I noticed when I was mixing this that this guitar has a very chunky, almost single coil/P90 characteristic to the attack, made it really easy for the guitars to cut through the mix.
@@TheCjbowman Hunter sends me MIDI files since neither of us play drums well enough to do these songs, so I run the files through GetGood Drums. I'd love to use real drums for this, but Hunter doesn't have anyone yet.
Henning (EytchPi42) just uploaded a video of a similarly priced (and looking) Schecter 😂 without a Floyd though and not sure about the rest of the hardware... Haven't watched it yet... But I doubt it can compete with this HB
@STEPHEN BENNETT If you're talking about the model I just mentioned I'd have to disagree... Although I hate the Harley Benton brand name and logo (with a passion) it seems to me they are way more bang for the buck due to cutting out the middle man and advertising costs... Schecter can't compete for the price... Not even close!
@@LilSirAxolotl Well the veneer on the Schecter looks way better than on the HB. The HB looks more like a photo . Seen a few of them and find the veneer finish just ugly.
@@mindcrazer You get what you pay for... Veneer? I'd go with a Floyd Rose, Grover tuners and ESPECIALLY stainless steel frets over looks any day! For the price? I wouldn't even mind if it was just a black paintjob with a thick layer of lacquer! As a guitar player functionality should beat looks every time! Even if the logo is atrocious 😋 I don't have that kinda money to spend on luxury... I would if I could but not at the cost of quality, durability and playability
Literally been on the cusp of purchasing one of these recently, and you’ve definitely sold it to me! Cheers for the timely and fantastic review as always Hunter :)
SS frets should not add much to the price. The wire itself isn't any more expensive. The only thing you need is better tools that don't wear out as fast as the standard nickel fret tools. I have no idea why a lot of builders up-charge SO much for SS frets, there's really no logical reason.
SS is less soft than nickel thus harder to insert, bends less easily. Overall its a tad more work. Whilst you can bend nickel with a rubber hammer. But i agree
I'm not a luthier, but they must be harder to work with. The installation might not be that much harder, but the levelling, crowning and polishing surely is?
@@pedrosilvaproductions There are proper tools that can bend SS wire they're no more expensive than the tools needed to process and radius ns frets, and they last a lot longer too. The tin foil hat nut in me thinks its because people make so much money off of re-frets that they don't want guitars that won't need re-frets or crowns or levels for years and years being sold...
I’ve been looking at one of these for a while! Haven’t pulled the trigger because it all seemed to good to be true. I think your demo just confirmed that I need to order one. Great video as usual, dude!
i dont know why your channel is not waaaay more popular than ryan bruce's channel,your demos are way better and your playing is amazing unlike fluffs crappy ass playing his half ass videos.you never disapoint my friend and hope the best for you.
Ryan Bruce has been at it longer, but kinda jumped the shark after hawking a bunch of crappy gear like everyone else (most pedals are just unnecessary imo). At least with a guitar, it is what it is: glue, wood, hardware- so you can always envision what you could change and upgrade about it should you not be 100% happy with it. I think that's why, when it comes to gear-based channels, I prefer channels like Agu's, ArnoldPlaysGuitar, Guitar Pit, and Troggly's.
So true... I started palying in the early 90s and thank God for (then) cheap Japanese Fender knock offs, they saved me from playing the trash in the sub-$1000 range back then. Now, if you have 3-500 bucks you can get something that's playable.
@@bartonamon can't go wrong with MIJ fender, love the quality control and fretwork combined with low price points made them fantastic. I luckily got a deal through my dad's bandmate who owned a pawnshop and scored a real original texmex with a bit of scratches and wear for like 150 bucks (guess the guy needed money for crack) so I got a good instrument to start with, but as I adventured forward into metal, the guitar options under 500 were literally unplayable. If I even have to see another bc rich warlock starter guitar I'm gonna blow a gasket
@Toxic Potato as a degenerate and an ex drug dealer/addict I'm fully aware of the deception and theft in the industry, personally I couldn't give a crap, it's like selling ecstasy that's fake and made from rc's gets the job done just as well, sometimes better. But it eats a huge hole through that drug business. Personally if people want the real deal no matter what the product, it's usually to do with the infatuation of the brand and prestige of said item, this goes for cars, guns, etc. I could care less if they're slave laboured copycats, I need something that plays good at a cheap price.
My wettest dream would be HB releasing this type of low priced but high quality geared guitar but without all the fancy looking, literally just the high quality guitar parts put together and sold at a hecking fair price like this. I want to buy one of these Fusion babies to mod it but I'd want to modify the look too and I just couldn't do anything to the look of one of these beauties man...
Great video! That guitar is insane. You are such an inspiration to me and my channel. Just a few questions for you: what program are you using for your backing tracks? What more affordable programs, if what you use is on the hefty side, could you recommend? And finally, I want to start working on original covers, any tips? Thanks for great content!
