Harley Benton - HBO-850 - Roundback Acoustic -

[@guidorehder6802]

I've got one in black. After you polish the frets that guitar is pretty good.

[@p.g.pg38]

polish the entire surface or just the edges?

[@guidorehder6802]

@@p.g.pg38 I had to polish the surfaces of all frets. They were pretty rough. After that everything was okay. Some people have told me that they didn't have to do that. So, I guess sometimes they just "forget" to process the frets at the factory.

[@cristianseibriger799]

Fits Nice with the background.

[@pauldrummond225]

I have to get one of these, you have just made up my mind, thanks for the great demonstration and info, great job.

[@adolfoagudelo8462]

Beatifull guitar! Sounds sweet! Thanks Benedict!!!!

[@HarleyBentonOfficial]

You're welcome, it was a lot of fun to make this one!

[@nikkisknix]

Ihad one of these quite a few years ago, they really are a fantastic option for electro acoustic sound with a difference mine was ablue one too, can't remember the model but it was an Encore and had a serious bowl back too it so it was unstable a little but the noise it made, more than made up for the awkwardness of it to play.

[@АндрейКалашников-ц3ч]

What a beautiful sound!

[@Schakaljin01]

Blue guitars 😍

[@svenramnefjell7742]

Jepp, gonna order one of those. More than good enough for me. Was thinking of a used Ovation for a while, but never could make up my mind. Last time i checked, pretty expensive as used. So i never knew of this one before a week ago. Perfect, love everything traditional, but just a little bit different. Must say this is a lot different, and it sound good.🤓

[@car5car5]

I would buy it but shipping to USA is almost as much as price of guitar. It is very smart to ABS plastic, there is no need to use carbon fiber.

[@jasonyltan7672]

Love the ergonomics of a round back but I just can't keep it from sliding off while sitting. Some guitars have neck dive issues, I guess this has a "body slide" problem?

[@perro0076]

Same here, but if I sat properly with a straight back it fixed it for me. This kind of guitars in my view are best played standing up and slung low. The neck dive I fixed by using a wider strap. It also fixed the same issue I had with my half sidecut electric guitar. My buddy with his Tele had to do the same. Wider strap is the way.

[@roadrunnerplaying]

Adhesive sand paper where it contacts your leg solves that…

[@mueslimuncher1950]

Use a strap!

[@op-1g.s]

So there is a steel version and a nylon version?

[@snakemont]

Yes!

[@AntonioRosas-wy9ev]

Hola . Que tipo de cuerdas tiene en el vídeo ¿nylon o metal . ? Saludos

[@nikkmorse]

Made my mind up, I am defo getting me one of them 🤘🏼😈🤘🏼

[@HarleyBentonOfficial]

Great! Enjoy your guitar :-D Feel free to hit us up with some feedback about your experience when you get it.

[@jerroldshelton9367]

