DIY Custom Shop Harley Benton? | Guitar Tech Tips | Ep.53 | Thomann

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

WE HAVE OUR WINNERS! You guys created such incredible instruments for our @/diykitchallenge, it was beyond impressive and accordingly hard to choose winners, but here they are : tho.mn/DIYkt . Congratulations to you all and to all the participants!

[@vinicioserafini5929]

The kit + new hardware + new nut + plek and refinish service + Lollar pickups: sounds like your build is more expensive than an actual SG Standard :D

[@hearpalhere]

Right? It sounded pretty amazing!

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Haha! Indeed. This is clearly a "how to overdo modding a guitar" episode, just to see what's possible with a kit like this. This one is about tweaking to perfection, not about saving money on the project. In case anyone's wondering, this is NOT what we expect the #DiyKitChallenge attendees to do. This is just an experiment. :) //Kris

[@vinicioserafini5929]

@@rorogogo6241 sad but true

[@vinicioserafini5929]

@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses it's a cool video indeed, and I like the point of view about "overdoing" modding that you made on the further video

[@ces69]

@@hearpalhere But with a bolt on neck!

[@justincork3838]

I bought a Pelham blue dc junior. Ive fitted cts pots (500k volume, 250k tone), a Monty’s 54 p90 dogear, .22 bumblebee cap, lightening bar bridge. It sounds immense!

[@VojtaHanak]

Nice work. Only thing I would take a second look as is that extension cable for the jack socket. The hot connection on the wire is exposed (not covered by some shrink tube) so it may touch some pot and short all sound to the ground unexpectedly.

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Hey, I didn't have a shrink tube in the studio, so I had to deal with that. I made sure the wires run safely in the cavity to avoid short circuits. Cheers! //Kris

[@55mga1500]

timely for me - I have a kit SG I just finished but the electronics are junk, so I ordered tuners, pickups, pots, etc. and am about to rebuild it (again) to make it what I want. Thank you!

[@douwekooistra8058]

Filing of the bridge near the magnetic pickups, gluing the nut with superglue, drilling the holes with a drill, mounting the pots with a wrench. I’m not nagging, but on such an expensive paint job with such expensive parts, I would do it with more appropriate tools, to apprehend damaging.

[@loosingparts6159]

It was a Harley Benton. No need to fret lol. This dude must get them for $50.00

[@hearpalhere]

I hope you guys do another video playing this a bit more... it sounded amazing in the end! Looks great too. Nice job Kris and everyone who worked on the finish too!

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Stay tuned Pal, very soon. :) Cheers //Kris

[@tomasbalke9318]

You forgot to convert the terrible head of Harley Benton to Gibson

[@charlescdt6509]

Awesome, looking forward to you upgradeing Julias bass. Keep up the good work.

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Ahamm, so am I doing that now? Apparently yes. Haha! I'd love to though, I have to speak with Julia about it. :) //Kris

[@ArturBrzozowski444]

That SG is H O T I'll be swapping electronics in a LP today. This video was nice reminder to mark the pickup wires 😅

[@SgtYngve]

Nice! I've built a Single Cut-kit and I've upgraded the tuners, nut, pickups, pots and all the electonics, really fun project!

[@rawlfernan3179]

Nice!! more of these!!

[@wesboundmusic]

Really awesome channel and nifty tipps presented here, so helpful! After 40 years of having played the electric guitar, professionally at times, I'm eventually learning my way around such little maintenance and repair thingies. Not as adept and experienced as you, Kris, but learning from the best it appears! :-) Thank you, in particular rewiring the pots and humbuckers might in come handy with my next modification, i.e. installing the Freeway Switch on a semi-hollow for coil splitting and parallel configurations of the OEM-Seymour Duncan designed PUs. Thanks a bunch and then some!

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

I really appreciate that! Enjoy the videos and have fun tweaking those guitars. Cheers //Kris

[@lutzi0660]

Great job with the electronics and the nut. Lollar is a good choice too 👍🏻

[@Kawabxl]

Well, that's a fine good looking guitar. I would love to see more of the paint process, but that's nice.

[@smkh2890]

Thanks for that. I admit I never even thought of using a pair of tweezers while fixing electronics! Brilliant! I thought this whole exercise was pointless without a pricing of parts. Was the total less than, say, £400? because you can get a used Gibson SG for that. Doing a kit guitar build is either for the fun of it, to test your skills, or to save money, so having an unlimited budget rather defeats the point.

