+1 for warehouse test

Harley Benton has really stepped up their game in recent years. These are beautiful instruments

Yes, I think it would be a cool idea to go to the warehouse and inspect the necks. Keep up the amazing work Henning

@BASILEMOJO

24 күн бұрын

especially some picture on thomann are less promessing...

Hello, love your job, please go to the warehouse

@564df6g5h4d6f5g4h6d5

23 күн бұрын

When your talking about the necks. Your talking about the compound radius?????

@Thomalom

23 күн бұрын

@@564df6g5h4d6f5g4h6d5 The beautiful flame

@felixayala05

13 күн бұрын

​@@564df6g5h4d6f5g4h6d5I believe his doubt concerns the figuring/flame part.

HB is really becoming something amazing lately!

Yes, warehouse video, please! :) The guitars look stunning.

Battle between this new guitar and the Sire S7 ?

@thelolguy007

24 күн бұрын

The flame Top version actually looks like the Sire. Especially with that larger top horn. Maybe same factory?

@KimboTheAussie

23 күн бұрын

Sire for sure!

@BASILEMOJO

22 күн бұрын

SIRE HEADSTOCK MUST BE THE UGLIEST HEADSTOCK I HAVE EVER SEEN

@predigr

20 күн бұрын

Well, the head of the Sire kills a bit the guitar. HB is the first non-fender strato with a nice head I see. But yeah, both seem pretty comparable. This is cheaper. I personally think this HB sound more straty than the S7.

@LajosJunghaus

20 күн бұрын

Yes, the pickups sound way better than the Sire S7 FM pickups. That’s why i change my pickups in my S7 now with DiMarzio The Cruiser DP187 Brigde for neck and middle. That’s the actual Andy Timmons live set.

Your product shots Henning are world class. Brands should pay you for photo shoots.

@EytschPi42

11 күн бұрын

They should

I got mine today and I can tell you the flamed neck is phenomenal!

Three of my HBs have roasted maple necks. They are all exquisite. I bet this is what you will find at the HB warehouse. But, what the hell. It will make a nice class trip.😅

Yes please make a surprise visit to the warehouse. Maybe get an update on any other models coming. Would like to see if the necks are really like that because that neck is awesome.🎸🤘🏻

I love rounded edges and anything with binding disallows it.

@nedim_guitar

23 күн бұрын

I agree! I prefer rounded edges on an S-style. But I could go for a bound if I like the looks and feel of a guitar. I've never seen myself as a purist or having a particular preference, I'm not just one guitar type player. I play Teles, Strats, PRS double cut, Yamaha Revstar, I've tried Les Pauls and other single cut, but I moved away from those. Turns out my main preference is single coils, leaning mostly towards the Strat. And I play pretty loud and heavy. Humbuckers tend to get a bit dark. Wide range humbuckers, though...

Awesome Stuff Mr Henning! 😎👌 Another vote for the warehouse check 😁👍 I've also just ordered one 🥳

@panosv7258

24 күн бұрын

cant wait for your video mate

I received my ST-Modern Plus yesterday. Looks, feels and sounds really good. No complaints, except for one really big one: the fretboard edges are not rolled.

sound comparison with sire s7!!

A bit of ‘Viggle room’ for the ‘Viggle sticken’ 🤣

These look awesome. Can't believe how great the specs on these are. Great review btw!

@KimboTheAussie

23 күн бұрын

Till you get one in your hands...

Hardtail version please! Knock off a few bucks and solve the chunky bridge issue in one fell swoop!

Hello Henning, usable China made locking tuners (for example Guyker) you can buy for $20 with all taxes and shipping. Thomann will buy it probably for less than 5$. $50 as you said is a bit to much.

Man, that s a great deal. Thank you for the review man, as always

I was there for that conversation. I felt at minute 35 you were finally getting somewhere.

@benstewart9207

14 күн бұрын

His English is very schbäschl 🤪

A pleasure to watch, as always. I am sure this is going to be a big success for HB, It will be difficult not to get more than one. I'd love to see HB focusing more on mid-level tier models like this one.

14:17 I guess you can say Thomann has a bit of leverage on the whammy bar :P (i will see myself out, thank you)

Nice one again Henning. Thx for the review. And yes, 100% GO to the warehouse check 👍

Also, a SSS version would be great, because the currentHB with SSS are not so deluxe...

