Harley Benton TE-62CC IS

When I received the Harley Benton TE-62CC IS, the first thing that struck me was how perfect the neck is. Zero fret sprouting perfectly smooth and flush. The satin finish is a joy to use. The colour is profound and so vintage looking. the fit of the neck to the body is perfect as well. The metal knobs are excellent and have excellent resitance. I am sure that the strings on my guitar are 09-42's and NOT 10-46's which I prefer. they are D'Addario strings. The tuners are excellent. My low E string tuner was just slightly out of line with the rest which I rectifies a bit, so it is a more aligned now. The pickups sound totally Telecaster like. The pick-guard is NOT three ply as they state in their description. It is a single ply white which is truer to the vintage 50's look. I have ordered a mint green three ply pick-guard and will see if it works. Not sure if it will but could be nice. My only critique is that the three way switch although very solid switching between the pickups, but laterally there is some give and feels a bit troubling. But they do click solidly between each setting. So, not a big deal. I saw another review on YouTube and they mentioned it as well. So I think it is the nature of the switch used. All and all and incredible guitar, that if you stuck a Fender Telecaster Made in Japan decal on the head stock it would pass with no problem. At 3x the cost, it would still be reasonable.

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If you want a t style guitar why haven't you bought one of these? The value for the price is astronomical.

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Less than a week delivered to the US. Packing was done well.
guitar acclimated for 48 hours prior to setup and tuning.

I love the neck. Smooth, no fret sprout, all the ends are smooth. Just feels great and it helps that the fretboard is gorgeous as well. Small gaps at body joint but no worse than I have seen on Squiers and player series Fender guitars.
The tuning machines are serviceable: not tight, no slippage, they have held tune extremely well.

The paint has just that hint of metal sparkle in it while not being too glittery and balances well with the caramel color of the neck and fingerboard. No nicks, scrapes or overspray.

The pickups are fine. They work are bright and not dark or dull.

Mine is heavy. ~8.5 kilos/10 lbs. A wide padded strap helps with it.
The base sustain and unplugged sound (if a guitar sounds dead unplugged I find it doesn't improve much when amplified,) is long and clear.

As is it is perfectly serviceable and usable. Action was a tad high but that is a personal preference.
I will eventually swap the pickups and tuning machines. But I am in no rush to do so. Even the strings were pretty decent, they got swapped for some Stringjoys but they weren't corroded and were pretty bright sounding.
So buy one, try it. It's a simple guitar both in construction and design but it works and it's good value for the money

I need to start with the fact that this is a very good looking instrument. It just looks great and far more expensive than it really is. It is light and handles well. The neck is super comfortable. Out of the box, there were no sharp frets or any damages, loose screws or ferrules although I could notice one or two tiny dings in the fretboard. Nothing that impacts playability and is only visible from up close. The pickguard looks a bit cheap but it doesn't really bother me. The tuners are decent, they work just fine, the guitar holds tune and sounds great. It is really good deal for the money. I'm very happy with it and I think I found myself a new favorite.

The feel, finish, and sound of the guitar are great. It stays in tune pretty well, and the intonation is fine, even without compensated saddles. This is actually the second guitar I ordered. The first was lost or destroyed by UPS (it never arrived.) It took about seven business days to resolve, but Thomann reshipped my order. This guitar arrived with a large hole in the outer box, that penetrated the inner box of the guitar, leaving a centimeter diameter ding in the back of the guitar. One option Thomann offered was a more-than-fair partial refund to my PayPal account if I wished to keep the guitar as is. This is the option I chose, as the ding is relatively small and unobtrusive. I have been quite satisfied with both the guitar and the customer service from Thomann. However, if you are shipping a guitar to the U.S. via UPS, I would recommend purchasing a hard case and having it shipped in that. UPS is not kind.

It was straight out of the box incredible to play with after some tuning and intonation was perfect, there was no sharp frets, neck was straight no bent neck, also no string buzzing (tested all the notes on fretboard), neck and fretboard felt very smooth and polished. Only bad thing are the tuners, in my case one the tuners was a bit loose and had dead space when turning but at this price I shouldn't really complain about it.
Overall, this an amazing guitar if you are just getting started playing the guitar or want to try something different which was my case, I'm an classical and acoustic guitar player.