Harley Benton TE 90QM Trans Red 

You really know how to make these birds sing! I love how you bring out the real quality of these HB instruments and show what great buys they are.

P90's have their place in the guitar world. I thought you had some really dialed in tones going on. This guitar is seemingly a pretty good bang for the buck. Thank you Jon! Excellent as always 🎸🤘🕐🕚😇🎵

Such a sweet playing.. enjoyed your intro demo. If just the physical build is well made, and decent electronics, all beauty in the sound comes from the hands of the player. But also a beautiful guitar on a nice budget. Thank you for this.

Jon is just TOO gooD! 😂 Every instrument sounds good in your hands!

Always great to listen to you play, great demos, thanks for all the posts.

Thx for the Great Review! Impeccable playing. Perfectly detailed walk thru of the differs tones. Love the slide work! Subscribing now!

Wow. Awesome intro! So good, so pure... magic!

Glad I found ur channel. Thank for ur time and existing. God bless u and ur family.

Jonathan....just when I think I heard it all...you completely blow me away with those arrangements...luv your style 👏

Great review, Jonathan! Thanks!

Jonathan doing his thing. Great guitar playing and nice reviews as usual. Your one of the best buddy. Amazing 😎👍👌💯👋🎸🎸🙏

I like the demos with clean sound !!! It's like must be.

I have had this guitar for about two years. I originally was attracted by the appearance, I think it's gorgeous. But I was curious about P90's, having never tried them. I have been playing for over 40 years, and I have many guitars. This one has become my main players, It seems to be able to do almost anything. I have or have had American tele's, strats, etc., but I immediately fell in love with this one. I find myself pulling it off the wall more than any other of my axes. Just love it!

Thanks Jonathan. I have been curious about this one

Subscribed, this is the second time I stumbled on your videos. I used to play in metal bands, might scoop one of these for my lo fi projects now. They look nice an you make them sound nice ! Thanks for the videos !

Your playing is really a Gods blessing, you are playing so good

My kind of music! Great playing Jon!

Great slide work! Sounds really good this axe!

Wow, some very tasty playing! Been checking out the Harley Benton guitar vids, and came upon your channel, great content!

I just purchased the same guitar (badged as an IVY) and awaiting it's arrival. Thanks for the wonderful demo and playing.

gorgeous guitar! It has such a nice airy sound

Always a great review. Really love the tone, the P90s sound great. Better than the blue trans HH. I wish they offered both in both colors.

Amazing playing my friend! You have been the most helpful for harley Benton guitars. Definitely grabbing this beauty.. as a lefty you hardly get amazing looking guitars that don't cost an arm or a leg

I can listen to the song section all day every day 👌👌👌

Real nice playing as usual

You are so talented, I wish you all the subscribers!

I’m loving it!

That first solo you really went for it, Really great solo man

I have a few guitars in the really low price range. This one is my favorite, it really sounds amazing. Thanks for the video - for me it is more a lesson how much more I can get out of it.

A great sounding and great looking telecaster. Jon style of playing is faultless as usual.👍😊

Thank you for your very honest review about a guitar brand that seems to have nothing but glowing reviews from other channels.

Hi Jonathan, Nice Guitar, Nice Color, Great Sound, and perfect Playing. Greetings Thorsten

Just ordered mine Jon! Hopefully it’s a keeper thanks Mate

If Jon playing, every guitar sounds great... 👍👍

Jon - Great vid, as always, and of course.... beautiful playing. You are always such a tasteful and thought-provoking player. And this guitar is awesome. I have the exact same guitar. Well.... kind of. LOL I picked up the IYV version of this guitar, and got it in 2 days from Amazon for I think $159 a few months back. I can't lie. The "Destiny Wound" branded P-90 pickups SMOKE!! And the guitar is gorgeous. I think it's just about identical, with the exception of the head-stock. Pickups are even identical, except the branding that's etched on there. Mine aren't Roswells. And for the record... I love Harley Benton Guitars. Really do, and I have several. All great. But the IYV I got is killer. I was really surprised by it, and the thing just smokes. .Looks pretty, and kind of tame... but it's not. LOL Anyay - Great vid!