@@HarleyBentonOfficial How about some feedback on my HBO-600? I've been a long-time fan of the Ovation "real thing" and formerly used super-shallow models extensively in live performance. I've had a dozen of U.S., Korean, and Indonesian versions. None of them had the correct neck angle, which is why I ended up going through a dozen of them. There's only so much you can do with the saddle to correct for the improper neck angle until there's nothing more you can do. My HBO-600 is the only "Ovation" I've owned that was made with the perfectly correct neck angle. It is the only one I've owned that had the neck relief set correctly. It's the only non U.S.A. made one I've had with a properly cut nut of the proper height. With all of that correct, it is also the only "Ovation" I've owned that had the string height set to Ovation factory spec. All I had to do to mine was tune it to concert pitch and play it. I expected to see some of the minor cosmetic flaws my lower-priced, Asian-made Ovations had. My HBO-600 is flawless. Literally. Even the inside of the bowl is clean and tidy. No haphazard top bracing, no sawdust, no globs of glue, no rattling electronics wiring.... It not only plays like an "Ovation," and looks like an "Ovation," but it also sounds like one is SUPPOSED to sound like, with even volume and sustain response up, down, and across the finger board, the percussive pop when you really dig in hard with the pick attack, the instant response to pick attack and subtle changes to attack, and so on. I "discovered" the HBO 600 while trying to find a place where I could buy a new shallow bowl Ovation. A video by Tomek Stężalski comparing the sound of an Ovation-branded instrument to the HBO-600 had me rushing to the Thomann site to buy one. It won't be the last. I recently played the thing in a 1,500 seat venue and it sounded GLORIOUS going direct through a D.I. box into the house's P.A. with the instrument e.q. set flat in the center detents. I plan on buying a couple more of these HBO-600 models, a couple of steel-string HBO 850's and a nylon string 850, as well as the HB roundback bass, because my experience with my HBO-600 was so positive. I originally thought the HBO-600 would be a stop-gap until I could re-equip with the "real Ovation thing." I'm so pleased with the HBO-600 that I'm just going to stick to HB roundbacks, instead. Now, the negative aspect..... Mine shipped with a dead pre-amp. Thomann agree to exchange it as a remedy, but the instrument was so perfect otherwise that I decided to simply buy a new pre-amp and swap it in myself. Doing that cost me ten bucks and fifteen minutes of my time. But, the positive thing is that the instrument uses the common, cheap, and readily available Belcat 505 preamp. I'm not married to whether Ovation is in business, owned by Fender, DW, GEWA, or whoever, or out of business if I need to replace the pre-amp. Other preamps will fit in Belcat 505 hole, too, so I'm not married to that one, either. In the past, I would use Ovation shallow-bowls with the center soundhole for lead work or combination lead/rhythm and use the multi-hole "epaulette" versions for mostly rhythm, hence my desire to buy a few HBO-850's And I would have several of each on stage due to use of alternate tunings and so on, where it's more convenient to have someone hand me another instrument than tune one multiple times during a set. But the plan has now changed. I need at least three more HBO-600's and a couple of 850's for my live work and would like to try the bass and the nylon string in the studio. I still can't get over the fact that one of the best "Ovation" guitars I've ever had isn't an Ovation branded instrument and is absolutely the least expensive instrument I've ever tried performing live with by a substantial margin. The only thing I might wish for is a HBO 600 with a Koa top and more bling with abalone position markers and abalone binding, and an HBO 850 with a Koa top and "torties shell" binding with abalone position markers.

[@lottatroublemaker6130]

@@jerroldshelton9367»tortoise shell» (a.k.a. «land turtle shell»). Thanks for sharing all this information!!! 🤗

[@bilalhassan5731]

Thanks for the review i want to ask that should i buy this or HB CLA-15M

[@thewestlandsofficial]

Just ordered mine

[@MajorUpgrade]

Way better than an acoustasonic!!! It sounds great in your hands, man! Good to see you on!

[@HarleyBentonOfficial]

Thanks!!!

[@poggioninguno8839]

Ist das 7/8??? Others 4/4??

[@wanderergrim]

What makes a roundback acoustic different from a lute guitar sounds wise?

[@ILLRICARDO]

i have noticed there are some b stock models of this guitar, are they faulty or do they have some defects??

[@PooNinja]

Oooh I’d love that with a quilted maple transparent Deep emerald green top 🤤.

[@brisleeadams]

With sparkles and glitter also? Glows in the dark and plays "Crazy on you" by itself? I feel you, bro.

[@PooNinja]

Glitter is the herpes of arts and crafts once it gets in your house... you never get rid of it!! 😱 It’s coming from inside the house!!!!😫 ✨

[@sassycat]

@@PooNinja - FACTS!

[@PooNinja]

That right Sgt. Friday just the Facts.

[@brisleeadams]

@@PooNinja They float, they all float...

[@arodrigues14]

I want it

[@leelaor6201]

I'm trying to get me couple of these, they've been sold on only one website store which charging way too much for shipping?... I live in the US and the shipping coming also from the US, cause the delivery is in two days?... wish they'd be sold on Amazon as well???

[@jerroldshelton9367]

I have the single round sound hole versions -the HBO 600. Totally and completely worth every penny, including whatever it cost to get them shipped to me.

[@macroftStudio]

How loud is this without connecting it to an amp?

[@HarleyBentonOfficial]

Not as loud as a big acoustic but still a decent volume.

[@macroftStudio]

@@HarleyBentonOfficial thanks for replying. I wish thomann shipped your guitars to Kosovo. I'd order one right away.

[@spyridonasthakischristodou8828]

Hi, is how much bigger is it from a travel Guitar? Mainly because mine is 55cm on the lower bout and I need a smaller for travelling, do you know the dimensions? Thanks

[@philippruizlozano]

This is a steel strings one, right?

[@goodcitizen3780]

Yes

[@amedeoseccia6439]

Whats better this or the gear4music deluxe roundback electro acoustic? The gear4music one has a built-in preamp and tuner. I don't think the hbo has that feature...

[@NamelessGhoul0403]

This one is a little bit cheaper and has the original leaves holes this one doesent have a build in tuner but it has a pre amp im pretty sure.

