Harley Benton DC Custom Unboxing
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
- Hey guys just an unboxing of a Harley Benton DC Custom. Still in shock that this guitar is only $200. I'll do a more thorough review later.
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I bought one of these last year and I have to say it's one of the best guitars I've played. It did take a little getting used to with a strap but that's cos I've been a Strat guy for 40 years! It sounds amazing. I've been playing long enough now not to worry about whats on the headstock anymore! There are always people who will slate things because of the brand but Harley Benton make some great gear. Enjoy it man :-)
The more I hear HB guitars the more I am blown away. That looks and sounds amazing. Thanks Rich
I just got mine about 2 weeks ago and honestly it plays better than a Les Paul custom I used to own.
Then your les paul custom wasn't set up properly.
@@MrLolzieboy right.....
Its already a shame that level guitar needed that level of setup. . .
I bought two HB guitars this month! My hands are jacked because I've been playing non-stop for 20+days. I ned to chill on the budget guitar purchases . Nice SG!!
Nice!, which ones did you buy?
@@RichBischoff Goldtop classic_SC-450 GT P-90 and the JA-60 (jazzmaster) which I put a Bigsby on and it's mighty tough. Harley B's seem to be the best in their class......
@@johnhestich458 nice!
7:26 the moment when you WTF at a Harley Benton
Ha!
When I got my Harley Benton te-70, I had that same look on my face. I couldn't believe the quality for how cheap it was. I personally think these guitars are just as good as a Squire(and squires are hit or miss, sometimes you get a bad one).I have for Harley Benton's and have not got one bad one it felt like it was set up from the factory.
I have the JA-60 lefty. It’s a jazz master like guitar and it’s phenomenal. It’s not a great guitar for the price... it’s a great guitar period. Fit and finish is great, sounds great. Stays in tune etc. I have no plans to change anything on the instrument. I’ve played for thirty years and I have played them all. It’s difficult for folks to look down their nose at your guitar when you are melting their face off.... rock on.
I bought one in 2017. Wilkinson pickups.
My Grovers are non-locking.
Needed No work out of the box, just a little setting up.
Mine is not light though - 4.0kg
I moved the strap button forward along the horn for better balance, not perfect but better ...
I'm well happy with mine.
that reinforcing wood on the back of the headstock is called a volute. :)
I ordered a SC-550 and a case as well from Thomann and I thought I should email them and have them put the guitar in the case and then box it up, but thought, nah, I shouldn't have to tell them.....and sure enough I received a huge box, with the guitar in a box and the case in a box, both in the larger box..I guess I should have suggested it. But am very happy with my purchase!
That's funny!
Just bought 2 Harley’s absolutely no regrets play fantastic had 2 Gibson les Paul’s both gone don’t reckon them in comparison the last one had to be returned to Gibson,glad they are both gone now the Harley’s are fantastic value for money can’t go wrong!
The Harley's are great guitars for the price. Love mine. Matches quality of guitars 3 times their price..but...If you get a sub-par one (which seems to have increased in lockdown) the great return policy is negated by the hassle of sending back across the Atlantic.
I think that we are in a transition in many aspects. Original manufactures have priced themselves out of most folks range. That is a great sounding, and I imaging playing guitar. This may sound unrelated, but I needed a new motor for my lap saw. I bought a Predator Chinese rip off of a Honda. I can buy 5 of these for one Honda. It starts on the first pull, is balanced and quiet. I feel that it is better built than the Honda. Yea, a Bob sang, the times, they are a-changing.
Harley Benton early adopters will have the last laugh! I have two: a fretless JB copy that I wouldn't part with for a bass five times the price (yep it is that good), and a Fusion Pro 2, again a fabulous player and with stainless steel frets (well executed fretwork at that). Only thing I'd change are the pups (and only because I'm a guitar geek always searching for that perfect tone- HaHa). Good vid, thank you Rich. (Oh, and if you think you have problems with your surname, take a look at mine - then imagine what my nicknames at school might have been!)
Thanks haha. Luckett! Thanks for commenting.
@Terms and Disagreement
Are you perhaps referring to the lie that states, "Play authentic. If you can't afford it, you don't deserve to play."?
Picked one up in December, looks good ,plays good, I like the pickups. All around fun guitar to play
It's not a Gibson knockoff guitar as stated at 1.08. If it was it would have a Gibson logo on it. This is inspired by the SG shape and they are hardly the first guitar company to do that.