They have released some more new Fusion line sweet guitars!👀 Maybe it is the next hb guitar you bring to the channel? 🙃 Love your reviews, your demos and the way you edit the shots!! So yeah totaly do more!!😀
I've ordered 2 time with 4 guitars (MS-60VW, MB-4 SB, SC-450 Plus, CST-24 T) in total from Thomann and had the units shipped to California, other that the annoyance of my mail person not actually attempting delivery, but lying and saying they had, I haven't had any issues with import or having to pay extra fees. Just had to run to the post office and sign for them so it sounds like maybe it's a state to state thing here in the US. Shipping has run about $30 both times, and it's a flat rate up to a certain weight, so if you can, try and order more than one item at a time to make it a slightly better deal.
If only Harley Benton made an EVH-style, decked Floyd version of the Fusion... You get so much more stability just for sacrificing bending up with the Floyd.
Hey man just wondering how long did it take to get once you ordered it ? an also how much did you have to pay for the import taxes or whatever or did ya? sorry if i missed that , im in the U.S. aswell. glad you just did this demo though, ive really been thinking about getting one of those an throwing a set of duncans in it an using for a beater.i need a floyd rose trem guitar. nice review tho man..
Great demo. Congrats. The only issue with HB is that with such value for money and low prices, it is incredibly difficult to not buy a whole lot of guitars... And then stock them and play them not so often because of lack of time. I have 2 HB (st62 and sc450+) and I really have to work out my zen to not buy those Fusions (HH with Floyd) or a Tele or their CST24 (already have a PRS...) or their Jaguar or SC with P90 and... That's tough to resist the addiction. So beware ;-)
I've ordered 2 Harley Benton guitars now and had no issues with receiving my guitars where I live in NC. I've got an LP with P90s and a tele from them. Both are great. Im strongly considering ordering one of the HSH fusion guitars at some point. My only critique would be that the charcoal finish guitar would look much better with black hardware. The chrome somehow makes that particular guitar look cheap. The other colors don't look bad with the chrome though, IMO.
If they offered one with 2 humbuckers and a Wilkinson trem I'll definitely buy one! As someone who played the majority of his life on guitars with Floyds I want something a little bit different, but I still want 2 humbuckers and 24 frets
Man your videos are awesome Thank you for the content. You probably have answered this before but do you keep these guitars you review? That would be an awesome collection.
I bought a similar fusion after watching this video....I'm blown away by it. It also made me an Agufish fan. PS...Mine was $295 shipped to Ohio and took 2 weeks.
Hillary Clinton started forcing the children she abducted for adrenochrome harvesting to build guitars. Harley Benton...Hillary Clinton.....Saw it on a poorly edited clearly fake youtube video. GAnon are many. Where We Guitar 1 We Guitar All.
@@incitatus634 gotoh has the tightest tolerances out of all the Floyd makers, Schaller is just the most expensive because they can pull the "German engineering" card
@@bryand.5240 I used to have an original Floyd on a Les Paul, I hated it, sold it and went back to a tailpiece... Considering getting a B5 from StewMac with the vibramate adapter, any thoughts on how it compares to Gotoh's Floyds?
@@HMan2828 they're really not comparable a Gotoh Floyd is at the end of the day just a very high precision Floyd Rose, the B5 is a vintage style trem while the Floyd is a double locking trem, they have different purposes A Floyd is meant to stay in tune after extreme trem abuse ranging from completely slack strings to pulling up a few whole steps, a B5 is meant for subtle flutters but will require frequent tuning because of the binding at the nut caused by the break angle.of the things from the nut to the tuners
Getting some Nero Forte vibes, nice! Edit: Holy shit just realised this was uploaded 6 months ago!!! Agufish predicted Nero Forte riff and is Tortilla Man confirmed!!!!!!!
I just ordered one of the HB Fusion HSH guitars with a baked maple neck and the wilkenson trem, Stainless Steel frets, and a flamed bengal burst. Looks amazing and was $365 not counting the $33 shipping Thoman charges for US shipping. Really looking forward to getting this.
Had the Floyd Rose edition for a year, despite all the criticism a Floyd Rose gets (hard to restring, fails to stay in tune, etc...) I rarely had to tune this guitar at all. As long as its an official Floyd Rose trem you got nothing to worry about you can dive bomb to your heart's content and you'd still be in tune. Best bang for your buck guitar you can get, period.
So how much did you end up spending all together cuz that's fucking badass for 340. A floyd and stainless steel frets are top dollar items and then the grover tuners on top that. That's the packaged deal for most other companies. But yeah how much did you spend all together cuz I would rock a single cut for that price and gear.
