Harley Benton Extreme-84 Progressive Series

My first guitar from thomann and my first harley benton guitar

When the guitar arrived and i unboxed it, i noticed bits and chunks of the nut all over the guitar and i noticed the nut was like kinda rushed when someone tries to filed it. There are some minor inperfection here and there but what could you expect from this price point.

Pro
1.Looks good
2.Good high gain sounding pup
3.Neck feels nice, no sharp edges
4.Its quite light and thin (for me)


Cons
1.The fretbar is a little too rough (bending feels very rough)
2.The fretboard is little dirty and dry (probably normal)
3. Very minor paint issue on both tailpiece and the bridge
4.The tailpiece have a little metal sticking out that is pointy and sharp
5.The pickup are...too distorted
6.The nut was filed down in rushed manner
7. It got neck dive...

Despite the cons of this guitar i still recommend it TO PEOPLE WHO KNOW HOW TO FIX SOME OF THESE CONS definitely not a beginner guitar IMO, personally some of these cons can be easily fix anyway.

So I've ordered this guitar about 10 days ago, and was really looking forward to it. I watched a lot of videos saying it was good and had a great sound etc. When I first got it, the package was damaged, and when I opened it, there was another box (which is good). The guitar itself looked really beautiful and was protected well. But when I first started playing it, the neck was good, but also a bit damaged (not much) and the strings were very low-quality. When I plugged it in, the sound it had was very good. The pickups are very well made and the overall sound fulfilled my expectations. But when I switched to the neck pick up, IT DID NOT WORK. I suppose it is probably because of bad wiring (not sure, I'm not a professional for electronics) because sometimes it makes a sound and sometimes not, but 95% of the time it's not working. I thought I could improvise and use it as a kill switch which was really cool. Overall I don't recommend this guitar to beginners, but it's actually an okay instrument.

Edit: I fixed the issue with the pick up not working, it was the battery Thomann sent me. Overall my rating has improved, it is good for the price, but still there are better guitars for this price.

For the price you pay, this guitar is good value, but nothing is perfect and neither is this guitar. When I opened it - it was not setup very well, the action was too low and there was fret buzz, the intonation on the G, B and e strings was intonated too sharp, and the strings generally weren't very high quality.

On the other hand - the fretboard itself felt good on the fingers, and the pickups are also not bad sounding for the price.

After a string change and a small home setup it feels great to play.
If you put in a little bit of effort and set it up correctly it's a great guitar for a good price.