The whole guitar is mahogany. It couldnt be better. I have one exactly like yours and mine plays perfectly. It has a small amount of neck dive but it dont bother me. I bought some different pick ups for it but it really was not necessary. I have not put them in yet. I bought a SEYMOUR DUNCAN SH-4 JB HUMBUCKER for the bridge and a Gibson humbucker from SG used for Neck I need to put those in for a darker tone LOL. My action is super low plays like butter. Too bad I cannot play as good as the guitar is good. Its a beautiful guitar for sure. It has lots of sustain too the frets feel smooth the guitar is freakin awesome. I bought mine used and someone set it up really nice. But it may have been that good outta the box. I would recommend but I dont want everyone to have the same guitar as me. Oh I also replaced the knob with real Gibson black speed knobs so it looks right. I didn't want Telecaster knobs on it.
Nice
Harley benton are the dogs bollocks of guitars right now, love them
Was gonna get that one but went for the SC Custom (single cut) instead. I love it although it IS heavy, but has coil splitting so I preferred it over the DC custom (SG style). Then I got their cheapest HSS strat style in candy apple red and it's so comfortable and really has the strat tones you would expect, love it too. Now and then I pick up the SC for variety. Next I'm going for one of their Tele styles.
I just got the black gold limited model... no flaws at all. Put the action super low with no buzz. Really amazing quality and sound.. and looks... I did send the daphnie blue one back but only because of the colour
The downside with HB was always the hardware and usually needed a set up. However if that's got Grovers and I didn't hear any dead frets, it seems they have upped their game yet again. I have an SC450 LP style from them which needed a bit of work, but it rocks now. Wished I liked the SG style sounds great.
Hardware on this one is good!
We review a lot of Harley Benton guitars 🎸 on our channel, and truly even a $56 classical guitar will make you have that same experience. We pay for all of the guitars we review so I sometimes get B stocks and I have yet to have any issues aside from a broken 3 way switch and the one just like this one had rusty strings, but they were rusty D'dario strings. I have purchased a few of their cheaper strat copies ($75-$150) and none have disappointed us. These guitars are gigable.
I have an sc-400 goldtop harley and its great. Its their cheapest full lp copy and I honestly just pulled it out of the box, tuned it and love it. 141 shipped to my house. The tuners are fine and I like the cheap ass humbuckers. They sounds great. No complaints at all. Plan on ordering a bunch more from them.
It's called a Valute, that mound on the back of the headstock,,it's a really nice looking guitar
Thanks!
volute
No, it's called a guitar "Tit"! Just ask HP42. 🎶🎸
great vid. i got the 335 in red last year from these guys. £160 well spent. looks and sounds fantastic. nice playing by the way mate.
Thanks Ron!, I have been eyeing those.
@@RichBischoff my mate has the real deal,put them both through a nice vox and well, i reckon we were both stunned how it matched up to the gibsun, i play it more then my £1600 les paul!! all i can say is, if your a label snob then dont bother.
Almost expected a bolt on. two control lay out is a this or that but dig this.
I like this SG model because this guitar has only volume and Tone so...better that any SG
Naaaa.
Glad to see your channel is growing.
Thanks man!
I just thought I'd remind you of the rule about playing hells bells by AC/DC. Once you start, you are not allowed to stop until the song is complete. Don't let it happen again !🤪
My bad! Ha!
Love the Gibson t shirt as you unbox this hahahahahahahahahaha they must be hopping mad. Lol
I’ve got that guitar it’s bloody amazing. I changed the knobs to 61 black ones.
I changed mine as well.
Very sweet! I have the Harley Benton SC-450plus Les Paul copy. It's excellent! I definitely want to check out this guitar and their Explorer copy at some point!
That's a great guitar.
Not an SG guy but that looks and sounds great.
You were lucky. I've ordered 4 Harley Bentons in the last year. Three of them came damaged. 7 string had a damaged head stock (R-457 BK Progessive Series). 8 string had the pickups knocked out of it and the mounting holes stripped out (R-458MN WH Progessive Series). 6 string strat (ST-20 HSS SBK Standard Series) has a gouge in the pickguard (very noticeable from a distance even). But my 6 string with a floyde rose tremolo (S-620 TR Rock Series) was undamaged. I would say I have bad luck but I think it's really just bad mail service in the US. I don't think this is happening at customs. I think USPS just sucks that bad. I bet they get to the US in fine shape but by the time they get to Indianapolis they are damaged. Just my theory anyway. USPS destroys everything here.
Anyway, I still love Harley Benton and may order more in the future.
Never ordering anything through UPS ever again. It was a horrible experience.
