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.
HBV 800RDM Acoustic-Electric
JB-20 BM Standard Series
PB-20 SBK Standard Series
Enhanced MJ-4EB Lake Blue
Talk Box
CLJ-503CE WN
HBCE 990BK Electric Cello
PJ-75 VW Vintage Series
PJ-74 VW Vintage Series
PJ-74 OW Vintage Series
ST-62DLX VW Vintage Series
Extreme-76 BK Classic Series
SC-200 BK Student Serie Bundle
EAX-500TL Mahogany
SC-450 P90 GT Classic Series
SC-400 SBK Vintage Series
MM-84A SB Deluxe Series
Custom Line CLT-20S NT Tenor
ST-70 Rosewood Deluxe Series
BigTone Vintage Orange
Kahuna CLU-32C B-Stock
CPT-20
BZ-4000 NT
CST-24HB TOL Tobacco Flame
MS-60 Vintage White
HBV 990GW 4/4 Electric Violin
HBV 990SKL 4/4 Electric Violin
HBV 990BCF 4/4 Electric Violin
B-650 Black Progressive Series
HB-300B
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.