Harley Benton Unboxing and 1st Impressions with Kiana (4 Guitars) 

Kiana, blink twice if you're being held against your will!

lmao I gotta admit Henning at first I thought you were annoying especially because of your humor but now I love your videos haha

18:33 the girl says:"you have very weird fantasies" the look on the guy's face is self-explanatory...

The banner at the end about adopting from thye local shelters is so good. Thank you for supporting rescue animal welfare. xx All of my cats are rescue animals :-)

I'm so glad to watch this today, and hear Kiana talk about the satisfaction one experiences when peeling those protective plastic layers off of pickups and pickguards... I was cutting pickguards yesterday, and every time I'd finish one and peel the plastic off, I thought to myself "Goddamn, this feels so satisfying!" lol. Now I don't feel like such a weirdo!

Ich kann die Kommentare hier nicht verstehen, da sind einfach nur 2 Menschen, die Spass an der Sache und an der Gitarre haben, wieso muss man sich dann darüber schreiben, ob einer nervt oder nicht, wer es nicht sehen will, braucht es ja nicht zu sehen! Mir hat es jedenfalls super gut gefallen!

Thomann makes every day like like Christmas.

The TE-80 was a copy of a custom made guitar played by Prince, that's why it looks the way it looks.

When I saw the TE80 I thought of Prince playing that solo at the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame show.

Needless to say, more videos with Kiana, please.

The Tele actually is a copy of Prince' s favourite guitar, which if I remember was a honner guitar t style

awesome loving the TE90 the best and comparing it to the Squier Cabronita Telecaster types etc and so on...think I have become obsessed!...excellent video thank you

The last one sounds amazing :)

Henning wasn't himself here, I won't comment why. Good selection of guitars and entertaining delivery.

Henning, the te-80 is the reissue of the Prince's Tele. That's where the bridge pickup thing comes from.

nice to see you, and Kiana back doing a video together, the guitars are awesome

Reverse headstock just makes more sense since your hand is already underneath the neck when playing...so now the tuners are just closer. My favorite configuration.

Kiana honestly I dont know how you put up with him!

All the guitars look great and I think they're a great value too! I wonder if they make a flatter fret board because it's less work and cost, than sanding a more curved radius on the necks? Anyway, you can buy every style of guitar you've ever liked from Harley Benton and probably have less money invested than if you bought one high end guitar! You can have a Strat, Tele, Les Paul, PRS, Jaguar, etc. Sure you don't have the fancy name at the top of the headstock, but you would probably have some leftover cash in your pocket! I'll take the cash and someone else can have the fancy names!👍😎🎸🎶

Hi there, this is the second video of yours that i see all the way through!!! and it's barely the second video I see from your channel. I loved the last guitar, the Harley Benton TE-90FLT VW. it could really play any genre and get down to shredding in a metal band. Too bad we didnt see their basses. I finally loved when Kiana delivered at the end with "it's right in my face" and you gave her the ultimate validation by making her a digital that's what she said. Congratulations Kiana, you are now in the dirty leagues with the big guys.

.. needs more Cowbell ;)

They all have 350 mm (13.78 inch) fretboard radius, which is pretty flat. Normally a modern Strat would have a 9.5 inch fretboard radius.

The "HM" stands for Hank Marvin, because it is based on the same model as he played in the early 60's, hence the Fiesta Red and C shape neck.

FINALLY, more Bentons!

The TE 80 doesn't want to be a typical T-Type, that's why it doesn't sound like one. Same thing with the bridge. Bought one a few years ago, fine guitar with a special character. But really heavy. If one's got problems with the back don't use it live. Played the TE 90 last year at Thomann. Brilliant guitar. Usually I don't watch unboxing vids, but with Kiana always fun😀

Regarding fretboard radius. The two ST are 13.7inch or 350mm which is more flat than big G. For big F most including new Vintage USA series are 9.5inch 241mm but back in the day ie nearly all until early 80s were 7.25inch or 184mm.

Too many of you sound like you've never seen a girl before.

Maybe I'm weird, but I like the TE-80 pickguard material (I like to refer to it as "mother of meat loaf"). Many people replace it with the leopard spotted material that was on Prince's (btw, sounds like neither of you recognized the guitar as a Prince thing - for shame!), but it's hard to find and requires you to cut it yourself. I just bought one of these, and they've upgraded it somewhat - dark binding on the fretboard, better pickguard symmetry, better saddles, Roswell pickups. The guitar was designed to be somewhere between a Tele and a Strat, with Strat pickups and bridge on a Tele body. That's apparently what Prince wanted in a guitar, at least for that part of his career. I was quite impressed with the one I got. Perfect setup and frets/nut, and I love how the pickups sound. Fit and finish A+ aside from a minor blemish (B stock item, so not unexpected.) My only complaint is the weight, like a small boat anchor.

