How good is the Fusion-T from Harley Benton?
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- Опубликовано: 18 окт 2024
- After the introduction of the very sucessful Fusion series, which were all in a strat body style, Harley Benton decided to give us a Tele Version of this modern guitar.... with dual humbuckers... with and without trem... so let's check them out!
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Your reviews are the best. The only ones I really trust. Stay honest.
Jonathan Koh is OK too...
I would NOT change the pickups or anything. I just need that Marshall. LOVED that distortion sound.
Opening jam sounded great. One of your finest! 🤘
Here it is 2:13
how is this one called?
Felt Henning was off his game on this one. You should watch Jonathan Log demo this. Kind of felt Henning wanted to get this out of the way in the demo at the start and it sounded not so great.
My brother your opening playing was filled with soul and I loved every second of it. 🎵🎸🎶 Thank you kindly!
As a tele lover, finally a t type on a budget that looks amazing and premium especially a HH, I do love the classic tele look but for a more modern tele with hums this thing looks great, not a fan of Roswell pickups but easy to replace pickups like you say.
Wow, your emotional expression on the opening track is a thing of beauty. Thank you!
Just don't make the same mistake as me. I rode my Harley Benton to a gig and played my Harley Davidson on stage. Doh !
Hahah
Hardly Benton. Hehehe
Ah, see what you did here haha
Twirlyhead that’s funny
Where’s the problem? The Davidson sounds great as well...
Really digging the natural finish one, she's a beaut!
In a track - 2:12
Overview/specs - 6:35
Sound comparison - 15:00
The funny bald man's 2 cents - 20:20
Very inspiring soloing in your Jam track! You ROCK Henning🎸btw the guitar sounds great.
Good review. A friend has the Fusion S and it came with a crooked string tree too. A 2 second push with the thumb straightened it.
Beautiful playing at the beginning, this guitar brought out the best in your playing, very melancholic.
The pickups sound okay to me, even the single coil sound. It's not the best thing ever, but considering that a nice set of brand named pickups basically costs 1/3 of the price of the whole guitar, it definitely works.
More like 1/2 if you look at Seymour Duncan, fishman or dimarzio. I tried one and the pickups are really good on this one, for the price!
Green one: Ebony fretboard, Stainless steel jumbo frets, staggered locking tuners, graphtech Tusq xl nut for under $300. Not bad
Amazing tbh
Cheers Henning and Co.! The Fusion T in brown looks stunning. I agree with you, a change out of the pickups would be in order. Thanks for the vid Henning, you're the best! :)
Thank you for covering a multitude of styles and tones.
My favorite opening jam you've done. Awesome playing and awesome tones!
Hemming! Your soloing is amazing! Very Gary Moore-ish. (one of my favorite guitarists). Beauteous!
My daughter would love that anime top you are wearing!
Two very beautiful guitars, I love the turquoise metallic finish guitar, the paint finish and the body colour and neck colour are all gorgeous!
Thanks for posting.
That’s some of the tastiest playing I’ve heard you do. Very nice.
Great performance! Bravo. I particularly love the maple tremolo version. Is that with the original 3 springs or did you remove one?
The new Intromusic kinda give me Mezzoforte vibes. That is a compliment btw :)
Wow, great music at the start of the video! Bravo!
the HBs are honestly better sounding than most guitars I've heard lately tbh. it depends what you're going for. coil splits are rarely great soundwise, at least these are usable.
I already have two teles in the HH configuration. One is a set neck from Fender, the other one is a Harley Benton. The one with the carved top, and weird staggered string through configuration. But, well. Dammitt!!!! Now I'm digging these...
Very lyrical and beautiful playing. Despite your wisecracking exterior you clearly have a poet lurking inside
John Chong Sing A very irreverent poet, one who uses the “that’s what she said” refrain a lot, lol.
Hey man, if you'd put the timestamps in the description as well we'd get them on the time line :)
Hey! Excellent overview of the river. Which neck feels better - regular or heat-treated? 6 months later, do guitars have new problems? Good luck.
You are absolutely right about the pickups comment. I have a fusion ii super strat and I changed the pickups to a Duncan custom, Duncan noiseless middle single, and a Jazz neck and that guitar came alive. It records as well as any of my premium guitars and that roasted neck feels like a dream.