Hi Jon. First I love your playing especially on this guitar in the clean mode. Secondly I appreciate your honesty in your review, I was considering one of these as an addition to my small collection but I don’t want a modification platform. Therefore I’ve decided against it thanks for saving me all that money. Stay healthy and safe.

As always Jon, you play it beautiful ... and brings the best out of the guitar .... I have just ordered one at Thomann's Look forward to have it next week together with a TE 69 hot rod .... Must say after I had the TE 52 some time ago ... I feel fine about these HB guitars ... Thanks for your review of this guitar ....

sounds really nice

My amazing guitar ever.

Hi Jon, I got me a used one 2 years ago and really love it. It has the Wilkinson P90 that HB used to install in earlier years, and with them the sound comes close to my 86 Gibson 335 - except this thing about the hum, but I usually don't play high gain sounds so it's all right. Thank you so much for all your lovely soling, I always take it as a lesson. Best wishes, Uli from Remscheid, Germany

Awesome slide work Brother 😎❤️👍🏽

Amazing sound and fingers!

love it ! I have the same guitar but left handed ' amazing guitar for the price' I was going to upgrade the pick ups but the Roswell were fine ' love your style and tone Jon' cheers from Chicago !

Hello Jonathan. That guitar looks stunning. Have a nice evening….hmmm here in Sweden it’s evening anyway. Maybe I come to your livestream tomorrow. I just missed it last time.

Super sound...!!!

Gorgeous

Mine out of the box: Nut was pinching/binding every string. Volume knob would randomly cut volume completely, and at random positions. Everything else was in good shape (you weren't kidding about neck dive). Stock pickups were decent, but I swapped them out for MojoTone Quiet Coil 56 pickups and the tone improvement was significant. Had my tech upgrade the pots, too. This thing now sounds/plays incredibly well and still cost far less than comparable models.

John you rock

Great soloing!!!!

Your playing always brings out the best in the instrument. I've considered buying one of these but went for the TE90 FLT in green burst instead. It has filtertron style pick ups and delivers a sound which is great for country or rockabillly. I would love to see what you could do with one of them Jon.

First. Another A+ video from you! I have wanted a p90 guitar and have seen an IYV that looks identical to this one. I have read that it is the same as the HB. True? I don't know. It was on amazon and would have been easy to order, unlike he HB and the wait times, exchange rates. etc. I love these tones compared to my G&L Tribute Bluesboy. That was going to be my guitar peak. Well, i was my financial peak so I many just have to make the best of it. Keep up the great videos!

Always had my eye on these but I have so many guitars !

I'm in LOVE...!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P90s are are my favorite single coil

Pretty cool guitar ,I have several harley Benton guitars they are all very well made guitars for the money I also have name brand guitars as well a 2001 strat and a kramer striker with a floyd on it ,compared to my other guitars my harley Benton guitars are awesome in terms of quality and playability, the bad thing is thomann has gone up in thier shipping cost I live in springfield missouri in the states ,it now cost $80 for shipping in the past the shipping was $60 ,which even though the shipping has gone up in price I will still order from thomann the rise in shipping cost isn't going effect me purchasing from thomann because thier guitars are really really great from the money I do believe you can get 2 or 3 guitars for that shipping cost though , great video, that guitar is beautiful ,i have to check that one out for sure,god bless stay safe Johnathan keep the videos coming I watch them every time you post one

Wow P 90s are still one of the creamiest tones of all, clean or distorted. They have lasted the tests of time!!!

So glad you reviewed this guitar Jonathan. I have the TE90 QM and I love it. Amazing for the money. Mine sounds nothing like this one though ..... because I'm playing it, not you lol :) Seriously though, I think the P90's sound fabulous, especially for jazz / blues influenced tunes ( as you say, they produce very "warm and creamy" tones ). I agree with you regarding the Fusion Pro's. They are a lot more versatile and another notch up in quality .... and yet I wouldn't be without my TE90 QM. I enjoy it immensely. Have a blessed weekend brother x

From Leo: You certainly make wonderful music with that guitar. Thank you for your work. I replaced the ceramic magnets in mine with Alnico 5 magnets. That really took all harshness out of the highs. You are certainly right about the tuners, I replaced mine with smoother ones. A friend bought one a few years back in transparent blue. Over time the blue faded to a beautiful green that really shows the great quilted top finish. If I would have known that it would become green, I would have bought the blue one.

