Harley Benton SC-550 II FTF

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Harley Benton SC-550 II FTF
989 AED 251,26 €
Plus 277 AED shipping
The price in AED is a guideline price only
Since we ship from Germany, additional costs through taxes and customs may be incurred
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Just got mine!
Bryan M 08.04.2022
Honestly I was a little concerned about damage from shipping but Thomann did not disappoint. I received the item with no issues.
The guitar is beautiful. It is however darker than the pictures but nonetheless still a very nice looking instrument. It's also lighter than I anticipated.

The pickups are thick with decent definition. The fretwork is excellent for the price but I will likely do some sanding to round the edges.

The intonation is a tad off but the action is perfect. I was a little worried about fret issues since it's tough to work with stainless steel.

The volume/tone knobs feel a bit flimsy and cheap. But I had a feeling about them that's why I bought new knobs ahead of time.

The machine heads are decent but plasticky and greenish. So I also bought regular chrome Klusons.

All in all very happy. No surprises. Thanks Thomann and to the excellent customer service people.

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EDIT: A few months in and want to give an update.

Still a good guitar but the toggle switch got buggy--the bridge pickup toggle stops working and requires some fiddling with to get it to work.

I did notice that the pickups are a bit noisy.

Will probably replace the toggle switch and maybe replace the pickups.
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Good value but not without issues
Jumbodufus 29.10.2021
For the price this is a good to very good guitar. However I found that the one I bought had issues. String height is set very high even for me and I like to get my fingers under the strings to make bends. It's pretty much at the top of the bridge saddle pegs. I tried to lower this action but then found out I was getting a lot of fret buzz which was unplayable. So I am left with a pretty slow neck all in all. This is slightly frustrating as I was expecting better.
However you can't argue with the finish and the hardware nor the sound. These are all very good. The guitar is heavy and well made. It is a very heavy guitar coming from a background in strat style guitars. Unfortunately I probably won't use it as much as I would have liked because of the string height issues. Neck relief did nothing to help in the matter and neither did going for a straighter neck which only made fret buzz worse.
Edited review to give it more stars because the pickups are excellent.
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ibereg 20.01.2024
La calidad es buena, hay un ligero ruido en la sexta cuerda, pero esto se puede arreglar.
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Great guitar for the money
Russ Vegas 21.07.2021
looks amazing and sounds great.
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Harley Benton SC-550 II FTF