[@TheBedroomRocker1]

Cool build! Please show some overdrive sounds.

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

I will do! Stay tuned, more coming up very soon. //Kris

[@hafeezandwatilin]

Lovely take on Little Wing!

[@PooNinja]

Hot rodded Harley, ride responsively ... or Plek a card any card,cause they all come out of the machine as Aces 🤘🏽 (Playing Ace of spades Motörhead throughout this comment)

[@PooNinja]

Take 48, wait wait would you like bigger que cards?

[@andrewclayton6055]

Very cool video ... thx Kris. Might be fun to build such a guitar, but I'm still struggling with how to get the lacquering done :-)

[@13AK98]

Improvising the little wing is nice.

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Thank you! I wasn't planning on playing that, it was the guitar that inspired me to go there. Haha! It felt nice to play that. //Kris

[@lukkaturi]

This was extremely pleasant to watch.

[@countblue]

I have exactly the same but the ready made one, not the one from the kit. On mine the neck is glued in not screwed. I got it for 60 EUR in mint condition. I put Roswell LGA90 (again 60EUR) in it and a new switch (the original one fell apart). I also moved the strap pin to the backside of upper horn for better accesibility of the upper frets. Thats all the "pimpin" I did. ~120 EUR for a guitar that sounds much better than the price would suggest.

[@bassa69]

Got to say I love the sg

[@CANNIMAGINE]

Can you do a video on upgrading an HB guitar with HB parts. I have several HB guitars now and wonder how good are the kits? Is the TE20 the same as the TE kit? They are almost the same price, do you think the kit parts would be better since you have to build the guitar. Love your channel and that guitar looks amazing!

[@jeroenh5242]

Do you always file down the metal bridge whitout protecting the new pickups?

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Good point actually. I gotta say though, for some reason i never had metal dust on or even around the pickups after filing the saddle grooves. It's just not as messy of a job as filing frets. Still, I absolutely agree, I recommend covering up the pickups when doing it. //Kris

[@ces69]

Should at least tape them up to stop the metal fillings being attracted, very difficult to remove if they are!

[@josephhughes9490]

Kris, Hello my friend. You are just amazing at guitar tech changes on guitars. I'm fan of the SG having just purchased a 61 reissue. You DIY shows are incredibly informative. Well done. As always don't touch the Tele. Well done as always

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Thanks so much Joe, don't worry, I won't tweak the tele. Haha! Enjoy your 61 reissue! //Kris

[@themplar]

Wow. that guitar looks nice and i normally dont really like DCs. One thing though, why no shielding in the cavaties?

[@achimdg6335]

A good sounding PU is a good sounding PU. A "humbucker sized P90" will never sound like a real P90, but the sound is close, many people won't be able to tell the difference. And then again, a good sounding PU is a good sounding PU. And this Lollar sounds excellently!

[@denis_kleshchev]

What a short guitar demo! It definitely is a great guitar and it would be nice to hear it's tones in all pickup positions, in clean, crunch (it's a SG, cmon) and high gain, in solo and rhythm, standalone and in the mix, etc. I require more videos about it!

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Thanks man! Don't worry, you'll get more tones in a few days. Hint-hint... haha! Stay tuned! //Kris

[@lfigueroa97]

Awesome job Kris, lovely guitar and sound!!

[@hetjamesfield4473]

Awesome vid but, Nope thanks. You keep on doing it 👍👍 I will just brake strings, guitars, and play. Im good with those 3, especially braking so... Cheers guys 👋 \m/

[@rycardoantunes8152]

sounds killer

[@Bassdriver71]

Top work 👏

[@Bobby_Digital37]

Man that came out great!!!

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Thanks Charles! It plays and sounds like a very expensive guitar and it's really hard to remember, that it used to be an affordable kit guitar. Cheers //Kris

[@marcgras9064]

Beautiful job Kris!

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Thanks a lot Marc! Cheers //Kris

[@Kestrel-zc1du]

excellent job !

[@drfakoo]

Awesome Kris !!! Where can I get the white screaming head with headphones in your background ??? I LOVE it !!! 😙

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Thanks Facundo, these headphones stand heads used to be in the Thomann online shop, I can't find it right now. They might be discontinued, or maybe just out of stock right now. The yellow headphone is a UVEX child ear protector: www.thomann.de/de/uvex_k_junior_ear_protector.htm //Kris

[@drfakoo]

@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses Thanks a lot Kris. Let me know if you find them, please. ;)

[@skredfox8531]

Why no shielding with copperfoil or conductive paint?