@Leo_ofRedKeep

23 күн бұрын

It has a coil split. The fools who think it's not "proper" won't want anything that is modern anyway.

I vote too for a warehause visit. But not for checking consistency in specs (since I think the overall quality consistancy of the pro line of Harley Bentons is in a very narrow ballpark for such affordable guitars), but more for me expecting an interesting insightful video. 😊 This two are very very nice guitars! I 🔥🤟

these 2 look and sound amazing!

Was very excited seeing those specs. Then I realised I don’t like strata and single coils 🤣 Thanks for the show and tell. 😊

Wow, they look and sound fantastic.

It’s about freakin time !

I ordred one when they launched this morning. Crazy excited

Glad you mentioned the issue with the saddles. I brought the bridge years ago, and I've never been able to palm mute with those saddles. On the plus side, they make action adjustments a breeze.

@michael1

23 күн бұрын

? I don't get what he's saying at all - how can you palm mute by putting your hand on top of the bridge? I mean it's a floating bridge for one thing so you'd push the guitar out of tune. And where you pick changes the tone so everyone is picking at different places yeah? over the neck, back near the bridge and between the 2.

@Leo_ofRedKeep

23 күн бұрын

@@michael1 Palm muting can only be done this way and is done on all floating bridges without issues. It gives played notes a staccato effect. Muting with the palm is not palm muting and doesn't do the same thing: it mutes the strings that are not being played.

@JustSomeGuy

23 күн бұрын

@@michael1 The Babicz bridge is slightly raised where the strings comes out of the saddles, so you can't rest your palm across that point. The problem is that's the sweet spot for palm muting.

@cameronfarrell9076

11 күн бұрын

​@@michael1 you'd only push the guitar out of tune if you're not used to palm muting on a trem and you put a lot of unnecessary pressure on the bridge. I've owned Floyd rose tremolos since my first guitar so I'm used to resting my hand lightly. My mate tried to play my guitars once and he put so much pressure on them because he plays non trem bridges and puts a lot of pressure on the bridge. Honestly it's probably a really good thing to learn how to do regardless of bridge style, putting that much pressure that you'd push it out of tune can't be good for your hand or your technique

@michael1

11 күн бұрын

@@cameronfarrell9076 You don't need a lot of pressure to push a string out of tune. Even fretting a string can do this. Bending strings moves the bridge. It needs a reasonable amount of force to do a divebomb, but the slightest touch on the trem bar will change the pitch. Although you obviously have the advantage of a lever there I think if you observe more closely you'll see that you're altering the pitch if you rest your hand on the bridge because the bridge is moving. And I say look rather than hear deliberately because it's possible that your pitch sensitivity isn't high enough to notice small changes and that you can't tell by listening. Nevertheless others will be able to hear and it is happening.

I vote for you going to the warehouse, too. I'm sure a interesting and hilarious video will come out of it.

Great Video dear Papillon!

UPDATE Yesterday mine finally arrived, and yes the neck is as flame as these two that you reviewed.... BUT unfortunately arrived with scratchy, unpolished frets and some not leveled correctly from the 13th fret to the 22nd... so i have extreme fret buzz and dead spots, even with a hight string action! I wait for a refund from Thomann to fix it... That bad QC again... 🙁

@JackJD

16 күн бұрын

You mean that thomann will refund you for the poor QC?? Didn't know they would do that

@gjm1971

16 күн бұрын

@@JackJD It not the first time that I get a refund to keep and fix a guitar. They have amazing support 🔥

Thanks for the honest review as always! 🤟😎

@predigr

20 күн бұрын

You may consider to open a custom shop for people that want your expertise and factory to make its own guitar with a very competitive price. I can't find a guitar of my love yet in all strato like I see, even ultras. By the way, congrats for the HEAD of the guitar, it is the 1st time I see a non-fender strato with a nice head. Keep up with the great work.

@HarleyBentonOfficial

17 күн бұрын

@@predigr We'd love to do it but right now it's not possible yet. Hopefully in future!

Nice!

Great video ....the st modern is better a fender stratocaster????

