Harley Benton MR Modern - It's not "perfect" BUT I LOVE IT! - Surf/punk on a budget
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- Опубликовано: 11 май 2022
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Harley Benton /Thomann sent me their new Mosrite style guitar to check out AND IM GLAD THEY DID! because this sort of thing is just my style. Its not anywhere close to a direct clone of a Moserite style guitar, but it has the looks and a collection of modern features that make it a fun option for anyone looking for a surf/punk guitar on a budget.
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Yup, I like this WAY more than I should. I'd absolutely have one of those.
Hia Colin:)
Get one and mod the cr@p out of it!
you should get one with the body and headstock in black with a deep red pickguard. If they offer it that way. Also see if the pickups can be deep red as well. black knobs and switches. deep red bridge. deep red tuners. possibly a deep red binding and deep red inlays on the neck.
The science of surf when?
@@Pianet you want...FREEEEDOOOOOMM!
I'd been looking for a mosrite-ish guitar for years, just falling short on a dozen Johnny Ramone models and standard Venture copies. The other guitarist in my band sent me a link to this on a Monday a few weeks ago and I was able to scoop up a b-stock in white of the modern and ordered it immediately. It was at my doorstep (Germany to Seattle) Thursday afternoon. By the next Saturday I was gigging with it. Stock, no set up (besides what the original owner and the shop may have done) no backup needed. All my other guitars are hot-rodded but this one is my number one now.
What does b stock mean
@@Deeznutseighthundredthirtyit means that the guitar in question has been returned to the sneller before, mostly duw to some esthetica failures (little piece of lacquer off, scratch, no more than those kinds of things) but apart from that, the guitar is still in perfect working order as a guitar right from the factory. For example, I have a Harley Benton budget bass that I bought B stock due to one piece of an edge having a bump in the lacquer finish... bought it 6 years ago and is still my perfect electric bass to go for recording..I think it would do good live too.
I really appreciate how your unboxings really show what a buyer is getting themselves into. Also awesome baritone videos. Thanks and keep up the great content! Just subscribed.
I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen you that excited! Love that child-like enthusiasm. Made my day, thanks!
The bang-for-buck with this is just astonishing. Those pickups sound surprisingly good. Wilkinson bridges (and arms) kick ass. And the split makes this a perfect surf and punk rock guitar. A bit of a setup and you've go a pro quality guitar for stupid money.
You are right on the money my friend it's a pro guitar the pick ups sound fantastic, the neck is really nice,the locking tuners are sweet,the stainless frets polished like glass treated the ebony board it's mint the wilkinson bridge is great the illuminated side dots are nice it stays in tune big time trust me as far as the switch... well top pik switch up,bridge pick up switch down pretty simple, the body is fine if your over 4 ' 11"😅 I had a univox high flyer in 1973 when I was15 and i didnt think it was too big,this is similar body wise but way better than that! I got all kinds of guitars here and I'm playing this Mr. Modern a lot it's that good after a little set up I filed the nut slots to the correct depth and basic stuff and it's a bargain,get one my friend that's all 😊ps.this guy seems like a good guy but don't go by some of the sounds he's getting semi hacker the poor bastard
I'd start the hum canceling by shielding the pickguard the pots or mounted on. Surprisingly great sounding guitar! It seems to like you Ryan!
I’m shocked how awesome it sounds. And I think you could use that for a variety of genres and be stoked on it. But it’s just so ruling the surf-rock vibe.
Okay here's some big points that were missed on this video. This is a slab body guitar with the dimensions of a semi-hollow body, 14in at its widest. So if you're not used to that, be aware. The toggle switch moves up and down instead of forward and backwards which is kind of awkward. I adjusted mine to wear now it works forwards and backwards. The pickguard looks very nice but the material it is made of is very soft, it scratches and dents very easily. The paint finish is immaculate. And overall it is a great guitar for the price
Johnny Ramone never played sitting down, 14 inch body guitars aren't great for that in general.Not Harley Bentons fault it's ergonomics I believe is the word.
I smiled throughout this video!! It was so much fun to watch. I definitely want ..no, NEED(!) One of these guitars!
I love that the pickups are p90 sized cuts. I personally would throw a p90 in the neck and leave the bridge the way it is. This one really seems fun and great for your surfy thang.
I love a neck P90 with a coil split bridge humbucker!
For the record, Real Mosrites don't have P90s, they have their own thing that looks like a P90 but isn't one.
I know that's not what you were talking about, this is just a closely related subject.