[@lesteralfonsonarvaez7450]

How much was your investment for all the parts please? Thanks Man great work!

[@philxknife]

Very cool!

[@tonepilot]

You can put a nut on the other side of the output jack so you can adjust it so it doesn’t stick out so far.

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

I will! I didn't have and more nuts in the studio, that's why I had to tighten it this way. Haha! Thanks for paying attention to details! Cheers //Kris

[@fragslap5229]

But does it REALLY make a significant difference in SOUND or PLAYABILITY?

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Hey, it really does. The guitar plays and sounds like a very expensive guitar. It all depends on the basics of a guitar of course. If the neck is good and the instrument resonates like a tuning fork, then it will turn out to be a great guitar after all the mods. Cheers //Kris

[@ces69]

Impossible to judge as no sound test was performed before! Would have been a much better vid if before and after clips were included!

[@slawekiwanek402]

It would be helpful if you did a video on how to paint a guitar body, e.g. from your DIY kits.

[@rst4641]

Chris, you are such a fast worker. May I hire you for some minutes to fix my guitars?

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Long years of hard training made me THIS fast. Unfortunately no one can afford my services now because I have to ask an extra of 3100x the normal price to match my 3100x time lapse working speed. Too bad... Haha! //Kris

[@rst4641]

@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses What a pitty! Btw sorry for not writing your name correctly, Kris!

[@Ndlanding]

@@rst4641 Well, how about now writing "pity" correctly?

[@rst4641]

@@Ndlanding Okay, let me do some homework: "pity, pity, pity" I'll remember that, thanks!

[@rd812]

Nice. He should have put some shielding tape in the pot cavity since he had it wide open.

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Hey, the guitar is not particularly noisy, so I didn't feel like putting in all that effort. I do believe in "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" Haha! Cheers //Kris

[@pauldncn1]

Thanks Kris will watch this later .. star sir!!

[@kenvorland]

Awesome video

[@santrixhimself3679]

Thats the content i want to see

[@reijerlincoln]

A before and after comparison would have been nice.

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Stay tuned, there might come a video very soon that might be of your liking then. :) Cheers //Kris

[@moskitoh2651]

Pimping HBs actually makes sense... but nor exchanging just everything! Typically you can get an excellent and personalized guitar below a 1000 EUR. For the guys who say, you can already get an original: Yes but not of this quality!

[@kasperdavide5174]

Just a question: Was it wise, to replace the nut after the plek? Just thinking, of don´t watering the plek advantage here.

[@kazzTrismus]

plek is for manufacturing errors... 1st make the frets perfect to eachother THEN nut is set to frets (next in order of operations anyway)... so plek = nut rework or replace.

[@ces69]

@@kazzTrismus But it also analyses the whole thing string height, relief, string height at 1st fret etc before and after so any alterations is going to knock all that out again! Should have been Pleked after nut and bridge replacement!

[@kazzTrismus]

you don't change frets to accommodate nut, you change the nut to accommodate the frets

[@jamesonpace726]

So, all I need is cheapy kit, pro assembly, pro refin, pro plek, pro elecs & another pro assembly, pro setup & a lifetime of pro lessons & I'll be an amateur guitar consumer...!

[@Ndlanding]

And some tools, sandpaper, superglue... Oh, and if you like orange peel, get it sprayed by these guys.

[@mattwilliams286]

strong work - love it 👍

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Thanks Matt! Cheers //Kris

[@kainagami]

4:45 nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Well, the nut might never be replaced in the future but still. When you glue in a nut, glue goes only on the front of the fretboard and not on the base. I got this intel from a professional luthier that you can check out on KZbin, just search for twoodford

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Thanks for the comment Kai! Don't worry about the glue, I always use so little of it that it's really not an issue removing the nut later on. You're right though, it's enough using glue only on the side, the bottom is not necessary. Key is using tiny drops instead of long lines of glue. That would be a nightmare later on. Cheers //Kris

[@Dice1138]

I don't recommend gluing the bottom of the nut as demonstrated. Glue instead on the face of the nut facing the bridge. Doing this makes it easier to remove in the future (if need be) and reduces the risk of material tear out.