[@Iari]

I recently bought this beautiful guitar, but would like to replace the strings, what strings would you recommend me as an alternative? To make the sound even brighter. Thank you

[@ZachNa]

I know its an old comment but try elixr strings. last a long time before going dead and very bright.

[@mmbrc]

cool

[@stndrd3608]

Haha omg that was my first guitar. Not in Blue, but in purple. It was already ~10 years old when I got it, and now it‘s propably 20ish. Action was atrocious, but then again- it was a cheap guitar 20 years ago, and cheap guitars have come a long way. And I played the hell out of it, took (and still take) it on vacations...

[@GiJoe94]

Cheap guitars are crazy good these days.

[@Gulosa1976]

Super!

[@Theronimus]

Ich habe letztes Jahr exakt dieses Modell gekauft. Grottige Verarbeitung, schiefe Bünde mit teils unterschiedlicher Stärke, Klebereste an den Resonanzlöchern usw. usw..

[@yetimatzenightcat8702]

Oh je, und ich hab grade überlegt ob ich meine standard balladeer endlich mal in rente schicke 🤔

[@sassycat]

A wee bit disappointed that we weren't treated to a little 'Crazy On You'. 😉

[@OBEH85]

Why did you raise the prices of your guitars? I am talking about the other models!

[@HarleyBentonOfficial]

Hi, which models do you mean, specifically? Shipping has become more expensive worldwide since March 2020, so some customers are having to pay more just to get their guitar. We're working to mitigate that, though, but it's tough at the moment...

[@OBEH85]

@@HarleyBentonOfficial, thank you for the quick response! I just noticed that some of HB guitars that I put on my wish list are with higher prices. I think it's 20-50 euro average for some models. From your explanation, it sounds justified!

[@ryant3600]

@@OBEH85 except shipping is now way higher more than twice as it once was and before you could get something like 100 pounds or something crazy for the standard 35 bucks shipping, but isn't included in the cost of the guitars but yeah some have gone up 20 bucks, some upward to 50 bucks.

[@the_based_and_trad_protestant]

12 string version?

[@HarleyBentonOfficial]

Interesting idea... :-)

[@jerroldshelton9367]

@@HarleyBentonOfficial If you do it, I'll take three of them as soon as you come out with them.

[@NigelBond66]

Mandolin and ukulele versions would be cool, too :-)

[@the_based_and_trad_protestant]

@@NigelBond66 yeah that would be cool

[@RiroxYTNOOB]

Yehhhhh

[@atilayyilmaz3401]

Whats uploading faster, this comment or ovation's cease and decist order lmao

[@AndrewAHayes]

I was about to comment something similar

[@dasczwo]

Harley benton is the rick beato of the guitar manufacturing world. (Maybe) they hardly make any profit on these guitars and they do it of course only for educational purposes.

[@guidorehder6802]

That guitar has been around for a while. There hasn't been a cease and desist order yet. So, go ahead and laugh your ass off.

[@joeyvanostrand3655]

DW, who owns Ovation, wouldn't bother. If you want an Ovation, you'll buy one. You want a $109 copy? You'll buy this one.

[@ryant3600]

They've had these available for quite a few years now.

[@danielegger6460]

LOL and Thomann should better fix their webshop, it shows an Ovation 1617ALE for 2.498€ as variant of the HBO-850. 😂

[@danielegger6460]

**Stares at the wall where the Ovation Celebrity Deluxe is hanging**. Nah, any similarities are purely coincidental...

[@goodcitizen3780]

The nylon version, several ovation players wish they hadn't spent the money.

[@Mayrcury]

Il a assorti ses chaussures à la guitare 😁

[@DMSProduktions]

Poulet?

[@brisleeadams]

C'est dans leur contrat.

[@DMSProduktions]

@@brisleeadams Je pensais que le chasseur était peut-être du poulet! MDR!

[@p.g.pg38]

@@DMSProduktions machine translation?? Cette phrase n'a aucune signification en français... 😜

[@p.g.pg38]

Et le pantalon également 😜

[@ivanivanov7015]

Гитарист чем то похож на Курта Кобэина)

[@joeyvanostrand3655]

At $109US, wow...

[@jerroldshelton9367]

I have the even less expensive single round soundhole version of this and WOW is the word that sprang to mind when I received it. It's an incredible value and sounded glorious in the only venue I played it live at so far.

[@truffeltroll6668]

Play classical gas

[@alseveron6558]

Phooey! How lame to demo an acoustic guitar without telling is what effects you're putting it through (and you obviously are, cos a cable is plugged in)! I would NEVER buy a guitar based on such a demo. Give us a demo without the cable plugged in!