Harley Benton Fusion-II || CoryMura

[@DesertScorpionKSA]

I just received this guitar from Thomann here in Florida. The guitar is better than I hoped it would be. The neck is birds-eye maple. I really does have a decent amount of figuring on it. The fretboard is a dark chocolate color with black streaks. It's nice and dark which is what I wanted. I don't see any obvious flaws and there's no fret sprout. I was charged $329.55 for the guitar + gig bag + shipping and I had to pay another $26.12 for shipping at the US post office. My total for the guitar, gig bag and all shipping is $355.67. That's a great deal considering the quality of the guitar. Nice wood and good hardware. It's a much better deal than an Epiphone with free shipping.

[@SertanYaman]

Pickups sound like that because they come from factory very high. And they are plated Alnico 5 pickups. Lower them around 3.5 mm or more lower from the 6th E. I did it and harshness and disturbing bassy sound on neck went away. They are in fact quite nice sounding pickups.

[@toesoverthenose]

My friend, I must tell you that I enjoy your productions tremendously! I am a dusty old fart who loves the old classics, but you have me LOVING the HB CST design! Thank you, amigo! PLEASE continue to produce your evaluations. They are of great value to me! Peace from Texas!!

[@DesertScorpionKSA]

This model is my favorite from Harley Benton. Stainless steel frets, ebony fretboard, Wilkinson trem, glossy solid top color, natural binding and decent electronics for $284 not including shipping. It's a great deal.

[@NolanZewariligon]

8:25 Yup, because the trem is floating. The springs are literally dampening the vibrations. Decking the trem solves all issues. Optimal sustain, optimal tuning stability, bending a string doesn't detune other strings, breaking a string doesn't detune other strings (not that this should ever happen, knock on wood), etc.

[@emilbergdahl3063]

Bought one 2 weeks ago in trans purple. Such a beast guitar for the money. Specs you cant find on guitars under 1500 euro. Love it to death and wouldnt change a thing. The trem kicks ass and the comfort of playing is beyond perfect.

[@tylukov420]

Nowadays these specs could be found at 800 range, with 600 if going discount.

[@williammolina9792]

How much does it weight.??

[@mdaibm4770]

how the neck feels? and how it compares to ibanez neck?

[@joewebrocks]

Why are the solid color Fusion II the only ones with 22 frets??? Don't get it, why all the others must have 24 frets. 22 frets and floyd, with a nice maple top would have been great.

[@dainiusvysniauskas2049]

Maybe that's what we will get for Fusion III lineup? 22 frets + FR and 24 frets + hardtail?

[@sjefs5513]

22 frets floyd hss . Or hss or hh fixed bridge either 22 and/or 24 frets would be a good addition to the line

[@kamba666]

Hi Cory, love the videos. Would you know does thomann have any plans of making Harley Benton CST22T? I would love one with gold top. I have CST24HB and I love it. They are very good guitars. For a while now I am looking at PRS DGT gold top. But if there would ever be a Harley Benton similar to that I would be firs one to order it. Thanks

[@vapporiesat3125]

what is up? no more videos? are you fine?

[@ryant3600]

yeah Haven't heard much from Cory in a few months or so.. hope all is good...

[@guitardave]

Well done on making it all the way through the review without mentioning the Suhr Pete Thorn model it’s based on! To be fair it does look great at that price point :-)

[@dainiusvysniauskas2049]

The only similarities are lack of pickguard and 2 point trem :D

[@Islandsoundzz]

Thanks for doing this review. Love the Bugera amp as well. I've always wondered how the Harley Benton SC-500 BK compares to the Epiphone Les Paul Custom. The both look very much alike. Might you consider this for a future review?

[@Jay-rd6fe]

somone did mesuring and said the medium jumbo is closer to extra jumbo fret height wich is a big pluspoint from me id say amazing guitar

[@KuT_Rogue]

I have a question, I was going to buy the Harley Benton Fanfret 7-TPB 2018 DLX but they took it out of the site, does anyone know if there is going to be a 2019 version or is it just going to dissapear?

[@bjornschilling9872]

Both Fanfret 7 2018 DLX seems to be sold out. As it sold very good, there will be a 2019 model for sure. Looking forward for it. The 2018 model was well, except the pickups.