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

You're right, it's enough to glue the side, not the bottom. I use so little glue when I replace nuts, it's barely even a tiny drop. That way I never had issues with removing my repaired nuts later on. Cheers //Kris

[@Mindartcreativity]

If the bridge groves are not the right size for 54-11 gauge strings, could that prevent correct intonation or does it not matter for intonation? This is the first tech video that mentions bridge grove filing.

[@JonsterTheBondster]

I bought a Harley Benton Kit CST-24T. Which wire, red or black from the selector is hot? Ain't gonna use Original pickups? I have golden gibson pup & its white is hot and bare is ground. Do i put the gibsons white wire to HBs red or black?

[@kmichaelp4508]

Good job. But expensive!!!! Those Pups alone cost more than the kit. But for a Custom guitar I suppose it would be worth it. And... filing the saddles while on the guitar?🤐

[@mylogify]

Refinished with Nitrocellulose or Polyurethene?

[@ilmisxx2]

Kris, you should get some ceramic tweezers for soldering, never gets hot and you never burn your fingers

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Thanks for the tip, I'll check them out. :) //Kris

[@levisalazar8031]

Why would you not use locking tuners if you are swapping the tuners for something better already.

[@thegamerg47]

Was that playing improv because if so wtf that was fire

[@micheledibella9375]

that tele custom shop that has to me it’s s Harley Benton modified, have you seen what welds it can do?

[@callumburford6619]

Will there be left handed versions of the kits or options to have a 2 humbucker pickup strat kit instead of 3 single coils

[@InGrindWeCrust2010]

2,000 yo in parts and didn't shield the electronics cavity.... 😅 Cool video. That finish color is beautiful!

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Haha, well... I made a video on shielding guitars, you should watch it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/boi9h6KVbtagr6M If things are really bad, it helps a little. But for the most part, I'm not a big fan of it. Cheers //Kris

[@InGrindWeCrust2010]

@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses Oh I know it's not for everybody... It makes my Fender style builds super quiet, so works for me!

[@blueeyedsoulman]

Should I have my guitar plecked before sending it to the USA?

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

In many cases that's not necessary at all and it's a pretty expensive treatment too. You could ask for an extra setup check when you order the instrument (there's a comment field you can fill out when you order). It might cost a few ten euros extra and take a few more days to ship, but if you want to make sure the guitar comes double checked and set up to your taste, it's something I recommend doing. Cheers //Kris

[@andrep0wly35]

Mega !

[@MichaelTangeman]

I ordered the DIY Single Cut, it should be here in a coulpe of days. What kind of paint do you use for guitars? I like to paint mine in a semi transparent color. Could you give some tips about painting guitars?

[@maxdewilde]

Check out Stunning stains from Crimson Guitars and their finishing oil. I just did a Harley Benton kit DC with black and royal blue colours. Sand down the filler on the wood with sand paper and then apply the stain colour. I used black first and then sanded it until I got a kind of burst before I applied the blue.

[@allenmitchell09]

So, does changing the nut after the plek job sabotage the setup that it did?

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Hey, changing the nut after a plek job isn't ideal, you're right. The plek adjusts the nut too, so it would've been better swapping it before that. We didn't have the time to do that because of shooting this video and the super tight schedule of the Thomann luthiers. They had to do "their part" before I modified the guitar. It's not too bad though, a tech with some experience can "copy" the plek-adjusted original nut which gives you a perfectly set up guitar at the end. Cheers! //Kris

[@ces69]

Yup, and the bridge change!

[@hammondsfromtexas]

Still waiting for the DIY cst24 model said 1 year ago to be in stock again but still waiting

[@barker_]

I loved this. Thanks 👍. I'd love to see something like this with the HB-35 Plus I recently bought. I'd like to swap the neck pick up as well as the knobs and scratch plate but I'm struggling to find the right parts on the site. Plus, how can you get the electrics on that guitar! Any thoughts anyone?

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Hey Lee, swapping the pots (or even just the pickups) on semi-hollow guitars is not easy. You have to pull everything out through the F hole and put the new parts in the same way. There are tricks that help immensely but it's still a lot of fiddling involved. About the parts: any humbucker will fit the HB-35Plus, if you want to only swap the knobs, go for metric ones (so nothing from Fender, Gibson, Gretsch, and all other USA brands). And the pickguard: you will not find a fitting replacement for that guitar. You have to buy a blank pickguard and saw / file it to fit yourself. Cheers //Kris

[@johannesgustavsson8348]

How hard would it be to install a floyed rose on a Harley Benton Fusion-II HH EB PSP Pro Serie?