Ahhhhhhh........... SOLD!!!!!! I gotta say, I was extremely skeptical of the Pickups. With that said, after hearing them; now remember, I'm listening to this, no Earbuds, straight out of my phone; 1st off I love that you played virtually the same lick, at every possible configuration, full Humbucker and Split, I'm no longer skeptical of the Pickups!!! When you Split them, especially the Bridge, you get an ALMOST.....NOT QUITE BUT ALMOST..... the sound of a Strat, combination of the Bridge and Middle Pickups. That tone alone sold me on keeping the Guitar ALL ORIGINAL.....except for the Strings, of course! I play virtually every genre of music with the exception of "C"Rap and R&B....ya know, the "DIVA" Beyoncé......BEYOND COMPREHENSION AS TO BEING ALL VOICE CORRECTED, PROTOOLED TO DEATH, Taylor, "Can't Carry A Tune In My Sandbucket If I Tried" Swift to write a song about another one of her 10,000+ guy's she's broken up with....ya get the point. I play everything from Boston, Bryan Adams to Black Sabbath. Journey to Judas Priest, Jason Aldean to to Hank Jr. REAL MUSIC!! A.O.R. Metal and Blues. Now that my overly opinionated rant is over....you're welcome and I apologize. This Beautiful Looking and Sounding Guitar seems to cover all the Bases. I am shocked. I do, however wish, the HSH Configuration came with the Floyd as an option!!!.......hint, hint!! The Truss adjustment is very "San Dimas".....cool!! I guess, as with a great number of other players, my only MAJOR CONCERN is how the shape and playability are with the Neck. For over 4 Decades, I'm used to playing Compound Radius Necks from Jackson's, Charvels and the great Ibanez RG-550's. It's just too bad I can't "Kick the tires" so to speak, before buying it. But hey........this will be an exciting opportunity, if the Neck is even remotely close, to FINALLY RETIRE ALL of my Vintage 80's SHREDMASTERS, finally putting them back to pass down to the kids and Grandkids, then LOUDLY ROCK INTO THE SUNSET WITH A REALLY GOOD QUALITY COLLECTION OF GUITARS THAT I NO LONGER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE SALTY, HEAT AND HUMIDITY OF THE FLORIDA HELL HOLE DESTROYING A WHOLE LOT OF $$$$$!!!! Thanks for making a great Demo Video and for turning me on to, what looks and sounds to be some really great Guitars!! Keep 'em coming!! KK 🤘👽🤘
How did you get that low tuning with a Floyd? ready to grab one, still figuring which color, I think the new ones have a string tree, for sure want HSH, clean strat sound is nice, does Wilkinson Trem stay in tune? On back order anyway, which should mean somethin, unless Thomann is holding on to them, if something sounds to good to be true, you know the rest,,
@@guitarsimon1 I'm also skeptical when a Chinese brand like this offers a "Genuine" Floyd rose for such a low price. A real Floyd rose 1000 series costs $225 and a set of Grover's costs $80. I mean, theoretically if I wanted to upgrade one of my guitars, it would be almost the same price to buy one of these guitars, as it would to just buy the parts separately from thomman. Which... Seems suspicious. Makes me feel like the guitar Is made with off make parts. They're real but not up to the same Standard. Or so I suspect.
@@IgnoresTrolls Oviously not. Just like a car manufacture doesn't pay full pop for Fender branded speakers & amplifier, system. But the little hidden gem in the manufacturing industry is that names sell. Thoes fender branded speakers and amplifiers are made Panasonic. A far cry from what fender really is. Theirs a bald headed fellow here on RUclips (he does that "sharpen my axe" segment. He goes a bit more I to detail about these branded brand parts.
Harley Benton is AWESOME! I did have an 83 japan Squier P bass wich got stolen and then i built my self one with the Harley Benton P bass kit for not even 100bucks and it sounded just a good as the Squier! 🤩
Just checked out their website. After perusing their inventory, its pretty obvious what's happening here - I would bet these are made in the same Chinese factories that make other bigger brand name guitars, but rebranded "Harley Benton" and sold without the crazy markup of the other lines. Which is fine. Thank you for this.
Absolutely correct Alex. Thomann do direct sales rather than using additional distributors & sales outlets. A lack of 'middle men' keeps the prices down. I suspect their (presumably) high volume of sales of these guitars maximises their buying power too. Fair play to Thomann for making guitars with these features available at such low prices
Well, the question should be “how the fck are other guitars so expensive?”. The material costs, when we do not consider pickups, are in reality pretty low. Wood is bought in big bulks, tuners are produced in thousands per minute in factory, etc. So the whole material costs are pretty low (100 dollars tops even for average gibson or so). What matters is work price, tolls, advertisement, branding and so on. So thats why.
that is a nice guitar. Stainless steel frets put it in a more desired buy. I remember the high-end Parker Fly had stainless steel frets. Very smooth playing.