@@billtackett8217 love that super saturated sound i get from a neck p-90 in front of my overdriven tube amp, that rich low end and throaty growl had me hooked since fisr time i played on a p-90
Great review as always. Thanks so much. Love that surf + punk music :) I got to buy that guitar!
I had a Univox of that shape, the headstock even had the little cutouts just like the Mosrite, but when I bought it for $99 (1973 or so, I forget my age back then) I had no idea it was a copy of anything. I saw Beato showing off one as part of his guitar collection, and they (the UNIVOX copies) now go for a thousand dollars!!!1!
Just looked it up and with inflation, $99 in '73 is $640 today - nice, nearly doubled in value 🙂
Hang on to it for 500 years and it’ll fetch 1 million
Got to factor in the Kurt Cobain tax too ... Everything he ever touched is worth tons now lol
Very nice intro, one of the best musical intros of any channel, seriously. Oh yes, and I love that guitar, wish we could get it here. I see the Classic is solid tail with P-90s but w/o the locking tuners and TUSQ nut (probably w/o the SS frets either) and quite a bit less ($219 USD). I would love to get my hands on the blue one.
Great stuff! My cup of tea. Gotta get one of them
Nice guitar. They really nailed the Surf sound, and it clearly inspired your playing. 👍😎
Love ure playing Ryan =),..very cinematic, Also yet another amazing HB guitar =)
Split coils are such a fun sound. Listening on a headphones, btw. 🥰
We saw it right away, you love that guitar. 🤘
I’d be all over this in a kit form too. Definitely tempted so far.
these as kits, but still with the tusq nut and steel frets and in a ht or trem version would make make me buy like 3 kits at once.
I love what you do. Thank you!
Sounded awesome Ryan, looked like you had a lot of fun with this one 👌🏼🎸
Imagine if In 60 years from now all these affordable HB become sort after vintage guitars and worth the big shabang £££ & Fender’s & Gibson’s are just being used to prop tomato plants up in the garden 😂👍🏼👌🏼
That sounds great, I wouldn't have guessed it was a budget guitar.
I like that intro looping surf jam... more of that ☺️
I was thinking about getting the classic one, it looks awesome
I like you're playing, groovy man. Loved The Ramones tune.
DAM! I am IMPRESSED with this guitar! WHAT the hell? Those pickups sound like the best combination of a single coil and humbucker! You sound better than ever on this Mosrite style. I think they somehow nailed this- I've been playing over 50 years and believe the SHAPE of a guitar (of course pups, wood, construct, et Al). BUT I have installed any number combo of body and pups and found this is why for instance, the tele (one of the first solid bodies) with not just the wood, but thickness and shape has a great influence on sound, the Mosrite is a THICK strat type shape and sound (to me) like a cross between strat and tele. I think I may have to get this guitar!
I bought a '90s Jay Tursor Mosrite copy recently from a local pawn shop for a similar price. I love it! it has high output P-90s in it, but otherwise is very similar to your Harley Benton. It is so fun with a ton of reverb and the trem!
I have one (in the sunburst) en route to me right now, and this video just convinces me how I right I was to choose this option instead of the batirone tele. Can't wait to get my paws on the wigglestick!
Actually the little sparkles do accentuate the contours of the body in the lighting.. kind of cool :)
That's a cool guitar, I like it! :) Ride that surf Ryan! Love that music too, my Dad grew up on it and the first song I learned on guitar from him was Pipeline/Ventures. Surf on!
That sounds fantastic.
The PERFECT guitar to set along side my Eastwood Sidejack and Aria Pro II
man, another HB i need to get now. I got the JA 60 based on your review, and it's my fav guitar!
I love that the shipping is so affordable
I didn’t notice any volume drop when you split the pickups. Nice!
I just want to say
I love the way you play
Leftfield guitars always interest me.
Sounds great as a surf guitar.
I've got a weird transparent Dan Armstrong clone and a 64 teisco VN2 Soundmaster Baritone, Burns SSJ, Some weird Russian Ailita with a very cool red reflective fleck fretboard as well a dana scoop and a few other weird things.
I love them all.
Luv and Peace.
Amazing Almosrite guitar!!!
Your enthusiasm is infectious! I didn’t pay much attention to these when they were announced, but the look is growing on me - I’m not a fan of horns or Strat shapes, but this one’s kind of cartoony, like a guitar someone in a Hanna-Barbara toon might play. Plus IIRC Johnny Ramone played one? Now if only it came with P90s.
