Harley Benton ST-62CC MN Shell Pink

Finally coming down to review this one.
Honestly, perfectly sounding guitar for its value, not much of a features in it, but all of them done purely good.
Vintage look supported by machine heads, a decent tremolo, and the color of the neck and pickguard (which completes the picture).
Good frets and overall quality, sadly no grounding on the inside whatsoever. Also no super-features since the guitar is in the low price point. Guitar is always in tune and sound perfectly with a pack of new strings.

Sadly, just when I got it I felt uncomfortable holding it in any part of the fretboard. At that time I was on a trip and wasn't able to compare the neck with any other guitar, but when I went home to my old guitar I found out that the neck is so thick it feels like you're holding a baseball bat. It's very personal and I think that's the idea of the vintage strat in general, but it really affects my playing quality so I put this guitar on a stand and barely play it, but it really adds up to my collection, a decent instrument for such a small price.

I'm a professional musician and session player.
I bought this guitar to modify and only use in studio when I need a ''vintage'' single coil strat sound.
Out of the box: Good finish, not perfect but for the price its nice. stock pickups sounded a bit harsh to my ears, but they are not bad, the dynamics and characteristics are there.
Neck feels smooth and nicely finished. frets are rough but no sharp edges. everything is nicely rounded. bridge and tuners are decent and they do the job, just don't expect too much for this price.
The biggest problem I had were the action and the setup. it was very hard to get a fairly low actions (only 2mm across on 12th fret) without fret buzz here and there.
I changed everything on this guitar, in fact the only thing stock now is the body and neck. I had to polish the frets and eventually shim the neck to make it playable to my specifications.
I used it in the studio on few session and I'm happy with the results. in fact I don't think I will manage to find a 400$ (cost after mods) guitar that will look, play and sound better, not stock at least.

This guitar is a nice guitar overall, but mine came with the neck misaligned. I tried to put it in place but there's no way I can do that, this guitar came with flaws from the factory and even if it says Thomann checked it, I really doubt it happened.

I bought a Harley Benton ST-20 for 79€ and it came flawless, with the neck perfectly aligned. Now I buy a more expensive guitar and it comes with flaws. So now, since I can't retour it because I can't wait for months to get my money back, I'm forced to buy a new one and sell this one so I don't have to deal with wasting 150€ on a guitar with such a flaw.

One of the best budget guitars out there. Nice feeling, nice neck, good work.
I've tried the cheaper strat version too. I would definitely recommend spending that extra to get ST-62 rather than ST-20. Huge difference.
Color is awesome, roasted kind of neck is looking good and feeling good.
Some of the frets were not super clean(edgy) but pretty ok for this budget.
Just grab a soft filer or sand paper to go through the frets and neck and it will be smooth and nice. Search for fret file and fret polish. Or just grab 1 dollar files from department store.

You might need some adjustments of course for the bridge and string height etc. If you are a total beginner you may not understand if its adjusted ok or not so take it to someone.

Get rid of the stock strings and put some ernies or elixirs.

Pickups are much better than expected.

Overall, could be the best beginner guitar. Or if you wanna experiment,, try, go for it.