Bang 4 Buck, I would go for the slightly more expensive "Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FNT" w/roasted neck. It is amazing how good low priced axes are, but the other side of the coin is foreign labor. Those poor bastards must be making near to nothing for all these companies to be able to make this stuff?! Just say'in
when tholman labels something b-stock, it doesn't mean that it is damaged or a factory second. it means that the costumer either opened it up and didn't like it so they sent it back or they opened it all up and realised it wasn't what they were planning on recieving. I could be wrong but by law i bet they cant sell these guitars at full price without labeling it as back stock.
Can you please demo an LTD JH600? It's a superstrat shaped guitar with grover tuners, binding on the neck and headstock and a Kahler tremolo system, which is supposed to be less of a pain in the butt than floyd roses.
You know you're a shredder when you consider a 12" fretboard radius "nice and round"! ;)
Accurate lmao
@@binbonban yep strat dude here.. i feels ya
Dude please i play on 9'5 radius strat
Some sick AF dive bombs there too! Lollllllll
@@binbonban fender boy here
"Are there flat necks?"
I noticed when I was mixing this that this guitar has a very chunky, almost single coil/P90 characteristic to the attack, made it really easy for the guitars to cut through the mix.
Nice work Luke!
What do you use for drums? Live drummer, or a program? If a program, which one?
@@TheCjbowman Hunter sends me MIDI files since neither of us play drums well enough to do these songs, so I run the files through GetGood Drums. I'd love to use real drums for this, but Hunter doesn't have anyone yet.
@@Jon_TateThanks man!
@@LukeDKramer thanks, man. 👍
you released this video at the same time as periphery. And here i am, that just shows how much i love your vids ;)
I am so digging the Jim Root vibe to this track. You're playing and writing is levelling up dude!
Andrij Demianczuk I was just thinking the same thing. It sounds really solid.
+1
For $400? Doesn’t surprise me, Harley Benton definitely beats Schecter in terms of bang for buck.
Henning (EytchPi42) just uploaded a video of a similarly priced (and looking) Schecter 😂 without a Floyd though and not sure about the rest of the hardware... Haven't watched it yet... But I doubt it can compete with this HB
@STEPHEN BENNETT If you're talking about the model I just mentioned I'd have to disagree... Although I hate the Harley Benton brand name and logo (with a passion) it seems to me they are way more bang for the buck due to cutting out the middle man and advertising costs... Schecter can't compete for the price... Not even close!
@@LilSirAxolotl Well the veneer on the Schecter looks way better than on the HB. The HB looks more like a photo . Seen a few of them and find the veneer finish just ugly.
@@mindcrazer You get what you pay for... Veneer? I'd go with a Floyd Rose, Grover tuners and ESPECIALLY stainless steel frets over looks any day! For the price? I wouldn't even mind if it was just a black paintjob with a thick layer of lacquer! As a guitar player functionality should beat looks every time! Even if the logo is atrocious 😋 I don't have that kinda money to spend on luxury... I would if I could but not at the cost of quality, durability and playability
@@mindcrazer you little have to pay double the price of the HB to get a schecter with an actual FR-1000 and not one of the garbage fr specials
Literally been on the cusp of purchasing one of these recently, and you’ve definitely sold it to me! Cheers for the timely and fantastic review as always Hunter :)
SS frets should not add much to the price. The wire itself isn't any more expensive. The only thing you need is better tools that don't wear out as fast as the standard nickel fret tools. I have no idea why a lot of builders up-charge SO much for SS frets, there's really no logical reason.
SS is less soft than nickel thus harder to insert, bends less easily. Overall its a tad more work. Whilst you can bend nickel with a rubber hammer. But i agree
I'm not a luthier, but they must be harder to work with. The installation might not be that much harder, but the levelling, crowning and polishing surely is?
@@pedrosilvaproductions There are proper tools that can bend SS wire they're no more expensive than the tools needed to process and radius ns frets, and they last a lot longer too. The tin foil hat nut in me thinks its because people make so much money off of re-frets that they don't want guitars that won't need re-frets or crowns or levels for years and years being sold...
It's the cost of finishing them
@@schneibgamer1 Which explains why a lot of builders don’t even dress or even level their frets, they just install them 😰
I’ve been looking at one of these for a while! Haven’t pulled the trigger because it all seemed to good to be true. I think your demo just confirmed that I need to order one. Great video as usual, dude!
Finally someone who puts that Floyd Rose to the test.Awesome job 👍
The tuning stability is outrageous! The pickups could use upgrading, but beyond that I think it's a fantastic buy! Nice review!
My brother finally moved up the neck! Sounded great, smooth as silk, and solid tone... nicely done!
Is that a solo?? Hell yeah boii!! 🤙 thanks for the awesome video and demo! :D
This is pretty much my signature guitar
Damn dude more than a year and a half and I still come back to listen to this intro riff
i dont know why your channel is not waaaay more popular than ryan bruce's channel,your demos are way better and your playing is amazing unlike fluffs crappy ass playing his half ass videos.you never disapoint my friend and hope the best for you.