They’ve also got a “classic” version that comes with p90s, would be exactly what you’re looking for and is even cheaper than the one in this video
hell yeah, its like a cartoon of a strat, i think the extra round horn ends lends to that, but i didnt look twice even with the great specs, until i realized how many of my guitar heroes play Mosrites, and heard Ryan getting down on this one, it was a done deal. gonna get the BRian may also but the trrem is mostly unuseable from what i hear, thats why it woiuld be great if these HB trem models are routed to fender specs so the Floyd Rose Rail Tail would fit (dive only locking trem to fender specs, drop in for their 6 point)
@@fedayeentaqx9956 This guitar's a cheap semi-copy of a Mosrite Ventures model, which was literally based on a flipped over Stratocaster with some re-designing in the late 50s or early 60s. It wasn't released as a Ventures model until 1963, though.
The MR classic has p90s
Did you ever see Hanna-Barbera's toon, The Impossibles? ruclips.net/video/0NnGf_ZHcbI/видео.html
Really a good idea from Thomann. And good idea to send to Ryan who made a nice demo.I dig that surf chops. My mother had a few Shadows singles. The fret and neck are not totally true to the original Mosrite, but they were a pain to play (i read that...) so it's probably a good move.
There is also Barytone versions, as said by Ryan. And also Lefty versions in both modern/classic and regular/Barytone variation. Thanks Harley-Benton to think of us poor lefties... That not always the thing among guitar Brands.
I consider to buy one for a while, i tend to go for the Classic but after this video i'm not that sure. The pickups of the modern are surprising, in a good way. They sounds quite P90ish, more than i would have suppose. I don't like the look of the Wilkinson vibrato, but as seen in the vid it's finally not that bad.
That glow in the dark stuff def helps
I bought a MIJ Mosrite with my pandemic money. I love it. It is magnificent.
Good use of that money 😅👍
One guy over at the Offset Guitar forums bought the hardtail/P90s version and fitted it with a roller bridge and a B style trem system.
that sounds fun
Yeah, that's you. Little Barre stuff was spot on. Good vid as per.
Me too man, I'm long on all my guitars being different. I don't need two of the same thing.
Saw the mosrite venture clone-came for some Ramones-wasn’t disappointed!
I got myself one a few weeks ago! Awesome, I'm playing it all day and enjoying every minute of it. Versatile punkish surfy guitar but since now I'm really into surf (discarding it for metal which is my usual forte) I decided to pick her up as a backup guitar for my Jazzmaster for surf gigs. Impressive finish, neck, tremolo, LOCKING TUNERS omg! It does the job excellently. If anything, I'd swap pickups for something with more punch when split into single? Also, the volume drop when split is considerable. When playing live and swapping the jazzy for this one will need a boost on volume, either on amp or pedal. The mex Jazzmaster player series coil split I have is way more bright and loud (but it's way harder to play and set up... and still its coils won't sound like the real surfy deal but hey they pass the test).
I love my HB mosrite-like overall. Easy to play, easy to work with, easy to mod. And perfectly pleasant to play right out of the box.If anything I dislike the pickup control position - if caried away going heavy on picking and using tremolo intensely you may (you will) switch the bridge pickup back to "non-surf" position every now and then. I'd place its motion neck-to-bridge rather than head-to-feet
Awesome guitar. AWESOME NECK! Needs a bit more presence in single coil split mode and a couple not-that-important details.
Thanks Ryan, keep on 60 cicloing it!
i ordered yesterday a black one with wraparound bridge and p90, i love mosrite shapes :)
I got the Classic in blue. Only because that colour happened to be on sale. LOL (And I knew nothing about the brand.)
I was pleasantly surprised at the quality. Enough that I’m considering another.
FWIW, I picked one up to save wear & tear on my Mosrite Ventures II (Johnny Ramone) that took me forever to find.
hekk man the glow in the dark is worth an xtra 50bux easy!!
sweet guitar! great review ryan!
I just purchased this guitar and after cutting the nut shimming the neck it plays very well, the pickups sound really good, stainless steel frets, kluson looking tuners.
Cool video and great playing
Should do the P90 demo of this
Awesome !! Harley Benton should make a Limited edition "60 Cycle Hum " Edition of this guitar ! Maybe in Surf green - sparkle color ?
Ryan....where is all the background guitars that covered the walls ? You have plenty of peds. Your aforda-board inspired me to build one. Reviews are what us guys with GAS live for. Keep it up....😁
Love the video
I like the vintage styled one more personally, but these are so sick, if only these were around when I got my first guitar
The obvious solution is to have one of each 😉
That'll be an awesome metal guitar as well.