I love how it is slightly offset

They need to make a tele version of these

@TheNeumanizer

24 күн бұрын

I hope those are coming! Or even Jaguars! I'm not a strat guy, but I like the specs.

@Cpmnk

24 күн бұрын

@@TheNeumanizer a hh jazzmaster like this would be a dream guitar for me

Hell yeah I want to see a warehouse tour 🤘🏻 by the way please review the Harley Benton Tube 15 amp :)

How is it compared to the Sire?

Ich hab 2011 oder 2012 eine Harley Benton Gitarre spielen können. Die war so „naja, ging so“. Die aktuellen sehen so unfassbar gut aus. Leider habe ich seitdem nie wieder eine in der Hand gehabt. Wird also Zeit😃

Exactly: EUHEU! Great review, Henning!

HP if you have a day to go to the warehouse, please go !

I would love to see that video visiting the warehouse :)

@PooNinja

24 күн бұрын

Yes please

I just love your videos and your funny faces keepup the good work LoL

Very nice looking guitars - Nice touch on the 7/8 - Cheers😎

The neck pickup sounds great

The volume pot is moved where it is normally on Strat, and that is great.

Next week i will receive the ST-Modern Plus HSS OW, hope the neck will be like these two 🙏

The best thing about this is you can easily swap the pickups and electronics on the pick guard. The fusion III it’s no so easy. I’m tempted but I agree with you on the bridge.

As always better than the official video. I want the white one, I think. Maple fretboard, stainless steel frets, great price

Can’t wait for the SC-custom 3 review

Well I just ordered one ,,flame bengal left handed,should arrive in the middle of next week here in Denmark 🤞,,thanks for the review

Beautiful AX's wow ... Thomann

Do it do it do it !!! ❤

Great review Henning, yes to the ‘warehouse neck check’. Great looking guitars and specs, I’ve just ordered one. Staggered locking tuners and no string trees would have ‘knocked it out of the ball park’.

deffo go to thomann and check that. i miss your old thomann videos XD

Harley Benton ST-Modern Plus HSS FBLB... very nice indeed

Super content as always, can you please tell me what the frets are like on these they look tiny in the pictures

Oh man I have been waiting for this for so long😭😭😭😭

Damnit Henning! HB did it again!!! They stole Fender's thunder. Very nice.❤

Crowd: 🎼 ||: Ware-house-test! :|| 🎶

Great looking guitars.

I am absolutely in love with those flamed necks! This is a smart move by HB because you don't see them on many low to mid-range priced models from other brands. This, paired with the modern features, might eventually make me put an HB next to my Krautster II at some point. Generally, there is too little talk about the look of guitar necks, in my opinion, because the neck is what you see the most while playing guitar, especially as an introverted guitarist like me 😅

Found it very easy to adjust to Babicz trem bridges, probably caused by playing with a lively FR for some years, the more expensieve version of them are my absolute favorite, it has side locking. Thomann did not and probably still doesn’t have the 2 point version of those, had to order 2 recently via the distributor instead. As I did mention earlyer, the Wilkinson bridge on the Fusion III does not stay in tune with heavy trem usage even when clamped down for only dives, these do.

Apart from the great guitars and review - there was some very nice song during the unboxin intro ... like it very much 😍🎶

You go there; select one and I buy it 🎉😂 - as allways....charming video - thanks

I like the warehouse idea.

Quite a lot of guitar for the price. Add staggered tuners and a more easily muted bridge (like you suggest), and I'd be tempted.

Great review, great track, great everything.

Yes do it! Go warehouse make little video on here showing it the trip/experience, be fun and educational 👍

And while you’re in the warehouse check the fret work, especially if the frets sit well in the fret slots. Cause I returned an HB with horrible fret work and haven’t wanted to buy one since.

Sehr schöne schäfchen, seeeehr schöne schäfchen, die würden sicher die strattig klingende strat nehmen😂

I really liked the roasted neck. ) For beginners, very good! ;)

I wish they would redo the EX series with Stainless steel frets and Seymour Duncans

@honigdachs.

24 күн бұрын

I think the only thing that guitar really needs is a headstock redesign. I reshaped the headstock of mine because the original one is so damn ugly. 😀 Oh, and I swapped the pickups.