Ryan Bruce has been at it longer, but kinda jumped the shark after hawking a bunch of crappy gear like everyone else (most pedals are just unnecessary imo). At least with a guitar, it is what it is: glue, wood, hardware- so you can always envision what you could change and upgrade about it should you not be 100% happy with it. I think that's why, when it comes to gear-based channels, I prefer channels like Agu's, ArnoldPlaysGuitar, Guitar Pit, and Troggly's.
Could we possibly get an ep in the future made up of these brutal demo tracks?
Wish this brand was around when I first started playing guitar as a wee lad, used to have to cough up a grande to get something like that.
So true... I started palying in the early 90s and thank God for (then) cheap Japanese Fender knock offs, they saved me from playing the trash in the sub-$1000 range back then. Now, if you have 3-500 bucks you can get something that's playable.
@@bartonamon can't go wrong with MIJ fender, love the quality control and fretwork combined with low price points made them fantastic. I luckily got a deal through my dad's bandmate who owned a pawnshop and scored a real original texmex with a bit of scratches and wear for like 150 bucks (guess the guy needed money for crack) so I got a good instrument to start with, but as I adventured forward into metal, the guitar options under 500 were literally unplayable. If I even have to see another bc rich warlock starter guitar I'm gonna blow a gasket
@Toxic Potato as a degenerate and an ex drug dealer/addict I'm fully aware of the deception and theft in the industry, personally I couldn't give a crap, it's like selling ecstasy that's fake and made from rc's gets the job done just as well, sometimes better. But it eats a huge hole through that drug business. Personally if people want the real deal no matter what the product, it's usually to do with the infatuation of the brand and prestige of said item, this goes for cars, guns, etc. I could care less if they're slave laboured copycats, I need something that plays good at a cheap price.
Very cool Hunter!!! Your playing and guitar was spot on👍
Great job on this hunter & you can tell by your reactions how much you where diggin the guitar !!
For a second i thought you weren’t gonna say “lets take a closer look” and I almost freaked
Those Intro riffs you played in the beginning were some of the best I've ever heard you play. F@ckin A Budz.
I like the riff you used to demo the clean sound. Really nice!
Soon as a 7 string Fusion comes out I'll be jumping for it
7 string with a fixed bridge and 26,5 inch scale length 👌
@@oleauby3852 that'd be the dream
@@oleauby3852 Jackson JS22-7 is what you are looking for.
@@a5hen i've been looking at that one, but it's a little cheap i think idk
@@oleauby3852 yeah it is but its a bang for the buck
you should have way more subs, your vids and playing are SICK !!! best reviews on the net !!
I love watching this with my baby brother he loves guitars and with shout TARTAR when he sees on😂
That is legit adorable lol
Agufish yea we had to buy him a ukulele just so he wouldn’t mess with my guitars
I can totally see that song being themed in a zombie apocalypse video game
Man im so impressed by your rythem playing in every video. I must bow my head and give you props. Very awesome sir
My wettest dream would be HB releasing this type of low priced but high quality geared guitar but without all the fancy looking, literally just the high quality guitar parts put together and sold at a hecking fair price like this. I want to buy one of these Fusion babies to mod it but I'd want to modify the look too and I just couldn't do anything to the look of one of these beauties man...
You might want to check out guitarfetish.com
They have good quality budget guitars and parts to do what you describe.👍
Great video! That guitar is insane. You are such an inspiration to me and my channel. Just a few questions for you: what program are you using for your backing tracks? What more affordable programs, if what you use is on the hefty side, could you recommend? And finally, I want to start working on original covers, any tips? Thanks for great content!
Nice, another HB winner. My HB-35 still going strong and flawless. Like the new headstock design. Can confirm soft shirts too. :)
If only it had a hipshot fixed bridge, I would buy it immediately.
Same here
Give them a little time. HB is great about listening and getting new stuff out.
Just put a block in it
Samir Strasser right, exactly
2:36 i got some MAJOR metallica vibes and now i want this guitar even more
That solo caught me off guard, good job went back and listened to the song a few times.
Duuuuude! The intro track was sic! Amazing guitar
B-Stock in Germany is just a returned guitar. Doesn't mean it has any flaws, just was returned within the 30 dsy money back guarantee.
They have released some more new Fusion line sweet guitars!👀
Maybe it is the next hb guitar you bring to the channel? 🙃
Love your reviews, your demos and the way you edit the shots!!
So yeah totaly do more!!😀
Very nice video bro !!! That is a sick guitar for that price ! Like wow !!!!
congrats on 50k !!!
thanks man!
