickup builder here in the North east of England to replace the Roswell pickups with 3 of his own pickups (HSH configuration). These now make the guitar into a 'tone monster', that not only sounds better but also plays and looks better than guitars that cost £2000 - £3000 more.

In summary, this is a brilliant guitar at a great price, like the other two Harley Benton guitars I own it required a little bit of a set up when it came out of the box. This can be done with minimal maintenance knowledge or with You tube demo's.
Highly recommended , and a 'tip of the hat' here to Thomann / Harley Benton who listened to customers and responded by correcting design faults on the original non-locking trem Fusion Pro's, resulting in a fantastic guitar! Well done Harley Benton / Thomann.

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A beautiful guitar...no more no less.

JonathanKoh, 26.04.2019

This is my 2nd fusion pro Maple neck purchase even though I bought this on behalf of a good friend of mine.
The guitar was delivered in great condition and well setup! With a couple of slight tweaks, it was up and playing.
The flame on the roasted maple neck are a bit different from the 1st version but still nice. The neck and frets felt the same as my previous guitar.
Alas, the pickups were not improved. They are ok but a bit too thin to my liking. You would have to tweak a bit on your eq to get a workable sound.
The floating tremolo bridge works like a dream and very responsive just like the earlier version.
ANd yes! The retainer bar is out ..now they have staggered tuners with no string trees! All good as the guitar will stay in tune more without more metal obstacles. hahah
Overall, a great purchase! They did this one right this time round!
This guitar was reviewed on my video "Harley Benton Fusion II HSH Roasted FBB Unboxing and Review" @ my youtube channel
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Jonathan Koh