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.
CLC-650SM-CE VS Solid B-Stock
HBV 800RDM Acoustic-Electric
Kahuna DLX Solid Soprano
PJ-4 SBK Deluxe Series
S-620 TB Rock Series
TableAmp BlueTooth
Enhanced MJ-5EB Lake Blue
CG-45 NS Bundle
ST-Acoustic Black B-Stock
HBCE 990BK Electric Cello
Custom Line CLD-41SE WN
ST-59HM Fiesta Red Tribute
TrueTone SH-20
EAX-500TL Mahogany
EAX-500 Mahogany
SC-500 BK Vintage Series
SC-450 P90 GT Classic Series
ST-90SA Swamp Ash DLX Series
MM-84A SB Deluxe Series
MB-4 SB Deluxe Series
Custom Line CLT-20S NT Tenor
BZ-4000 NT B-Stock
BigTone Vintage Orange
BZ-6000 NT B-Stock
D-120VS
BZ-4000 NT
CST-24HB TOL Tobacco Flame
HBV 990GW 4/4 Electric Violin
HBV 990SKL 4/4 Electric Violin
HBV 990BCF 4/4 Electric Violin
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.