I've ordered 2 time with 4 guitars (MS-60VW, MB-4 SB, SC-450 Plus, CST-24 T) in total from Thomann and had the units shipped to California, other that the annoyance of my mail person not actually attempting delivery, but lying and saying they had, I haven't had any issues with import or having to pay extra fees. Just had to run to the post office and sign for them so it sounds like maybe it's a state to state thing here in the US. Shipping has run about $30 both times, and it's a flat rate up to a certain weight, so if you can, try and order more than one item at a time to make it a slightly better deal.
I've read in another comment that the cost of shipping to the US is the same for three guitars as for one.
If only Harley Benton made an EVH-style, decked Floyd version of the Fusion...
You get so much more stability just for sacrificing bending up with the Floyd.
great video, man! your riff will be playin in my head for the rest of the day for sure!
Yes Tele style fusion. I need a good tele with big ass frets.
Hey man just wondering how long did it take to get once you ordered it ? an also how much did you have to pay for the import taxes or whatever or did ya? sorry if i missed that , im in the U.S. aswell. glad you just did this demo though, ive really been thinking about getting one of those an throwing a set of duncans in it an using for a beater.i need a floyd rose trem guitar. nice review tho man..
Great demo. Congrats. The only issue with HB is that with such value for money and low prices, it is incredibly difficult to not buy a whole lot of guitars... And then stock them and play them not so often because of lack of time. I have 2 HB (st62 and sc450+) and I really have to work out my zen to not buy those Fusions (HH with Floyd) or a Tele or their CST24 (already have a PRS...) or their Jaguar or SC with P90 and... That's tough to resist the addiction. So beware ;-)
This is my favorite intro song you have done.
Sweet Axe. Really digging the bridge piece you wrote for the Demo, it has classic written all over it.
I've ordered 2 Harley Benton guitars now and had no issues with receiving my guitars where I live in NC. I've got an LP with P90s and a tele from them. Both are great. Im strongly considering ordering one of the HSH fusion guitars at some point. My only critique would be that the charcoal finish guitar would look much better with black hardware. The chrome somehow makes that particular guitar look cheap. The other colors don't look bad with the chrome though, IMO.
It screams for an ebony neck instead IMHO
If they offered one with 2 humbuckers and a Wilkinson trem I'll definitely buy one!
As someone who played the majority of his life on guitars with Floyds I want something a little bit different, but I still want 2 humbuckers and 24 frets
That's the Fusion II: www.thomann.de/de/harley_benton_fusion_hh_eb_ocean_turquoise.htm?ref=search_prv_3
@@Leo_ofRedKeep unfortunately it's only 22 frets :(
I need 24
I would love one with 24 frets and dual humbuckers since it would be just like my Ibanez Sr500 which has both of those.
4:40?
@@myewgul it's an HSH, but I can get away with that
Man your videos are awesome
Thank you for the content. You probably have answered this before but do you keep these guitars you review? That would be an awesome collection.
Notification Squad!
And more HB, just to remind me how extra broke I am haha
Dude, the tone in this is SIIIICCCKKKK
The most BR00TAL demo track in a while ! Well done Hunter !
Was looking forward to seeing you do this guitar, nice!
i couldnt help but scream "Justify, What Ive Become" through the whole dirty pickup demo \m/
My perfect guitar doesn’t exi...
I bought a similar fusion after watching this video....I'm blown away by it. It also made me an Agufish fan. PS...Mine was $295 shipped to Ohio and took 2 weeks.
I’ve wondered how they can possibly be so cheap. Especially when some of their guitars are less than $100. I think they’re stealing all the parts.
Hillary Clinton started forcing the children she abducted for adrenochrome harvesting to build guitars. Harley Benton...Hillary Clinton.....Saw it on a poorly edited clearly fake youtube video. GAnon are many. Where We Guitar 1 We Guitar All.
A Schaller Floyd Rose cost more than the entire guitar..
A Schaller Floyd costs more than the whole guitar, a Gotoh Floyd costs half what the 1000 does and kills both it and the Schaller
@@bryand.5240 well I disagree,I have one Schaller in a Regius 6 and it KILLS any other bridge so far
@@incitatus634 gotoh has the tightest tolerances out of all the Floyd makers, Schaller is just the most expensive because they can pull the "German engineering" card
@@bryand.5240 I used to have an original Floyd on a Les Paul, I hated it, sold it and went back to a tailpiece... Considering getting a B5 from StewMac with the vibramate adapter, any thoughts on how it compares to Gotoh's Floyds?
@@HMan2828 they're really not comparable a Gotoh Floyd is at the end of the day just a very high precision Floyd Rose, the B5 is a vintage style trem while the Floyd is a double locking trem, they have different purposes
A Floyd is meant to stay in tune after extreme trem abuse ranging from completely slack strings to pulling up a few whole steps, a B5 is meant for subtle flutters but will require frequent tuning because of the binding at the nut caused by the break angle.of the things from the nut to the tuners
Man...they even have the truss rod at the bottom. I love that.