[@kajetanrabiega6030]

Harley Benton should really make theese kind of premium versions of their other instruments e.g. ST, TE and CST models. Simply add a few spec'd up models with new colors to refresh the range. I'd love a candy apple red tele with ebony fingerboard, stainless frets and vintage hardware like on TE-52. Especially the CST range would benefit from that since guitars that they're trying to imitate have always fallen into premium category.

[@kajetanrabiega6030]

Also the weird thing with HB is the finish situation on guitars: e.g. for some reason their most popular model (the TE-52) is available only in one finish. Same thing with the beautiful 'tortoise flame' finish on CST-24: it's only available on the hollow body version w/o the trem. I think HB has really stepped up their game with the Fusion line and now they should focus on polishing up the older instruments and making them on par with the new ones.

[@nevilriker5090]

Do it again ...with a tuner

[@vapporiesat3125]

do they still put extremly thick lacquer on them? all the HBs i've played felt too much like plastic imo. i bet it's because of the lacquer. i once sanded down a SC450 GT neck .... there was much more lacquer then on any other guitar i have sanded down before. maybe they do it different in indonesia?

[@corymura-german-2008]

It's not thicker then on the epiphones, squier, ibanez and G&Ls I reviewed. Not super thick.

[@vapporiesat3125]

@@corymura-german-2008 epiphone is kind of very thick imo

[@TroobAdoreMusic]

The neck is unfinished

[@fabiogasperini5868]

I had to Google imo. People should stop writing acronyms imo, lol

[@vapporiesat3125]

@@fabiogasperini5868 now you know and can use it too. Acronyms are good imho ;p

[@ThatGeekDude]

Sounds out of tune in the intro, not a good first impression. Other than that it really looks awesome.

[@SuicidalGrind]

that tuning stability is impressive

[@stu-j]

Cory I have a SC Custom in vintage black that I love with the Roswell pickups. What other HB do you recommend for more blues playing? Also I’m a lefty so not the full range is available. What do you think of the jag? Or a tele shape? P90s? I dunno budget £200-£250?

[@pero4043]

Hi Cory, thanks for the review. I have few questions, is it much heavier then an average Stratocaster? How much it weights for example in comparison with HB SC custom?

[@CoryMura]

3.4kg is the weight. That's standard weight. The sc customs can differ a lot but are usually heavier. Strats should be around the same weight most of the time

[@pero4043]

@@CoryMura Thank you 😊🙏🏼

[@RandyStalkMusic]

I just ordered a few harley bentons. I live in Hawaii. Just wondering how long it takes you to recieve you harley bentons?

[@metallixro]

I wish they'd fusion up the single cut models. I want the quality for the price, but these S shape trem guitars totally not my thing :(

[@CoryMura]

Like a modern tele shape would be my thing too.

[@Trojanarchist]

Seems like they’re working on in, check out agufish on youtube. There’s a bunch of prototype singlecuts with ash tops and fishman fluence pickups

[@christiantorres7082]

I noticed thoman does not have any fanned fret 7 string guitars available at all. Do you know if they will restock?

[@lorcanmeister]

They do have some of the 'deko' 7 string fanfrets left, I bought one last week, it's damaged goods for sure but it plays okay for the price I paid, I have a demo video of it on my channel if you're interested

[@dimebagtribute]

That's definitely look like the Suhr Pete Thorn signature...

[@Doug5524]

Cory are you OK please let us know please

[@tomdameek]

I agree about the pups Cory but its easily remedied and you would have an incredible guitar for a brilliant price. Thanks

[@fabiogasperini5868]

Glad it wasn't just me. Very average sounding. And in need of treble bleed. Easy fix though.

[@M3RRIH3W13]

Where have you been, Cory? You haven't done a new video in 6 months! You are close to breaking through to KZbin superstardom!

[@dainiusvysniauskas2049]

By the way, was that "Eye of the tiger" during one of sound samples? :D

[@CoryMura]

Kind of i guess.. More by mistake

[@2free2snakes]

I couldn't help but laugh that Thomann has HB's up to 400 euros now. They're creeping slowly in to the mid-range now.

[@fabiogasperini5868]

Raising the bar on quality has a cost. For that reason, prices must go up, nevertheless, they are still inexpensive. Unfortunately, it is next to impossible to have them in Australia.