I have the blue Humbucker version of this Jon. It was a Bstock. It needed a shim, new locking tuners and a fret level to get it playable but it plays really well now. I also switched the magnets from Alnico 5 to Alnico 2. It is a great modding platform and it’s also a lovely light weight for my off days pain wise. They have gone up significantly in price since I bought mine. My friend Mark got this version and it played perfectly out of the box and the P90s are much sweeter than the Humbuckers. When it comes to lower priced guitars you can be lucky or not. It’s a great way to learn the skills if you are not lucky. Very interesting Jon - cheers 😄👍👍👍

Very nice review, though I’d give it a try. The price was right. I sure hope it’s as good as the one you tried. Enjoy your weekend

Classy playing as usual Jon,and while i like this tele,just wish the pkups were in black but it sounds great as do you!

$221 new! Cheapest used p90 I found locally was an LTD EC256p w p90s and it was $200 but no quilted top they came gloss black or gold top only. Sounds like a great deal to me.

Wonderful Video...Big hugs ..Tim n Tina..xx

Sold ! I’m getting one !

Super!

I've been specifically looking for a dual P90 equipped guitar but really don't care for the Les Paul Specials or Double cutaways. I wish I could find an SG style with dual P90's but being a lefty the options are always thinner (outside of the random eBay specials, of course). I came across the Harley Benton TE90QM and really appreciated your detailed look overview of it. I'm very much an amateur player but have wanted to add a P90 guitar to my options and this looks like a good start, especially for the price point.

HI! just to let you know if you like this video and want to show your appreciation, you can buy me a cup of coffee with the "Thanks" button which is just next to the share button! ✌❤ Please support me in what I do thru Patreon! www.patreon.com/Jonathankoh 0:00 Intro 0:18 Unboxing 2:04 Song 4:22 Demo 6:13 Review 8:27 Conclusion

Hey Jonathon, awsome playing as usual! I would imagine that you are indirectly responsible for at least a couple of thousand newborns around your listening area😏 Now I think that I am going to have to build a guitar with some P 90s in it🙂

Another great demo! Thanks...it is essential to demo any guitar with clean sounds...how anyone can gauge the quality of a guitar when playing in high gain is beyond me. You are one of the few people who seem to understand this.

I have the same guitar but made by that IYV brand on Amazon. I didn’t have to pay that import fee so I believe I paid like $150. It’s identical to this guitar though and I head it is made in the same factory as the Harley Benton ones.The sound is unbelievable for the price. Wish I could play it as good as you though!

👍🙋🏻‍♂️ I like the guitar

Hi Jon, It's got quite a retro vibe about it. Some very small imperfections in the finish by the looks of things. The P90's sound good, looks to have quite a wide neck. Nice though all the same.

I like this I just wish the did the headstock matching or black, I think it would have looked better, but this is still in my wish list cart.. :) But of course the playing is amazing..

YA, I bought this guitar off Amazon, but under the name IYV a few months ago, different head stock though. I really like it. It cost $220 Canadian.

I have this guitar and replaced the hardware for Schaller. The P90 are good. In the end it turned out to be a good guitar.

Just bought this new from Thomann for $180 + $85 shipping (to Seattle area). Placed the order on July 5 and it should arrive July 10. We'll see how it goes...

Buying this for my 15 year old son. Hope it holds up, especially when it comes to the fret work.

Watching the review, listening to your wonderful playing enjoying the beautiful sound of this guitar . I would have no way of knowing the price of the guitar. I am a long time musician having owned high end and inexpensive guitars. You eq'd the guitar to sound very good. If I saw you playing it in concert or in a recording I would say "wow, I would like to have that guitar. Even now I am thinking that I want one. So the weaknesses in construction can be remedied easily.

as always a great review, Congratulations I have a doubt for those who play Funk, R&B & Neo Soul only Rhythm and not doing solos, which two models would be better this HB 90 model or the HB TE 70 Black Paisley. and I don't like solar, I only do the foundation. using the neck pickup. Thanks... CLAP!!!CLAP

Your excellent playing camouflages the fact this is a $210 guitar - it is indeed a beauty and as you suggested with some better tuners it would be more than adequate. Just one note: although the white binding is described as ivory , it is most certainly not. It should be described as "ivory colored binding" which means white plastic.