I don’t live in the US but I had Bill Lawrence pickup shipped by USPS and they managed to lose and find a fucking pickup twice in a matter of a month. It took me over two months to get a single pickup to my place. Becky from Bill Lawrence kept apologising for such a mess but they obviously weren’t at fault. Your shipping services are bloody awful.
Harley Benton knockout! I love the looks of that.
Dang, I might have to get me one of those! Locking tuners are the only kind I use now.
They don't bother to do any special packaging to send a guitar from Germany. The HB Sg I bought arrived in a destroyed outer box but the inner box saved it from physical damage but later I found that the electronics didn't work, one of the pots was bad out of the box!
Grrr8 review...!
My HB Fusion II will be shipped soon! Harley Benton??? whoda thunk! Lol...
Can't wait for its arrival...!!!
Let me know what you think of it?
@@RichBischoff
Will do....
I have,
Les Paul
Fender Stratocaster
BC Rich
Jackson Pro,
So I'm looking to make serious comparisons.
I have a first model lefty ( thomann and hb are killing it for us leftys) SC custom vintage black and it is one of the best guitars I've ever bought and I think it was less than £150 uk. Is it as good as my 80s les Paul? No it isn't but that is a gorgeous guitar that is sublime to play but and it's a big but it's not £5-6k better! I've giggled the sc custom on numerous occasions and it does the job! My next HB will definitely be the TE-52 tele copy just because of the specs of wood you get at the price point ( and I've got a set of fender pickups that need a home). Hopefully it's as good as my sc custom!
It's very good guitar for small price🤯🤯🤯
One cannot play an SG looking guitar w/o playing some Hells Bells.. :) I've always hated the Sg's, but these HB versions are starting to grow on me, especially by the great reviews I keep seeing on them.. Thanks bro. oh also the headstock joint is called a volute. And the website says the DC custom is mahogany body and neck.. here's what the website says on these..
Product Details
Electric Guitar
Custom Line Series
Mahogany body (Swietenia meliaceae)
Mahogany neck (Swietenia meliaceae)
Set-in neck attachment
Neck profile: C
Jatoba fretboard
Fretboard radius: 350 mm
Binding on the neck and headstock
Split rhombus pearloid feadstock inlay
Frets: 24 Medium jumbo
Scale: 628 mm
Nut width: 42 mm
Double action truss rod
Pickups: 2 x Roswell LAF Alnico-5 vintage-style humbuckers
Controls: 1 x Volume, 1 x Tone
3-Way toggle pickup selector
Nut: Graphite IV
Hardware: Chrome plated DLX
Bridge: DLX Tune-O-Matic
Machine heads: Grover
Strings: D'Addario EXL .010 - .046
Colour: Cherry
Finish: High-gloss
True statement, about Hells Bells.
Digging the star wars figure in the background.
Interesting placement on the strap button. I assume it is to counter neck drop, but the first time I’ve seen that.
I'd prefer to wear a Harley Benton t- shirt and unbox a Gibson.
Agreed!
Absolutely.
dont be surprised to get a real bad rash...
The hb single cut lp is the best guitar I ever played.
Nice
It's a VOLUTE!
i'd love to see reviews standing up with a strap. just to get a feel of the neck dive. great vid ty
Can't beat it for that price
Hey love the review I am about to buy my first HB guitar and the DC Custom it will be cheers from Australia :)
I’m going to get one they do charge shipping but about 250.00 a steal thanks nice video
$30 for shipping, the cool thing is you could order 2 or 3 and it's still $30 for shipping.
That is an authentic T-shirt!🤣
Indeed
hopefully its not a lawsuit eara shirt...
Man I believe I’m gonna haft to break down and order me one of these bad boys.
The Grovers sold me.
Bella....!!!
I agree that Harley Benton nice for the$ Benton guitars jave up there game new design Good Q&C theirs been issue in past Benton guitar grounding within tje guitar glad you got a keep Dude😊
Hi, is easy to reach the higher frets in this guitar compared to a classic Gibson or Epiphone Sg? It seems that in this harley benton model the final part of the neck is a little bit more "set" inside the body, if you know what I mean. I ask for this because I would like to use this guitar also for slide, and I need to have a comfortable access to the higher frets also with the slide. Thanks so much!
Yes, it is easy.
Harley Benton’s should just put HB on the headstock 👍🏻
"does that head stock say Harry Potter" said to me several times when people look at the guitar...
Should put Fender on Gibson copies and Gibson on Fender copies. Would really confuse the lawyers and most of the plebs out there would still think you had an expensive guitar.
