The $500 Harley Benton DOUBLE NECK! - Full Demo
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- Guys, I give up on this video! I've been sitting on this for more than half a year. These guitars go in and out of stock all the time. I'm not sure if they just have a very small quantity or what. If the guitar is out of stock, you can pre-order it or just wait until it's back in stock. Good luck! lol
Anyway, As doublenecks go, this is about the least expensive, best quality one you can find. Mahogany body and neck, 18 Grover tuners, set necks, and it even comes with a case! I've got some affiliate links below depending on where you live (USA, or outside of USA), hopefully they'll still be in stock for you!
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Rubric: -5 points for Danzig references. -5 points for not reading the description. -5 points for not watching far enough into the video to answer your own question. -5 points for misquoting me in your comment. 20 points possible. Everyone starts with an A!
ATTENTION: This guitar may be out of stock when you view this video. I've been sitting on releasing this for months and months! I just wanted to release it because so many people have asked me about the demo on this guitar! Here it is!
About time😘
I love your reviews, but honestly, is there a guitar you DONT like? How about some videos warning us what to stay away from?
Ive been looking to get one for a couple months and they just went back to 3-4 months before they have new stock again. I wound up having to order B-stock - ill let you know if B-stock is worth looking at when it gets here
So B-stock arrived last night. I have to say for a B-stock you would be hard pressed to find the issues which are entirely cosmetic. The finish on the center neck well of the body and the horns feels rough but you cant see the issue. There were some scuff marks around the 5th and 7th frets which you could see if you looked really close but you cant feel them.The electronics pocket cover has some minor damage around one of the screw holes. Other than that, it was set up- the action was good out of the box and the intonation was good all the way up both necks. I spent about 2 hrs checking it out last night and couldnt find anything wrong beyond those cosmetic issues.
I contacted them to see if they could give me an idea of what was wrong on the one they pulled for me, they wont. I will say they were really great to buy from and I will have no problem buying anything else from them in the future.
Ordered mine 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽
$500 is a bargain. Their triple pickup SG is a beast. Love my HB’s
They have a triple?
Yeah, I can finally get my Hotel California vibe going without re-mortgaging my house.
You sure can😜
Do your best Don Felder imitation, dude. He still plays the double-neck on his solo tours.
Clearly you can check in...but can you check out? Lol bad joke
Oh wait...you can check in but can never leave ;) ugh need more coffee
I never knew about harley benton until now
That is one bad-ass guitar. Reminds me of the 80’s when bands used to play these on stage. Case included! That’s a great price! The case alone is worth quite a bit of money being so large! I don’t know how they can make it so affordable. No wonder they are always out of stock.
It just goes to show how over priced the top brands are
That is a fantastic price!
Do I need one?
No
Do I want one?
YES!!!
"Stairway to Stuttgart"....lol!!! Germany's "The People's Guitar" Harley Benton hits another home run!!! P.S. No lawsuits Gibson....😎🎸👍
it's been out for a while tho, mine's almost two years old and no gibson employees have contacted me in that time!
most excellent guitar for playing Hotel Bavaria!
Karma would be if Jackson sued Gibson for trademark infringement regarding that ripoff Mustaine King V turd they just released.
@@scottdunn2178 better buy it in case they do! Legend guitar in the making!
Correction, Stairway to Sindelfingen.
I've waited for nearly a year and a half for this guitar to be available. I could no longer wait. I had to go elsewhere and plan on changing the pickups to get the sound that I want. I thank you for preseting this video. It shows me that there are many other options other than gibson and epiphone.
my man here gonna need a squire to change strings on that thing
I can't imagine changing strings on that without an electric string winder
'Gul Dukat'. Love the name. 🤣🤣🤣
*scrolling and sees Guitar Max with double neck
*spits coffee everywhere
Xaaaaaa-naaaaa-duuuuuuu-uuuuu...