I got this guitar and it's a brilliant thing. I play since 20 years.
The neck is great, the pick up are more than ok, the mechanic is fine. I dont really feel great stuff from the new push-pull so I think it needs some better electronics. And a nut.
That guitar would go really well with my Danelectro “Hodad” bass - it’s black, but has a similar body shape. The “Hodad”, sadly, is no longer made… it’s a GREAT short-scale bass! This Harley Benton sounds terrific! GREAT HUMBUCKERS!! And the “splittable” pickup sounds killer in BOTH switch positions. If you’re into “dive bombing” with a whammy bar, this ax really does the job. And yes, there IS a very simple mod that can be done to lose the hum when you split the back pickup, and it’s really cheap to do. Overall, this is a great sounding guitar.
thanks alot !! shadows !!!!!!!!!!!!!Marvin !!! cheers !
Darn it, I've just ordered an Aeolus. If I'd seen *and heard* this 2 days ago I'd have ordered one of these instead!
I have a JJ Goldtop with Dimarzio mini hums, and this sounds every bit as good, but with the trem and stainless frets to bring a little extra to the party, and that lovely body shape too.
Received mine two days ago. Tuning stability is not good! Already changed strings. Now going to take a look on the springs. Hopefully it will help!
Think i'm gonna get the classic left-handed version. Always wanted a left handed mosrite style.
I needs it!
Cool tone.
i have been looking at the fusin III but I really want a P-90 guitar and a trem, and a SC with a trem and strat with a trem and i love humbuckers and already own a Fender Deluxe Nashville tele and a double humbucker Hamer standard so this guitar will cover all the other bases that I want to experiment with. P 90 term and humbicker. Love the review, with a bit of dirt and drive that axe has some balls!!! That's it, decision is made. this is the HB I will purchase. Sub earned. I watch your reviews and you normally complain about lower end guitars. the guy that owns this company is a billionaire though and understands that low prices and quantity make money and it appears he has hired the right people to figure out how to do with quality.
I got my HB kit a couple days ago. Getting the creative cap on. The Fusion Tele I got has a couple issues.
Man, I want one! A nice duct tape strap lock for the Johnny Ramone vibe would be nice too!
Looked like Ryan was having some fun with this one 😁
I had an Eastwood Sidejack a few years back that I regret selling. The HB does not look quite as nice, but still appears to be great value for the money.
i'm gonna buy it
Still waiting for a B-stock version of this guitar to show up on their site !!. I already bought the B-stock SG version dc600 vi style from them, perfectly fine and I'm on budget, so I'll wait. But that just makes it even sweeter when it shows up, but great video again Ryan. Oh and Ryan I got the shark chill pedal it had a little bit of that Velcro rip, but only when I had my headphones 🎧 on????. Without the headphones, no Velcro. so I sent it back and ordered the cuvave original, I hope it's, it. we'll see, later.
dang, what a sweet guitar. and yeah Ramones!
I have the Modern version. Great guitar. No issues. 60+ hours so far recording, super either split or single coil.
Best affordable Mosrite copy for under $1000.
Thanks!
thanks, input from the general public is very valuable. Please follow up if you have any pros/cons that come up as time goes on! thanks?
@StopDrunkDriving Hi, if I understand your question correctly, mine is the same guitar in sunburst color. The classic doesn't have a vibrato or steel frets and uses P90's instead of HB's with split. Thanks!!
And the baritone!
just got the blue one... a little bumpy on the fret ends, but not really noticeable when playing. very heavy this one is... be all of that as it may, it plays great! oh and with the headstock, it has a '24.5" vibe', but it measures out at 25.5"... ymmv
I have a MR Modern and even if it's great, I have mixed opinions : the pickups squeal with high-gain, they have put 2 tone knobs (no volume knob...), the tone push-pull works half of the time and the trem throws the guitar out of tune as soon as you use it. I have decided I will put Di Marzio soapbar humbuckers and replace the volume and tone. also I have changed the trem springs to Gotoh psp, but it honestly doesn't make any difference, I also have set the trem to non-floating (dive-only).
Naming all the tunes I'm hearing and who it sounds like is playing it. Like Rumble by Link Wray and a song that JFA covered. But I was hoping for some East Bay Ray style.
Johnny Ramone!!!
1234!!!!
The riff at the beginning kinda sounds like Dead Kennedy's.
