Harley Benton HBO600 NT B-Stock

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Steel-String Guitar with Pickup

Design: Roundback with cutaway
Top: Spruce
Body: ABS with super shallow bowl
Neck: Mahogany
Fretboard: Roseacer (thermally treated maple wood)
Fretboard inlays: Snowflakes
Scale: 650 mm
Nut width: 43 mm
24 Frets
Body and neck binding: Cream-coloured
Built-in pickup with 3-band EQ
Machine heads: Diecast
String gauges: 011-052
Colour: Natural high-gloss
Matching case available under Article Nr 122212 (not included)

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Item number 295461

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Top Spruce

Back and Sides Plastic

Cutaway Yes

Body Depth Super Shallow

Fretboard Roseacer

Nut width in mm 43,00 mm

Frets 21

Pickup System Yes

Colour Natural

Incl. Case No

Incl. Gigbag No

Also available as brand new product 1.169 kr

969 kr

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High-tech meets old-school craftsmanship

Traditional-looking guitar in front, high-tech instrument in the back: The Harley Benton HBO-600NT combines state-of-the-art materials with the expertise of historic luthiers. Even back then, they knew that a rounded back sounds different from a conventional sounding-box – not louder, admittedly, but softer and more resonant. Round-backed instruments made of wood are of course very costly to manufacture – luckily however, these can be made from modern ABS. Add a pickup, and you get a stage-worthy guitar of a very special kind.

Crisp highs and a compressed tone

With its rounded back and spruce top in a high-gloss finish, the Harley Benton HBO-600NT has its own unique tonal personality. When played acoustically, the shallow bowl delivers a subtle-sounding tone, which is focused through the central sound hole, and the X-braced spruce top adds crisp and slightly compressed highs. The pickup is housed beneath the bridge saddle, and the output can be finely tuned as desired by adjusting the bass, mid, and treble frequencies. The mahogany neck features a dark roseacer fingerboard and, with a nut width of just 43 mm and comfortable C-profile, is shaped to fit the player’s hand perfectly.

For fans both present and future

The characteristics of the Harley Benton HBO-600NT naturally make it ideal for the stage. This type of round-back guitar has a dedicated fan community – and no matter what the style, they use these instruments anywhere and everywhere. The HBO-600NT gives round-back guitar afficionados on a limited budget access to the instrument of their dreams. However, its potential is fully realised when used on stage, where the guitar can easily be amplified to thunderous volume levels and played with unrivalled comfort using a strap thanks to its shallow rounded body.

About Harley Benton

Since 1998, the Harley Benton brand has been catering for the needs of numerous guitarists and bassists. In addition to an extensive range of stringed instruments, Thomann's house brand also offers a wide choice of amplifiers, speakers, effect pedals, and other accessories. In total, the range includes over 1,500 products. Built by established names in the industry, all Harley Benton products combine quality and reliability at attractive and affordable prices. The continuous expansion of the range ensures that Harley Benton always provides new, exciting, and innovative products that keep players perfectly in tune with the musical world, day after day.

Refreshingly different

The Harley Benton HBO-600NT is a real workhorse, designed for the rigours of everyday use – preferably on stage or in the rehearsal room, but it is equally at home at youth club meetings or in the pedestrian precinct. Despite its shallow body, the sound of the HBO-600NT cuts through astonishingly well even when played acoustically. Guitarists will definitely shine with this instrument, which looks distinctly different to run-of-the-mill acoustic guitars.

In the spotlight

Roseacer

Rosewood is a particularly hard wood that has long been popular as a material for making guitar and bass fretboards. This wood is now considered endangered, however, and resources are scarce and expensive – which is why guitar makers have already spent several years searching for alternatives. The wood that Harley Benton has chosen as a fretboard material for its HBO series and many other guitars is a type of thermally treated maple known as “roseacer” (a word coined from “acer”, the name of the genus to which maple belongs). The heat treatment to which the wood is subjected reduces its water content to around three percent, which prevents subsequent shifting or warping and increases the wood’s stability while also giving it a visual appearance similar to that of rosewood.

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Sehr gutes Preis-/Leistungsverhältnis

Magw1804 29.07.2011

Wer diese Gitarre bestellt, muss sich darüber im Klaren sein, dass er nicht d a s Original (O******) kauft. Diverse "Besserwisser" sollten sich dann "konsequenter Weise" dieses leisten wollen und können. Dafür ist die HBO600NT aber wirklich günstig und es macht Spaß auf ihr zu spielen. Die etwas hohe Seitenlage ab Werk ist mit ein paar Handgriffen korrigiert und neue Saiten bringen dann auch einen noch besseren Klang. Der Piezo ist für meinen Gebrauch durchaus akzeptabel. Daher kann ich ohne lange nachdenken zu müssen ein "Sehr zufrieden" vergeben.

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Etwas unzufrieden, Fehler lassen sich aber selbst beheben.

Matthias903 13.12.2012

Minus: Gitarre war sehr gut verpackt. Jedoch beim auspacken schon die ersten Fehler entdeckt. Lackfehler am Schallloch. Innseite des Schalllochs waren nicht mit Klarlack bedeckt. Muß ich nacharbeiten. Eine Menge Holzspäne im Korpus. Gitarre war stark verstaubt. Die Saiten sahen schon stark beansprucht aus. Vermutlich feucht gelagert. Sofort neue aufgezogen. Mechaniken werde ich austauschen, sind alle schwergänig. Bundstäbe muß ich evtl. nachschleifen, da noch sehr rau und am Hals scharfkantig ab dem 9 Bund. Auch nachschleifen.

Plus: Klasse Klang. Auch über das Mischpult und Effektwegen, hervorragender Klang. Bespielbarkeit: sehr gut bis gut. Kein Scharren, kein Zerren. Und... ich würde sie mir für das Geld nochmal kaufen.

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Hat meine Erwartungen übertroffen!

Norbert2285 20.01.2014

Nach dem Auspacken war ich echt erstaunt über die tolle Optik der Hartley Benton HBO600 NT. Echt stark, was man für EUR 89,- hier hingekriegt hat, und auch der Klang ist erste Sahne!

Ok, im Vergleich zu meiner Ovation Celebrity kann die Harley Benton nicht mithalten, was die Verarbeitung angelangt, aber da liegen ja auch Welten dazwischen, vor allem bei den Kosten.

Alles in allem kann ich die Harley Benton echt empfehlen!

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Top in der Preisklasse

audiobyte 24.08.2011

Wie schon geschrieben, kein Original. Für den Preis jedoch eine herausragende Gitarre. Absolut zu empfehlen. Lauter, klarer Klang, leicht zu bespielen (nach einstellen der Saitenlage). Sogar eine Batterie und Kabel waren schon dabei. Zum Mitnehmen und am Lagerfeuer zu spielen fast schon zu schade. Werde noch die Mechaniken tauschen, da mir die Originalen etwas zu schwammig sind (Ansichtssache), jedoch absolut stimmstabil. Mein persönlicher Preis/Leistungssieger und eine klare Empfehlung!

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Harley Benton HBO600 NT B-Stock

Steel-String Guitar with Pickup