Seriously, every time I see a doubleneck like this, I automatically think of Rush or Led Zeppelin. Lifeson and Page made this an iconic style of guitar. I'd consider one if I wasn't 5'5" and it wouldn't dwarf me.
Yeah, it's hard not to think of those two bands. I always wanted a white doubleneck like Lifeson's....or Felder......Howe... you get the point. :D
What about Rick Emit from Triumph? He used a white one on quite a few songs.
Sorry… Rik Emmit.
And he had a white double neck, and black double neck, if I’m remembering correctly. Look them up. Amazing band.
A fun thing to do with a guitar like this is to play on the neck that is not selected. It creates some nice 'ghost tunes' that I like.
I bought one 6 months ago. I normally have mostly high end guitars and I hesitated to by this, but as you normally don't play a double neck very much, I didn't want to spent too much money. I can only agree that for the price it has exceeded my expectations. I've been having a Led Zeppelin/ Rush hour once a week ever since.
It's heavy, has neck dive, is somewhat uncomfortable to play (12-string ) sitting down, but despite of that I think I
I'm going to keep it because despite the negative it's also great fun.
Please give it to me if you don't like it. 😊
Loved the joke re "countries that haven't landed on the moon". Great video, lovely guitar! Thanks Max.
It's even funnier when you think that it was an european, who previously worked for the nazis, that designed the roket that got the US to the moon.
I've been waiting for this review for ages and now it finally pops up 3 months after you put it out!
Weird!
What a fabulous affordable rock icon, HB knocked it out of the park with this one!
Thanks Max.
Sold out again. Just like Te-20 HH SBK. Nowadays so everyday in Thomann. Corona?...
Just checked the US link: "In stock within 12-15 weeks", but looks like you can 'pre-order'. Not surprised their runs on such a dream guitar are buying out so quickly! Thanks for the review and a chance to hear it.
Maxx I'm sorry but i can't help myself does it have double the neck dive?
Yes, it has some. Best to play it sitting down, or with a really heavy duty strap.
Already out of stock ! Available 12 to 15 weeks !
I've had one of these for just over a year and I can't say enough about it. It had the normal little things that had to be addressed with Harley Benton axes out of the box, such as setup, intonating and just a little edge of fret sharpness (really not bad at all). However, for the money and what you're getting for it, I'm over the moon with this babe. I didn't think that I would be able to cross a doubleneck off of my bucket list, because I just couldn't justify the cost, but HB made it possible. Keep on rockin Max!
I got mine today after 8 months. Man it is a beast. It is heavy as All Fs. There are tail strap buttons. The lower one is really needed if you stand and it neck dives something fierce. Upper button seems fine if you are sitting.
Very, very well made. And pretty much in tune. Nothing wild. Needs a pro setup though. But it isn't unplayable. Just more preference for the action.
Are there little things, sure but so minor I wouldn't even care. Like the 12 string neck is lighter color then the 6 string neck. I kind of dig it. I'm guessing they forgot to stain it after roasting it. Not sure if that is an issue or will effect the wood down the line. I'm sure some oil will help as the Jatobo wood is pretty tough. I'll have to ask.
Yes!!! Finally in stock again 11 weeks till the gift arrives. Happy with my belated birthday gift. I totally agree with you, on the issue, you should own one of these guitars at some point in your life. So take my money!!!!!
Max inspired my to get one.
Got a B stock one for like 20 bucks less.
Arrived about 7 business days later.
For 500 bucks you get a lotta guitar for
the money.....and a case!
I can find no issues with fit
and finish for the money.
That said it the pickups are meh
to my ears so Im gonna try so b.y.o guitar
humber sets (price was right for 4 humbuckers vs 4 Duncans ).
Anyways enough rambling.
Get one of these before Harley Benton
realizes how under valued they are selling
these for \m/
My father had a Ibanez lawsuit Page double neck in 1975-76 I believe, msrp: $375.00
I owned 2 Ibanez lawsuit aka: injunction models. One cherry red and one vintage white ala Don Felder. Loved them. Theye were identical to Gibson and sooo much cheaper.