Jon, your demos sounds really good. do you mind sharing your gear setup?

i hadn’t visited your channel in quite a while… the guitar is not that very good…but …man!… you make it sound great, specially the mid & neck positions. Your tone and musicality are the reason why i keep coming back here. ;) i had to listen to your solo again, which.. is definitely one of my favourites of yours.. i have a set of G&L MFDs (the ones on the Doheny) and i wanted to mod a Harley Benton with them. Which one with you get, if it was you ? thank you, and thank you for the music.

Looks identical to my IYV 400 TRD.

Jon, You can make a cigar box with a broomstick neck strung with electrical wire sound good. GREAT TONE!😊

Jon makes guitars sing😇

I'm so intrigued by the blue humbucker-ed one because it's the same guitar that Ruggero Robin plays in his superb live video... I'm a fanboy LOL

Great skills...sounds - like I am going to buy one, unfortunately, it would not sound this good 😅

I bought the exact same guitar about a year ago just to see what all the hype about Harley Benton was all about. I wanted something with p90's to play around with. I was actually nicely surprised with how good it was for the price (my next least expensive guitar I owned was at least 4X as much pricewise). My only initial complaint was that the neck needed to be leveled, crowned, and polished, but this was not a problem because I expected that would be the case and I had the tools and ability to do that myself. After playing the guitar for a while though I found that the neck is just a bit too narrow and the high E string sits a bit close to the edge of the fret board. After polishing the frets this became a bit of a problem because sometimes while playing it the string slips off of the edge of the fretboard. I thought i might just cut a new nut and space the strings a bit further from the edge, but the width is already so narrow there isn't much wriggle room. Otherwise, I still think it is a great value for the price. All that said and done though, I just ordered a Gibson Les Paul Special Tribute P90 (4X the price), which I am hoping I will like a lot more and give the Harley Benton to one of my nephews kids.

P90s yay!

Yes the nut on mine was badly cut...and tuners were bad....I put fender locking tuners and a bone nut......and my tech adjusted the truss rod....the f hole paint was not proper painted but that's nothing to complain about... mine was so out of tune until I did the changes....its not a schecter or fender....but its ok for a newbie like me....im just curious how other p90 pick ups would sound in this....oh and I changed the string tree also

Thank you for this video. Couple of questions. 1. is it loud unplugged, since is has F-holes? 2. Is there a wood block going up the middle of the body aka is it semi-hollow (like ES 335 ect)? 3. How much does it weigh roughly in KG? Thanks 🙏😊

Hi Jon, i have now Order the HB DNA and the HB 550 2 FTF i hope this is the right. LG Detlev

Hi. Thank you for the reviews and your very good playing 👋. I have baught these guitar recently and at first was not really pleased by the sound. After 2 days i find sweet spots in search with the pots. And began to be charmed by expressivity and subtle possibilities depends of the pick attack. I play jazz. Blues. And vintage rock and roll. I think it is not a guitar only for beginners. I play until 1972... Please could you tjink these lutherie is sufficient to justify an upgrade p90 and electronics. Yes the tuners are bad and myst be upgraded. But could you think better pickups can increase expressivity and charm. I am ok with crunch and saturation it is not so good.may i hope to obtain better? " Many thanks for your work and sharing

I may be wrong, but I think these would be great with the Filtertron type humbucker. I've never had a Filtertron, but wouldn't they work well with a semi-hollow?

Wow that backing track! Where can I find it? Perhaps it's your playing that made it so great but I need to play over it too.

Er weiß schon sehr genau was er da macht😇😁

Thomman is doing well!

Jon, I’m curious about the groovy background music you use. Is it something you created or a background track you downloaded from another artist or?

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Trans red is very close to Black Cherry, a favorite colour of mine. I would change the P90's to mini humuckers in chrome, the white P90's spoil the looks of this guitar. They do sound good, though every guitar Jonathan plays sounds so good. Thanks for another great demo Jonathan.