Their ebony looks like rosewood, you made the right choice
You may not tout yourself as a lead player, but those were some tasteful licks, my dude
Getting some Nero Forte vibes, nice! Edit: Holy shit just realised this was uploaded 6 months ago!!! Agufish predicted Nero Forte riff and is Tortilla Man confirmed!!!!!!!
I just ordered one of the HB Fusion HSH guitars with a baked maple neck and the wilkenson trem, Stainless Steel frets, and a flamed bengal burst. Looks amazing and was $365 not counting the $33 shipping Thoman charges for US shipping. Really looking forward to getting this.
Had the Floyd Rose edition for a year, despite all the criticism a Floyd Rose gets (hard to restring, fails to stay in tune, etc...) I rarely had to tune this guitar at all. As long as its an official Floyd Rose trem you got nothing to worry about you can dive bomb to your heart's content and you'd still be in tune. Best bang for your buck guitar you can get, period.
So how much did you end up spending all together cuz that's fucking badass for 340. A floyd and stainless steel frets are top dollar items and then the grover tuners on top that. That's the packaged deal for most other companies. But yeah how much did you spend all together cuz I would rock a single cut for that price and gear.
That mix is huge
Ryan Crawford Thanks man!
They now have more finishes with flamed maple tops and the same options as the quilted maple ones
Ahhhhhhh...........
SOLD!!!!!!
I gotta say, I was extremely skeptical of the Pickups. With that said, after hearing them; now remember, I'm listening to this, no Earbuds, straight out of my phone; 1st off I love that you played virtually the same lick, at every possible configuration, full Humbucker and Split, I'm no longer skeptical of the Pickups!!!
When you Split them, especially the Bridge, you get an ALMOST.....NOT QUITE BUT ALMOST..... the sound of a Strat, combination of the Bridge and Middle Pickups.
That tone alone sold me on keeping the Guitar ALL ORIGINAL.....except for the Strings, of course!
I play virtually every genre of music with the exception of "C"Rap and R&B....ya know, the "DIVA" Beyoncé......BEYOND COMPREHENSION AS TO BEING ALL VOICE CORRECTED, PROTOOLED TO DEATH, Taylor, "Can't Carry A Tune In My Sandbucket If I Tried" Swift to write a song about another one of her 10,000+ guy's she's broken up with....ya get the point.
I play everything from Boston, Bryan Adams to Black Sabbath.
Journey to Judas Priest, Jason Aldean to to Hank Jr. REAL MUSIC!! A.O.R. Metal and Blues.
Now that my overly opinionated rant is over....you're welcome and I apologize.
This Beautiful Looking and Sounding Guitar seems to cover all the Bases. I am shocked.
I do, however wish, the HSH Configuration came with the Floyd as an option!!!.......hint, hint!!
The Truss adjustment is very "San Dimas".....cool!!
I guess, as with a great number of other players, my only MAJOR CONCERN is how the shape and playability are with the Neck.
For over 4 Decades, I'm used to playing Compound Radius Necks from Jackson's, Charvels and the great Ibanez RG-550's.
It's just too bad I can't "Kick the tires" so to speak, before buying it.
But hey........this will be an exciting opportunity, if the Neck is even remotely close, to FINALLY RETIRE ALL of my Vintage 80's SHREDMASTERS, finally putting them back to pass down to the kids and Grandkids, then LOUDLY ROCK INTO THE SUNSET WITH A REALLY GOOD QUALITY COLLECTION OF GUITARS THAT I NO LONGER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE SALTY, HEAT AND HUMIDITY OF THE FLORIDA HELL HOLE DESTROYING A WHOLE LOT OF $$$$$!!!!
Thanks for making a great Demo Video and for turning me on to, what looks and sounds to be some really great Guitars!!
Keep 'em coming!!
KK
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Harley Benton is Xiaomi in the guitar world!
Track was a banger ‼️
HB'S are great that's why I own 4 of them.
So many good cheap brands out there, even the custom local ones or maybe the counterfeit copy. We are definitely in the golden age of cheap guitars
That main riff you used for the mix was nasty af in the best way
What does the neck profile feel like? In comparison to other guitars you’ve played?
How did you get that low tuning with a Floyd? ready to grab one, still figuring which color, I think the new ones have a string tree, for sure want HSH, clean strat sound is nice, does Wilkinson Trem stay in tune? On back order anyway, which should mean somethin, unless Thomann is holding on to them, if something sounds to good to be true, you know the rest,,
How is it so cheap? Cnc, third world labor, bulk pricing, licensed FR, veneers not tops, etc. Still great, not knocking it at all!
Dan Barnard It’s a real Floyd dude, 1000 series (Built in Korea with German parts).
Simon Singh “bulk pricing”
@@guitarsimon1 I'm also skeptical when a Chinese brand like this offers a "Genuine" Floyd rose for such a low price.