@@thump9957 I think the white ones are nicer looking.
Cool guitar - way more reasonable than the Gibson. Cool opportunity for some sympathetic vibration in open tunings having both active simultaneously.
Great video, Max! I got mine a few months ago ... ordered after I saw your unboxing video. It took awhile to get it, but it was worth the wait.
Great to hear!
Thank you very much, Max!
This Harley Benton is just a great quitar for me.
I will enjoy it.
My best.
Well, I ordered mine last August and just got notification that it left Germany yesterday and is now in the States on it's way to me! Should be here tomorrow, and I'll let you know what I think when it arrives. Stoked!
Wow! They're keeping you in suspense!
@@GuitarMAXMusic While waiting, I built my first guitar; A full sized replica of Robbin Crosby's "Big Red" . Used a JS 32 Jackson neck after hearing how well you liked it. Couldn't be happier and it is HUGE!
@@GuitarMAXMusic Just got mine in! To say that I am impressed would be an understatement. The build quality is unbelievable. Fit and finish are as nice as any guitar that I have and better than most. Gonna give it a chance to acclimate then I am going to put new strings on and plug it in tomorrow. Thanks so much for the heads up on this one. BTW, the Thomann site is saying 6-8 weeks backordered but there are B-stock available at this time.
I'm getting one at the end of the year .... got a Family and responsibilities.
One obvious thing about Harley Benton Doubled Neck, is the fact that you have easier and better upper fret access, as compared to Epiphone or Gibson Double Neck guitars.
When I get mine, I am mounting a top mounting FXR Floyd Rose on the 6 string, a 12 bridge saddle and Locking Grover Mini Tuners.
Plus, I'm going to round a small channel to put two concentric potentiometers on the 12 string section as well as the 6 string section.
I was always thinking Epiphone because I knew Gibson was out of the question cost to ability wise and I don’t like the slight adjustment made to the horns that Harley Benton did. But I’m sold. This will be my double neck model in my collection. Unless I make my own. And yes I can but I’d probably bypass the hassles and by a quality kit and upgrade the electronics and hardware myself. Maybe Harley Benton has a kit for one of these. I think Harley Bentons quality to price can’t be beat. Thanks Max.
Damn I'm so jealous man I've always wanted to own a double neck! They are so badass!
I love the 12 string tones! Rock on man
Great video! I can now release my inner Alex Lifeson!
I can remember seeing Jimmy Page playing the Gibson double neck on Stairway to Heaven (if memory serves) and I always wanted one. Looks like I'll have to give this one a shot.
hey when's the double neck review coming out?
oh wait this is that. sorry!
Lol
Good weed?😃
Talented players like you can sell a broomstick with strings! Thanks much for sharing your talents on what seems like a terrific instrument for the price. Kudos to you and to Harley Benton.
I think Justin Johnson actually has one of those broomsticks. Lol
I'm extremely surprised at the build quality of this guitar. I'm very tempted to buy one. Thank you for the excellent review. Awesome!
I love this guitar. I received mine today.. And yes, it has been out of stock for ages.
My grandson ordered one on April 19th, have to wait until June 1st to be back in stock. Your review has him all excited again. He already has a DC-580 and a 7 string strat Harley Benton's from Thomann.
Update. June 1st has come and gone. Inquired as to when it will arrive. Response was item on backorder, now expected in stock August 1......
Update, August 1 has come and gone. Inquired again as to when it will arrive. Response was item still on backorder, now expected in stock Sept 1......
I have one of these, and for the price the quality and the sound is just mad.
wtf this dude has such a deep voice. Never expected it by the thumbnail.
Its a bit more than 5 kilos, thats for people who think that 2 nukes don't break the Geneva convention
Fucking buuuuurrrrn hahahahah fuck the imperial system
Here in America...we don't all believe the moon lie either...
That wasn't signed into the convention until 1948??? Sometime after it had happened.
@@yargmatey57 i didn't know that and this is just a silly joke.
