Why are Harley Benton Guitars so appealing to me? 

you say the same as my music teacher just told me: a good musician makes a cheap instrument to sound like an expensive one, and a bad musician makes an expensive instrument sound like a cheap one! and your HB guitar sounds amazing because you are a GREAT musician

You're such a peaceful person and that's the reason you're always welcome here on my living room television. Great playing, wonderful presentations Jonathan. Hope you're feeling better.

Awesome. One moment you're this gentle soft-spoken guy, and the next minute you're a BEAST on the guitar! \m/

I'm 53 years old and just started on my guitar journey after 30 years first picking up a guitar. I bought a Harley Benton DC 580 , and although it's not a premium guitar, I was blown away by its quality and sound for the price. Just ordered a DC Custom which I know is very similar, but of higher spec. Cant wait to play it. In this day and age, especially for the beginner ( like me) , there's no reason to spend thousands on something you can get along with and make great sounds. I love your reasoning for liking Harley Benton guitars, they do what you want, they feel great, and they sound great. I know this comment is two years after your video but it's still very relevant. Thank you for not being a brand snob, and thank you for this video. Happy Christmas to you, your family, and your followers. Huge thumbs up for a very honest review of budget guitars. 👍👍👍☮☮☮

Variety and quality for a fair price. What better way is there to try different bodies and pickup configurations than HBs? Enjoy!

I'm 6 HB's (13 guitars in total) in and I am yet to be disappointed, they are fantastic instruments! PS your videos are great, love to hear someone who love the instrument talk about it 🙂

I love everything you do in this channel, Jon. It is amazing to see a musician of your calibre talking about and actually playing such affordable guitars that even I can buy. Thank you, Sir :) Zs

You present really useful information without gimmicks but illustrated with superbly tasteful guitar playing - and similarly, your music is free from gimmicks and exhibits real artistry. Thanks!

Love your passion for the instrument. I only own 1 guitar for 19 years, MIM strat. And plays with it with worn fret, have change all the pots, adding Treble Bleed n orange caps for the tone pots. What u said is true, how it makes u wanna grab n play it 🤘

You are absolutely right. I've played guitar for more than 20 years from classical and own more than 20 Harley Benton guitars as well as some other guitars like Fender, Gibson etc. It doesn't matter how much the guitar costs but how clever the person plays it and produces great notes. I admire you... Thanks...

You’re soloing blows my mind it’s magnificent. I wasn’t expecting that from an acoustic review

I really like the spirit of your passion for the guitar and also very much your style of playing .... very full of energy while being very musical. Thank you so much !

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I love your choice in pauses! Wow what a blast listening to your playing!

Jonathan that was so well said. The tone of the HB, the art of the HB and the personality of the HB makes each one special and separates all HBs from YOUR HB. Their economy allows us to indulge ourselves to a point beyond where any other manufacturer even comes close.

I saw the Harley Benton Fusion-T HH HT LH EB BK (Fusion Tele) for the first time last night and fell in love.

Great review and awesome positive talk. Thanks for keeping it positive and appreciating what you have and where you're going!

Love your approach/playing style so much feel and emotion! Rock on!

I really love the way you play, always simple(and that doesn't mean easy)and efficient.great tone, great rythm and melody,and I like harley benton too

its always a joy to see you play and doing demos! Please keep the videos coming... haha

Dear Jonathan! I really like your videos - they are great. Your humble attitude and our objective point of view on HB guitars, and generally, is so refreshing. Great playing style too. Please keep on making such good stuff. Thanks and very warm greetings from Salzburg/Austria!

Your honesty is refreshing! Keep it up! You will convince me to purchase a Harley Benton eventually.

I appreciate all your videos Jonathan. Your playing is really fantastic. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experiences with HB guitars. Peace

I'm with you Jonathan. My favourite guitars are the ones I've modded and made my own. I've bonded with them. I bought my first Harley Benton recently. It's a JB-40FL 3-Tone Sunburst fretless Jazz style bass. Great build quality. The most outstanding feature of this bass the Blackwood (Pinus Radiata) fretboard. It's similar to rosewood in colour but it's hard with a tight grain like ebony !! On a bass that costs 148 euro. Crazy. Thanks for the usual great content.

Rockin’ it!!! Great insights about your continuing musical journey. Thanks for putting it out!

Great video! That playing you did with each guitar was kick ass! I just discovered your channel a week ago and trying to catch up. The way you play is so much the flavor I love with some of the bests tricks I've seen. The fact that you don't have hundreds of thousands of subscribers is baffling to me. More people need to hear you. Thanks for all the great videos!