[@Sheparrrd94]

actually, the newest fusions (roasted maple with floyd) is actually 450. but given the specs ... ye, it´s probably without competition in the sub 1000€ range

[@heliopijpe]

yeah but at those prices, we need 100% reliable QC ... out of the box, no messing around ... I can get excellent 500 euro guitars from Ibanez, Gretsch no fuss ... time to step up HB

[@KarlSheridan]

Beautiful Corey really nice, I like the black finish just a shame the only left-handed one on the link is the Fusion FNT 🙁

[@CoryMura]

Yeah, they just can't make every model lefthanded. Normally the most selling models become lefties, so there is a chance still..

[@KarlSheridan]

Hopefully my friend, but I have to admit Thomann are great left-handed guitars they seem to look after us lefties a lot more than anyone else in the business & for that I give my total respect

[@19dines77]

crazy different sounds it has.

[@rickhammel9541]

Can you test their new ones with the roasted maple necks and Floyds? Great channel btw...

[@rickhammel9541]

@@lwwells it looks so good! Are you planning to do a video review at all? Would love to see it and hear it!

[@metalliholic]

Luke Wells dude make a video! I really wanna see it!

[@lwwells]

@@metalliholic imgur.com/gallery/TQkOWxT imgur.com/gallery/yranb3k The pictures don't quite do it justice though. I should make a video. Although it's a veneer, it has a little bit a nice depth to it.

[@lwwells]

@@rickhammel9541 Nah, no videos. It's a fantastic guitar though. I'm surprised by how nice the neck is and how resonant the body is. Neither of those two things would come across in a video anyway.

[@doktordok7517]

Would like to see jumbo frets

[@patscaggs972]

Dont forget to say that you have to screw the tremolo inside the hole and then you can adjust ;)

[@jst601]

Wow. What features! Loaded!

[@stevenaustin4591]

sweet looking guitar! is there a 24-fret version?

[@CoryMura]

The flame maple fusions got 24 frets and non-covered pickups. Check the models with the link in the description

[@stevenaustin4591]

cheers!

[@Tritoness]

Pete Thorn and Suhr will be happy with this....

[@erictoniaschwab1009]

The 3rd Chemical Brother I don’t think they’ll lose any sales. Suhr Guitars are marketed for a certain type of player (professionals musicians or wealthy ones) and I don’t think either of those groups would consider a Harley Benton. I’m part of the poor musician group so I’m totally interested in HB guitars.

[@RazvanCosti]

that was approx. 90% in tune at the beginning...

[@Oilid]

I like it!

[@markod442]

Cory i have the same exact guitar and love it except the roswell pickups , installed seymour duncan jb"s and really enjoy it

[@AndrewGonzalesArtistry]

Can you still split the pickups with the switch? Not sure how hard it would be to replace two humbuckers

[@gvfq]

I don't use tremolo so I'd rather have a fixed bridge for more sustain.

[@StillLivinTheBlues]

Hey, Cory. This HB is tempting... Are the frets level? Any sharp ends? Also, i'm not really big on this pickups....any chance you might replace them? I'd love to hear some really good ones in here. I kinda got burned by a few HB guitars...so, I've stayed away for awhile. This is kinda tempting... Thanks, man.

[@tylert812]

I really wish this model would come with the roasted maple

[@dragan4658]

It is available in roasted maple but doesnt come in back, gloss flamed natural and sparkle silver. Kris Barosci has a video out on his silver one. The neck looks similar to birdseye maple. Black with roasted maple would be stellar!

[@HaraldEngels]

What happened to you? Three months no more videos from you :-(

[@MobileDecay]

He got into boybands. 😥

[@joehervey84]

Cory, have you heard any thing lately Bout the harley Benton sc-1000? I love in NY USA,I'm worried the guitar might come broken?? I see I can add another guitar,amp or cab an it won't cost me another 34-35.00 to ship. So what u think any bad or good news as of late about the model I want. I wanna buy it nxt Friday ,I've got the guitAr ,strings in my cart just waiting lol. I might add case, an HB 12 inch cab. MY thinking is maybe the packaging would be better to the states? I've seen broken guitars like the 8 string for 60-70 bucks just to add another guitar.

