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.
BM-70 Trans Red
B-450 Black Bundle 1
Custom Line CLR-ResoElectric
FXL8 Pro
D-120CE NT
Santos Series C-40S BK
MR-65SB P90 Vintage Series
Custom Line CLD-41SE
Custom Line CLA-28VE
Custom Line CLA-15MCE
Custom Line CLA-16SCE
Custom Line CLR-Brass B-Stock
TE-70 Rosewood Deluxe Series
ST-Mini BK
JB-40FL SB
HBV 990SKL 4/4 Electric Violin
Custom Line Manhattan- B-Stock
GPA-400
EX-84 Black Progressive Series
B-650 Black Progressive Series
L-1000LH VB Progressive Line
TE-80 NT Deluxe Series
Custom Line CLJ-412E NT
Custom Line Manhattan-Standard
Custom Line Nashville Nylon
HB-300B
HB-160B
DC-Ukulele CH
L-500 WH B-Stock
JB-20 SB Standard Serie Bundle
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.