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.
DB01-GYB Electric Double Bass
Solid UkeBass Sunburst
TE-69TL Hot Rod NT Roasted
Fusion-III HSH LH R. Bundle
HBJ-25 Bundle
Koa Kahuna Scout Ukulele Set
Custom Line CLP-15ME VS
Delta Blues O
PB-20 SBK Standard Series
PB-50 FR Vintage Series
PJ-74 VW Vintage Series
Extreme-76 BK Classic B-Stock
HBO-600SB
RX-10 BK Rock Series
HBO-600NT
Custom Line CLD-41SE WN
HBO-850 Bass Natural
PJ-74 OW Vintage Series
B-25M Acoustic Bass
Custom Line CLGS-10S Travel
TE-90FLT VW Deluxe Series
ST-62MN BK Vintage Series
BT-70VS Deluxe Series
Custom Line CLR-Chrome
TE-70 Black Paisley
DC-580 CH Vintage Serie Bundle
ST-62 MN VW Vintage Series
Santos Series C-40SCE BK
HB-35 VB Vintage Series
SC-450Plus VB Vintage 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.