[@Meritocrate]

Looks really nice. May I ask a question? Have you corrected string height at the nut or did it fit out of the box? Thank you!

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

As shown in the video, I did file the nut a bit lower. It wasn't too bad though out of the box. But now it plays like a really expensive guitar, so it was worth fiddling around with it. :) //Kris

[@Meritocrate]

@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses Thank you very much, I must have missed it somehow...

[@lexzbuddy]

I am very much of the opinion that you should buy the guitar you want that has everything you want already as part of the instrument. I've been down the upgrade and modifications rabbit hole and have concluded that it's just not worth the time, money and effort. With that said, I have ONE guitar that I use to test new things on to determine as to weather I like some new thing or not. Outwith that, I'd say it's really just a dumb waste of money. There are folks that enjoy tinkering and that's cool too. If you enjoy modding or want to learn, that's cool. But if you just want a better guitar, save the cash and just get the one that you really want.

[@Wargasm644]

Scowl pal

[@insidious.92]

Hey bro, I have some question(s). What if the pickup lead wire is cutted too short? Can be replaced or extended? Thanks.

[@kazzTrismus]

can be extended...you need to protect the joints and be sure you cut 1 lead lnger than the other so 2 joints "side by side" does not happen. heat shrink and good solder are key

[@AndrewAHayes]

How many pieces are the kit guitar bodies made from and if more than one are they split at the centre line?

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Most of these kits I had in my hands had a three piece body. It might be different sometimes though, that's not something one can guarantee at this impressive price point. Cheers //Kris

[@dillavou444]

It's killer. I simply don't understand the placement of the strap button right on the back of the neck. Bizarre.

[@ces69]

It should be where the neck plate is but as it’s a bolt on neck I suppose there was no other option!

[@captainwoo9097]

Did you use a countersink tool to avoid laquer cracks?

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Exactly! We have a video where I explain that step, it's linked in this video as a "card". Cheers //Kris

[@rhm3408]

Wie man am Stil schon erkennt, dass dieser Kerl die Soundbeispiele für die Thomann Website einspielt ^^

[@wimperelly]

Hi, I have bought this guitar in your shop. My question is. On the pegs are numbers (L2, L3, L4, R2, R3, R4) Left and right are obvious but what about the numbering?

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Hey, left and right are obviously important to get right but as far as I can tell the numbers don't mean a lot. If all the shafts are the same long just don't worry about the numbers. Cheers //Kris

[@wimperelly]

@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses thank you very much!!!

[@wimperelly]

@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3_Rn3mQfMd3sNE

[@Ndlanding]

Not too keen on this video. Worse, is that the Harly Benton is still an HB, and will have a similar resale value to an original HB.

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

You're absolutely right about the resale value. Still, I like to think of my guitars as guitars and not as investments. Every guitar looses quite a lot of its new price, even custom shops. The only really good investments are very expensive, very limited special run custom shops. So why worry about that too much. I like to think of this project this way: without the expensive pro paint job and the Plek service this would've cost pretty much under 1000€ and the guitar feels and plays very close to a custom shop. That's pretty impressive and absolutely possible. But of course only, if the basics of the guitar (resonances, sustain, neck) are great to begin with. Cheers //Kris

[@Ndlanding]

@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses I agree with you up to a point, but it's also possible to get a cheaper and better second-hand guitar and spend just a little on it to get a great instrument. That way, you also know if the instrument's going to last a few years or fall to bits! No offence meant to HBs, but it has happened to other cheap guitars.

[@tomfoolery2082]

Iv done all those upgrades to mine , except it took me alot longer than 13 minutes . Uv had more practice i think . Lol

[@deanmccaskill5495]

Could you guys link to the parts? I got a couple HBs I want to do different upgrades to.

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Hi, you'll find the parts in the link in the description box. Have fun! //Kris

[@andreaskragh9464]

@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses Hi Kris, what do you think of the Rosswell P90's? I've got them in a SC Custom and I like the sound a lot. Haven't tried other p90s though, so Im curious...

[@deanmccaskill5495]

@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses Hi thanks for the reply! I must be blind I’m not seeing them in the description. I see the camera gear, blogs and a link to Thomann etc. But no list of parts used. Am I looking in the wrong place? The pickups especially I’d love to possibly buy a set. Thanks.