@@artemkurteev I know. I just nerd out on things sometimes. I'm pretty sure it's a curse. I though it was pretty funny that he said countries that haven't been to the moon. He trips me out with some of the things he says.
Great review Max. You, Deakon and a couple of other reviewers have convinced me that I can order an HB and not be worried that it will be kindling when it arrives.
21. Sounds 16 sounds I can. Hear ear drum. Drum in my heart my life my head
You are one of two youtubers (not guitar youtubers, all youtubers) who ive ever felt compelled to give money to. Great content
I appreciate that!
That 12 string sound... Chilling.
I need this. To play Xanadu. And to play nothing else.
Great demo of this Max !!
i think I might buy and put a spare set of Gibson 490/498 pickups in the 12 string and a spare set of 61 Burstbuckers in the 6 String.
It's about TIME we see a demo on this HB doubleneck! 😜
Seriously, though, THANKS, Max! 👍
$500 for a Hotel California experience? Lets go!
Ha MAX....I always appreciate you tuning the guitars before playing them. That matters to a lot of us out here. Thanks. I really like this guitar, and at a fraction of the Gibson price it really is a good mom Gibson choice. I think I am going to get one. You are the best man. Don't stop.
Hell yeah thanks I’ve been requesting that one
Hey max when is the harley benton double neck review coming out?
Thanks for sharing, Max. Very nice playing and review, as always. Regards from Italy
About time!!! And thank you
Have a Dean EDS-1275-clone, but would love to try this. While 3 times more expensive the Dean Gran Sport double-neck certainly has its issues too. Like fret-sprout, badly cut nuts in sticky plastic, the electronic components are junk and soldering looks like my first attempts as a kid. It is based on Gibson's circuit with a double-throw 3-way for neck-select in front of a standard SG pickup-select/volume/tone-circuit, but with some quirks. When asking Dean for a diagram all I got was a picture of a drawing on a napkin with no description of components.
No longer available, but Firefly is selling them now, and at a lower price.
Yep, out of stock again. Over a 2 month wait until back in stock but I ordered one anyway. I'm guessing they just don't make many of these because I can't see them selling a ton. Seriously niche guitar but yeah, I've always wanted one. Thanks Max for the heads up on this one.
Yeah, I'm sorry man, I'm not sure what the deal is with the stock on these... I hope you get it soon!
@@GuitarMAXMusic No worries, not your fault. It appears that they release these a couple of times a year so I will call mine a "Limited Release", lol.
Hey Max when is the double neck Harley Benton review coming out?? I’ve been anticipating the review
Hey MAX, great dirty tone! Is that a custom preset? If it is I'd love to let the name of it, or even better you doing a follow up video about tones in the GTX.
What was the reverb you used? It has an awesome shimmer.
Also the intonation didnt sound as good on the 12 string as it did the with 6 string - did you feel any issues with the fretwork? I'm sure that this guitar + a premium setup is a perfect match
Because of the different string gauges, the intonation will never be 100% dead on with the octave strings on the 12 string neck. But I think that's part of what gives the 12 string the unique sound.
6:56 best line ever lol
6:58 Well nasa uses the metric system so I hope you know how to play the curb your enthusiasm theme in that thing. Jokes aside great playing.
Even Max wants to be Jimmy!
Try turning the guitar way up and playing the 6 string while listening to the 12 string it will sound cool with delay!
It would have been good to hear the middle position (both PUPs engaged) on the 6 string neck with really low gain to see if the iconic live Jimmy Page Stairway Solo sound was there. Sure, some low output (7.5k) T Top replica pickups would be the classic Gibson Double neck Tone, but it would have been interesting to see how close the Harley could get to those iconic tones.
Known to be out of stock nearly at all times!
In other words,.. see it in stock,.. click as fast as you can and seal the deal asap!
The only way you can grab one! Super guitar and super deal with Case! Yeah,.. I want!