Thanks for this video. With your comments on their playability, now I'm interested in HBs again. And, magnificent playing, by the way.

You are such a cool person. Thanks for your honesty and the work you put into your channel.

Jonathan , I love your honest reviews and your playing (which is fantastic) but I very appreciate your humble take on stuff and probably life in general..thanks for sharing your insights ..live and best wishes .

Hey Jon - Thanks for your insight on guitars I totally agree with everything your saying - The Harley Bentons are very appealing with there look and price and Performance. With proper set up (all brands for this) they do the job very well. I just purchased my 1st HB - 7 string fan fret installed Fishman Tosin Abasi pick ups had it set up properly and WOW what a guitar - it sounds and plays amazing. Cheers

I bought two last week and cannot wait to get them. SC-Custom Honey Flame and a Custom Line CLA-15MCE VS. I have not bought a new guitar in over 10 years. Pretty excited.

Just love your down to earth style and demeanor. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas 2021

As always your playing skills are just incredible!!

I couldn't agree more Jonathan. I'm glad I found your channel. I like your playing first and foremost. Very tasteful! I like your insight and honesty, and I like the straight foreward no nonsense way you present your guitars. As you say. No right or wrong when it comes down to it, ultimately it's up to your own ears and your own feel that what is good. They key is learning how to develop that.

Im getting the fusion 2 for my 50th birthday .looking forward to playing it .thanks for the reviews.great playing by the way.. all the best.

That CST 24 sounds just epic in your jam....... what a beast I'm going to get myself one...... next after that is the TE70...... keep up the great work , love your videos and your playing..... you have the touch ...... Thanks

OMG, I just recently found out about you.... I love your talent and honesty...Rock on Jon!!!

Thanks a lot for your videos & great playing, Jonathan! Very inspiring video... Greetings from Barcelona!

I just ordered the black paisley TE-70 just like yours yesterday, now for the long wait to get it! Can't wait.

Great video as always, Jonathan. Got a HB 12 String which is great. Planning on getting a FGN strat next week and after that, I'll be looking at the HB CST-24. Can't Wait. Looking forward to your next video. Keep it up 🤘

Great chat. In your hands those HB guitars sound fantastic! Thanks for posting.

I love your playing and no nonsense approach. Thanks for explaining your approach to gear. Brilliant guitar licks!

wow you are starting to change my mind on the HB guitars. That Black Paisley sounds awesome.

Agree 100%. I have 7 guitars. A couple Fenders, and an Ibanez, and a project. Besides my 3 Harley Bentons. They are all great guitars, but the mods I usually wind up doing are the same no matter who or how much the guitar costs. And the things I change to make it my guitar, are usually things I can do or learn to do. H/Bs are good, affordable guitars. Thanks for the great videos!

Johnathan you are by far my favourite youtuber. Keep up the great work.

You're such a killer guitarist !!!! I love watching and listening to you.....doesn't matter if it's a $150 or a $5000 dollar guitar...you rock them all ! 🥰

Really enjoy your videos and love your playing style and sound.

A verry Good Conversation about his Experience , with Harley Benton ! Good LUCK !

Awesome playing & excellent video as always Jonathan sir !!

Thank you, Jon, for all of your great information.

Thank you Jonathan i love my cst24 paradise flame and am looking into another possibly a tele style great playing guitars and as you stated great sound.

You're not the only one... They're very well-made, they sound good with their stock pickups and they have an attention to detail you would usually never find in that price range... I own 149 guitars and I design, build and repair guitars for a living and my collection includes many high-end and vintage guitars but...I just LOVE Harley Bentons...I have bought 7 so far and they're all excellent... Of course they can always be upgraded here and there but as is they're great...

Great vibe. Love your playing approach.

Very nice playing Jonathan (as always) really dig your personal style. Agree completely on your hardware opinions. Lol those spandex eighties...great music back then, miss it.

Jonathan, I've just discovered your channel, and gotta say, i do love your playing. you're a GREAT player, not just good, and yet so humble. Love to hear you play. Would love some instruction vids from you, your little tricks and flairs, I'm sure most of us would love to see that. Thank you. (80s big hair child here too btw).

The black paisley sounds amazing, and your unmodded cst-24.... wow. Great job Jonathan, you've made me curious about this brand.