[@ces69]

Your better off picking up things like pickups used on eBay, people are always upgrading and changing them so some great bargains to be had! Got a pair of Seymour Duncan 59’s for my HB35 for only £80!

[@joachimmoller1725]

Which Graph-Tech-Nut is it in this video?

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Hey, check out the description box for the gear link. It has to be in there. It was the PT 6060 00. Cheers! //Kris

[@derlissi9754]

Warum feilst du auf der Gitarre? Das hast die Späne aufm Korpus, macht man das nicht aufm Tisch?

[@maxmustardman298]

does a bolt on construction on such a SG actually prevent it from being bent out of tune easily ? everyone who has played a SG probably knows that problem, and I assume its one bc of how little wood is on both sides of the joint and bc the neck is glued in instead of bolted on...

[@kazzTrismus]

i think its because the metal screws added into the wood creates an area thats way less flexible (cuz steel), but with a neck through theres no steel sandwich causing an area more rigid than wood alone could reach. especially with the plate behind the neck heel area (for models that have one) i worked in wood railings, adding just a thin bit of steel with a couple of screws made an extremely obvious strong difference in rigidity, even just small plates in key areas

[@maxmustardman298]

@@kazzTrismus that makes sense. Ive always wondered about the ibanez rg joints with their thin flat necks and just a couple of screws bolted directly into the wood w/o a support plate, given the heel is also shaved down on top of that. Never mind, its actully not that thin.

[@kazzTrismus]

@@maxmustardman298 8+ foot lengths of wood with 1/8" steel bar running under them screwed every 10-14" made "comically floppy" railings very rigid... especially with a wall bracket every 4 to 6ft. and they were only about 1-1/2" thick oak. maple is much more rigid and necks are quarter sawn.... but with steel the 2 really are "greater than the individual parts"

[@simpson6700]

those pickups are twice the price of not the kit, but the finished guitar.

[@Steven_SK]

If I only had a paint shop.....

[@yetimatzenightcat8702]

Heiliges kanonenrohr, DAS upgrade hat sich mal rentiert 👏👏👏👌 🐈

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Find ich auch. Wir haben es ganz schön übertrieben, das muss man natürlich sagen. Haha! So sieht man wenigstens, was alles mit so einem Kit möglich ist. Ciao! //Kris

[@manuelsommerfeld3495]

Hope it doesn`t stay in tune otherwise it would be not as good as an original Gibson.

[@webster710]

Die SG klingt nach dem Umbau immer noch nach China

[@marckeating6620]

Ok. Interesting video. But this is related to the #diykitchallenge??? So, the challenge is not to get a kit guitar from HB/Thomann and see what you can do with it... ...the challenge is to spend a ton of cash getting a plek job, and loads of high end electronics, new nut, paint job by a 3rd party etc. Well, I find that shitty. I was looking forward to the #diykitchallenge but now I'm thinking it's a joke. Because frankly, if you were really trying to turn a HB kit guitar into something awesome, with no budget...You would replace every single part of the thing.

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Hey Marc, thanks for the comment! I'm not participating in the challenge, we simply wanted to overdo everything on this kit to show you guys what is possible. Don't take it too serious, this is not a "this is what we want you to do" video, it's more like an experiment. We actually hope for the opposite: we'd love to see self finished / painted kits, unique designs all made by hand, etc. Try to see this as an inspirational video to tweak guitar kits and not as a description of what you should do. I hope that clarifies our message. Cheers //Kris

[@DougHinVA]

Speeded-up video is not helpful.... just skip those steps and tell what they were. Watching FAST video does not show a viewer how to do things.

[@MartinZiegert]

Another time-wasting video. This is totally useless if you have not a before and after comperation ....

[@likemeonfaceboot]

anyway who's "harley benton"?? its like these chinese imports come up with some "name" and make a brand of shiny shitty cheap priced guitars for a couple of years duping customers, then soon enough 'Harley benton" will disappear and new name/brand will come along, but its the same shitty quality guitar..wise up !

[@psour33]

This is like fitting a 12 cylinders Ferrari engine on a moped. Nice style exercice, but the kit doesn't worth it.

[@MrVanalen]

Bolt on neck it will never be an SG?Dont waste your money like this kids💁‍♂️

[@kazzTrismus]

blahahahahaha keep telling yourself that

[@johnblack3313]

Just buy a Gibson SG.

[@bradleyclosson5042]

Horrible refinish. Orange peel city!