I'm gonna have to get one was looking at acoustics but this changed my mind
I feel like you didn't have any 12 string demo material ready... Also, does it stay in tune? I worry about neck warp on a budget guitar. Love the channel & thanks for putting this vid out!
My only issue is that all double necks nowadays are modeled after an SG...sometimes a "V". I used to have a Peavey Hydra that was awesome.
Ypu can always look around for the BC Rich doubleneck if you want something different.
I have the Vester double neck (company went out of business) which has individual intonation saddles for all 12 strings. Did the Peavey Hydra have that also ?
@@stringrip yup, sure did. The Hydra was one of the nicest guitars I have ever played. Lots of fun and great sound/action.
@@davegoodwin1848 Cheers, wonder if their second hand value has gone up.
The Guitar seems very Good, But i had A lot of Trouble changing the 12 Strings and put them in tune . Thats Why i sold my 12 string .
I want it, but where the hell would I keep it
This video sold the guitar to me. Thank you!
I’ve got my chibson version on order can’t wait to beef that thing up
I have seen Steve Howe playing "And You and I" on his white Gibson ES1275 a couple of times..... Don Felder, Steve Miller and obviously Jimmy Page are other notable players of this iconic Gibson guitar. Glad the HB copy is a playable one
Leave it to max to make this god like monstrosity of a guitar look small. 😅😅
liked, subbed, hit the little bell icon - now all i need is a good 12 string acoustic 😊
Those Harley Benton will take the world !
Good job as usual Max! This would be great for obvious reasons. But, it would be cool for a lot more reasons, like, oh say, Rush, Zepplin, Triumph, Kiss, Queensryche, The Eagles. Yes! Kiss has a few songs with 12and 6 string! As does Queensryche. Could be a very useful guitar.
You should take a look at gear for music's double necks
They are between like 200 to 300 dollars
What a great sound with distortion!
Or....non Gibson double neck. Would love to see you review a JCM 2000 TSL 100 Triple Super Lead. Even though they had their problems I have a 2002 that works and sounds fantastic, at least to me. Thanks for your cool job you have man.
STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
Someone should do a review of the tone of your amp .
It wouldn't be pretty .
7:00 man. That one struck hard.
If they start making these in white... I'm gonna have to get my Alex Lifeson on 🎸🎸 #Xanadu
Dude!!! U took the words right out of my mouth lol. Huge rush fan!!!!!!!
My thoughts exactly.
Yo love the videos man! I was wondering if you could do a video on Harley Benton's Mockingbird style guitar?
dude, it makes me so happy that you've tried to convert lbs into kg's. sometimes it makes me a little bit angry when people just use lbs in videos even though they know 90% of the world uses kilograms. thank you for that
It's sad now that I've been eye balling this for 2 years and now it's practically not available. Sniffles.
HB doesn't even make a 12 stringer.
1:10 I love the video game! GH1, 2, and 80's have the Gibson EDS-1275 in the Unlock Shop. :D
Thanks, it is impressing!
Doublenecks, you either love'em or hate'em, I don't need one but I'd love to have one....a lo-cost one, that is.
I would like to have heard something along the lines the intro to Magic Power from Triump on the 12 string.
There are also Gear4Music double neck guitars and these are even cheaper but i don't know if they are any good.
On YT you only find demos from Gear4Music and i think they are a bit biased.... maybe you could check one of these out or maybe you already know the brand.
You should get one of those Felix Martin double necks on the show
Nice.
Max, when you are performing of recording have you ever used a 12 string? Also, was the 12 string neck tuned down a step? Lots of nice texture. It might be fun to use a looper with it.
Does that guitar come with a back brace? 😂
Hi Max...as always very very well done...l'd like to buy one after selling my Epiphone double neck(great guitar but too heavy,with some problems of neck diving and with the 12 strings headstock too long...Is this better balanced with that countured body???l hope so...l will keep you informed if l' purchase this 18 strings👍👍👍🤣🤣🤣Cheers from Italy 🎸🎸🎸
Thank you
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