[@ronsoberri7437]

Rethink the amp. You won't be able to plug it in . U.S. has different electric outlets. Not sure if adapter will work. H.B. guitars are nice. I got one at Christmas time. No problems with shipping. Mine even came in damaged outer box, but was double boxed. All was good. Gonna order another guitar soon. I live in Illinois, U.S.A..

[@ronsoberri7437]

I saw video. Someone ordered a case & guitar. Guitar did not ship inside case. Haha they shipped guitar in box & case in box, then put the 2 boxes in larger box for shipping.

[@joehervey84]

@@ronsoberri7437 no amp,the 12 inch speaker cab from Harley Benton. I wanna maybe add more stuff so the packaging is better? I seen they double box there guitars . I am gonna order my guitar nxt fri. I can not wait lol. I think it's 2 weeks to Ny. Website said 9 business days. I figure it will ship the Monday 4th an I'll get it around the 20th . Well see ,thank you bro!!!

[@velvetmusic9851]

is it my ear or the guitar has some intonation issues?

[@griimlock8922]

Ha..... thought the body was chip board until I realized it was reflecting from the table it was on

[@oleauby3852]

Lol i thought the same XD. I was like ''wtf? U gotta be fckin with me''

[@joshuabsmith1991]

Sounds off don't know if it's the guitar pups or the cheaper bugera head or mixing just not pleasant to the ear sounds harsh and brittle

[@mark78750]

Great review... I appreciate all the detail. I’d buy the exact same guitar.

[@Floppyrom]

Please tell them to do a SSS version too :D

[@DonnaKae]

Very nice especially for the money

[@oleesquivel875]

great playing

[@DenisMenacci]

Nice playing .

[@lorcanmeister]

Just as a side note, there are different grades of stainless steel, Harley Benton ones will wear eventually

[@kibijit]

All stainless steel frets will eventually, but even the softest stainless will last much longer than your standard nickel-silver.

[@tommylight1312]

Hey Cory hope you are doing well. Sending positive vibes, I look forward to new videos and an update. 🖤🖤🖤

[@rikkufan009]

Very nice

[@PooNinja]

I've been interested in the pro line that one looks nice but I'm saving for one with a floyd :) Good to see you hope your doing well :D

[@robinmatjanoski5318]

The larger back cover plate looks screwed on top and not recessed into the body. Such a pity.

[@malcolmhardwick4258]

Looks like a classy guitar for less than 300 euros. Wish they had it in ssh configuration ☺

[@sunil_bhagtani]

This one or SC 550

[@marcin768]

Bitte vorher mal Gitarre stimmen und bisschen besseres Timing wäre auch nicht schleicht

[@draganm7823]

Nice guitar but its a shame when the back is cut up so much and covered by those cheap plastic covers 😖. Very nice finish though and would be gr8 to have it with p90's.

[@RandyBurnettTalks]

I want to see someone adjust that Truss Rod? Looks like a MF? Cory play a frigging few just open chords so we can hear what we all know.. Thanks

[@dainiusvysniauskas2049]

Noice!

[@billgross176]

Find the damed pocket dude!!!

[@leonardomorenoshannon6124]

Aaaaaaaaaa mira lo q es esa guitarrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaa holyyyy shieeeeet nice beautiful

[@nethbt]

I wish I could order one of these in Canada... But the UPS guys will just slap you with insane amount of tax at the doorstep you'll end up paying twice the amount you originally paid for 😐

[@TroobAdoreMusic]

I have one in ocean turquoise. I'd easily pay $1500 for this guitar. It's so good 😭

[@ax_el_alvarez]

Sounds good, but intonation is somway out...

[@jayz6008]

Intonation is not good on yours and definitely needs to be setup

[@sjakigudden1585]

7

[@krays8771]

fire wood

[@dainiusvysniauskas2049]

Hello Fire Wood, I'm Danny. Nice to meet you, Fire Wood

[@mightyOmouse]

I don't know, sounds so thin and weak.

[@TroobAdoreMusic]

It's not in real life

[@fabiogasperini5868]

Change the pickups.

[@americanmetalhead3954]

Just to own a SC Custom, electronics were shitty and it went out of tune a lot.

[@vpguitarcovers4088]

i dont like it..

[@bigppbigproblems]

Hey, Do you prefer the Wilkinson or the Trem on the Dynamic? (Which i found out is a Sung il(Korean) BS-108.)