@@RichBischoff well.. it is magical! LOL!
Thank you man I love this guitar I really want to get one I'm a new guitar player. Can you possibly tell me how to order this guitar I live the Cincinnati Ohio area
m.thomannmusic.com/index.html You can order it directly from Thomann, or check Reverb.com sometimes you can find a used one.
Had to do a setup on mine,, and massage the frets a bit oh and definitely had to change the stock coils to a set of Gibson burstbucker pickups (which I love in my Gibson SG) because those stock pickups were sh!t sounding to my ears. But after all that yo, the damn thing plays great and really howls like a wolf now!
Mahogany... The body and neck on this model are mahogany
They obviously use more pieces of lower grade mahogany than the authentic brand but they likely use the same grade (and similar number of pieces) as epiphone
Thanks, after I stated that in the video that it was cheap wood, I checked the website, and was happy to see it was made of mahogany.
I wish guitar manufacturers would specify which kind of mahogany they use. There's no such thing as a mahogany tree. The word "mahogany" is a made-up term. Honduran mahogany, African mahogany, Eastern (Asian) mahogany all come from completely different trees.
gibson sg of today are 3 piece and the grain on them is not matched..goes off to the left...harley benton make the neck stronger by adding that volute..gibson did this too but now they dont..epiphone headstock angle is better at 14 degree vs gibsons wrong 17 degree..i love the way a gibson fan thinks its an elite group of quality products..its not ..they are far from great
10:00 When I heard that notification bell, I expected you to start playing For whom the bell tolls :)
Its actually the bell from Hells Bells.
Those seem like really good guitars (this one and others that you have reviewed in the past) for the money!
For the money yes, amazing. I have guitars that cost more than double that are of the same quality.
Sounds brilliant
I just finished my HB SC again? It's a gold top now!
It's called a volute for all you young guitarist 🤘😎🎸
So what you're saying is the bump behind the headstock is called a volute?.... just clarifying, as the young guitarists might think you're saying the whole guitar is called a volute...
Rich Bischoff yes, just the bump behind the headstock, supposedly makes it stronger....and I wish Gibson would bring it back, it's mean looking too... 😎👍
I like it looks great to me
Is it possible to adjust low action without strings buzzing?
Yes, I did on mine.
Wow! I'm assuming the fret ends were fine? (usually where 'inexpensive' really shows)
Yes, they are great!
Don't have SG, but I also like SG's like you. I am maybe saving up for this one, for future! After 3 years, have you got this guitar still or made any changes other than 61' knobs? Like Pickups etc? I want! If it was also a Nitro finish, it would be awesome as well!
I still have it. I haven't done any other upgrades.
Locking Grovers? I JUST got my Dc-custom last week. Just regular Grovers .😐
I may have misspoke on that. They're Grovers, but I'm not sure they are locking, but they look just like my locking tuners on my prs. I need to change out the string and get a better look.
monies well spent!
So in the Netherlands there used to be a big chain of womens ware stores called bischoff. However they dissapeared or stopped in the seventies I think. Quite popular and an aunt of me worked their for 40 years or more
Good to know there are other Bischoffs out there!
I know there's also a Bischoff beer. German I think.
Any relation to Kieth Bischoff of Houston?
I am sure all us Bischoff's are related somehow, but no, I don't know Kieth. :)
I wonder how this compares to a 2020 Epiphone SG that is more than twice the price? There are both made in China , or maybe Vietnam .
I might be doing a comparison in the future.
Body and Neck is made of Mahogany as of Sept. 2022.
Nice Review Rich! Would you please tell me what the Neck Radius is? I’m interested in purchasing a Lefty Vertion but I have small hands and 12” is my limit. Have a Great Day Rich! Cheers from Ohio!
350 mm
Rich Bischoff thanks Rich, I believe that’s 14” Radius. Have a Great Day man!
I've got 2 Harley's (TE-52 & SC-450 GT P90) and dig 'em. Sure they need setup to my liking but hard to go wrong. I got them last year with 2 cases for a hair over $400. Been playing the SC almost daily. That DC Custom reports to be mahogany body and neck, doesn't state the grovers are locking though, confirm?? Oh, the reinforcement on the neck at the headstock is called a volute. Thanks for the vid, man!
Cool, enjoy those Harleys!
How much did you have to pay for customs or import tax if you don’t mind me asking?