A real Floyd rose 1000 series costs $225 and a set of Grover's costs $80.
I mean, theoretically if I wanted to upgrade one of my guitars, it would be almost the same price to buy one of these guitars, as it would to just buy the parts separately from thomman.
Which... Seems suspicious. Makes me feel like the guitar Is made with off make parts.
They're real but not up to the same Standard. Or so I suspect.
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You don't seriously think a guitar manufacturer pays anything near that price for a made in Korea Floyd Rose or a set of tuners do you?
@@IgnoresTrolls Oviously not.
Just like a car manufacture doesn't pay full pop for Fender branded speakers & amplifier, system.
But the little hidden gem in the manufacturing industry is that names sell.
Thoes fender branded speakers and amplifiers are made Panasonic. A far cry from what fender really is.
Theirs a bald headed fellow here on RUclips (he does that "sharpen my axe" segment. He goes a bit more I to detail about these branded brand parts.
B stock is gauged by the quality of the QC, if the QC considers a few small scuffs or scratched B stock you have a good QC usually.
Anyone saying the Floyd Rose 1000 isn’t as good as others.....I call BS! I just watched him yank the hell out of it and it NEVER WENT OUT OF TUNE!
Harley Benton is AWESOME!
I did have an 83 japan Squier P bass wich got stolen and then i built my self one with the Harley Benton P bass kit for not even 100bucks and it sounded just a good as the Squier! 🤩
Now I'm wanting one.
Dam dude...everything on their website looks great, and the prices are unbelievable..will try soon
Awesome guitar for the spend. Only thing I don't like about it are the fretboard markers. Might need a new guitar soon.. now where to hang it?
Just checked out their website. After perusing their inventory, its pretty obvious what's happening here - I would bet these are made in the same Chinese factories that make other bigger brand name guitars, but rebranded "Harley Benton" and sold without the crazy markup of the other lines. Which is fine. Thank you for this.
We're you under the assumption that Thomann had their own guitar factory or something out the back of their warehouse? 😂
@@bryand.5240 I was under no assumption. I also am not the guy asking the question "All these features, at this price...what?? HOW??"
Absolutely correct Alex. Thomann do direct sales rather than using additional distributors & sales outlets. A lack of 'middle men' keeps the prices down. I suspect their (presumably) high volume of sales of these guitars maximises their buying power too. Fair play to Thomann for making guitars with these features available at such low prices
Awesome intro riff, loved the mix on this one too. Start a band pls.
Thanks man! I did the mix
Well, the question should be “how the fck are other guitars so expensive?”. The material costs, when we do not consider pickups, are in reality pretty low. Wood is bought in big bulks, tuners are produced in thousands per minute in factory, etc. So the whole material costs are pretty low (100 dollars tops even for average gibson or so). What matters is work price, tolls, advertisement, branding and so on. So thats why.
I have bought 2 of the fusion series. Fantastic playing guitars. Just needed a small setup. They both play like butter.
that is a nice guitar. Stainless steel frets put it in a more desired buy. I remember the high-end Parker Fly had stainless steel frets. Very smooth playing.
Awesome guitar and Lamb of Gof riff !!!
What the hell ? They beat Ibanez at that price... How is the stability of the Floyd ? Sounds very stable
Im buying one! If im interested in a guitar that your reviewing i always trust your opinions! thanks Agu!
Bang 4 Buck, I would go for the slightly more expensive "Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FNT" w/roasted neck. It is amazing how good low priced axes are, but the other side of the coin is foreign labor. Those poor bastards must be making near to nothing for all these companies to be able to make this stuff?! Just say'in
Ed...,
Tjey earn enough to eat, put a roof over their heads, get laid and have enough toys to amuse their neighbors.
ARE WE DOING ANY BETTER?
Sounds cool men... awesome guitar...
That thing looks sick I’d buy one if I wasn’t so use to the wizard neck on my rg
when tholman labels something b-stock, it doesn't mean that it is damaged or a factory second. it means that the costumer either opened it up and didn't like it so they sent it back or they opened it all up and realised it wasn't what they were planning on recieving. I could be wrong but by law i bet they cant sell these guitars at full price without labeling it as back stock.
Can you please demo an LTD JH600? It's a superstrat shaped guitar with grover tuners, binding on the neck and headstock and a Kahler tremolo system, which is supposed to be less of a pain in the butt than floyd roses.
I had a JH200 and found Kahler to be MORE of a pain in the butt than Floyd Rose. It's much more complicated, but I like the diving feel of it!
What's the neck back like? Shredder thin? Nice and chunky? Somewhere in between?
I like maple fretboard also. That's an awesome looking guitar. I might have to get me one.
Yeah, with the the floyd rose 1000 alone, that guitar is a steal.
I'm not sure I want everyone knowing about the Fusion-II.
This HB fusion or Schecter Omen extreme ?? Which one should i buy for my next guitar?