
Harley Benton is a popular brand of music instruments and equipment produced by the large online retailer Musikhaus Thomann. The brand features thousands of products, from categories like Electric Guitars, Acoustic Guitars, Electric Basses, Ukuleles, Bluegrass Instruments, String Instruments, Amps, Strings, Effects, Spare Parts and other Guitar and Bass Accessories.
TE-20MN BM Standard Series
Custom Line CLP-15ME VS
Delta Blues O
PB-20 SBK Standard Series
ST-20HSS SBK Standard Series
RB-600BK Classic Serie B-Stock
CG-45 NS Bundle
ST-Acoustic Black B-Stock
MP-100 MIDI Foot Controller
CG200-BK Set
CST-24T LH Ocean Flame
HBZ-2005FL NT Deluxe Series
G212 Vintage Vertical
HBO-850NT
HBO-600BK
HBO-850 Bass Natural
HBO-850 Classic Black
PJ-74 OW Vintage Series
Hawaii Koa Tenor Ukulele
SC-450Plus HB Vintage B-Stock
SC-450Plus CB Vintage B-Stock
HB-35Plus Cherry
SC-200 BK Student Serie Bundle
DC-580 CH Vintage Serie Bundle
DC-Custom 612 Cherry
BJO-35Pro 5 String Banjo OB
Santos Series C-40SCE BK
SC-500 BK Vintage Series
SC-400 SBK Vintage Series
ST-90SA Swamp Ash DLX Series
Overall Harley Benton gear is of good build and sound quality, so it all comes down to your budget. Like with most products, you get what you pay for, so the quality of the product increases as the price increases as well.
Even though most products of the brand have small prices, this doesn't mean that they are cheap plastic toys with no quality of sound and professionalism. Most of them have a great quality of materials, and they do feel heavy and professional. The secret to their small prices is that the products are usually made in the same factories in China where other big brands are making their guitars. But from the factory they go straight to the retailer and then straight to your home, meaning that there are no intermediate sellers and fees. This way you can get good quality gear at accessible prices. If you are a beginner or an intermediate player, you can be just fine with a piece of gear from this brand.
While the quality of the products is definitely there, many people complained about receiving broken products. This may happen usually when the destination of the order is far away from Germany (Thomann's headquarters). While it's not directly the fault of the Harley Benton brand, some people suggested that Thomann should definitely invest more into better packaging, so that the products stay intact even on long distance deliveries.
Overall, Harley Benton Electric gear is great for beginners and intermediate players, and can make a great purchase if you don't live too far away from Germany and you're not among the few unfortunate people who had packaging issues and received broken products.