Thank you so much for your videos. I as well am quickly becoming a Harley Benton fan. My first was a TE-52 Vintage , and it was so nice out of the box that I immediately ordered an ST-20 HSS. I have a Mexican Strat, a Gibson Les Paul, an Epiphone Wildkat, A Washburn, an Ibanez, a PRS Santana and a handful of cheapies, like Johnson, Washburn Lyon, and Squier (I LOVE modding up cheap guitars and experimenting with different tone), but the Harley Bentons are really impressing me RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX! The only thing I did to the TE-52 was replace the bridge saddles with a set of compensated brass saddles that I had from another bridge. If I hadn't already had those saddles I would have left it alone.

Great video really appreciate your approach to guitars ......you sound playing and tone rock!!

Some 30 years ago it was realy important to have good guitars and amps but today things are very different, even cheap guitars are playable and with good sounding but for me the most important thing it's the amount of quality pedals at reasonable prices we can have very easily and sometimes with a litle luck and creativity we make great sounds with those pedals.

Great video Johnathan, I really do like your approach to everything, & I think you bring the best perspective on these guitars, because of that, I'm getting more & more interested in them, thanks for inspiring us all, stay safe my friend, Rock On & God Bless!!!

Hi Jonathan Awesome playing awesome Demo Happy New Year Bro 🎸❤👍👍😊

Jonathan you really are a incredible lead guitarist, there is no doubt!!!!! Superb!!!!!

What a fabulous player you are. Whoever questions that tone is the fingers has to watch this video.

Really enjoy your playing and love of music. You are right, God is all knowing amen brother. I’m not a professional but I’m 60 yrs old and been playing since I was a teenager. I also like the fact that you look at sound and playability and not so much the name on the headstock. I have had and still have some rather expensive guitars but I have also ventured into the Harley Benton line. I bought the paisley tele after watching your review and for the money it’s unbeatable. I’m looking at the Fusion THH, such a pretty guitar. Thank you for the videos. Keep them coming.

Haha... Ive never once... Not ONCE... wondered why you were choosing Harley Bentons. I already know. Ive been playing for a long time and ive thrown a lot of cash at guitars over the years. Gibsons, Fenders, Heritage. What it took me years to learn is that dollars dont equate to tone or feel or playing better. There is no better feeling than when you buy something for very little and it rips. Even if you have to do a few mods to make it "exactly" right....youve only spent 500 bucks on a great instrument...not $2000+. To me its like the judge dismissing your parking ticket...getting something for free...and even better that it suits you perfectly. Great video. Thanks!

Great video reviews, wonderful playing! And unusually well tuned guitars... that’s a bit rare, especially among the HB reviews.

Always wondered why ! But the way you put it was convincing enough !

Hi, You know it is so nice to listen to a man expressing himself as he feels it, and to do it with knowledge backed by experience is just cream on the cake, as opposed to guys on RU-vid deliberately trying too hard to sound interesting, and driving you mad with their manic pantomine. Anyway I am trying to say love your channel keep on keeping on, oh and love your choice of music and playing, regards and subscribed Tom Adair.

The usual great playing + wise words. I currently own three HB (dc/sc+/te)and I am planning to buy one more (cst/st/fussion/xt...).

I like your style of playing; very tasteful and it fits each song you perform! My only problem with Harley Benton is .......option anxiety,there's so many to choose from!

Mr Koh my hat off to you, great playing, thanks for your professionall advice, best regards.

I recently subscribed and I'm planning to get the Harley Benton Mustang if things go well, great job on making good and quality RU-vid videos, you have my respect.

My first guitar was a Harley Benton Fusion Pro 2 ( the Ocean Turquoise one you demo'd). Since then, I have owned 4, the most I ever paid for one was $275 (for the Fusion Pro), and I have only been disappointed once (my Strat copy I paid $75 for - the neck was twisted and couldn't be fixed). I am now a proud owner of one of the last guitars you demo'd ( the PRS SE Hollowbody Standard - in Fire Red Burst). All I can say is, if you recommend it, I feel it is always a safe bet to purchase it. Thanks for all your effort and honesty. Here in Cleveland, Ohio, where the 'Rock and Roll Hall of Fame' is, it's funny that I get my guitar advice from someone on the other side of the world.

Ordered the HB sc550 Amber paradise, won't get shipped until the 22nd May can't wait, seeing good things coming out of Harley Benton and good reviews from everyone

Incredible player... Love your channel Jonathan !