@EystichPie42 ~ Hey Henning, listening off of a Prism Sound Titan here (through an 2400 Audio Imperium monitor controller, to PSI A17m Monitors and an ADAM Sub8), your audio is great as usual (and I'm pretty critical about that stuff as a mixing/mastering engineer), These both are a both ALMOST, but not quite "brittle" Vs. say your Sig model (maybe that's because your Sig uses real Mahogany and not the Sapele?) After watching a few other RUclipsrs reviewing these, I'm finding that the Trem does seem to make it all a bit thinner sounding Vs the hard tail. But I also find that the Roasted Maple Neck and Natural Veneer version gets some nice smoother highs and upper midrange Vs. the Ebony all Sapele version. Overall stellar job like normal, I'm really glad I found your channel. These are excellent for the money (ten years ago you couldn't get a guitar like this for that little). But I'm gonna say you're right on the money about the pickups (and the string tree), you could swap those for relatively little and have a great guitar. Hope you and Leslie are staying safe!
Beautiful playing!! I felt every note.
Was researching the whole day. Watched a Video from SpectreSoundStudios about some Harley Benton - checked comments reading that HB really went all the way to make really good guitars for a affordable price. Went into research again. Came across this one. Remembered "hasn't Chapman these kind of guitars I fell in love with but can't possibly afford"? So yeah - as soon as I get the money together I am going to get myself a HB Fusion-T for sure. And since I know you guys make really good reviews - you wouldn't review this guitar if it wasn't worth all you time.
I have two HB guitars and one bass and am well satisfied with all. Henning's demos took me from yeah I've heard of those to yeah they are worth buying. I mean, listening to the opening tracks, I'm thinking how would you improve on that? Exceptional value and absolutely usable.
I'm surprised about the sound difference these two have!!! The green is fuller, rounder!!! Don't like the thin sounding roasted one! So I'm a bit affraid because I have ordered a roasted one but without a trem!!! Hopefully this makes a difference too?!
Henning, do you think the position of trem and volume knob is comfy - looks very close...
Joachim Leinfelder totally agree... Really impressed with how different the green one sounded!
It may have something to do with the different fretboards.
I'd like to see the S-type fusion pro with that hardtail bridge ;-)
That lead run at 4.01. Oh my that was SHUPER SHEXY!!!!
Just had a Fusion T HH Flame etc delivered with a pretty blonde effect veneer top. Sadly the strings miss the poles of the bridge pick up and the tone control does not have much effect for most of it's travel. The bridge pick-up sits snugly in it's hole in the body so the hole will have to be enlarged to move the pick-up. Trouble is if I send it back I've got a major problem getting the customs duty back (Duty £64.26, UPS "brokerage" £11.50), if I do not the cost of repair (luthier) takes the guitar out of the budget cost bracket. This is Saturday so I have to wait 'til Monday to talk to Thomann.
The one thing that I would change with this guitar is the control layout locations. Firstly, the pickup Selector Switch is way to close to your picking area, and the volume and tone controls could be moved down lower, like a traditional Telecaster. It would be better ergonomically and visually. Since this video, they have slightly made improvements to the Selector Switch location and angle in which it operates. The volume knob is slightly behind the bridge, which is in a weird spot, especially on the trem model. Kind of behind the Tremolo bar. Otherwise, this guitar is a smashing deal in every other way!
Great comparison review of these two *lovely!!* HB guitars. Thanks a bunch!
That descending pattern at 2:31 was fucking SWEET!
Exactly what I do with lower end Squires. Change pups, tuners, pots, switch and use fender cloth wire and suddenly it's a kickass guitar for under $400. And it sound and play every bit as good as a Tele that costs 3 to 4 times the amount.
and cloth wire makes all the difference... I bet .-)
@@RaxFx Easier to use and doesn't melt if things inside happen to get hot. And I prefer it, so that's all that makes the difference to me and that's all that matters.
Thanks friend, is it the same model with a different color? The pickups on the green guitar have one piece of plastic but the other does not.
thank you
The pickups on my Fusion T when adjusted down slant, the neck sounded way to mids heavy and find dialing that out on certain amps in Helix helps or picking cabs that are scooped a bit. Overall heavy picking hands will have to back off on any distorted tones with these. But it is very good for the price.
Absolutely love my FNT!! These are killer!!!
12:09 “He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother”said the turquoise T
Holy shit. Your playing, Henning. It is very nice.
Really nice and honest review. I hope you'll review the Sire Larry Carlton Guitars.
These are right up my street, look great and I really like Wilkinson trems. Sounds a bit low-midsy to my ear though, just from the intro music, so I'm pretty sure those pickups would be out out as soon as I got it.
Yeah. Intro sound samples does not good at all. Really muddy. But at this price range, i dont care about the sound. As long as playability, durability, stability are good, then it is awesome. I will swap pickup when I receive these guitar right away.
Bought one based on your demo. And I am a drummer!