They need to get rid of the ugly fake tortoise shell, apart from that they are really nice

Radius is the curve of the neck horizontally. If you were to continue the lines of the fretboard top, it would eventually create a circle. Older guitars have more radius, like a 7.5, or 9, meaning that the circle would be smaller. And 12 in radius just means that if you take the horizontal curve of the neck it will continue out to create a 12 inch circle. Think of how a cello or. Oil in is curved, just not as drastic. Compound radius is when the treble end of the neck and the bass end of the neck have to sixes of radius.

The TE-90FLT sounds good with overdrive!

33 seconds in......perfect beaker impression

JFYI, that tele is based on Price's Telecaster, so the bridge pickguard is not really a crazy idea from Thoman, but a copy from Prince's.

this TE 90 deluxe make me dream! awesome for dat price !

I'm just here for Kiana. The HB guitar demos are a bonus.

Hey HP and Kiana, not sure if anyone said this yet, but vintage strats definitely had a much smaller radius like 7 inches compared to the modern day 12ish. Hope that helps. Love your videos!!

I saw an interview where the man from Thomann stated they no longer use Wilkerson pickups because they were getting counterfit ones from suppliers and the Roswell suppliers were more trustworthy.

Just ordered a Black 62- STOKED

Hi there. Greetings from Canada. I really love the last 2 guitars you showed. The S series DG - black and maple neck is lovely and so is the T series with the reverse headstock. They are beautiful....just like your female helper. She has very beautiful eyes. Just saying. Love your videos

kiana's improved

Kiana is awesome - she's such a good sport.

The radius on the Harley Benton Fender copies tends to run to 14" in contrast to the standard 10" Fender radius. Also by way of reference, Gibsons have a 12" radius neck. The larger radius of course creates a "flatter" neck which is one thing I love about the HBs over real Fenders. A larger radius is a tremendous benefit if you have larger hands or like to play lead and do bends over playing chords. The TE-80 NT Deluxe looks so different, especially around the bridge, than a standard Telecaster because it's a replica of Prince's Telecaster. The reversed Fender headstock makes for longer low strings which gives you more slack and more "twang." It's a great choice for playing country rhythm, low bendy runs, and dropped tunings. The same feature was done for Dwight Yokem's Epiphone "Dwight Trash" Casino (a guitar I WISH they would bring back!).

The pickups on the S type sound pretty decent!

When you whispered that they were Roswell pickups, I thought you were saying, "Awesome Pickups." The ash bodied T type was nice. The reverse headstock gives it a cool late-70s Joe Perry vibe.

The guitars are nice, Kiana is exquisite.

Red Strat - Hank Marvin Black Strat - David Gilmour Tele - Prince

You two remind me of Simon and Marceline from Adventure Time

I have a decent collection of guitars, with lots of different types of necks, and my favorites are the one's with a compound 12"-16" radius. They start more curved near the neck but get progressively flatter as you work your way towards the body. Two of my guitars with a 16" or greater radius are the EBMM Majesty and Acacia Pro Series Hades 6.

The T is sounding pretty damn good!

TV Jones clones are "Filter'tron" replicas of the pick ups that used to be put into Gretsch guitars in the late 50's early 60's. Those pick ups sound awesome in that Tele type. That HG grunt is fantastic.

The David Gilmour is my favorite one but the whammy bar is longer than the original.

WHO DOESN'T MISS THE OLE ROLL OFF THE FRET BOARD HIGH & LOW E STRING RADIUS FRET BOARD NECKS ?

EXCELLENT REVIEWS!! (But I am STILL WAITING for my HP42).

35:24 It's vintage xD. That was great Henning, laughed my ass off. I don't know how Kiara was able not to laugh

I think the fretboard radius on the guitars are wrong. 350mm is 13.77 inch, and for reference the Nick Johnston sig from Schecter is a 14 inch radius... so they should be about the same. What you described sounds like they either didn't radius the fretboards, or it's like a 20" radius...

Strats with 14" radius fingerboards? ... I get it for a Ibanez or Jackson copy, but a strat really feels like a strat with the 9,5" proper radius.

48:46 Beast and the Harlot, nice \m/

David Gilmour's Black Strat has a modern 9.5 in. radius. 14 seems way too flat for a strat...

That strat sounds amazing and like a vintage one!!!!

hi Lemmy, you pass amazingly positive energy in addition to knowledge, thanks, greetings

The Prince-Tele sounds quite good, I would've bought it a while ago but the horrible pickguard appearance prevented that.

That T-type would be so nice without the salami pickguards

The fake tortoise from Harley Benton looks like a cheap linoleum flooring. The strats sound really nice though! And the Carbronita-Style Tele would be my favourite. Sounds great and looks phenomenal! Really lookin' forward to the reviews and the basses to come.