@@fatdadskinnydad3856 I don't recall off hand I could look it up when I get to the office tomorrow. If there was any it was small. 2 guitars & 2 cases for $405-ish was pretty inexpensive for some real decent instruments
Fat Dad Skinny Dad
- I looked up my receipt. No import charges listed for delivery to Texas, USA. Here's the details:
6/14/19 purchase date
1x Harley Benton TE-52 NA Vintage
Series - $131
1x Thomann E-Guitar Case Tweed - $56
1x Harley Benton SC-450 P90 GT
Classic Series - $141
1x Thomann E-Guitar Case ABS
Single Cut - $46.50
Shipping Costs - $33.88
Total Price - $408.38
Karl Engstrom thank you. I may have to pick one of these up!
I enjoy watching you because your studio and belly are like looking in the mirror. If you lived in rural SW Ohio we would probably be best friends.
Belly club!
@@RichBischoff haha...im 6'2" and 270lbs, (yup, "dad-round" is a shape) can i be in the club
@@bigblueplanet1968 You're in! Welcome.
Very nice! 👍👍😎
I love the specs/price of Harley Benton guitars. Still waiting for my Harley Benton SC Custom Active WH to arrive, it has pretty much the same specs with the DC Custom other than the body and neck wood is different and active pickups. Just wanted to experience active pickups for the first time. 15 years ago when i first started playing guitar, we didn't really have nice guitars for that kind of price range. And a cheap guitar that has cheap tuners can really get a beginner frustrated. I wish we had today's Harley Benton earlier. And you sir are an amazing guitarist! You deserve 100x more subscriptions than you already have. I'll make sure to share your channel around the internet to get you more viewers which is what you definitely deserve! Keep up the good work man!
Thank you!
is the body thicker than your average SG ? 60 or 50 neck?
No, about the same.
You are now more famous than the wrestler Bischoff
Ha
Nice Rich!
I like it, but I'd prefer if it had the same knob/switch configuration as a normal SG. They do have a line with that configuration, but it has the fucking disgusting ESP Viper shape.
Where are they manufactured? Thanks
Vietnam
Was the guitar bought from the website with your money or did they send it to you for free? Nobody in these videos ever states this. It’s important to know. If they knew they were sending it to you to make a video etc and you didn’t pay for it then it will have been cherry picked and checked and double checked before being sent. They would make sure it is the absolute best it can be. This is obviously different from a regular order off the website.
I bought it. I wish It was sent to me for free...
@@RichBischoff ah ok cool. Might pick one up. I’d never heard of them until about a month ago. Quite like the look of one of the Telecasters.
Thanks for replying :)
Harley Benton is Thomann´s own brand name on various products.-There are no people at Harley Benton per se.
Dont you know Harley Benton makes all these guitars by himself in his shed :-)
@@Stefan- 😆
Ha!
@@Stefan- his brother davidson makes motorcycles in another part of the same shed...
@@toledo2983 Yeah, i didnt mention that because i thought it would be a bit off topic since he doesnt make music related items.
4:50 surely any guitar you just let go will dive. I thought neck dive applied mainly when you have it on a strap?
Not really...
those headstock "bevels" are called velutes
Thanks!
This guitar is tits. I have the Harley Benton SC550 and it’s a great sounding and great playing guitar. They make great stuff.
the asian children are very good in the meantime.
SG's are a lot lighter then Les Paul's
One question: what does it weigh?
Not sure but probably the lightest guitar I now own.
I want one to ! Cant afford gibson
Only fools buy all they can afford anyway.
now i can afford to burn my guitar in every gig...
It’s getting ridiculous all the Harley Benton reviews on RUclips. I guess because they are cheap. 🤦🏻♂️ But I did enjoy your review.
When you can get a decent guitar for less... FAR less in some cases than their "inspiration" model.. what do you expect?
4:15 sounds like a gibson 30 seconds after tuning
Alan I’m sorry you can’t afford authenticity
@@Ottophil i love my gibby! my preferred tuning is E A D Gb B E!
Alan ive never had tuning problems, or neck dive
@@Ottophil oh look.. "richie rich" is here bragging of his "wealth" and dissing non=Gibson's again.... You troll HB reviews so much.. I'm beginning to think you work for GIBSON!! LMAO!!! Mark.. is this you ??
How’s is it compared to a Gibson SG?
I haven't done a side by side. That be interesting though.
the asian children are hard to beat this time...
I was dreaming I was in a colossal cave.
Hello is DC custom or DC 580?
DC Custom
@@RichBischoff thank you 💚 i love it
Bischoff Beer Brewery, 67722 Winnweiler, Germany .......just to mention the importance and glory of your godgiven name :P :P
Nice!
Its called a valute.
Actually it's a volute.