Beautiful guitars. Lots of players want a hardtail HSS S style guitar.

Great Video. What's the amp for the clean sounds?

My god finally a cool hss with 22 frets from Harley Benton ♥️ tho i'm kinda sad the neck carve on the green one isn't available on the blue one

these look awesome! Can you tell what the weight are on these? (Or did I miss that in the video?)

I have a 90s pacifica that looks exactly like the LPB apart from the colour and it needs a LOT of work. By the time im done with it, I might aswell just buy the LPB. Too bad it doesnt come in purple.

I have a Babich bridge on my tele, I have no problem with palm muting on it

*The ST modern HB guitar looks quite a bit like my workhorse guitar...ESP LTD Elite ST-1.* *Minus the Floyd Rose...of course.* *Nice demo!*

Yes go to Thomanns.

Das erse Lied erinnert mich ganz stark an "Spaß in Flaschen" von der Hamburger Band Tempozoo

looks so like the Sire S7 - especially the flame one!

@worldoftanksaveragaplayer

23 күн бұрын

If you don't notice the differences to the Sire you must be pretty blind!

@uktmaxx

22 күн бұрын

@@worldoftanksaveragaplayer offs... i am just saying that the flame one is similar NOT THE SAME

The shape of the veneered one has strong Larry Carlton ST-models vibes... the upper cutaway seems more pronounced. Just something I noticed. They look and sound great anyway. And definitely bang for buck.

Would love to see the plaintop-version with the same neck-pocket as the flametops.

@EytschPi42 how are the pots? On my HB fusion III they are set for the humbucker so the single coils are very bright…is it the same here? Very tempted to pull the trigger on the Olympic white one 😜

These look and sound great! It`s funny that this is pretty much exactly what I did to my first guitar ever, a Yamaha Pacifica 112 from 2006, including the Babicz bridge, new hardware and Wilkinson instead of Tesla Pickups. I have a Harley Benton 550 with Teslas as well, so I know they sound great too. When I upgraded my Pacifica a few years ago, the Harley Bentons just switched from Wilkinson to something else I didn't really like. But the Tesla PUs are on par with Wilkinson again. Both PU brands don't have to shy away from the G"redacted" PUs in my LP ether and have a way better price to performance ratio. That pelham blue one is very tempting though, since my Pacifica is "only" candy apple red and I prefere blue. Maybe I have to give those a try. Thank you for the honest review as always, Henning! Edit: Oh and for everyone wondering how good the Babicz bridge is. I played guitars with Fender, Ibanez Japan, Duesenberg, Bigsby, as well as PRS USA vibratos and except for the Duesenberg, this is my favorite by far. It stays in tune exceptionally well, even when I don't play the Pacifica for weeks (shame on me ^^"). It also manages tuning to drop D well without having to retune the other strings and yes, I have no problems palm muting with it. :D

Regarding the price of the parts one must also consider that being "featured" in such HB guitars now is actually a pretty good advertisement for the manufacturer.

Wonder if they will do a TE modern???

The best part of this guitar are the ST-Modern with the rounded neckcap and the Babicz 2 point tremolo for that cheap price....

How about a satin finished SC550 or a really thin urethane top coat it makes them look more classy. Also Harley Benton need to do an SC550 custom model with high end appointments to compete with the revitalised Epiphones.

I hope they will make a line of basses like that.

They look awesome. Weird though that there's two different versions in terms of jack placement and body contours, but the difference isn't acknowledged by a name qualifier even on the HB website. Looks like it's determined by which color you chose. I think I'm finally found a budget strat I unambiguously want.

@EytschPi42

24 күн бұрын

I agree, they should be different models

I'm normally a more or less classic Strat guy (he says with his main guitar being an HSH Strat...), but from these two, the more "modern" one actually looks better to me, to the point where I'm genuinely tempted. I don't even mind the headstock shape which is something I'm normally unreasonably anal about. Also I would love to see the warehouse visit, but at the same time, it's a bit entitled to ask for that when it means driving long hours and spending an entire day on it (and then likely even more time in editing). And on that note, thank you for working on Sundays (from a fellow freelancer that also regularly works on Sundays ;) ).

Whats the name of the song playing during the unboxing? It's fantastic.

Warehouse check would be great!