Harley Benton Fusion-III HSH Roasted FBB

I bought this guitar as a live workhorse axe that I wouldn't be upset about if it gets some dings. Plus, I was interested in finding out what kind of guitar you can get for just 400 euros nowadays. Man, this thing is impressive.
To start, it looks killer. The flamed maple neck is a definite looker. mine didn't have any finishing issues so that's a big plus. Controls are smooth, well placed and feel sturdy and durable. No real volume clean up with high gain but hey.
Hardware all feels durable and well made. Tuners show now deadzones and stay in tune very well. I locked the Wilkinson down as I don't like trems, but it's one of the more comfortable bridges to palm mute as there no sharp edges to get caught behind. After some setup work the action is awesome and the neck plays like butter. The frets were a bit sticky in the beginning but after some playing this quickly went away.
The only real downside I can give is that the fretboard looks rather bland when compared to the flame maple of the neck and that there are some marks at the fretboard end from fret end dressing... But hey those are extremely minor complaints for a guitar in this price range.
To conclude, this guitar has everything you could wish for and more considering the price.
I don't know if I got a particularly good one but I own a few high end boutique guitars and dare to say this rivals them in some or more aspects.
Definitely worth the money, it will become one of my mains for sure!

This quality of this guitar is equal to any instrument I've ever played. I also own a Fender Strat and a Les Paul and it easily compares with them. I paid extra for the set up and it arrived in perfect condition, playable straight out of the box. The intonation, frets, string action were all superb.

I've no idea how the guitar would be without this set up, but if I buy another guitar from Thomann I will pay the extra again. I should say that a few months later, I bought the cheapest T Style guitar for less than €90. It also played extremely well and only needed the minimum tweaking to get it playing perfectly.

The Fusion guitar is completely unmarked, frets were finished perfectly and no buzzing.

The pickups are absolutely fine for me and I don't feel the need to change them but that is obviously a personal thing and other people will have different tastes of course.

I am extremely happy with this guitar and together with the usual high standard of Thomann service the buying experience is stress free.

A very happy customer....!

I ordered this on a whim! The list of appointments really impressed me! Received this very fast for an overseas shipping! When I got it I was a little underwhelmed. Frets were scratchy, needed to be finished properly. Needed a good setup. In my opinion, needed new pickups as well! Customer service was informed of the issues out of the box and I was compensated fairly! Since then... this guitar has been my "go to" player! The frets are now effortless! Slippery in the best way! It sounds massive! The roasted maple neck is absolutely perfect! Definitely a guitar worth easily twice the money I paid! My first harley benton! Will not be my last! P.s. just ordered my 2nd one!

The short and simple is this guitar far outperforms guitars 3-4 times it's price. This is my first Harley Benton guitar and I will certainly be purchasing more if this is an indication of the quality they are putting out.

I received this guitar from overseas, it was shipped and arrived very quickly. I had to reach out to Thomann customer support to confirm my shipping address. They were very easy to reach and they were very kind and helpful in assisting me.

Right out of the box the guitar was almost perfectly in tune. The fit and finish is flawless. The flame roasted neck looks, feels and plays incredible. The body weight and shape make it a very comfortable guitar to play sitting or standing. The Wilkinson bridge feels and plays great. The bridge and nut both keep the guitar perfectly in tune even when doing all the fun whammy/tremelo stuff. I've never used Roswell pickups before, they sound great, especially with the coil split feature. The locking tuners work and function as they should, nothing to complain about. The only adjustment I had to make to the guitar was slightly lowering the action, but that is personal preference. Both the body and neck of the guitar have far more flaming and figuring than I was anticipating at this price point. I was very pleasantly surprised.

Overall I am extremely impressed with the fit, finish and performance of the guitar. Thanks Thomann!