Im REALLY liking the Green one, beautiful! :)
Beautifull !! Why the version brown it is Missing in the site Thomann? How to choice the Guitar brown??
Hi Henning, always fun to see you entertain us with your Le funnisess (french) as you say ;) ...but I have a question, the position of the pickups switch isn't strange for you? I am very tempted to buy one of these cause they seems to be very good spec wise but i think i may have problems with the switch position while playing, changing randomly etc ...strats models don't have this....what are you're thoughts about this????? I'll appreciate your opinion cause you had the opportunity to try before buy...thanks man
I had read a few concerned as well with this placement. I would imagine though, your playing style would be very much need to be factored. I play mainly ambient atmos blues. So I'm hoping it wont be a bother. My concern is mine (the natural with trem and roasted neck) is coming from California to Ga across the entire US. Haha second hand at that. Thankfully the guy put in soft shell case. Which is better than not I suppose. It will arrive tomorrow and I'm a strat guy but fell in love with a bullet tele. So theres that. Hahah. I paid 400 which sadly is 330 usd plus 50 ship and extra new "tax" which sucked as I got GAS and said screw it and bought it. Anyway my only manufacturing concern is the trem claw screws. I've heard 2 people one in the HB reviews and one whom made a video on youtube about them pulling right out while using trem stripping the wood. Which apparently that's more of a screw size issue over the sapele I guess?? I will upload my review as soon as I get it within 24 hours first to my subs as a "it made it" video hoping again that it comes ok and not damaged. It has a ding in back the size of a dime which i am ok with. I figured if it arrives ok and I dont like it, it will sell locally pretty fast even if I lose 50 bucks. At least I'll have video material. Hahahahah. Anyway. I suppose I have commented too long here. I'll let ya be. Be well there!!😀
wonderful playing...
youre playing is amazing
Nice intro tracks! Please do a comparison video of their lower end teles te-52 and te-20.
Just recently got mine and she's awesome
What's the amp for the intro tune ? I've never really looked into getting smooth leads like this.
Hi EytschPi42! Do you know if the strat version of this guitar sounds completely the same?
Sounds great!
Nice soloing! Liking the model too :)
About the pickups: After removing the covers they sound a lot better IMHO. Of course they still can't be compared to higher end pickups but hey, you get what you pay for. This only cost me some elbow grease and a bit of time
Just get some used SDs for like 50€ each
@@pedrosilvaproductions it's not like everyone can find them used just like that, also not everyone wants to go through the hassle and risk of buying things used
Eytsch: You are so right...The string retainers SHOULD be graphTec..because they work so well. And the Nut, as well..its a small cost to do so..but playing in tune is sooooo worth it. Otherwise, these are attractive instruments. I am interested..but considering..id have to modify it with a new nut,new string trees, new pickups...hmm....I might as well just buy an axe with that ALREADY on board.
...but then again..roasted maple neck...hmm.
Hi, what pickups would you recomand for an upgrade ?
I was waiting for him to mention they both have stainless steel frets.
Trying to see if the non trem has a terrible neck dive like one bad review on thomann was saying. Is this the case? should I go for the term version just to add that bit of weight on the body so that there is no neck dive or that is not an issue?
I didn’t feel it was an issue
Just got the Fusion T HH Roasted Maple a few weeks ago. Didn't like the sound of it at all until I put some 9s on it. The trem coming to rest on the body made a huge difference in the sound. Now getting ready to swap the pups as the neck is a bit muddy for my taste. But overall a great playing guitar. I can play things on it that I can't pull off on others.
My man back at guitars, god i'm so happy to see these videos before going for sleep :D
I hope they make another version of the strat type (fusion-II) and the this tele type with other pickups
I have to say henning unless it was planned or something that Harley Benton realised later, but the Fusion series of guitars are almost like the brothers to your signature. Im not sure if your guitar gave them a brainwave when in development to make something simular because your signature model kicks ass (because it does i love mine), or if they were planned around the same time. Its just something I've noticed xD
Thanks for the info love the show and the guitars. Keep it real my bald friend! Stay Safe!.
So Harley Benton is obviously aiming at the > sheer entry level axes ... and they are doing a good job!
Thanks a lot for demoing these 2 beauties.
Love the roasted maple!
Get an HB Amarok in for test. Looks amazing!
Harley benton wants all my money....
I'd appreciate it if guitar weight would be included in all your reviews.
It weighs about a medium salmon and trout
Why? All models will have variations, so even if included, it wouldn’t mean much.
@@nathanc6611 those variations usually are within aprox. 5/10% or less - what is important is to know if we are in the 3.2 or 4.4 Kg range
It's like every review of a TE-52 says wow it's really heavy for five plus minutes, but absolutely nobody thinks to weigh it.