Johathan your videos are so well grounded and common sense it was great to find your channel. You are providing a great service by doing these. Thank you for what you do! I started out on a broken down Squire that I had to learn to fix myself. I have learned to setup, modify and repair guitars much quicker and easier than learning to play them. I wonder sometimes which is the real hobby. Doesn't matter its all good clean fun. After buying 3 Gibsons I have gone full circle. I see greater value in the less expensive Guitars and enjoy the modifications. I am not down on my Gibsons but my appreciation for a nice affordable Guitar has increased since I see the great value they can be. Not to mention the variety of styles the lower price allows. As a working Pro do you see the real need for a $3000.00 guitar in your work?

Thanks for all the info you give and for your great playing. Just for info I have just purchased a Fusion pro with a Floyd Rose, Grover’s, stainless steel frets etc. price is around 440 euros, put a more upmarket name on the head and you’d be paying €1000 minimum. Keep posting brother, looking forward to the next one.

I’m glad I stumbled upon this channel....I’m thinking about getting the 24 fret guitar..I believe it’s the cst 24t

Day-yum son! Great playing...great advice. The 80’s did rock!

My favorite part of your video is the intro song. Your solo is very beautiful. You should share a bit of your secret recipe for making a beautiful solo to us ;) Back to the topic on this video, each guitarist has their favorite body shape, neck shape, radius, pickup sounds, etc etc. Can you explain your favorite ? Regarding tone, my first electric guitar is fender strat. I couldn't make a good hi gain sound from it. I didn't like it so I put it in its case for more than 10 years. Several years ago, I learnt about that guitar and know why it couldn't make a good hi gain sound and how to fix it. I learnt anything that I could regarding tone and pickup. In the end, I changed all the pickups to humbucker. Now, I love my strat. About your spoon, I think it's useful for you as a guitarist. You can tighten the washer on your tuning peg with it.

Man your my new favorite RU-vid guitarist! I enjoy so much watching and listening to you play, so much emotion in your playing. Impeccable skills sir!

Shred on brother! Just bought my first (and second) HB guitar. Thanks for your help>>> cheers!

you are awesome jon, thanx for the beautiful vids. cheers

that wrench spoon has been bothering me for a while as well. HAHAHA Glad it wasn't an actual wrench! Awesome video again bro!

Excellent playing, Jonathan. You certainly can lay it down!

Another good video as usual! Would you consider a couple of walk through one of (or couple) of your Helix presets what makes them so good? What tweaking needed to get an acceptable amp tone?

The Almighty must be smiling at the gifts he gave you which now all of us can witness and learn from. just bought my first Harley Benton DC Mustard. It sounds like your playing but thats in my head lol..... onwards and upwards lol... great talent Jonathon has.

Man. I love your playing style!!

You are an incredible player, man. I'm always amazed at your skills and good taste. I try to steal a few licks from you too. :)

Thanks for sharing Jonathan. I bought 2 HB 335s for my son and I last Christmas. Absolutely love it! Way better than my LP Standard! Go figure?!? Might consider swapping out pups ones of these days.... But until then 🎸👍

Wonderfully tasty playing, as always! Inspiring!

Hi Jonathan. I currently own 15 guitars in total, only four are non-HB. I’ve modified all HBs, because IMHO that’s what an HB is all about. I learned to work a guitar from the inside out with HBs, because I’m not worried about the price, so i can go terribly wrong and start over (but never happened 😉) . If i may present a generic suggestion, and keeping things cheap: shielding with 2-side copper or aluminum tape, buying a set of Vanson pickups from EBay, oil the arm, polish the frets, and little other things with tuner heads and nut. And will have no regrets whatsoever.

Hi Jonathan, Thanks for another Awesome video..

Hi Jonathan. Could`t agree more in what you spoke here. HB are Fantastic guitars. You are (as I also do) just personalising them All the best/Kjell 🎸 👍

Brilliant performance, Harley Benton for the win.

Received my first one yesterday its a fusion hh bengal burst can't find any thing wrong with it very impressed with the quality.it costs 348 euros wow.I own several high end guitars like music man esp ibanez and I really think that harley Benton has great value for the money.great vdeo

hi been watching your channell for about a week ,new subscriber,i just love your style,tones,well everything and i also love harley benton guitars,i ended up getting sick so now that im on a lower income because of my health i cant afford the big boys anymore so im greatfull for HB guitars

I own 19 Harley Benton guitars 🎸and is hooked on HB, sounds great playing great looks amazing thanks Jon for sharing 👍☯️💚

Wow! First time I heard this guy really play, what a bad ass.

That was a superb recording sound you have best I’ve heard 😮