Harley Benton TE-69TL Hot Rod NT Roasted

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Harley Benton TE-69TL Hot Rod NT Roasted, Vintage Series, electric guitar, Solid Amarican Ash body with F-hole, bolt-on vintage caramelized Canadian maple C-neck with roseacer skunk stripe, vintage caramelized Canadian maple fretboard, fretboard radius: 305mm, DOT inlays, 21 frets, 648mm scale, 42mm graphite nut, double-action trussrod, Neck pickup: Roswell TEA-N-CR Alnico-5 vintage TE -style singlecoil, Bridge Pickup: Roswell TEK-B Alnico-5 Stacked Humbucker (Push/Pull Split) TE Pickup ; electronic 1-volume, 1-tone & 3-way switch, deluxe chrome hardware, kluson-style tuners, 010-046 strings, color hi-gloss Natural

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Item number 517406

Sales Unit 1 piece(s)

Colour Natural

Pickups SH

Fretboard Caramelized Canadian Maple

Tremolo None

Body Ash

Top None

Neck Caramelized Canadian Maple

Frets 21

Scale 648 mm

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vp1337 05.10.2022

The good:
Pickups sound decent considering the price tag.
Whole guitar is gorgeous, neck looks insanely good, and feels great too.
Coil split is a welcome feature.
Graphite nut is a nice touch.
Stock strings were actually useable.
Stays in tune better than expected.

The meh:
Frets not rolled nicely, they are a tiny bit sharp - expected.
Tuners are okay, but the one for the low E was a bit loose.
3-ply pickguard is okay, but I would have preferred it all black. The white middle layer just doesn't fit this instrument in my opinion, but this is entirely subjective.

The bad:
Almost as heavy as my TE-52 despite being a Thinline. As said before me, the guitar is only chambered under the pickups and the F-hole. By the way, the F-hole's insides could have been sanded properly, it has bits sticking out - you can only really see it if you look inside, but still.
I had to take it the guitar to a luthier for a full setup, due to an insane amount of fret buzz. This has been partially solved, at least it doesn't buzz through my amp now, but the A string is still noisy. There are a couple of higher frets. The nut is perfect. Bridge needed some adjustment. Action is quite a lot higher that what I like but in order to get it lower the frets would need to be leveled and most probably a new bridge would be needed. For now I can't justify spending an extra 100-150 on a brand new guitar that cost me €219.

Summary:
I would not call this guitar a good deal. I bought my TE-52 for a lot cheaper and it plays way better to this day. Very disappointed initially. Now it grew on me, I like it more and it's truly a joy to look at.

I also have to say that I'm extremely satisfied with the customer service of Thomann, who straight up offered to start an RMA and replace my guitar. It was my own choice to keep it as is.

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Heavy yes but still a great guitar

Shawnselig 02.10.2022

I have mixed feelings about this guitar, for the price? Absolutely worth it. The quality is there, absolutely no flaws in that department. The complaints of the weight are accurate however, it is incredibly heavy for being a semi hollow but I assume this is on account of the ash body. With that being said go look at the price on similar ash bodied semi hollow teles. All in all it's still good bang for buck, it's beautiful and plays nice. I for one don't really care how heavy it is, I'm a big guy so it's kind of whatever for me. All in all, lovely guitar.

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Not as how it advertises...

muighy 08.10.2022

This is my first Harley Benton. I intended to buy the solid body at first, but then this beauty came out, and it didn't take time to decide to go with it. After receiving the guitar, I found out there was misinformation from HB's youtube video. First, the guitar is not light, it is like a Thinline version of TE-52, which is a notoriously heavy guitar that could be like 5kg. The Thinline version would still be about 3.8 kg, which is still on the heavy side even in the solid body tele category to me. Another misinformation is the bridge pickup, it is a stacked humbucker instead of a single coil, and there is a push/pull button at tone for you to switch from humbucker to single coil. I find out the single coil mode is a little bit too thin for my ear, but it is good for playing some funk when switching to the middle position with a single coil bridge. The build quality is really good on this guitar, I felt like it is as good as the Fender Player Tele I own. No fret issue, the finish has no flaws(my only complaint is the finish inside the f-hole is a bit rough), and the neck is comfortable to play on. Acoustically, this guitar sound loud due to its Thinline body, I think it still sounds different than the normal solid body, and it is definitely worth some boutique pickup upgrades which I plan to do in the future. I would still recommend this guitar to people who want a lighter version of TE-52, or want to try a Thinline with ash body but would not cost too much.

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A Thinline at last!

Theo Piper 11.10.2022

Well, I think the body is just a te-52 with just a hollow f-hole, half roasted neck & a thinline look. The weight in their video review says it’s manageable. It’s the proper word, manageable. Around 3.8 kg?

If you can manage that weight then this one might be for you. Saying all that, I still love it. The guitar I have is properly setup. Whether it’s intentional or not, Thank you Thomann!

Pickups are a bit weak but that’s one for us mod freaks can look up to, with others like fret polishing/levelling, nut & saddle adjustments.

But for now, i’m quite enjoying playing it & not on my work bench tweaking it. I’ve been a fan of Thomann for quite awhile now & patiently waiting for them to release a thinline version. I got my Rosita now & fairly satisfied.

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