31:13 "you licked it, now it's yours" haha

the first Ttype is inspired by Prince's Hohner Tele copy he used in the 70's and 80's. The bridge is correct to that.

@EytschPi42: My experience is that the freatboardradius on HB-guitars is 14" and the radius of the frets is 12". We own different SC-450 and a ST-62.

Fun! Enjoyed this! Bring her back. Lesley

I just saw the part where you pull the knobs off that black Strat ...copy with a screwdriver. It's much easier done with a short piece of regular household string, I learned that from Scott Grove, lots of people think he's an ass but he actually knows one thing or the other. Just pull the string under, don't wrap it around, just enough so that it touches the peg, then pull to the sides and the thing should come off easily ...except if it's screwed on, always check that before ; )

The Hohner Madcat clone looks exactly like it should. Except for the crappy tortoise shell. The real deal sells for about 10X the money.

You mentioned the dirt marks and scratches on the "S" style guitar neck. People pay big money to have that done. Custom shop relics can cost $5,000! The relic process is already started on that one and it was cheap!😂

Hank Marvins first strat was Fiesta Red with GOLD hardware

Weird that their strats would have such a flat radius, considering that Fenders have a 7.25in radius on their vintage guitars, and a 9.5in radius on their modern guitars. But then again, a flatter radius is better for more intricate playing and bent notes don't choke out as quick.

i have the black one love it

I love the HM fiesta red s type thing..... great job!!!!

She is such a nice girl and lovely 'assistant' ...you have a 'keeper' there son , if you can..good show mostly...the last tele with the humbuckers was the best sounding..give it to her dude..😉👍😎🧙‍♂️

I stayed because she's soooooo cute! A bit entertaining to watch. These guys would be a lot of fun to hang around with. Strange that despite a pretty good english, they seemed to wonder what a neck radius is.

Reminds me of my first group. Your bird begging you to go to band practice and then being bored senseless.

I love the avenged riff in this video. Its damn amazing

The fretboard radius has nothing to do with the neck being straight. The radius is the curve of the fretboard across the strings, not from the heead to the body. fenders usually have somewhere arounsd a 9" radius and Gibsons usually have a 12" radius. higher value keans flatter fretboard which means you can get a lower action.

Was that guitar that close to being in tune after shipping? If so that’s a bit impressive. This thing sounds really good,no way I would waste my money in a Fended strat when you can get this for the price they’re going for. It sounds just as good as ANY stock fended strat I’ve heard. The color is really cool. 100% I would jump on one of these before wasting money on a fender strat. I’m with this guy on the flat fret board; I’ve never liked the larger radius feel; the smaller radius fret boards feel better on guitars to me; just more comfortable for me.

That Blonde Tele is smokin❤☄

"They came to early." zat iz wot she said

Wait why and HOW do those sound SO good for that price???

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Henning Can you ask Thomann why they used a 350mm radius? The original Hank Marvin and David Gilmour Strats have 7.25 inch radiuses (184mm). The Hohner Tele may have been as flat but the Madcat reissues of Prince's guitars were 9.5 inch (241mm) as is Fenders current standard radius (for the Carbonita copy). 350mm is edging close to Ibanez wizard territory at 400mm which is a completely different style than Marvin or Gilmour. Thanks

This was to funny. I enjoyed watching this.

the tele is like prince's tele hents the odd look, its spot on to his

15:15 I was thinking about buying this guitar just to *look at it*. Now I'm definitely sold.

Just found your channel! Love it ! How you only have 43k subs is beyond me...great pro level content. Nice to see cheap guitars reviewed. If you ever get a chance can you review the $500 (ish) schecter s type traditional standard? Thinking about getting one and would be cool to see what you think....cheers

Jackson does the compound radius where it flattens out after the twelfth fret 👍😁

I think that RM stands for Red Monstrosity. If you bought a goat and didn't let it eat for a few hours, it would make a similar noise. I don't object to a cheap guitar, but that one isn't even that cheap. Honestly folks, I wouldn't recommend these for beginners, because they may well need a bit of work done. But hey, each to their own I guess.

The T-Type is a take on Prince's guitar, was made by Anderson Guitarworks & Hohner

Oh my!! Kiana does LARP? Ok, now I agree she's pretty cool! :)

The orangey gold Tele style one is unique/cool looking

I think they tried to reach a happy medium between the shredders and the traditionalists as far as radius is concerned. That IMO is a mistake. Maybe a compound radius might have been a better option. Or just go Fender vintage with a V neck and 7.25 inch radius and be done with it.

David Gilmour is the guitarist from Pink Floyd! He had that black guitar for decades!

I just bought the fusion ll. Amazing guitar for the money. The only thing that needs changing is the bridge pickup.

That fiesta red guitar sounds awesome

The "reverse" headstock is because of string tension.

I miss Kiana! Bring her back!