Mine (blue model) should be here Thursday...
Mine came - and it's going back. It's a beautiful guitar (kind of heavy though, and the neck feels huge), and sounds great too. But the one I received (B-stock) won't allow for a proper setup. I suspect the neck needs to be shimmed (truss rod is already tightened as far as I'm willing to take it and the previous owner lowered the saddles pretty much as far as they'll go). Also, mine came with the wrong tools! Luckily Thomann has a no-questions-asked return policy.
Hey ... that packaging for the guitar looks a BILLION times better than what I got on any HB guitar I ever ordered. I approve! And I hope it's a trend, not just a fluke. I hate ordering from them only to have the guitar(s) bashed during shipping because of their chronically anemic packing methods.
I bought a bass from them in February and it came in packaging similar to this.
@@astre7904 Cool! I had written off Thomann because of the utter neglect by their shipping department. This gives me hope.
I got a T style from them a couple of months ago and it was boxed the same as in the video. Not a mark on it.
@@garyrobinson1974 That's what I like to hear. This change was needed. Packing was shockingly shoddy about a year ago.
Ryan, great video and great sound. I'm curious as to a comparison between this one and Eart brand for the price point??
If i could get that with a maple fretboard and put a cutoff switch its mine. Right after i said it you said putting a kill switch, yes!
I wanna see that blue one. Rad.
I waited until saturday morning to watch this video. coffee in hand. i am so torn between the modern and the split coils/tuners/trem. OR the vintage style with the wrap around and p90s to put a bigsby on it! so TORN! lol. i want to surf/garage/jazzy/funky/blues with it so bad at The Burial Ghouls. decisions! love the video! i was looking forward to it so much!
Agufish helped spec out the MR series, so some credit definitely goes to Hunter! It's a freaking cool guitar...with sparkles. 🎸
NICE!
Nice guitar. I have the same one in blue with p90s. Just one thing, if you play a ramones song please only use downstrokes, otherwise it doesn't sound like them.
IYV released a Mosrite style guitar with p-90's and a Bigsby-style bridge. I'd love to see you do a shootout between these two guitars.
Is it currently available? I don’t see it listed anywhere
Bought H-B last years Wow. Great guitar. I've want a Mosrite style guitar, but not the skinny neck . I have one I can't play. My fingers are to big.
I’m still on the fence with HB’s but I’m glad to see you didn’t jump on the bandwagon of boycotting them though.
Lol. Are there people actually boycotting them?
I just received mine today Candy apple red.. Modern one… And beleive me…. : WOW !
Very good
MR Classic has some nice sounding P90s and a hardtail. I'm not saying I need or want a P90 guitar but... Must resist.
Gabba Gabba Hey! I grew up on The Ramones!
Recently sold a blue sparkle Fullerton (Aria) Mosrite copy, and immediately regretted it.
I'll definitely be getting one (or more) of these!
Just fyi, that isn't the Ventures II guitar that JR played. Similar but different
@@bouzoukiman5000 neither was that Fullerton "Mo-Vibe" I had. Stevie T nailed it tho...
You just gotta stand with your legs splayed out like you really gotta pee : )
@@EasyHeat The only thing Stevie T nailed there were jokes. He promoted the old "3 chords" myth. Even "Basement" on the first album has 8 chords in the whole song.
@@101Volts you seem like you'd be LOADS of fun at parties. (sarcasm)
🙄
You ever see the Ramones live when Dee Dee was in the band?
I have.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I had one of those Fullerton Mosrites and it was awesome. Sadly I traded it off a few years ago.
maybe an HB jag next with matching headstock 🤞
great guitar. you were playing a cross mix between ghost riders music and 60s spy movie music.not james bond. but other spy movies. there is enough space in the pickguard to install two volume and two tone pots. individual pickup kill switches. and some kind of flashing light show.
Woah, that intro Ryan! That is DEFINITELY your guitar, man.
I mean. I'd definitely take one, too. That's the Johnny Ramone.
Lol, I had Rumble in my head from the first note.
I've been thinking about getting one of the Classic style ones because it has P90s and I don't have anything with P90s. And it's $165.
i'm gonna get that baritone one as i already have enough standard scale guitars. steel frets dude... at that price that's crazy. they go for about 200 used, the standard scale ones even cheaper. luckily living in germany so they always pop up used.
I was gonna buy one and then my hot water heater broke and I'm a grand in the red for the month 😭
By mid summer I will have one.
Tortoise shell pickguard would look cool on that