One idea that just hit my brain... It would be way cool from you, if possible, to make a short video explaining the differences there is between the different Harley Benton series... Vintage, Deluxe, Pro, Fusion, custom... There's not much info from Thomann on this and I, personnaly, feel a little lost on this. What model is best suited for who? Build quality differences? Sorry to bother you with questions, but Hey!!! Blame it on the virus, for now, I have plenty of time to ask them...
Harley got his own website dude
Loved the song.
Thank you!
nice to see that you finally go through the specs instead of just saying - i don't know and who cares, 'cause that was really boring
Awesome guitar man
Nice jam, where can we get the back track ??
No more guitars for me until I get that Thomann Multi Guitar Case you were working on but seem to have forgotten. Cheers.
I haven’t forgotten, but ai can’t find anyone who wants to make it... I am trying
Mir fällt auf, dass die Clean Sounds nicht ganz clean sind. Liegt das an der Verstärkereinstellung oder haben die Pickups eine solch hohe Ausgangsleistung oder hat das Interface übersteuert?
das ist eher der amp und der Ausgang der Pickups... Interface würde viel schlimmer klingen
Henning, Were you unaware of the stainless steel frets when you did this review... or just bizarrely forget to mention them !?
totally forgot
Can you tell the HB boys to get cracking on putting the silver and purple sparkle on these. That's all that's holding me back from this.
Wicked m8 🤘
just twist the string tree, they're not that hard to sort out, and impossible to complain about given the price of this beauty. if you really need a Graph Tech tree, they're $12, and install in 2 minutes. All of the Pro Series HB's are sinfully inexpensive for what you get! I'm still not believing how good some of them are, but after playing a Fusion-T, I can't lie, they rock.
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Great, a few hours ago I ordered that guitar... well you definitely get a thumbs up for great timing. I hope your two cents will be positive, gonna watch that video now haha
Edit: So after watching that video it seems I made the right decision after all. The Roswell pickups on Harley Benton guitars were so far also the biggest weakness in my eyes (or rather ears), but I never changed pickups on a guitar. So this might be a good opportunity to get a bit into modding. Nice video.
Nah. I think there are better sounding guitars at this price point and you wouldn't have to switch out the pickups.
@@shanewalton8888 I agree, there are better sounding guitars available for 400€, but not nearly with the features this one offers. Even if I "only" look for a guitar with stainless steel frets and a hardtail bridge, the next one would be a Solar or Chapman for 900€. They don't have a roasted maple neck though. And for less than that 500€ difference I get some great Duncan pickups.
@@wolfgator How is the guitar doing for you? Mine arrive second hand tomorrow.
Wolfgator1988 do you think that if fender or some other big name guitar brand had made and sold this guitar, it would be a lot more expensive? Do you think some of the other options on Harley Benton guitars are of better value
@@robertclarkguitar I actually sent it back again. I really liked the neck and the frets, but the build quality was just not what I expected, had a bunch of flaws. I also wish they would've included an armrest in their design. How do you like yours?
You rule man! 10/10
Does the Fuher play guita?
Is this guitar killing all the other guitars in this price range? Or is it on a similar level?
Lush guitars shame you can't pick a weight. Still amazing value for money. Awesome videos as always
Generally a good guitar for the price, was surprised, but the tremolo is terrible would have thought it be a little more responsive having being some sort of a Wilkinson trem
How much does the green one weight ??
Pictures lately show an orientation of the blade selector that matches a strat/super strat. I didn’t even realize it until after I had already ordered but, I would personally welcome the change. Let’s see what comes 😂
The cream one sounds so much better. The 100 euros difference are real.
Mi fusion t had sharp frets and fret sprout. Also couldn’t lower the action on the treble e string lower than 2+mm. If you like low action, this guitar may be a problem. Thomann told me that it was within “factory specs” (ridiculous) and I should shim the neck if I wanted lower action. What? Who tells a customer to shim a neck in a new guitar? Well that’s what I’m going to do because I have no choice. Returning the guitar will cost more than twice the price of the guitar! Beware US buyers (and elsewhere)
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Thanks. Have you ever checked out the ESP LTD TE-200 tele? If so, how is it compared to the teal hard tail Benton in this video?
Only thing i hate about the design i the fact they put the 3 way switch so close to the bridge pickup. It would drive me crazy. other than that these are awesome
These guitar looks nice and can sound even better with pickup changes. It looks better than most thousands of dollar custom shop teles for what reason? why pay a lot for a much dull looking guitar? I know, it's just the hype. Those look better like a custom shop HB.